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1967 Australian Touring Car Championship

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The 1967 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to Group C Improved Production Touring Cars. It was contested over a single race, staged at the Lakeside Circuit in Queensland, Australia on 30 July 1967. The title, which was the eighth Australian Touring Car Championship, was won by Ian Geoghegan, driving a Ford Mustang.

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Grid positions for the championship were determined by the fastest lap times from preliminary heats, Norm Beechey started his Chevrolet Chevy II Nova on pole position in the final, with Ian Geoghegan second in his new Ford Mustang, which had only arrived at the circuit on the morning of the race. Greg Cusack started third in another Mustang ahead of the Morris Cooper Ss of Brian Foley and Peter Manton.

Beechey took the lead at the start of the race ahead of Geoghegan, with Jim McKeown moving into third from sixth place on the grid. Bob Jane's Mustang became jammed in top gear on lap 2, forcing him to retire. Beechey set a new lap record of 1:04.3 as he continued to build his lead, despite a minor clutch problem which meant that he had to make clutchless shifts.

By lap 35, Terry Allan and Paul Fahey had both retired and Foley had moved into third place, with Manton running five seconds behind. The complexion of the race changed on lap 40, when the left-rear tyre of Beechey's car blew and caused him to hit the fence. Geoghegan inherited the lead and held it for the final ten laps to secure his third Australian Touring Car Championship title. Foley and Manton finished in second and third, less than twenty seconds behind Geoghegan.

Results

Class winners are indicated by bold text.

Pos.	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Class	Laps
AUS Ian Geoghegan	1	Ford Mustang	Mustang Team	Over 3000cc	50	54:43.4
AUS Brian Foley	8	Morris Cooper S	Brian Foley Motors	1101–1500cc	50	+12.0
AUS Peter Manton	2	Morris Cooper S	Tridents Racing Team	1101–1500cc	50	+16.4
AUS Kevin Bartlett	5	Alfa Romeo GTA	Mildren Racing Team	1501–2000cc	50	+52.7
AUS Greg Cusack	7	Ford Mustang	Mustang Team	Over 3000cc	49	+1 lap
AUS Jim McKeown	3	Ford Cortina Mark I Lotus	Tridents Racing Team	1501–2000cc	49	+1 lap
NZL Rod Coppins	10	Ford Mustang	R. Coppins	Over 3000cc	47	+3 laps
AUS John French	26	Morris Cooper S	J. French	0–1100cc	47	+3 laps
AUS John Humphrey	85	Austin Cooper S		0–1100cc	47	+3 laps
AUS John Rout	35	Morris Cooper S		1101–1500cc	46	+4 laps
AUS Gordon Clough	58	Holden EH		2001–3000cc	43	+7 laps
AUS Mike McGregor	74	Morris Cooper S			43	+7 laps
AUS Laurie Stewart	52	Morris Cooper S		0–1100cc	45
AUS Norm Beechey	34	Chevrolet Chevy II Nova	Tridents Racing Team	Over 3000cc	39	Accident
NZL Paul Fahey	11	Ford Mustang		Over 3000cc	31	Fuel pump
AUS Brian Michelmore	56	Ford Cortina Mark I Lotus		1501–2000cc	28	Gearbox
AUS Evan Thomas	48	Holden EH		2001–3000cc	20
AUS Terry Allan	19	Chevrolet Camaro		Over 3000cc	17
AUS John Reilly	80	Holden EH		2001–3000cc	5
AUS Bob Jane	6	Ford Mustang		Over 3000cc	2	Gearbox

Statistics

Attendance: 14,000
Pole position: Norm Beechey, 1:03.4
Fastest lap: Norm Beechey, 1:03.3 (137.29 km/h, 85.3 mph) - New record
Race distance: 50 laps, 120.70 km
Average speed of winning car: 132.34 km/h 82.31 mph

References

''Conditions for Australian Titles'', 1967 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 69 to 71
Lakeside Program ATCC 30th July 1967
(2011). "The official history: Australian Touring Car Championship - 50 Years". Chevron Publishing Group.
with Heat 1 being for cars up to 1500cc capacity and Heat 2 for the larger engined cars.K. Shaw, '67 Touring Title To Geoghegan In New 'Tang, Australian Auto Sportsman, September 1967, Pages Thirty-six to Thirty-nine
K. Shaw, '67 Touring Title To Geoghegan In New 'Tang, Australian Auto Sportsman, September 1967, Pages Thirty-six to Thirty-nine
Rob Luck, Lakeside Spectacular, Sports Car World, October 1967, pages 24 to 26

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