1969 Datsun Three Hour

The 1969 Datsun Three Hour was an endurance race for production cars. The event was staged at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 14 September 1969.

Results

Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Laps
1	Allan Moffat John French	61	Ford XW Falcon GTHO	Ford Motor Company	118
2	Tom Roddy Murray Carter	64	Ford XW Falcon GTHO	Bob Rollington Pty Ltd	117
3	Fred Gibson Barry Seton	62	Ford XW Falcon GTHO	Ford Motor Company	116
Class A :
1	Bob Holden Don Toffolon		Datsun 1000	Datsun Racing Team	100
2	Allan Johns Warren Gracie		Hillman GT	Allan Johns	96
DNF	Barry Tapsall		Datsun 1000
DNF	Bill Evans,		Datsun 1000
Class B :
1	John Roxburgh Doug Whiteford	1	Datsun 1600	Datsun Racing Team	105
2	Frank Coad J Leighton		Datsun 1600	Datsun Racing Team	104
3	A Barrett M Mollison	14	Morris 1500	RG Lanyon	101
?	Barry Robertson Peter Harding		Datsun 1600
DNF	Rusty French		Hillman Gazelle
Class C :
1	Jack Nougher David O'Keefe		Chrysler VF Valiant Pacer	Eiffeltower Motors	112
2	G Scott Des West		Chrysler VF Valiant Pacer	Eiffeltower Motors	112
3	D Yeates Neil Edwards	45	Ford XT Falcon V8	Bayford Motors	111
?	Bob Brown		Chrysler VF Valiant Pacer
?	Paul Dyer Alan Vincent	33	Morris Cooper S
?	Joe Camilleri	32	Morris Cooper S
?	Ron Simmonds A McIntyre	29	Morris Cooper S
?	Norm Blunt		Morris Cooper S
?	Clem Smith		Chrysler VF Valiant Pacer
?	Lord-Milne Moore		Renault R16TS
?	?		Renault R16TS
DNF	Frank Leggatt		Morris Cooper S
Class D :
1	Allan Moffat John French	61	Ford XW Falcon GTHO	Ford Motor Company	118
2	Tom Roddy Murray Carter	64	Ford XW Falcon GTHO	Bob Rollington Pty Ltd	117
3	Fred Gibson Barry Seton	62	Ford XW Falcon GTHO	Ford Motor Company	116
4	Terry Robertson Graeme Blanchard	59	Holden HT Monaro GTS 350
5	Bruce Rae Russell Kramer		Holden HK Monaro GTS 327
?	Pat Peck Gloria Taylor	66	Ford XW Falcon GTHO
DNF	Lionel Ayers		Holden HT Monaro GTS 350
DNF	Spencer Martin Kevin Bartlett	57	Holden HT Monaro GTS 350	Holden Dealer Team.
DNF	Peter Larner Richard Knight		Ford XW Falcon GTHO
DNF	Ian Geoghegan		Ford XW Falcon GTHO
DNF	Max Volkers		Holden HT Monaro GTS 350
DNF	David McKay Brian Foley	67	Ford XW Falcon GTHO
Exc	Bruce McPhee Barry Mulholland	63	Ford XW Falcon GTHO
Class E :
1	Bryan Thompson Graham Ritter		Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	Bryan Thomson Motors	111
2	T Roberts John Ould		BMW 2002	John Ould Motors	108
3	Don Uebergang G Rhodes	93	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	Bryan Thomson Motors	107
Exc	Ray Gulson Brown	80	Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina

• There were 42 starters in the event, 4 of which are not shown in the above table.
• The McPhee / Mulholland Ford Falcon, which was provisionally placed third outright, was excluded from the results as McPhee had exceeded the two hour maximum driving time allowed for each driver.

Further reading

• Australian Motor Manual, November 1969
• Holden, The official racing history, © 1988
• Racing Car News, October 1969
• The Age, Monday, 15 September 1969
• The Age, Wednesday, 17 September 1969
• The Australian Racing History of Ford, © 1989
• www.autopics.com.au

Preceded by 1968 Datsun 3 Hour Trophy

Sandown Three Hour 1969

Succeeded by 1970 Sandown Three Hour 250