Highlights
The Victorian Trials Championship was won by Bob Watson and Jim McAuliffe in their Holden HK V8 307ci.
Major rallies held this year, other than ARC and VTC events, were three International status events: the BP Rally of South Eastern Australia in May, the Southern Cross Rally in October (Victoria and New South Wales) and part of the London to Sydney Marathon in December.
This year was the third and last time that the Southern Cross Rally visited Victoria, with a mid-event stopover in Melbourne. The route traversed eastern Victoria from Canberra but was severely impacted by a major weather event resulting in many stages being cancelled. From Melbourne the route traversed mostly traditional Victorian rally areas to a stopover in Albury before heading to the finish in Sydney. The winners were John Keran and Peter Mayer in their Volvo 142S.
At the end of the year the London to Sydney Marathon was conducted and passed through north-east Victoria on the final night of its mad dash across the continent from Perth. The route passed through Wangaratta, Bright, Omeo and Buchan.
Australian Rally Championship
1968 was the inaugural year for the Australian Rally Championship, which was won by Victorians Harry Firth and Graham Hoinville in their Lotus Cortina. Victoria hosted two rounds, the first and the last for the year, being the Classic Rally and the Alpine Rally. The Classic was won by Frank Kilfoyle and Doug Rutherford in a similar Cortina GT while the Alpine was won by Tony Roberts and Mike Osborne in the newly launched Holden Torana GTR (Vauxhall Viva).
