[1] It was contested over a single race staged at the Warwick Farm circuit in New South Wales, Australia on 8 September 1968.
The title, which was the ninth Australian Touring Car Championship, was won by Ian Geoghegan driving a Ford Mustang.
[2] Ian Geoghegan qualified on pole position, half a second faster than Norm Beechey who was now driving a Chevrolet Camaro SS.
Geoghegan won the start and took the lead into the first corner ahead of Beechey and Jane, with the latter two almost touching halfway through the first lap.
Manton ran into problems on lap 28, allowing the Porsche 911 of Alan Hamilton into second and the Morris Cooper S of Darrell King into third.