1969 Australian Sports Car Championship

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1969 Australian Sports Car Championship
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The 1969 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars, Group B Improved Production Sports Cars and Group D Series Production Sports Cars. [1] It was the inaugural Australian Sports Car Championship, replacing the Australian Tourist Trophy as Australia's premier Sports Car contest. [2]

Contents

The championship was won by Frank Matich driving a Matich SR4 Repco.

Schedule

The championship was contested over three heats [1] with one race per heat. [3]

Heat [1] Race nameCircuit [1] DateHeat winnerCar
1RAC Trophy [4] Warwick Farm [4] 4 May [4] Frank Matich [4] Matich SR4 [4]
2Queensland Sports Car Championship [5] Surfers Paradise International Race Circuit [5] 18 May [6] Frank Matich [6] Matich SR4 [6]
3Trans Australian Trophy Race [7] Sandown [7] 9 November [8] Frank Matich [8] Matich SR4 Repco [9]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters at each heat. [3]

Results

Frank Matich in the Matich SR4 Repco at the Surfers Paradise round of the championship Matich-SR4-Graham-Ruckert.jpg
Frank Matich in the Matich SR4 Repco at the Surfers Paradise round of the championship
PositionDriver [3] Car [3] Entrant [7] War. [10] Sur. [10] San. [10] Total [3]
1 Frank Matich Matich SR4 Repco [7] Rothmans Team Matich99927
2Don O'Sullivan Matich SR3 Repco [7] Don O'Sullivan Racing [5] 66416
3Bob Muir Lotus 23B Ford [9] Civil Flying School [5] 3429
4 John Harvey McLaren Repco Bob Jane Racing--66
5Bob Beasley Lotus 47 Robert Beasley Motors [5] 23-5
6Neil Allen Elfin 400 Chevrolet [4] NE Allen Competition [5] 4--4
7Peter Woodward Elfin 350 Coventry Climax [7] Woodward Racing--33
8Tony Oxley Chevron B8 [5] BMW [6] Anthony Oxley [5] -2-2
9Doug Macarthur Lotus Elan Mayfair Motors [5] 1--1
= John Goss Tornado Ford John Goss [5] -1-1
=Malcolm Ramsay [9] Elfin 300 Ford [9] Elfin Sports Cars [7] --1 [11] 1 [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 1969 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, Conditions for Australian Titles, pages 77-80
  2. The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 486
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 168-169
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Peter Wherrett, Matich Goes Five Up, Racing Car News, June 1969, pages 36-37
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Official Programme, Surfers Paradise International Race Circuit, Sunday May 18th
  6. 1 2 3 4 Des White, Matich - The Greatest Name in Sports Cars, Racing Car News, June 1969, page 66
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Programme, Sandown, Sunday, November 9th, 1969
  8. 1 2 Adrian Ryan, Dial M for Sandown, Racing Car News, January 1970, page 22
  9. 1 2 3 4 Vic Clark, Matich is champion, Australian Motoring News, Wednesday, 19 November 1969, page 7
  10. 1 2 3 Points calculated from race results published in Racing Car News reports
  11. 1 2 The Sandown report in Australian Motoring News indicates that Ramsay placed sixth