1969 Australian Sports Car Championship
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The 1969 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group A Sports Cars, Group B Improved Production Sports Cars and Group D Series Production Sports Cars.[1] The 1969 title was the inaugural Australian Sports Car Championship, replacing the Australian Tourist Trophy as Australia's premier Sports Car contest.[2]
Schedule
The championship was contested over a three round series with one race per round.[3]
- Round 1, RAC Trophy, Warwick Farm, New South Wales, 4 May [4]
- Round 2, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 18 May [5]
- Round 3, Trans-Australian Trophy, Sandown, Victoria, 9 November [6]
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters at each round.[3]
Results
Frank Matich in the Matich SR4 Repco at the Surfers Paradise round of the championship
| Position | Driver | Car [4][5][6] | Entrant [4][5][6] | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total [3] |
| 1 | Frank Matich | Matich SR4 Repco | Rothmans Team Matich | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Don O'Sullivan | Matich SR3 | Don O'Sullivan Racing | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Bob Muir | Lotus 23B | Civil Flying School | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | John Harvey | McLaren Repco | Bob Jane Racing | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Bob Beasley | Lotus 47 | Robert Beasley Motors | 2 | 3 | - | 5 |
| 6 | Neil Allen | Elfin 400 Chevrolet | NE Allen Competition | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| 7 | Peter Woodward | Elfin 350 | Woodward Racing | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Tony Oxley | Chevron BMW | Anthony Oxley | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 9 | Doug Macarthur | Lotus Elan | Mayair Motors | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| John Goss | Tornado Ford | John Goss | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Note: The sixth placed driver at the final round is not known.
References
- ↑ 1969 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, Conditions for Australian Titles, pages 77-80
- ↑ The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 486
- 1 2 3 Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 168-169
- 1 2 3 Peter Wherrett, Matich Goes Five Up, Racing Car News, June 1969, pages 36-37
- 1 2 3 Des White, Matich - The Greatest Name in Sports Cars, Racing Car News, June 1969, page 66
- 1 2 3 Adrian Ryan, Dial M for Sandown, Racing Car News, January 1970, page 22
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