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1969 Australian Sports Car Championship
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]
The championship was won by Frank Matich driving a Matich SR4 Repco.
Schedule edit
The championship was contested over three heats[1] with one race per heat.[3]
| Heat[1] | Race name | Circuit[1] | Date | Heat winner | Car |
| 1 | RAC Trophy[4] | Warwick Farm[4] | 4 May[4] | Frank Matich[4] | Matich SR4[4] |
| 2 | Queensland Sports Car Championship[5] | Surfers Paradise International Race Circuit[5] | 18 May[6] | Frank Matich[6] | Matich SR4[6] |
| 3 | Trans Australian Trophy Race[7] | Sandown[7] | 9 November[8] | Frank Matich[8] | Matich SR4 Repco[9] |
Points system edit
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters at each heat.[3]
Results edit
| Position | Driver[3] | Car[3] | Entrant[7] | War.[10] | Sur.[10] | San.[10] | Total[3] |
| 1 | Frank Matich | Matich SR4 Repco[7] | Rothmans Team Matich | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Don O'Sullivan | Matich SR3 Repco[7] | Don O'Sullivan Racing[5] | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Bob Muir | Lotus 23B Ford[9] | Civil Flying School[5] | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | John Harvey | McLaren Repco | Bob Jane Racing | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Bob Beasley | Lotus 47 | Robert Beasley Motors[5] | 2 | 3 | - | 5 |
| 6 | Neil Allen | Elfin 400 Chevrolet[4] | NE Allen Competition[5] | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| 7 | Peter Woodward | Elfin 350 Coventry Climax[7] | Woodward Racing | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Tony Oxley | Chevron B8[5] BMW[6] | Anthony Oxley[5] | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 9 | Doug 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] |
References edit
- ^ a b c d 1969 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, Conditions for Australian Titles, pages 77-80
- ^ The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 486
- ^ a b c d e Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 168-169
- ^ a b c d e f Peter Wherrett, Matich Goes Five Up, Racing Car News, June 1969, pages 36-37
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Official Programme, Surfers Paradise International Race Circuit, Sunday May 18th
- ^ a b c d Des White, Matich - The Greatest Name in Sports Cars, Racing Car News, June 1969, page 66
- ^ a b c d e f g Programme, Sandown, Sunday, November 9th, 1969
- ^ a b Adrian Ryan, Dial M for Sandown, Racing Car News, January 1970, page 22
- ^ a b c d Vic Clark, Matich is champion, Australian Motoring News, Wednesday, 19 November 1969, page 7
- ^ a b c Points calculated from race results published in Racing Car News reports
- ^ a b The Sandown report in Australian Motoring News indicates that Ramsay placed sixth
External links edit
- 1969 Australian Sports Car racing images from www.autopics.com.au