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

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

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
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

  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


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