1969 Australian Sports Car Championship

July 2019 1969 Australian Sports Car Championship none 1970 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.1969 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, Conditions for Australian Titles, pages 77-80 It was the inaugural Australian Sports Car Championship, replacing the Australian Tourist Trophy as Australia's premier Sports Car contest.The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 486 The championship was won by Frank Matich driving a Matich SR4 Repco. Schedule The championship was contested over three heats with one race per heat.Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 168-169 Heat Race name Circuit Date Heat winner Car 1 RAC TrophyPeter Wherrett, Matich Goes Five Up, Racing Car News, June 1969, pages 36-37 Warwick Farm 4 May Frank Matich Matich SR4 2 Queensland Sports Car ChampionshipOfficial Programme, Surfers Paradise International Race Circuit, Sunday May 18th Surfers Paradise International Race Circuit 18 MayDes White, Matich - The Greatest Name in Sports Cars, Racing Car News, June 1969, page 66 Frank Matich Matich SR4 3 Trans Australian Trophy RaceProgramme, Sandown, Sunday, November 9th, 1969 Sandown 9 NovemberAdrian Ryan, Dial M for Sandown, Racing Car News, January 1970, page 22 Frank Matich Matich SR4 RepcoVic Clark, Matich is champion, Australian Motoring News, Wednesday, 19 November 1969, page 7 Points system Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters at each heat. Results thumb|right|Frank Matich in the Matich SR4 Repco at the Surfers Paradise round of the championship Position Driver Car Entrant War.Points calculated from race results published in Racing Car News reports Sur. San. Total 1 Frank Matich Matich SR4 Repco Rothmans Team Matich 9 9 9 27 2 Don O'Sullivan Matich SR3 Repco Don O'Sullivan Racing 6 6 4 16 3 Bob Muir Lotus 23B Ford 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 Coventry Climax Woodward Racing - - 3 3 8 Tony Oxley Chevron B8 BMW Anthony Oxley - 2 - 2 9 Doug Macarthur Lotus Elan Mayfair Motors 1 - - 1 = John Goss Tornado Ford John Goss - 1 - 1 = Malcolm Ramsay Elfin 300 Ford Elfin Sports Cars - - 1The Sandown report in Australian Motoring News indicates that Ramsay placed sixth 1 References External links 1969 Australian Sports Car racing images from www.autopics.com.au Category:Australian Sports Car Championship Sports Car Championship