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]

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

## Schedule

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

Heat[1] | Race name  | Circuit[1] | Date  | Heat winner  | Car

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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

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

## Results

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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]

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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

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

## External links

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* 1969 Australian Sports Car racing images from www.autopics.com.au

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