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]

1969 Australian Sports Car Championship

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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]