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.
The championship was contested over three heats[1] with one race per heat.[3]
Heat | Race name | Circuit | Date | Heat winner | Car | |
1 | RAC Trophy[4] | Warwick Farm | 4 May | Frank Matich | Matich SR4 | |
2 | Queensland Sports Car Championship[5] | Surfers Paradise International Race Circuit | 18 May[6] | Frank Matich | Matich SR4 | |
3 | Trans Australian Trophy Race[7] | Sandown | 9 November[8] | Frank Matich | Matich SR4 Repco[9] |
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters at each heat.[3]
Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | War.[10] | 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 Sports Cars | - | - | 1[11] | 1 |