title: 1969 Australian Sports Car Championship
text: # 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. It was the inaugural Australian Sports Car Championship, replacing the Australian Tourist Trophy as Australia's premier Sports Car contest.
  
  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.
  
  | Heat | Race name | Circuit | Date | Heat winner | Car |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | RAC Trophy | Warwick Farm | 4 May | Frank Matich | Matich SR4 |
  | 2 | Queensland Sports Car Championship | Surfers Paradise International Race Circuit | 18 May | Frank Matich | Matich SR4 |
  | 3 | Trans Australian Trophy Race | Sandown | 9 November | Frank Matich | Matich SR4 Repco |
  
  ## Points system
  
  Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters at each heat.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | War. | 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 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
  