1970 Australian Sports Car Championship
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The 1970 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS
sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Group A Sports Cars
, Group B Improved Production Sports Cars and Group D Series Production Sports Cars. The championship, which was the second Australian Sports Car Championship
, was contested over a three heats series with one race per heat.
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters at each heat.
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Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....
sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Group A Sports Cars
Group A Sports Cars
Group A Sports Cars is an Australian motor racing category that CAMS formulated for sports car racing in Australia. Introduced in 1964, it continues today under the name Group 2A Sports Cars....
, Group B Improved Production Sports Cars and Group D Series Production Sports Cars. The championship, which was the second Australian Sports Car Championship
Australian Sports Car Championship
The Australian Sports Car Championship was the CAMS sanctioned national title for Sports Car drivers in the years from 1969 to 1988. Each championship was contested over a series of races with the exception of the 1975 title, which was awarded on the results of a single race held at the Phillip...
, was contested over a three heats series with one race per heat.
- Heat 1, Endeavour Cup, Phillip IslandPhillip Island Grand Prix CircuitThe Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...
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, 25 January - Heat 2, RAC Trophy, Warwick FarmWarwick Farm RacewayWarwick Farm Raceway was a motor racing facility which was in operation from 1960 to 1973. Warwick Farm Raceway hosted numerous major events during its life such as the Australian Grand Prix and rounds of both the Australian Touring Car Championship and the Tasman Series.-History:Warwick Farm...
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, 3 May - Heat 3, Western Australian Sports Car Championship, Wanneroo ParkBarbagallo RacewayBarbagallo Raceway is a motorsport circuit located in Wanneroo, approximately north of Perth in Western Australia.The circuit was originally known as Wanneroo Park and the first race meet took place in March 1969. Initially the major race per year was a 6 hour Le Mans style race for sedans and...
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, 16 August
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters at each heat.
Results
| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | H1 | H2 | H3 | Total |
| 1 | Peter Woodward | 47 & 3 | Elfin 350 Coventry Climax Coventry Climax Coventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer.-History:The company was started in 1903 as Lee Stroyer, but two years later, following the departure of Stroyer, it was relocated to Paynes Lane, Coventry, and renamed to Coventry-Simplex by H... |
Woodward Racing | 9 | - | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Phillip Moore | 6 & 15 | Elfin 300C Ford | PC Moore | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Niel Allen | 2 | Elfin ME5 Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918... |
NE Allen Auto. Ind. | - | 9 | - | 9 |
| Howie Sangster | 4 | Lola T70 Mk2 Lola T70 The Lola T70 was built for sports car racing, popular in the mid to late 1960s. Developed by Lola Cars in 1965 in Great Britain, the T70 was made for endurance racing... Ford |
Pinocchios Racing | - | - | 9 | 9 | |
| 5 | Frank Matich Frank Matich Frank Matich, born 1935, was an Australian racing car driver. A highly successful motor racing competitor in the 1960s and 70s, Matich built his own range of Matich sports cars and open wheel cars, mainly to support his own career, but some cars found success with other drivers... |
1 | Matich SR4 Repco Repco Repco is an Australian automotive engineering company. Its name is an abbreviation of Replacement Parts Company and it is best known for spare parts and motor accessories.... |
Rothmans Team Matich | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| 6 | Peter Larner | 34 | Lotus 23B Lotus 23 The Lotus 23 was designed by Colin Chapman as a small-displacement sports racing car. Nominally a two-seater , it was a purpose-built for racing with a driver alone. The 23 used a wider version of the Lotus 20 space frame, with the same suspension, clothed in a fibreglass body... |
Civil Flying School | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Stan Starcevich | 5 | Graduate Mk 2 Ford | S Starcevich | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| 8 | Bob Jane Bob Jane Robert "Bob" Jane is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jane is perhaps known best nowadays for his chain of tyre retailers,... |
3 | Ford Mustang Ford Mustang (first generation) The first-generation Ford Mustang is the original pony car, manufactured by Ford Motor Company from 1964 until 1973.It was initially introduced as a hardtop and convertible with the fastback version put on sale the following year... |
Bob Jane Shell Racing Team | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Dennis Urhane | Elfin 300 Ford | Total Morwell Service Station | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||
| 10 | Charlie Occhipinti | 35 | Elfin Mallala Elfin Mallala The Elfin Mallala was a sports racing car produced in 1962 and 1963 by Garrie Cooper's Elfin Sports Cars. It had a small run of only five cars. Its first race was at the Mallala Race Circuit which gave its name to the car... |
C Occhipinti | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| John Goss John Goss (race driver) John Goss is the only Australian racing driver to win Australia's two most prestigious races, the Bathurst 1000 , and the Australian Grand Prix .-Early career:... |
12 | Tornado Ford | McLeod Ford | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Dick Murphy | 47 | Bolwell Mk 7 Bolwell Bolwell is an Australian company that originally produced sports cars between 1962 and 1979. A new company of the same name began production of new cars in 2009 after several years of concept and show cars.-Mk IV:... |
R Murphy | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 | Bill Peacock | 48 | Pegasus | WR Peacock | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Bob Martin | Hustler SC1 Ford | Robert Martin | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Murray Charnley | 51 | Lotus 23 | M Charnley | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Further reading
- Australian Competition Yearbook, 1971, pages 108–113
- Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1971, page 58
- Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 169 – 170
External links
- 1970 Endeavour Cup images & Official Souvenir Programme extracts Retrieved from www.racingsportscars.com on 22 June 2009
- 1970 Western Australian race results Retrieved from www.terrywalkersplace.com au on 22 June 2009
- 1970 Australian sports car racing images Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 22 June 2009