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1969 Australian Rally Championship

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Rally

The 1969 Australian Rally Championship was a series of five rallying events held across Australia during 1969. It was the second Australian Rally Championship.

Frank Kilfoyle won the Drivers Championship in a Ford Cortina Lotus and his navigator Doug Rutherford won the Navigators Championship. The Ford Motor Company of Australia won the Manufacturers Award.

Season review

The second Australian Rally Championship was decided over five events, staged across the Eastern States of Australia with two events in Victoria and one each in Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.

The Rallies

The five events of the 1969 season were as follows.

Round	Rally	Date	1	2	3	4	5
Classic Rally (VIC)
Snowy Mountains Rally (NSW)
John Martin 500 (SA)
Warana Rally (QLD)
Alpine Rally (VIC)

Round Two – [[Bega Valley Rally|Snowy Mountains Rally]]

Position	Driver	Navigator	Car
Evan Green	Roy Denny	Austin 1800	153
John Keran	Peter Meyer	Volvo 142S	173
Colin Bond	Brian Hope	Mitsubishi Colt SS	173
Ian Vaughan	Bob Forsyth	Lotus Cortina	180
Bruce Collier	Steve Halloran	Renault R8 Gordini	243
Richard Harris	John Bryson	Mazda 1200 Coupe	285

Round Three – John Martin 500 Rally

Position	Driver	Navigator	Car
Adrian Callary	Garry Chapman	Renault 16TS	49
Ron Waite	Peter McArthur	Toyota 1600S	122
Bob Watson	Jim McCaulliffe	Renault 16TS	153
John Keran	Peter Meyer	Repco Volvo 144S	293
Mal McPherson	Robin Sharpley	Renault 16TS	326
Garrie Bain	Adrian van Loon	Morris Cooper	392

1969 Drivers and Navigators Championships

Final pointscore for 1969 is as follows.

Frank Kilfoyle – Champion Driver 1969

Position	Driver	Car	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6
Frank Kilfoyle	Ford Cortina Lotus
John Keran	Volvo 142S
Tony Roberts
Ian Vaughan	Lotus Cortina
Evan Green	Austin 1800
Adrian Callary

Doug Rutherford – Champion Navigator 1969

Position	Navigator	Car	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6
Doug Rutherford	Ford Cortina Lotus
Peter Meyer	Volvo 142S
Brian Hope
Bob Forsyth	Lotus Cortina
Roy Denny	Austin 1800
Garry Chapman

Manufacturers Award

The Ford Motor Company of Australia won the Manufacturers Award.

References

Stewart Wilson, Ford - The racing history, 1989
CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1980
"Bega Valley Rally".
Australian Autosportsman, September 1969

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