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1970 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1970 Australian Sports Car Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Group A Sports Cars, Group B Improved Production Sports Cars and Group D Series Production Sports Cars. It was authorised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title.

The title, which was the second Australian Sports Car Championship, was won by Peter Woodward, driving an Elfin 350 Coventry Climax.Australian Sports Car Championship 1970, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1971, pages 108–113

Schedule

The championship was contested over three heats with one race per heat.

Heat 1, Endeavour Cup, Phillip Island, Victoria, 25 January
Heat 2, RAC Trophy, Warwick Farm, New South Wales, 3 May
Heat 3, Western Australian Sports Car Championship, Wanneroo Park, Western Australia, 16 August

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters at each heat.

Championship standings

=	Murray Charnley	51	Lotus 23	M Charnley	-	-	1	1

References

CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1970, pages 78–82
Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
Adrian Ryan, Title Lead to Woodward, Racing Car News, March 1970, page 46
Jim Morris, Allen Breaks Title Grip on RAC, Racing Car News, June 1970, pages 42–43
Terry Walker, Around the Houses, 1980, page 53
Mike Cuss, Woodward: Sports Champ, Racing Car News, October 1970, pages 34–35
Occhipinti & Peacock are omitted from the points listing published in Racing Car News, October 1970 however they are both included in the listing published in the June issue

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