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The 1969 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to racing cars complying with
Australian Formula 2 Australian Formula 2, sometimes abbreviated to AF2 or ANF2, is a "wings and slicks" formula racing category in Australia. The category is one of Australia's oldest, dating back to 1964. The current format of AF2 was introduced in 1978. Brian Shea ...
. The title, which was the third
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,Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6 was contested concurrently with the 1969 Sam Hordern Memorial Trophy which was staged at
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in
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, Australia on 7 December 1969.David McKay, ho hum hordern, Modern Motor, February 1970, pages 93 & 95 The championship was won by
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driving a Mildren
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Results

Note: The 1969 Sam Hordern Memorial Trophy, which incorporated the 1969 Australian Formula 2 Championship, was a round of the 1969 Australian Drivers' Championship. It was open to both
Australian National Formula The Australian National Formula (often abbreviated to ANF) was an Australian motor racing category which was introduced by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport in 1964 and remained current until the end of 1969. It had replaced Formula Libre ...
cars and
Australian Formula 2 Australian Formula 2, sometimes abbreviated to AF2 or ANF2, is a "wings and slicks" formula racing category in Australia. The category is one of Australia's oldest, dating back to 1964. The current format of AF2 was introduced in 1978. Brian Shea ...
cars, however the former were not eligible for the Australian Formula 2 Championship and thus are not included in the above table.


References

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Further reading

* Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980 Australian Formula 2 Championship Formula 2 Championship Motorsport at Warwick Farm