The 1969 Australian Rally Championship was a series of five

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events held across

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during 1969. It was the second

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. Frank Kilfoyle won the Drivers Championship in a

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and his navigator Doug Rutherford won the Navigators Championship.Stewart Wilson, Ford - The racing history, 1989 The

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won the Manufacturers Award.CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1980

Season review

The second Australian Rally Championship was decided over five events, staged across the Eastern States of Australia with two events in

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and one each in

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and

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The Rallies

The five events of the 1969 season were as follows.

Round Two – Snowy Mountains Rally

Round Three – John Martin 500 Rally

Australian Autosportsman, September 1969

1969 Drivers and Navigators Championships

Final pointscore for 1969 is as follows.

Frank Kilfoyle – Champion Driver 1969

Doug Rutherford – Champion Navigator 1969

Manufacturers Award

The

won the Manufacturers Award.

References

External links

Results of Snowy Mountains Rally and ARC results. {{Australian Rally Championship years 1969 in Australian motorsport, Rally Championship Rally competitions in Australia 1969 in rallying