The 1970 Australian Formula 2 Championship was an Australian motor racing title for drivers of 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 ...

regulations. The title, which was recognised by the

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Motorsport Australia, formerly the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), is the nationally recognised governing and sanctioning body for four-wheeled motorsport in Australia. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'A ...

as the fourth

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, was decided over a single 40-lap, race, staged at the Lakeside circuit in

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, Australia on 27 September 1970.Des White, Stewart F2 Champ Again, Racing Car News, November 1970, pages 38-39 There were seven starters in the event. The championship was won by

Max Stewart Malcolm Clarke Stewart (14 March 1935 – 19 March 1977) was an Australian racing driver. He was known as the "Jolly Green Giant" for his disposition and height. Stewart was born in Orange, New South Wales. He began his motorsport career ...

driving a Mildren

Waggott Waggott Engineering was an Australian automotive engineering company which gained fame for the engines which it produced for motor sport applications from the 1950s through to the 1970s. The company had its origins in a machine shop opened in 1948 b ...

Results

Max Stewart Waggott TC4V 4 Graham Ruckert

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Rennmax The Rennmax name was applied to a series of open wheel racing cars and sports racing cars constructed by Rennmax Engineering in Sydney, Australia between 1962 and 1978.Tony Davis, The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, pages 402-403 Rennmax ...

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Notes

* Fastest lap:

, 53.4s, (101.31 mph),Stewart's Consolation Prize, Australian Auto Sports, November 1970, page 18 new

lap record.

Results

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