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Results of Snowy Mountains Rally and ARC results. {{Australian Rally Championship years 1970 in Australian motorsport, Rally Championship Rally competitions in Australia 1970 in rallying
The 1970 Australian Rally Championship
The Australia Rally Championship (ARC) is Australia's leading road motor rally competition. A multi-event national championship has been held each year since 1968.
Competition - to 2010
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was a series of five rallying
Rally is a wide-ranging form of motorsport with various competitive motoring elements such as speed tests (often called ''rally racing),'' navigation tests, or the ability to reach waypoints or a destination at a prescribed time or average speed. ...
events held across Australia. It was the third season in the history of the competition.
Bob Watson and navigator Jim McCauliffe in the Renault R8 Gordini
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were the winners of the 1970 Championship.
Season review
The third Australian Rally Championship was decided over five events, with two in Victoria and one each inQueensland
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and South Australia
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. The series was dominated by the Renault R8 Gordinis, with Watson and McCauliffe winning four of the five rounds and coming second in the other. Their closest challenge was from Colin Bond and Brian Hope in the new Holden Monaro GTS 350.
The Rallies
The five events of the 1970 season were as follows.Round One – Eureka Rally
Wheels June 1970Round Three – Cibie Snowy Rally
Round Five – Warana Rally
1970 Drivers and Navigators Championships
Final pointscore for 1970 is as follows.Bob Watson – Champion Driver 1970
Jim McAuliffe – Champion Navigator 1970
References
External links
Results of Snowy Mountains Rally and ARC results. {{Australian Rally Championship years 1970 in Australian motorsport, Rally Championship Rally competitions in Australia 1970 in rallying