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Francis Anthony Matich (25 January 193511 May 2015) was an Australian
A summary of some of his motor racing achievements is given in the table below:Records, Titles & Awards
Retrieved from the CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport on 18 August 2008
Frank Matich at speedcafe.com
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racing car
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driver. A highly successful motor racing competitor in the 1960s and 1970s, Matich built his own range of Matich sports car
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s and open wheel cars, mainly to support his own career, but some cars found success with other drivers. In these and other makes he won five Tasman Series
The Tasman Series (formally the Tasman Championship for Drivers)Tasman Championship for Drivers, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport with National Competition Rules 1974, pages 80 to 83 was a motor racing competition held annually from 1964 to 1975 ove ...
races, two Australian Grands Prix, the 1972 Australian Drivers' Championship
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and a number of other Australian motor racing titles.
In April 1970, Frank Matich was appointed as a Director of Lambretta (Australasia) Pty Ltd, and was to assemble McLaren racing cars in the Lambretta site in Artarmon, Sydney.
Matich, who suffered major electrical burns in a boating accident in 1973, retired from racing in 1974 in order to spend more time with his family and his business. His son Kris Matich became a leading Formula Ford
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driver in Sydney
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during the late 1980s.
Career results
A summary of some of his motor racing achievements is given in the table below:Records, Titles & AwardsRetrieved from the CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport on 18 August 2008
Complete Tasman Series results
Australian Grand Prix
References
Further reading
* James Cockington, Can-Am's Oz Invader, Australian Motorsport News, No 395, May 2010, pages 58–62External links
Frank Matich at speedcafe.com
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