1971 Australian Sports Car Championship

June 2020 August 2011 1971 Australian Sports Car Championship 1970 1972 The 1971 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Group A Sports Cars, Group B Improved Production Sports Cars and Group D Series Production Sports Cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1971, pages 79-83 The title, which was the third Australian Sports Car Championship,Australian Titles, www.camsmanual.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org was won by John Harvey driving a McLaren M6 Repco. Schedule The championship was contested over a four heat series. Heat Heat name Circuit Date Winning driver Car 1 Endeavour Cup Phillip Island 31 JanuaryTom Naughton, Ayers Grabs Island Cup, Racing Car News, March 1971, pages 54–55 Lionel Ayers MRC MkII Repco 2 RAC Trophy Warwick Farm 2 MayMax Stahl, Harvey in Easy RAC, Racing Car News, June 1971, pages 46-47 John Harvey McLaren M6 Repco 3 Western Australian Sports Car Championship Wanneroo Park 15 AugustSangster Loses After Title Car Duel, The Western Australian, Monday, 16 August 1971, page 52 John Harvey McLaren M6 Repco 4   Mallala Race Circuit 14 NovemberBob Trenorden, Harvey new sports Champ, Australian Auto Action, 26 November 1971Harvey The Champion, Racing Car News, January 1972, page 36 John Harvey McLaren M6 Repco Points system Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters at each heat. Championship standings PositionPositions were established by applying the CAMS points system to published heat results as referenced Driver No. Car Entrant Phi War WanWestern Australian Motor Race Results 1971, www.terrywalkersplace.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140603143323/http://terrywalkersplace.com/Results/1971-all.pdf 3 June 2014 Retrieved 21 June 2017 Mal Total 1 John Harvey 3, 76 & 71 McLaren M6 Repco Bob Jane Racing - 9 9 9 27Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 170 2 Lionel Ayers 1 MRC MkII Repco Lionel Ayers 9 6 3 6 24 3 Howie Sangster 2 Matich SR3 Repco McLaren LT170 Traco ChevroletA watery Wanneroo, Australian Motoring News, 3 September 1971, page 10 Pinocchio's Racing Team 6 - 6 - 12 4 Alan Hamilton 12Official Souvenir Programme, Endeavour Cup, 31 January 1971, page 12 Porsche 906 Porsche Distributors Racing 4 4 - - 8 5 Phillip Moore 6Official Programme, Mallala Race Circuit, 14 November 1971, page 17 Elfin 300CElfin 360 Repco Phillip Moore 3 - - 4 7 6 Doug Macarthur 7 Rennmax BMW Rennmax Repco Doug Macarthur - 2 - 3 5 7 Henry Michell 61 Elfin 360 Henry Michell - - 4 - 4 8 Stan Keen 8 Elfin 400 Ford Stan Keen Motors - 3 - - 3 9 Ken Hastings 13 Elfin 400 Repco Clive Millis Motors Pty Ltd 2 - - - 2 Stan Starcevich 5 Bob Jane Graduate Stan Starcevich - - 2 - 2 Eric Boord 60 Olympus Ford Shell Racing Team - - - 2 2 12 Dennis Urhane 25 Elfin 300 Dennis Urhane 1 - - - 1 Ian Hindmarsh Elfin BMC Ian Hindmarsh Motors - 1 - - 1 Chris Royston 71 Lotus 47 - - 1 - 1 Jim Doig 39 Lotus 7 Motorlab Racing - - - 1 1 Notes and references Further reading Harvey Captures Sports Car Title, The Advertiser, Monday, 15 November 1971, page 22 External links 1971 Australian sports car racing images, www.autopics.com.au Category:Australian Sports Car Championship Sports Car Championship