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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. The title, which was the third Australian Sports Car Championship, 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 January Lionel Ayers MRC MkII Repco
2 RAC Trophy Warwick Farm 2 May John Harvey McLaren M6 Repco
3 Western Australian Sports Car Championship Wanneroo Park 15 August John Harvey McLaren M6 Repco
4   Mallala Race Circuit 14 November 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

Position Driver No. Car Entrant Phi War Wan Mal Total
1 John Harvey 3, 76 & 71 McLaren M6 Repco Bob Jane Racing - 9 9 9 27
2 Lionel Ayers 1 MRC MkII Repco Lionel Ayers 9 6 3 6 24
3 Howie Sangster 2 Matich SR3 Repco
McLaren LT170 Traco Chevrolet 		Pinocchio's Racing Team 6 - 6 - 12
4 Alan Hamilton 12 Porsche 906 Porsche Distributors Racing 4 4 - - 8
5 Phillip Moore 6 Elfin 300C
Elfin 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

  1. ^ Conditions for Australian Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1971, pages 79-83
  2. Australian Titles, www.camsmanual.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ^ Tom Naughton, Ayers Grabs Island Cup, Racing Car News, March 1971, pages 54–55
  4. ^ Max Stahl, Harvey in Easy RAC, Racing Car News, June 1971, pages 46-47
  5. Sangster Loses After Title Car Duel, The Western Australian, Monday, 16 August 1971, page 52
  6. ^ Bob Trenorden, Harvey new sports Champ, Australian Auto Action, 26 November 1971
  7. Harvey The Champion, Racing Car News, January 1972, page 36
  8. Positions were established by applying the CAMS points system to published heat results as referenced
  9. Western Australian Motor Race Results 1971, www.terrywalkersplace.com Archived 3 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 21 June 2017
  10. ^ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 170
  11. A watery Wanneroo, Australian Motoring News, 3 September 1971, page 10
  12. ^ Official Souvenir Programme, Endeavour Cup, 31 January 1971, page 12
  13. Official Programme, Mallala Race Circuit, 14 November 1971, page 17

Further reading

  • Harvey Captures Sports Car Title, The Advertiser, Monday, 15 November 1971, page 22

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