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.[1] The title, which was the third Australian Sports Car Championship,[2] was won by John Harvey driving a McLaren M6 Repco.

Schedule

The championship was contested over a four heat series.[1]

Heat Heat name Circuit Date Winning driver Car
1 Endeavour Cup Phillip Island 31 January[3] Lionel Ayers MRC MkII Repco
2 RAC Trophy Warwick Farm 2 May[4] John Harvey McLaren M6 Repco
3 Western Australian Sports Car Championship Wanneroo Park 15 August[5] John Harvey McLaren M6 Repco
4   Mallala Race Circuit 14 November[6][7] 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.[1]

Championship standings

Position[8] Driver No. Car Entrant Phi[3] War[4] Wan[9] Mal[6] Total
1 John Harvey 3, 76 & 71 McLaren M6 Repco Bob Jane Racing - 9 9 9 27[10]
2 Lionel Ayers 1 MRC MkII Repco Lionel Ayers 9 6 3 6 24[10]
3 Howie Sangster 2 Matich SR3 Repco
McLaren LT170 Traco Chevrolet[11]		 Pinocchio's Racing Team 6 - 6 - 12[10]
4 Alan Hamilton 12[12] Porsche 906 Porsche Distributors Racing 4 4 - - 8
5 Phillip Moore 6[12][13] 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[12] 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[12] 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 Tom Naughton, Ayers Grabs Island Cup, Racing Car News, March 1971, pages 54–55
  4. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 170
  11. ↑ A watery Wanneroo, Australian Motoring News, 3 September 1971, page 10
  12. 1 2 3 4 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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