1971 Australian Touring Car Championship

The 1971 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....

sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group C Improved Production Touring Cars and Group E Series Production Touring Cars

Group E Series Production Touring Cars

Group E Series Production Touring Cars was an Australian motor racing category for production based sedans competing with limited modifications. It was current from 1964 to 1972....

. The title, which was the twelfth running of the Australian Touring Car Championship

Australian Touring Car Championship

The Australian Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing award held in Australia since 1960. The series itself is no longer contested, but the title lives on, with the winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series awarded the trophy and title of Australian Touring Car Champion.-History:The...

, began on 1 March 1971 at Symmons Plains Raceway

Symmons Plains Raceway

Symmons Plains Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Australia, located about 30 kilometres south of Launceston, Tasmania. Since the closure of the Longford circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility...

and ended on 8 August at Oran Park Raceway

Oran Park Raceway

Oran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....

Drivers

The following drivers competed in the 1971 ATCC

Australian Touring Car Championship

. The listing is not exhaustive.

Driver	Car	No	Entrant
Norm Beechey Norm Beechey Norm Beechey was an Australian race car driver, given the nickname "Stormin Norman". To some, he was the closest thing Holden had to a star racing driver, before Peter Brock. Beechey competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1963 to 1972 winning the title in 1965 driving a Ford...	Holden HT Monaro GTS350 Holden Monaro The Holden Monaro is an automobile that was produced by GM Holden Ltd, an Australian subsidiary of General Motors, between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005...	1	Shell Racing
Jim McKeown Jim McKeown James "Jim" McKeown is a retired American soccer defender who played in the North American Soccer League.McKeown graduated from Steinert High School where he was part of two Group IV championship soccer teams. He was inducted into the Steinart Hall of Fame in 2008. He then attended Rider...	Porsche 911S Porsche 911 classic The original Porsche 911 was a sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive, and durable design was introduced in autumn 1963 and built until 1989...	3	Shell Racing
Ian Geoghegan Ian Geoghegan Ian "Pete" Geoghegan, was an Australian race car driver, known for a quick wit and natural driving skills. Geoghegan was one of the iconic characters of the 1960s and 1970s Australian motor racing scene...	Ford Mustang GTA Ford Mustang (first generation) The first-generation Ford Mustang is the original pony car, manufactured by Ford Motor Company from 1964 until 1973.It was initially introduced as a hardtop and convertible with the fastback version put on sale the following year...	4 & 11	Geoghegans Sporty Cars
Bob Jane Bob Jane Robert "Bob" Jane is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jane is perhaps known best nowadays for his chain of tyre retailers,...	Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1	6 & 7	Bob Jane Racing Team
Brian Foley	Alfa Romeo GTAm	8	Chesterfield Filter Racing
Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Allan George Moffat, OBE is an Australian racing driver known for his four wins in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 1000...	Ford Boss 302 Mustang	9	Coca-Cola Team AMR
Bill Fanning	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	11
Dick Johnson Dick Johnson (Australian auto racing) Dick Johnson is the owner of the V8 Supercar team Dick Johnson Racing and a former racing driver. As a driver, he was a five-time Australian Touring Car Champion and a three-time winner of the Bathurst 1000...	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	17
Colin Bond Colin Bond Colin John Bond is a retired Australian racing driver. Bond reached the highest levels in Australian motorsport in 1969 when he was recruited by Harry Firth to the newly formed Holden Dealer Team...	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	44
Robin Bessant	Morris Cooper S & Ford Mustang Ford Mustang (first generation) The first-generation Ford Mustang is the original pony car, manufactured by Ford Motor Company from 1964 until 1973.It was initially introduced as a hardtop and convertible with the fastback version put on sale the following year...	90
Graham Bishop	Morris Cooper S	30	Shell Racing
Noel Devine	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1
John French John French (racing driver) John French is a retired Australian racing driver.French had a long career throughout the 60s and 70s and the early 80s. He won the 1962 Australian GT Championship driving a Centaur-Waggott and in 1969 French paired with Allan Moffat to win the Sandown Three Hour race in a Ford Falcon GTHO...	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III
Bob Kent	Morris Cooper S
Andrew McComb	Morris Cooper S
Trevor Meehan	Morris Cooper S	18	M Brewster
Graham Ritter	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	5	BS Stillwell & Co
John Rushford	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I

Race calendar

The 1971 ATCC

Australian Touring Car Championship

was contested over a seven heat series with one race per heat. An event was scheduled to be held at Warwick Farm Raceway

Warwick Farm Raceway

Warwick Farm Raceway was a motor racing facility which was in operation from 1960 to 1973. Warwick Farm Raceway hosted numerous major events during its life such as the Australian Grand Prix and rounds of both the Australian Touring Car Championship and the Tasman Series.-History:Warwick Farm...

in July, but was cancelled as the circuits track licence had been suspended.

Heat	Heat Title	Circuit	Location	Date	Winner	Team
1	Symmons Plains	Symmons Plains Raceway Symmons Plains Raceway Symmons Plains Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Australia, located about 30 kilometres south of Launceston, Tasmania. Since the closure of the Longford circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility...	Launceston Launceston, Tasmania Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart... , Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...	1 Mar	Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Allan George Moffat, OBE is an Australian racing driver known for his four wins in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 1000...	Team Coca-Cola AMR
2	Calder	Calder Park Raceway Calder Park Raceway Calder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a drag strip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise or counter-clockwise .-History:Calder Park...	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... , Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....	21 Mar	Norm Beechey Norm Beechey Norm Beechey was an Australian race car driver, given the nickname "Stormin Norman". To some, he was the closest thing Holden had to a star racing driver, before Peter Brock. Beechey competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1963 to 1972 winning the title in 1965 driving a Ford...	Shell Racing
3	Sandown	Sandown Raceway Sandown Raceway Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...	Melbourne, Victoria	14 Apr	Bob Jane Bob Jane Robert "Bob" Jane is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jane is perhaps known best nowadays for his chain of tyre retailers,...	Bob Jane Racing Team
4	Surfers Paradise	Surfers Paradise Raceway	Surfers Paradise, Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...	14 May	Allan Moffat	Team Coca-Cola AMR
5	South Australian Touring Car Championship	Mallala	Mallala Mallala, South Australia Mallala is a small town about 58 kilometres north of Adelaide in South Australia. The name Mallala is thought to be derived from the local Aboriginal word 'madlola' which supposedly meant 'place of the ground frog'. At the 2006 census, Mallala had a population of 737.In 1939 the Royal Australian... , South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...	14 Jun	Bob Jane	Bob Jane Racing Team
6	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway Lakeside International Raceway Lakeside Park, formerly known as Lakeside International Raceway is a motor racing circuit located at Pine Rivers north of Brisbane and lies adjacent to Lake Kurwongbah....	Brisbane, Queensland	25 Jul	Allan Moffat	Team Coca-Cola AMR
7	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway Oran Park Raceway Oran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	8 Aug	Bob Jane	Bob Jane Racing Team

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first six place-getters in each heat.

Results

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Pos.	Driver	H 1	H 2	H 3	H 4	H 5	H 6	H 7	Pts
1	Bob Jane Bob Jane Robert "Bob" Jane is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jane is perhaps known best nowadays for his chain of tyre retailers,...	2nd	Ret	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	43
2	Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Allan George Moffat, OBE is an Australian racing driver known for his four wins in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 1000...	1st	Ret	DSQ	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	37
3	Ian Geoghegan Ian Geoghegan Ian "Pete" Geoghegan, was an Australian race car driver, known for a quick wit and natural driving skills. Geoghegan was one of the iconic characters of the 1960s and 1970s Australian motor racing scene...	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	36
4	Jim McKeown Jim McKeown James "Jim" McKeown is a retired American soccer defender who played in the North American Soccer League.McKeown graduated from Steinert High School where he was part of two Group IV championship soccer teams. He was inducted into the Steinart Hall of Fame in 2008. He then attended Rider...	4th	3rd	3rd	5th	4th	6th	4th	20
5	Norm Beechey Norm Beechey Norm Beechey was an Australian race car driver, given the nickname "Stormin Norman". To some, he was the closest thing Holden had to a star racing driver, before Peter Brock. Beechey competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1963 to 1972 winning the title in 1965 driving a Ford...	Ret	1st	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret	12
6	Graham Ritter	5th	Ret	4th					5
6	John French				4th		5th		5
8	John Rushford		4th						3
9	Brian Foley Brian Foley For the New York State Senator, see Brian X. Foley.Brian Foley is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Perth in the WANFL. He occupies a forward pocket in West Perth's official 'Team of the Century'....				6th	5th	7th		3
10	Trevor Meehan		5th						2
10	Colin Bond Colin Bond Colin John Bond is a retired Australian racing driver. Bond reached the highest levels in Australian motorsport in 1969 when he was recruited by Harry Firth to the newly formed Holden Dealer Team...			5th					2
10	Bill Fanning							5th	2
13	Bob Kent Bob Kent -Coaching career:Kent was the head college football coach for the Kalamazoo Hornets located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He held that position for the 1984 season. His coaching record at Kalamazoo was 1 wins and 8 losses. As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #20 at Kalamazoo in...	6th							1
13	Andrew McComb		6th						1
13	Noel Devine			6th					1
13	Graeme Bishop					6th			1
13	Dick Johnson				7th		8th	6th	1
Pos	Driver	H 1	H 2	H 3	H 4	H 5	H 6	H 7	Pts

External links

Official V8 Supercar site Contains historical ATCC information.
CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
1971 Australian Touring Car racing images at www.autopics.com.au

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