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词条 1971 Australian Touring Car Championship
释义

  1. Drivers

  2. Calendar

  3. Race summaries

      Symmons Plains    Calder    Sandown    Surfers Paradise    Mallala    Lakeside    Oran Park  

  4. Points system

  5. Championship standings

  6. References

  7. External links

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The 1971 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS-sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group C Improved Production Touring Cars and Group E Series Production Touring Cars.[1] The title, which was the twelfth running of the Australian Touring Car Championship, began at Symmons Plains Raceway on 1 March 1971 and ended at Oran Park Raceway on 8 August after seven heats.[2]

Bob Jane won his third Australian Touring Car Championship, driving his 7.0-litre Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1. Allan Moffat finished runner-up in his Ford Boss 302 Mustang, while Ian Geoghegan was third in his Ford Mustang. Defending champion Norm Beechey finished fifth in the series, suffering from reliability problems with his Holden HT Monaro GTS350. Beechey only finished two rounds of the series, one of which was a victory in the second round at Calder Park Raceway.[2]

Drivers

The following drivers competed in the 1971 championship.[2][3][4][5] The list is not exhaustive.

Entrant Car No. Driver
Shell Racing Holden HT Monaro GTS3501AUS}} Norm Beechey
Shell Racing Porsche 911S3AUS}} Jim McKeown
Geoghegan's Sporty Cars Ford Mustang4
11
AUS}} Ian Geoghegan
B.S. Stillwell and Co Ford Escort Mark I Twin Cam5AUS}} Graham Ritter
Bob Jane Racing Team Chevrolet Camaro ZL-16
7
AUS}} Bob Jane
Chesterfield Filter Racing Alfa Romeo GTAm8AUS}} Brian Foley
Coca-Cola Team A.M.R. Ford Boss 302 Mustang9
91
CAN}} Allan Moffat
Ford Escort Mark I Twin Cam [2]11AUS}} Bill Fanning
Holden LC Torana GTR XU-117AUS}} Dick Johnson
Bryan Thomson [6] Chevrolet Camaro17AUS}} Bryan Thomson
M. Brewster Morris Cooper S18AUS}} Trevor Meehan
Shell Racing Morris Cooper S30AUS}} Graham Bishop
Holden Dealer Team [7] Holden LC Torana GTR XU-144AUS}} Colin Bond
Morris Cooper S90AUS}} Robin Bessant
Holden LC ToranaAUS}} Brian Aldred
Terry Allan [6] Chevrolet CamaroAUS}} Terry Allan
Blanchard Motors [7] Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1AUS}} Graeme Blanchard [7]
Ford MustangAUS}} Tony Calvert
AMI [6] Toyota CorollaAUS}} Rob Davies
Noel Devine [7] Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1AUS}} Noel Devine
Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase IIIAUS}} John French
Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1AUS}} George Giesberts
Bob Jane Racing Team [6] Ford MustangAUS}} John Harvey
R Kent [4] Morris Cooper SAUS}} Robert Kent
John Lewis [8] Holden LC Torana 2.7 [8]AUS}} John Lewis
Andrew McComb Racing [8] Morris Cooper SAUS}} Andrew McComb
City State Racing Team [8] Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1AUS}} Malcolm Ramsay [8]
Allan Reid [8] Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1AUS}} Allan Reid [8]
Terry Robertson [7] Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1AUS}} Terry Robertson
Rushford Engineering [6] Ford Escort Mark I Twin CamAUS}} John Rushford
Holden EHAUS}} Herb Taylor
City State Racing Team [8] Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1AUS}} John Walker [8]
Ford Escort Mark I Twin CamAUS}} Garth Wigston
Woodward Racing P/L [7] Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1AUS}} Peter Woodward
Graham Slater [7] Datsun 1600 [7]AUS}} Graham Slater [9]
Jim Murcott [7] Ford Escort Mark I Twin Cam [7]AUS}} Jim Murcott [10]

Calendar

The championship was contested over a series of seven heats.[2]

Heat Event title Circuit Location Date Winner Car Entrant
1Tasmania}} Tasmanian Touring Car Championship [11] Symmons Plains Racing Circuit [11] Launceston, Tasmania 1 March Allan MoffatFord Boss 302 Mustang Coca-Cola Team A.M.R.
2Victoria}} Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 21 March Norm Beechey Holden HT Monaro GTS350 Shell Racing
3Victoria}} Marlboro Southern Sixty [7] Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 14 April Bob Jane Chevrolet Camaro Bob Jane Racing Team
4Queensland}} Surfers Paradise International Raceway Surfers Paradise, Queensland 14 May Allan MoffatFord Boss 302 Mustang Coca-Cola Team A.M.R.
5South Australia}} South Australian Touring Car Championship Mallala Race Circuit [8] Mallala, South Australia 14 June Bob Jane Chevrolet Camaro Bob Jane Racing Team
6Queensland}} Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland 25 July Allan MoffatFord Boss 302 Mustang Coca-Cola Team A.M.R.
7New South Wales}} Sydney Gold Cup [12] Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 8 August Bob Jane Chevrolet Camaro Bob Jane Racing Team

Race summaries

Symmons Plains

Bob Jane held the fastest time in official practice for the majority of the session with a time of 1:00.6. Allan Moffat came out with twenty minutes remaining and equalled Jane's time and was set to go faster until he ran off the circuit and damaged his front spoiler. In response, Jane set a time of 1:00.3 to take pole position ahead of Moffat, Ian Geoghegan and Norm Beechey.[5]

The race was held in wet conditions and Jane and Geoghegan led away from the line after Moffat made a bad gear change. Jim McKeown got squeezed between John Harvey and Terry Allan, while Graham Ritter was forced onto the grass when Harvey got sideways. Geoghegan made a mistake at the hairpin and allowed Moffat back through to second place, while Allan, who started on slick tyres, spun and fell to the back of the field. Allan retired a few laps later with a blown gasket.[5]

Moffat passed Jane fat the end of the back straight on lap 5 and began to pull away. Jane spun on lap 8, allowing Beechey into second place. Jane rejoined in front of Geoghegan and McKeown, around 25 seconds behind Beechey. McKeown passed Geoghegan for fourth, while Harvey retired with a seized engine. With the track drying out, Geoghegan took fourth place back from McKeown on lap 27, with the latter suffering from a clutch problem. Beechey began to close in on Moffat, whose lead dropped to as low as 2.5 seconds when he was held up by McKeown, while Jane was catching both Beechey and Moffat. Once clear of McKeown, Moffat was able to extend his lead again, and it became even larger when Beechey's engine blew on lap 37. Moffat took victory, five seconds ahead of Jane, while Geoghegan finished in third place, forty seconds off the lead.[5]

Calder

After dominating the opening round of the championship both Bob Jane and Allan Moffat retired from the Calder race. Jane's clutch failed on the first lap while Moffat retired with an overheating engine on lap 24, having already lost a number of places after leading early in the race. Norm Beechey took the lead from Moffat on lap 15 and led to the finish, followed by Ian Geoghegan and Jim McKeown. Geoghegan's second place elevated him into the championship lead with Moffat and Beechey tied for second place.[2]

Sandown

Bob Jane and Allan Moffat continued their strong form at Sandown. The pair pulled away from the field in the first half the race to be twenty seconds clear of third-placed Ian Geoghegan and a lap ahead of the rest of the field. Norm Beechey retired with an engine problem which was leaking oil onto the clutch. Jane then encountered a problem when his car became jammed in top gear, allowing Moffat into the lead of the race.[2]

Moffat was black-flagged on lap 25 due to a transmission oil cooler line which had come undone and was hanging underneath the car, but he continued on despite the black flag being held out on the subsequent laps. Moffat finally stopped on the last lap and, with the oil cooler line adjudged as no risk, went on to take victory. However, he was disqualified for ignoring the black flags. This gave the victory to Jane, who had stayed ahead of Geoghegan despite his problem, while Jim McKeown completed the podium.[2]

Surfers Paradise

Allan Moffat dominated the fourth round of the championship at Surfers Paradise. He qualified on pole position, set a new lap record and won the race by a margin of 35 seconds. Bob Jane finished second and took the championship lead from Ian Geoghegan, who finished third despite being pressured by John French, driving Moffat's Ford Falcon GTHO, for much of the race. Moffat's victory moved him to third place in the championship, just three points adrift of Jane.[2]

Mallala

Bob Jane extended his championship lead by taking victory at Mallala. Ian Geoghegan applied pressure to Jane late in the race but was unable to pass him, finishing three tenths of a second behind. Allan Moffat finished third despite a spin early on and then going off the track while lapping Norm Beechey. Jim McKeown and Brian Foley finished fourth and fifth respectively, one lap down on Jane, while local driver Graham Bishop took the final point in sixth place.[2]

Lakeside

The championship tightened up at Lakeside, with Ian Geoghegan, Bob Jane and Allan Moffat finishing the race in reverse order to their respective championship positions. Moffat took an easy win from pole position, leading all the way. Jane looked set for second place until a wheel bearing failure in the closing laps, which allowed Geoghegan into second and dropped Jane to third. Norm Beechey finished fourth, only the second time he had finished a race during the season, while John French finished fifth in Geoghegan's Ford Falcon GTHO. The result left Jane in the championship lead with 34 points, Geoghegan in second place with 32 and Moffat in third with 31.[2]

Oran Park

Bob Jane came into the final round in the championship lead with 34 points. Ian Geoghegan was second on 32, ahead of Allan Moffat with 31. With the points system giving nine points for victory and six points for second place, if any of the three championship contenders won the race they would also claim the title. Moffat took pole position, 1.2 seconds ahead of Jane and 1.7 ahead of Geoghegan. Moffat won the start, while Jane missed a gear and lost second place to Geoghegan. Moffat built a small lead in the opening laps, but once Jane passed Geoghegan the gap began to close. Moffat stopped on lap 16 with his car stuck in second gear, allowing Jane and Geoghegan past. Moffat was able to get his car moving shortly afterwards and rejoined the race.[2]

Moffat began closing the fifteen second gap to Jane at around one second per lap. He struggled to find a way past Geoghegan, eventually doing so around the outside of the first corner, but not without making contact. With his lead down to six seconds, Jane began to push a little harder and was able to hold the gap. A spectator then drove a Valiant Pacer road car onto the circuit, entering at the Esses and pulling up at the entry to the pit lane. In the process, he was almost hit by Moffat, who did not recall seeing the Pacer after the race. Moffat closed in on Jane in the final six laps, getting to within a few car lengths at the final corner. Jane held on to take the race win and the championship, while Moffat's second place saw him overtake Geoghegan, who finished third, for the runner-up spot in the points standings.[2]

Points system

Points were awarded as follows to the top six finishers in each heat.[2]

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th
Points964321

Any six of the seven heats could be counted towards each drivers total.[1]

Championship standings

Pos.Driver CarSym
{{flagicon|Tasmania
Cal
{{flagicon|Victoria
San
{{flagicon|Victoria
Sur
{{flagicon|Queensland
Mal
{{flagicon|South Australia
Lak
{{flagicon|Queensland
Ora
{{flagicon|New South Wales
Pts.
1Bob JaneChevrolet Camaro2Ret1213143
2Allan MoffatFord Boss 302 Mustang1RetDSQ131237
3Ian GeogheganFord Mustang322322336
4Jim McKeownPorsche 911S433546420
5Norm BeecheyHolden HT Monaro GTS350Ret1RetRetRet4Ret12
6Graham RitterFord Escort Mark I Twin Cam5Ret45
John FrenchFord XY Falcon GTHO Phase III455
8John RushfordFord Escort Mark I Twin Cam43
Brian FoleyAlfa Romeo GTAm6573
10Trevor MeehanMorris Cooper S52
Colin BondHolden LC Torana GTR XU-152
Bill FanningFord Escort Mark I Twin Cam52
13Bob KentMorris Cooper S61
Andrew McCombMorris Cooper S61
Noel DevineHolden LC Torana GTR XU-161
Graeme BishopMorris Cooper S61
Dick JohnsonHolden LC Torana GTR XU-17861
Pos.Driver CarSym
{{flagicon|Tasmania
Cal
{{flagicon|Victoria
San
{{flagicon|Victoria
Sur
{{flagicon|Queensland
Mal
{{flagicon|South Australia
Lak
{{flagicon|Queensland
Ora
{{flagicon|New South Wales
Pts.
{{Motorsport driver results legend}}Bold - Pole position

References

1. ^Conditions for Australian Titles, 1971 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 79–83
2. ^10 11 12 13 {{cite book | title=The official history: Australian Touring Car Championship - 50 Years | last1=Greenhalgh | first1=David | last2=Howard | first2=Graham | last3=Wilson | first3=Stewart | publisher=Chevron Publishing Group | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-9805912-2-4 | location=St Leonards, New South Wales | pages=102–111}}
3. ^Mallala Races Official Programme. 14 June 1971. p. 39.
4. ^{{cite book | title=Holden: The official racing history | last1=Wilson | first1=Stewart | publisher=Chevron Publishing Group | year=1988 | isbn=0-9590378-4-5 | location=Hornsby, New South Wales | page=333}}
5. ^{{cite magazine | last=Chopping | first=Steven | date=April 1971 | title=First Blood to Moffat | magazine=Racing Car News | location=Chippendale, New South Wales | publisher=Racing Car News Pty Ltd | pages=40–41}}
6. ^Official Programme, Calder, Sunday, 21 March, 1971
7. ^10 Official Programme, Sandown, Sunday, 4th April 1971
8. ^Programme for Mallala Races, Queen's Birthday, 14 June 1971
9. ^Tom Naughton, Black Flag!, Racing Car News, May 1971, pages 48-49
10. ^Tom Naughton, Black Flag!, Racing Car News, May 1971, pages 48-49
11. ^Official Programme, Symmons Plains Racing Circuit, Saturday, 27th February 1971
12. ^Programme, Oran Park Raceway, Sunday, 8 August 1971

External links

{{Australian Touring Car Racing}}

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