1971 Australian Touring Car Championship
Heat Event title Circuit Location Date Winner Car Entrant
1 Tasmanian Touring Car Championship Symmons Plains Racing Circuit Launceston , Tasmania 1 March Allan Moffat Ford Boss 302 Mustang Coca-Cola Team A.M.R
2 Calder Calder Park Raceway Melbourne , Victoria 21 March Norm Beechey Holden HT Monaro GTS350 Shell Racing
3 Marlboro Southern Sixty Sandown Raceway Melbourne , Victoria 14 April Bob Jane Chevrolet Camaro Bob Jane Racing Team
4 Surfers Paradise Surfers Paradise International Raceway Surfers Paradise , Queensland 14 May Allan Moffat Ford Boss 302 Mustang Coca-Cola Team A.M.R
5 South Australian Touring Car Championship Mallala Race Circuit Mallala , South Australia 14 June Bob Jane Chevrolet Camaro Bob Jane Racing Team
6 Lakeside Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane , Queensland 25 July Allan Moffat Ford Boss 302 Mustang Coca-Cola Team A.M.R
7 Sydney Gold Cup Oran Park Raceway Sydney , New South Wales 8 August Bob Jane Chevrolet Camaro Bob Jane Racing Team
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The championship was contested over a series of seven heats . [ 2 ]
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. 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. 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.