1971 Can-Am season

1971 Can-Am season
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The 1971 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the sixth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It consisted of FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began June 13, 1971, and ended October 31, 1971, after ten rounds.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Labatt's 200	Mosport Park	June 13
2	Mont-Tremblant 50	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	June 27
3	Road Atlanta Can-Am	Road Atlanta	July 11
4	Watkins Glen Can-Am	Watkins Glen International	July 25
5	Valvoline Can-Am	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	August 22
6	Road America Can-Am	Road America	August 29
7	Minneapolis Tribune Grand Prix	Donnybrooke International Raceway	September 12
8	Molson Can-Am	Edmonton Speedway Park	September 26
9	Monterey Castrol Grand Prix	Laguna Seca Raceway	October 17
10	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix	Riverside International Raceway	October 31

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Winning Team	Results
		Winning Driver
1	Mosport	#5 McLaren Cars	Results
		Denny Hulme
2	Mont-Tremblant	#1 Carl Haas Racing	Results
		Jackie Stewart
3	Road Atlanta	#7 McLaren Cars	Results
		Peter Revson
4	Watkins Glen	#7 McLaren Cars	Results
		Peter Revson
5	Mid-Ohio	#1 Carl Haas Racing	Results
		Jackie Stewart
6	Road America	#7 McLaren Cars	Results
		Peter Revson
7	Donnybrooke	#7 McLaren Cars	Results
		Peter Revson
8	Edmonton	#5 McLaren Cars	Results
		Denny Hulme
9	Laguna Seca	#7 McLaren Cars	Results
		Peter Revson
10	Riverside	#5 McLaren Cars	Results
		Denny Hulme

Drivers Championship

Points are awarded to the top ten finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Only the best eight finishes out of ten rounds counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counting towards the championship are marked by parenthesis. The fourth-place finish overall of Jo Siffert was determined posthumously as Siffert died in October 1971 at a Formula One race at Brands Hatch.^[1]

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Total
1	Peter Revson	McLaren Cars	McLaren M8F	Chevrolet	15	12	20	20	(4)	20	20		20	15	142
2	Denny Hulme	McLaren Cars	McLaren M8F	Chevrolet	20	15	15	15			15	20	12	20	132
3	Jackie Stewart	Carl Haas Racing	Lola T260	Chevrolet		20			20		6	15	15		76
4	Jo Siffert	STP-Jo Siffert	Porsche 917/10	Porsche				12	15	15	8	10	8		68
5	Lothar Motschenbacher	Motschenbacher Racing	McLaren M8D	Chevrolet	12	8	12			10		4	6		52
6	Milt Minter	Vasek Polak Racing	Porsche 917PA	Porsche		3	8		6		4	8	2	6	37
7	Tony Adamowicz	Auto World	McLaren M8D	Chevrolet			10	8	12				4		34
8	Chuck Parsons	A.G. Dean World Racing Motschenbacher Racing	McLaren M8D Lola T160/3 McLaren M8E/D	Chevrolet		10			8			3	1	8	30
9	Vic Elford	American Racing Associates Roy Woods Racing	McLaren M8E McLaren M8D	Chevrolet				3		12	10				25
10	Hiroshi Kazato	Carl Haas Racing	Lola T222	Chevrolet	2	6		1		8	2				19
11	Sam Posey	North American Racing Team Sam Woods Racing	Ferrari 512M McLaren M8E	Ferrari Chevrolet				6						10	16
12	John Cordts	John Cordts World Racing	McLaren M8C Lola T160	Chevrolet	8							6			14
13	Dave Causey	Dave Causey	Lola T222	Chevrolet	4	4				6					14
14=	Gregg Young	Young American Racing Team Motschenbacher Racing	Ferrari 512M McLaren M8E/D	Ferrari Chevrolet							12				12
14=	Jackie Oliver	Advanced Vehicle Systems	Shadow Mk.2	Chevrolet								12			12
14=	Howden Ganley	Sid Taylor Racing	BRM P167	Chevrolet										12	12
17	Tom Dutton	Barrett Racing	McLaren M6B	Chevrolet		2	3		3	4					12
18	Herbert Müller	Müller Racing	Ferrari 512M	Ferrari					10	1					11
19=	Bob Bondurant	Motschenbacher Racing	McLaren M8E/D	Chevrolet	10										10
19=	Mario Andretti	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 712M	Ferrari				10							10
19=	Brian Redman	Sid Taylor Racing	BRM P167	Chevrolet									10		10
22	Bobby Brown	Bob Brown Racing	McLaren M6B McLaren M8E	Chevrolet	6						3				9
23	Roger McCaig	McCaig Racing	McLaren M8E	Chevrolet	1		4							4	9
24	Dick Durant	Dick Durant	Lola T163	Chevrolet		1	6								7
25	Jim Adams	Earle-Cord Racing	Ferrari 512P	Ferrari	3		1						3		7
26	Steve Matchett	A.G. Dean	Porsche 908/02	Porsche					2	3					5
27	Andrea de Adamich	Autodelta SpA	Alfa Romeo T33/3	Alfa Romeo				4							4
28	Gary Wilson	Great Western Champagne	McLaren M12	Chevrolet							1		3	4
29	George Drolsom	Warren Burmester	McLaren M8C	Chevrolet						2		2			4
30	Charlie Kemp	Charlie Kemp	McLaren M8C	Chevrolet			2							1	3
31=	Gijs van Lennep	J.W. Automotive	Porsche 917K	Porsche				2							2
31=	George Follmer	Roy Woods Racing	McLaren M8D	Chevrolet										2	2
33=	Jim Butcher	Jim Butcher	Lola T163	Chevrolet					1						1
33=	Bob Nagel	Bob Nagel Glen Racing Ltd. Dave Causey	Lola T222 McLaren M12 Lola T222	Chevrolet							1				1

References

1. De Jager, Dirk (September 3, 2012). "Jo Siffert's Final Can-Am Racer". Autoweek. 62 (18): 29.

• "Canadian-American Challenge Cup 1971". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
• "Can-Am - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-01-19.