| 1971 Can-Am season | |
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The 1971 Canadian-American Challenge Cup season 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.
Contents |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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.
| 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 |