Jim McKeown | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Australian Touring Car Championship | |
Years active | 1964-1972 |
Teams | Neptune Racing Team Tridents Racing Team Shell Racing Team |
Starts | 21 |
Wins | 2[1] |
Poles | 1[2] |
Best finish | 2nd in 1970 |
Previous series | |
Toby Lee Series |
Jim McKeown was an Australian racing driver who competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1964 to 1972, with a best finish of 2nd in the 1970 title. McKeown was part of the successful Neptune Racing Team alongside Norm Beechey and Peter Manton.
In addition to the Australian Touring Car Championship, McKeown also competed in the Bathurst 500 and its forerunner at Phillip Island on four occasions. He and George Reynolds took the Class D win at the 1962 Armstrong 500, five laps off the lead.[3] McKeown drove for the Ford Works Team in the 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500, finishing 42nd with Spencer Martin.[4] In the 1970s McKeown raced Porsches in the Sports Sedan category, achieving a 2nd place finish in the 1974 Toby Lee Series at Oran Park.
Season | Title | Position | Car | Team |
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1967 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 6th | Ford Lotus Cortina | Tridents Racing Team |
1969 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 4th | Ford Lotus Cortina | Jim McKeown Motors [5] |
1970 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 2nd | Porsche 911S | Shell Racing Team |
1971 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 4th | Porsche 911S | Shell Racing Team |
1972 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 13th | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV | Shell Racing Team |
1973 | Toby Lee Series | 4th [6] | Porsche Carrera | |
1974 | Toby Lee Series | 2nd [7] | Porsche Carrera |