1971 Can-Am season

The 1971 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the sixth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It was contested by FIA Group 7 two-seater racing cars competing in two-hour sprint races. The series began on 13 June 1971 and ended on 31 October 1971, after ten rounds. The series was given official recognition by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile for the first time in 1971.[1]

1971 Can-Am season
Previous:	1970	Next:	1972

The series was won by Peter Revson driving a McLaren M8F for McLaren Cars.

Schedule

Peter Revson won the series driving a McLaren M8F

Jo Siffert placed fourth driving a Porsche 917/10

Mario Andretti placed 19th driving a Ferrari 712M

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

Race results

Rnd	Circuit	Winning team	Results
		Winning driver
		Winning car
1	Mosport	#5 McLaren Cars	Results
		Denny Hulme
		McLaren M8F
2	Mont-Tremblant	#1 Carl Haas Racing	Results
		Jackie Stewart
		Lola T260
3	Road Atlanta	#7 McLaren Cars	Results
		Peter Revson
		McLaren M8F
4	Watkins Glen	#7 McLaren Cars	Results
		Peter Revson
		McLaren M8F
5	Mid-Ohio	#1 Carl Haas Racing	Results
		Jackie Stewart
		Lola T260
6	Road America	#7 McLaren Cars	Results
		Peter Revson
		McLaren M8F
7	Donnybrooke	#7 McLaren Cars	Results
		Peter Revson
		McLaren M8F
8	Edmonton	#5 McLaren Cars	Results
		Denny Hulme
		McLaren M8F
9	Laguna Seca	#7 McLaren Cars	Results
		Peter Revson
		McLaren M8F
10	Riverside	#5 McLaren Cars	Results
		Denny Hulme
		McLaren M8F

Series standings

Points were awarded to the top ten finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.[1] Only the best four placings from the first five races and the best four places from the second five races could be counted towards a driver's series total.[1] Points earned but not counted 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.[2]

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. Anthony Pritchard, The Motor Racing Year No 3, 1972, pages 261 to 268
2. De Jager, Dirk (September 3, 2012). "Jo Siffert's Final Can-Am Racer". Autoweek. 62 (18): 29.

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