1971 TVW Channel 7 6 Hour Le Mans
# 1971 TVW Channel 7 6 Hour Le Mans

The TVW Channel 7 6 Hour Le Mans was motor race staged at the Wanneroo Park Circuit in Western Australia on 7 June 1971. It was the 17th “Six Hour Le Mans” race to be held in Western Australia and the third to be staged at Wanneroo Park. The race was won by Ray Thackwell and Jim Mullins driving a Porsche 911S.

## Groups

Cars competed in three Groups:

* Group A Sports Cars and Clubman
* Group C Improved Production Touring Cars
* Group E Series Production Touring Cars

## Results

| Position | Drivers | No. | Car | Entrant | Group Pos. | Group | Laps |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ray Thackwell, Jim Mullins | 4 | Porsche 911S | R Thackwell | 1 | C | 282 |
| 2 | Peter Doney, Paul Wilkins | 9 | Morris Cooper S | P Doney | 2 | C | 265 |
| 3 | Stan Starcevich, Stuart Kostera, Ron Bairstow | 2 | Graduate | S Starcevich | 1 | A | 265 |
| 4 | Gordon Leney, Dave Sullivan Jnr | 20 | Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1 | G Leney | 1 | E | 261 |
| 5 | Bill Russell, John Alford | 19 | Datsun 2000 SR 311 | W Russell | 2 | A | 261 |
| 6 | Gordon Mitchell, Alan Richards | 6 | Austin-Healey Sprite Mark 1 | G Mitchell | 3 | A | 257 |
| 7 | Barry Coleman, Graeme Ashdown | 25 | Morris Cooper S | B Coleman | 2 | E | 248 |
| 8 | Rod Collins, Stan Starcevich | 10 | Ford XW Falcon GTHO | Anderson Ford | 3 | E | 248 |
| 9 | Mal McKiggan, Les Verco | 32 | Mazda Capella RE | | | | 244 |
| 10 | Richard Williamson, John Farrell | 23 | Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1 | | | | 240 |
| 11 | Colin Hall, Anthony Hall | 17 | Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1 | | | | 235 |
| 12 | Stephen Bruce, David McBean | 35 | Morris Cooper S | | | | 231 |
| 13 | Geoff Abbott, Kim Abbott | 14 | Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1 | | | | 230 |
| 14 | Leo Stubber, Bob Kingsbury | 12 | Porsche 911S | L Stubber | 3 | C | 229 |
| 15 | Dennis Knox, Ross McGregor | 36 | Vauxhall Viva | | | | 212 |
| 16 | Don Hall, Lindsay Derriman | 27 | Datsun 1600 | | | | 211 |
| 17 | Murray Thomas, Tim Garrett | 38 | Volkswagen | | | | 209 |
| 18 | Tony McAlinden, Colin Weir | 16 | U2 Mk 8B | | | | 200 |
| 19 | Bill Maddocks, Valerie Maddocks | 33 | Mini Monaco | | | | 198 |
| 20 | Ean Hill, John Hill | 18 | RE Ford | | | | 183 |
| 21 | Jack Kennedy, Terry Lyons | 21 | Morris Cooper | | | | 180 |
| DNF | Dick Murphy, Noel Mitchell | 3 | Bolwell Mark 7 | | | | 218 |
| DNF | Andrew Lewis, Roly Richardson | 37 | Holden FJ | | | | 122 |
| DNF | Mit Vaughan, Daryl Manning, Alan Stean | 34 | Austin-Healey Sprite | | | | 116 |
| DNF | Howie Sangster, Don O'Sullivan | 1 | Lola T70 Mk 2 | | | | 111 |
| DNF | Basil Ricciardello, Bernie Zampatti | 15 | Alfa Romeo GTA | | | | 107 |
| DNF | Greame Ibbotson, George Cole | 8 | Jomax Ford | Snob Boutique | | | 105 |
| DNF | Nigel Barter, Peter Green | 11 | Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1 | | | | 95 |
| DNF | John Lowe, Brian Rhodes | 26 | Ford Escort Twin Cam | | | | 86 |
| DNF | Rick Lisle, Anne Wong | 7 | Morris Cooper S | | | | 73 |
| DNF | John Haynes, Ray Tyler | 24 | Morgan +4 | | | | 38 |

Pole position was attained by Howie Sangster with a lap time of 1:02.0

There were 31 starters in the event.

