1961 Australian Touring Car Championship

The 1961 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Appendix J Touring Cars. The championship, which was contested over a single 72 mile (115 km) race staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland on 3 September 1961, was the second running of the Australian Touring Car Championship. The race was won by Bill Pitt, driving a Jaguar 3.4 Litre.

Race
Jaguars dominated proceedings, filling the first two rows of the grid and the top four race positions. Pitt started from the front row but had to come back through the field after polesitter Ian Geoghegan won the start and pulled away early. Pitt fought his way past Ron Hodgson then tracked down Geogehgan who was fading with a minor clutch problem. Hodgson hung on to third place in what was his best chance to win the ATCC. Geoghegan would only have to wait another three years to win the Championships. Hodgson would eventually win the ATCC as a team owner in 1979.

Behind the Jaguar of Bill Burns, Bob Holden was best of the rest in his Holden FJ ahead of Muir Daniel driving an Austin A105.

Results
Race results: