Photos: The Graham Ruckert Collection: Part 1

[Steve Holmes]

Pete Geoghegan charging hard in the Mustang GTA at the Lakeside round of the 1971 Australian Touring Car Championship.

Despite the old Mustang being well into its 5th season of racing, it was still going strong. Although not able to compete for outright pace with the Allan Moffat Mustang and Bob Jane Camaro, Geoghegan was super consistent. Although he didn't win a race in 1971, he also never finished outside the top three, and he scored points at every round.

Come the championship deciding race at Oran Park at the end of the season, he was right in the championship hunt, 2nd on points. Here at Lakeside, for the penultimate round, he finished 2nd to Moffat, and heading into Oran Park, had 32 points, to Jane's 34, and Moffat's 31. What a fighter!