The 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 was the ninth round of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship.[1] The race, which was open to Group A Touring Cars,[2] was held on 11 October 1987 at Calder Park Raceway in outer Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [2] on the rarely used combined circuit which incorporated both the recently redeveloped road course and the newly completed NASCAR-style “Thunderdome” oval.
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Cars competed in three classes based on engine capacity.[3]
Pos [4] | Class [3] | No | Entrant | Drivers [2][4] | Car | Laps [4] | Qual Pos [4] |
Series Points |
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1 | A | 6 | Ford Texaco Racing Team [5] | Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 120 | 2 | 40 |
2 | B | 46 | BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer BMW [5] | Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia |
BMW M3 | 120 | 9 | 35 |
3 | B | 40 | BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer BMW [5] | Markus Oestreich Roland Ratzenberger |
BMW M3 | 120 | 16 | 27 |
4 | B | 42 | BMW Motorsport / CiBiEmme [5] | Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli |
BMW M3 | 119 | 7 | 22 |
5 | A | 15 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing [5] | Glenn Seton George Fury |
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 | 119 | 11 | |
6 | A | 11 | Perkins Engineering [5] | Larry Perkins Denny Hulme |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 118 | 6 | |
7 | B | 47 | BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer BMW [5] | Anette Meeuvissen Mercedes Stermitz |
BMW M3 | 117 | 18 | |
8 | A | 05 | Mobil HDT [5] | Peter Brock David 'Skippy' Parsons |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 116 | 8 | |
9 | A | 16 | Mitsubishi Ralliart [5] | Gary Scott Akihiko Nakaya |
Mitsubishi Starion | 115 | 14 | |
10 | A | 26 | Kalari Transport [5] | Tony Noske Gary Rush |
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 114 | 25 | |
11 | A | 10 | Mobil HDT [5] | Peter McLeod Neil Crompton |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 114 | 19 | |
12 | A | 7 | Ford Texaco Racing Team [5] | Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 113 | 1 | 23 |
13 | A | 18 | Shell Ultra Racing Team | [5] Charlie O'Brien Neville Crichton Dick Johnson |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 113 | 12 | |
14 | A | 23 | Jagparts Racing [5] | Alf Grant Gerald Kay |
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 108 | 28 | |
15 | A | 22 | Lusty Engineering [5] | Graham Lusty John Lusty |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 107 | 26 | |
16 | C | 100 | Alfa Romeo [5] | Giorgio Francia Daniele Toffoli |
Alfa Romeo 33 | 100 | 32 | 26 |
17 | A | 14 | Netcomm Racing [5] | [5] Murray Carter Steve Masterton |
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 | 94 | 17 | |
DNF | A | 31 | Warren Cullen [2] | Gary Cooke Gary Sprague Warren Cullen |
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 104 | 20 | |
DNF | A | 27 | Ray Gulson [2] | Graham Gulson Ray Gulson |
BMW 635CSi | 99 | 29 | |
DNF | A | 2 | Bob Jane T-Marts [2] | Allan Grice Win Percy |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 81 | 10 | |
DNF | B | 44 | JPS Team BMW [2] | Jim Richards Tony Longhurst |
BMW M3 | 73 | 13 | |
DNF | B | 43 | Bigazzi [2] | Winni Vogt Altfrid Heger |
BMW M3 | 70 | 15 | |
DNF | C | 91 | Toyota Team Australia [2] | John Faulkner Drew Price |
Toyota Corolla GT | 67 | 31 | |
DNF | A | 35 | Oxo Supercube Motorsport [2] | Andrew Miedecke Don Smith |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 58 | 3 | |
DNF | A | 29 | Kalari Transport Services [2] | Barry Jones Tony Mulvihill |
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 46 | 27 | |
DNF | B | 62 | Schwaben Motorsport [2] | Thomas von Löwis of Menar Leopold von Bayern |
BMW M3 | 44 | 23 | |
DNF | A | 24 | Keiran Wills | Keiran Wills Philip Henley |
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 | 42 | 21 | |
DNF | A | 17 | Shell Ultra Racing Team [5] | Dick Johnson Gregg Hansford |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 25 | 4 | |
DNF | A | 9 | Allan Moffat Enterprises [2] | Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin Allan Moffat |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 21 | 5 | |
DNF | A | 4 | Pro Team Italia / Imberti [2] | Marco Gunella Nicola Tesini Stefano Livio |
Maserati Biturbo | 18 | 30 | |
DNF | A | 1 | Pro Team Italia / Imberti [2] | Armin Hahne Kevin Bartlett |
Maserati Biturbo | 17 | 22 | |
DNF | A | 3 | Russell Lanyon [3] | Mike Freeman Bruce Williams |
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 17 | 24 |
1987 Australian Touring Car season
World Touring Car Championship | ||
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Previous race: 1987 Bathurst 1000 |
1987 season | Next race: 1987 Wellington 500 |
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