1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500

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.

Contents

Classes

Cars competed in three classes based on engine capacity.[3]

Results

Pos [4] Class [3] No Entrant Drivers [2][4] Car Laps [4] Qual
Pos [4]
Series
Points
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

Statistics

See also

1987 Australian Touring Car season

References

  1. ^ Christopher de Fraga, Sierra’s winning run continues at Calder, The Age, Monday, 12 October 1987, page 35
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q www.touringcarracing.net
  3. ^ a b c Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, pages 12-13
  4. ^ a b c d Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 22
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Racing Car News, November 1987, page 75
  6. ^ Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 14

Further reading

External links

World Touring Car Championship
Previous race:
1987 Bathurst 1000
1987 season Next race:
1987 Wellington 500