1987 Castrol 500

The 1987 Castrol 500 was an endurance race for cars complying with CAMS Touring Car regulations, which were based on FIA Group A rules. The event was staged on 13 September 1987 over 129 laps of the 3.9 km Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia, a total distance of 503 km.

1 Results
- 1.1 Dulux Dozen
- 1.2 Race
2 Statistics
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Results

Dulux Dozen

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	17	Shell Ultra-Hi Tech Racing Team	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	1:47.59
2	1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW M3	1:48.43
3	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	1:49.43
4	2	Bob Jane T-Marts	Allan Grice	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A	1:49.63
5	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A	1:49.81
6	25	Team Nissan Racing NZ	Graeme Bowkett	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	1:50.01
7	3	JPS Team BMW	Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	1:51.14
8	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	1:51.18
9	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VK SS Group A	1:51.31
10	14	NetComm (Aust)	Murray Carter ^[1]	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	1:53.92
11	6	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Neil Crompton	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A	1:54.37
12	8	Supa Salvage	Warren Cullen	Holden Commodore VK SS Group A	1:57.24

Race

Position ^[1]^[2]	Class	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps
1		30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	129
2		11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins Denny Hulme	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	128
3		25	Team Nissan Racing NZ	Kent Baigent Graeme Bowkett	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	127
4		6	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Jon Crooke Neil Crompton	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	126
5		3	JPS Team BMW	Ludwig Finauer Robbie Francevic	BMW M3	125
6		14	Netcomm (Aust)	Murray Carter Denis Horley ^[1]	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	125
7		40		Kieran Wills Phillip Henley	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	124
8		43		Graham Lorimer John Sax	BMW M3	123
9		19	Everlast Battery Service	Bill O'Brien Brian Sampson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	123
10	Up to 2000cc	60	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Mark Skaife Grant Jarrett	Nissan Gazelle	121
11		32		Wayne Clift Bernie Stack	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	121
12			Grellis Marketing	Ray Ellis John Lusty	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	120
13	Up to 2000cc	91	Toyota Team Australia	Mike Quinn John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla	119
14		29		Tony Mulvihill Ken Matthews	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	119
15		87		Brian Bolwell Rod Smith	BMW 323i	117
16		24	Lockwood Bryce Homes	Bill Bryce Leo Geoghegan	BMW 325i	116
17		20	Salisbury North Service Station	Des Wall John Virgo	BMW 635CSi	116
18		21	Lusty Engineering	Graham Lusty Ken Lusty	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	115
19	Up to 2000cc	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Garry Willmington	Toyota Sprinter	115
20		22	DFC New Zealand Limited	C Castle John Billington	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	114
21		23	Yellow Pages	Tony Kavich Kerry Baily	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	113
22	Up to 2000cc			D Sala D Smart	Isuzu Gemini	111
23	Up to 2000cc		Gemspares	Daryl Hendrick John White	Isuzu Gemini	106
DNF		1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards Tony Longhurst	BMW M3	118
DNF				Graeme Cameron Wayne Wilkinson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	116
DNF		05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock David Parsons	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	113
DNF		8	Supa Salvage	Warren Cullen Gary Cooke	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	99
DNF		44	Viacard Services	Trevor Crowe Jim Keogh	BMW M3	93
DNF	Up to 2000cc	90	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price John Smith	Toyota Corolla	91
DNF		18	Shell Ultra-Hi Tech Racing Team	Dick Johnson Neville Crichton Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	86
NC		15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton John Bowe	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	86
DNF	Up to 2000cc			David Ratcliffe Mark Gibbs	Toyota Corolla Levin	84
DNF		34	Oxo Supercubes	John Giddings Bruce Stewart	Ford Sierra RS500	82
NC		28		Lawrie Nelson Bob Jolly	Ford Mustang	78
DNF				Graeme Crosby Graham McRae	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	74
DNF		24	Jagparts	Gerald Kay Alf Grant	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	73
NC		10	Llynden Reithmuller Motorsport	Phil Ward Llynden Reithmuller Chris Clearihan	Mercedes-Benz 190E	55
DNF		45		Lester Smerdon Bruce Willams	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	43
DNF		4	Petro Tech	Peter McLeod Peter Fitzgerald	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	17
DNF		2	Bob Jane T-Marts	Allan Grice Win Percy	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	10
DNF			Sunline Caravans	Tony Hunter Warren McKellar	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1
DNS		17	Shell Ultra-Hi Tech Racing Team	Dick Johnson Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500

Statistics

Pole Position – #17 Dick Johnson – 1:47.59
Fastest Lap – #18 Dick Johnson – 1:50.28

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Elisabeth Tuckey, Fury Disproves the Knockers, Racing Cars News, November 1987, pages 54–58
^ Australian Auto Action, September 25, 1987

External links

Group A Archives Retrieved from www.groupc.org.au on 7 January 2009

Preceded by 1986 Castrol 500	Sandown 500 1987	Succeeded by 1988 Enzed 500