1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500
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Date | 11 October, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course | Calder Park Raceway 4.216 kilometres (2.620 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 (1986) road course and the newly completed, high banked (24°) NASCAR-style “Thunderdome” oval.
The combined oval/road course was 4.216 km (2.620 mi) long and the race was run over 120 laps.
The race was won by Steve Soper and Pierre Dieudonné driving a Ford Sierra RS500 for Eggenberger Motorsport. Both Klaus Ludwig's pole time of 1:42.92 and Andrew Miedecke's fastest race lap of 1:45.03 in their respective Ford Sierra RS500's were faster than the pole time set in the only other Group A Touring Car race held on the combined oval/road course, the Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300 held two months previously on 9 August.
Classes[]
Cars competed in three classes based on engine capacity.[3]
- Class A: Over 2500cc
- Class B: 1601-2500cc
- Class C: Up to 1600cc
Results[]
Pos[4] | Class[3] | No | Entrant | Drivers[2][4] | Car | Laps[4] | Qual Pos[4] |
Series Points |
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1 | A | 6 | Eggenberger Motorsport[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] | Mercedes Stermitz |
BMW M3 | 117 | 18 | |
8 | A | 05 | HDT Racing[5] | Peter Brock David Parsons |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 116 | 8 | |
9 | A | 16 | Mitsubishi Ralliart[5] | Akihiko Nakaya |
Mitsubishi Starion | 115 | 14 | |
10 | A | 26 | Kalari Transport[5] | Tony Noske |
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 114 | 25 | |
11 | A | 10 | HDT Racing[5] | Peter McLeod Neil Crompton |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 114 | 19 | |
12 | A | 7 | Eggenberger Motorsport[5] | Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 113 | 1 | 23 |
13 | A | 18 | Shell Ultra Racing Team | Charlie O'Brien Neville Crichton Dick Johnson |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 113 | 12 | |
14 | A | 23 | Jagparts Racing[5] | |
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 108 | 28 | |
15 | A | 22 | Lusty Engineering[5] | |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 107 | 26 | |
16 | C | 100 | Alfa Romeo[5] | Giorgio Francia |
Alfa Romeo 33 | 100 | 32 | 26 |
17 | A | 14 | [5] | Murray Carter |
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 | 94 | 17 | |
DNF | A | 31 | Warren Cullen[2] | |
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 104 | 20 | |
DNF | A | 27 | Ray Gulson[2] | |
BMW 635 CSi | 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] | Altfrid Heger |
BMW M3 | 70 | 15 | |
DNF | C | 91 | Toyota Team Australia[2] | John Faulkner |
Toyota Corolla GT | 67 | 31 | |
DNF | A | 35 | Oxo Supercube Motorsport[2] | Andrew Miedecke |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 58 | 3 | |
DNF | A | 29 | Yellow Pages | Barry Jones Tony Mulvihill |
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 46 | 27 | |
DNF | B | 62 | Schwaben Motorsport[2] | Leopold von Bayern |
BMW M3 | 44 | 23 | |
DNF | A | 24 | Keiran Wills | |
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 Allan Moffat Thierry Tassin |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 21 | 5 | |
DNF | A | 4 | Pro Team Italia / Imberti[2] | Nicola Tesini |
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] | |
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 17 | 24 |
Statistics[]
- Pole Position – #7 Klaus Ludwig – 1.42.92[6]
- Fastest Lap – #35 Andrew Miedecke – 1:45.03[2]
- Average Speed – 139.916 km/h[2]
See also[]
1987 Australian Touring Car season
References[]
- ^ Christopher de Fraga, Sierra’s winning run continues at Calder, The Age, Monday, 12 October 1987, page 35
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "www.touringcarracing.net". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
- ^ a b c Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, pages 12–13
- ^ a b c d Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 22
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Racing Car News, November 1987, page 75
- ^ Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 14
Further reading[]
- Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1987/88
External links[]
- 1987 in Australian motorsport
- 1987 World Touring Car Championship season
- Auto races in Australia