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 (1986) road course and the newly completed, high banked (24°) NASCAR-style “Thunderdome” oval.
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Round 9 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship at Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne, Australia. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 11 October, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course | Calder Park Raceway 4.216 kilometres (2.620 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Ford Sierra RS500 | 120 | 2 | 40 | ||
2 | B | 46 | BMW M3 | 120 | 9 | 35 | ||
3 | B | 40 | BMW M3 | 120 | 16 | 27 | ||
4 | B | 42 | BMW M3 | 119 | 7 | 22 | ||
5 | A | 15 | Nissan Skyline RS DR30 | 119 | 11 | |||
6 | A | 11 | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 118 | 6 | |||
7 | B | 47 | BMW M3 | 117 | 18 | |||
8 | A | 05 | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 116 | 8 | |||
9 | A | 16 | Mitsubishi Starion | 115 | 14 | |||
10 | A | 26 | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 114 | 25 | |||
11 | A | 10 | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 114 | 19 | |||
12 | A | 7 | Ford Sierra RS500 | 113 | 1 | 23 | ||
13 | A | 18 | Ford Sierra RS500 | 113 | 12 | |||
14 | A | 23 | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 108 | 28 | |||
15 | A | 22 | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 107 | 26 | |||
16 | C | 100 | Alfa Romeo 33 | 100 | 32 | 26 | ||
17 | A | 14 | Nissan Skyline RS DR30 | 94 | 17 | |||
DNF | A | 31 | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 104 | 20 | |||
DNF | A | 27 | BMW 635 CSi | 99 | 29 | |||
DNF | A | 2 | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 81 | 10 | |||
DNF | B | 44 | BMW M3 | 73 | 13 | |||
DNF | B | 43 | BMW M3 | 70 | 15 | |||
DNF | C | 91 | Toyota Corolla GT | 67 | 31 | |||
DNF | A | 35 | Ford Sierra RS500 | 58 | 3 | |||
DNF | A | 29 | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 46 | 27 | |||
DNF | B | 62 | BMW M3 | 44 | 23 | |||
DNF | A | 24 | Nissan Skyline RS DR30 | 42 | 21 | |||
DNF | A | 17 | Ford Sierra RS500 | 25 | 4 | |||
DNF | A | 9 | Ford Sierra RS500 | 21 | 5 | |||
DNF | A | 4 | Maserati Biturbo | 18 | 30 | |||
DNF | A | 1 | Maserati Biturbo | 17 | 22 | |||
DNF | A | 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
References
- Christopher de Fraga, Sierra’s winning run continues at Calder, The Age, Monday, 12 October 1987, page 35
- "www.touringcarracing.net". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
- Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, pages 12–13
- Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 22
- 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
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