1987 Wellington 500

The 1987 Nissan Mobil 500 was the tenth round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations. It was held on October 26, 1987, at the Wellington Street Circuit in the docks area of Wellington, New Zealand.

1987 Wellington 500
Race details
Date26 October, 1987
LocationWellington, New Zealand
CourseWellington Street Circuit
3.228 kilometres (2.006 mi)
Laps 150
Pole position
Driver Klaus Ludwig Ford Texaco Racing Team
Time 1:29.420
Podium
First Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Niedzwiedz
Ford Texaco Racing Team
Second Emanuele Pirro
Roberto Ravaglia
Schnitzer Motorsport
Third Steve Soper
Pierre Dieudonné
Ford Texaco Racing Team
Fastest Lap
Driver Steve Soper Ford Texaco Racing Team
Time 1:32.280

Official results

[1] [2] [3]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
Series
Points
1 3 7 Ford Texaco Racing Team Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Niedzwiedz
Ford Sierra RS500 150 1 40
2 2 46 Schnitzer Motorsport Emanuele Pirro
Roberto Ravaglia
BMW M3 150 3 35
3 3 6 Ford Texaco Racing Team Steve Soper
Pierre Dieudonné
Ford Sierra RS500 150 2 27
4 3 30 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing George Fury
Glenn Seton
Terry Shiel
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 149 6
5 3 05 Holden Dealer Team Peter Brock
David Parsons
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 148 5
6 2 40 Schnitzer Motorsport Markus Oestreich
Roland Ratzenberger
BMW M3 148 10 25
7 2 41 CiBiEmme Altfrid Heger
Tony Longhurst
BMW M3 146 18
8 3 24 Team Nissan Racing NZ Graeme Crosby
Gary Sprague
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 145 21
9 3 25 Team Nissan Racing NZ Graeme Bowkett
Kent Baigent
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 145 7
10 2 44 Bryce Racing Paul Radisich
Ludwig Finauer
BMW 325i 141 26
11 3 11 Enzed Team Perkins Larry Perkins
Denny Hulme
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 140 12
12 2 62 Schwaben Motorsport Thomas von Löwis of Menar
Leopold von Bayern
BMW M3 140 22
13 3 16 Söderqvist Racing Services Team[4] Ulf Granberg
Stig Blomqvist
Volvo 240T 137 15
14 3 32 Anderson & O'Leary Bruce Anderson
Wayne Anderson
Ford Mustang 135 29
15 3 31 Sax Racing John Sorenson
Kayne Scott
BMW 635 CSi 135 33
16 1 94 Gullivers Ltd Andrew Bagnall
Mark Jennings
Chris Hodgetts
Toyota Sprinter AE86 135 30
17 3 27 Ray Gulson Graham Gulson
Ray Gulson
BMW 635 CSi 134 34
18 1 90 David Slater
Ross Heffernan
Toyota Corolla GT 131 35
19 2 53 Viacard Services Trevor Crowe
Jim Richards
BMW M3 116 8
20 3 13 Viacard Services Charlie O'Brien
Avon Hyde
Jim Richards
BMW 635 CSi 106 17
21 1 100 Alfa Romeo Benelux Giorgio Francia
Daniele Toffoli
Alfa Romeo 33 103 36 28
DNF 3 2 Bob Jane T-Marts Racing Allan Grice
Win Percy
Holden Commodore VL SS Group A 131 4
DNF 1 92 Bryan Bate
Robbie Ridgers
Toyota Corolla GT 129 37
DNF 2 47 Schnitzer Motorsport Anette Meeuvissen
Mercedes Stermitz
BMW M3 126 24
DNF 1 91 Allan Drinkrow
Bruce Drinkrow
Toyota Corolla GT 109 38
DNF 3 17 Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team Dick Johnson
Gregg Hansford
Ford Sierra RS500 103 32
DNF 3 10 Holden Dealer Team David Oxton
Neil Crompton
Peter Brock
Holden Commodore VL SS Group A 89 20
DNF 3 4 Söderqvist Racing Services Team[4] Per-Gunnar Andersson
Ian Tulloch
Volvo 240T 68 19
DNF 3 18 Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team Neal Lowe
Neville Crichton
Dick Johnson
Ford Sierra RS500 68 16
DNF 3 35 Oxo Supercube Motorsport Andrew Miedecke
Phil Myhre
Ford Sierra RS500 58 14
DNF 2 42 CiBiEmme Johnny Cecotto
Gianfranco Brancatelli
BMW M3 44 9
DNF 3 19 Canam Enterprises Graeme Cameron
Wayne Wilkinson
Holden Commodore VL SS Group A 38 23
DNF 2 54 Sax Racing Graeme Lorimer
John Sax
BMW M3 19 28
DNF 1 72 Brett Riley
Ken Smith
Toyota Celica GT 17 31
DNF 3 21 D.F.C. NZ Ltd John Billington
Chris Castle
Holden Commodore VK SS Group A 14 27
DNF 2 43 Bigazzi Winni Vogt
Olivier Grouillard
BMW M3 10 13
DNF 3 23 Police Community Glenn McIntyre
Robbie Ker
Ford Mustang 9 25
DNF 3 15 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Glenn Seton
John Bowe
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 7 11

Italics indicate driver practiced this car but did not race.

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References

  1. "www.touringcarracing.net". Archived from the original on 2009-01-24. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  2. Wilson, Stewart (1987). "World Touring Car Championship". Australian Motor Racing Year. Killara: Berghouse Publishing Group Pty. Ltd. 17: 184–186. ISSN 0158-4138.
  3. Tuckey, Bill (1987). The Great Race. Hornsby: The Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Publishing Group Pty. Ltd. 7. ISSN 1031-6124.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  4. Hyde, Anthony (February 2003). "Volvo 240 Turbo Group 'A' Racing Information". Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #7 Klaus Ludwig - 1:29.42
  • Fastest Lap - #6 Steve Soper - 1:32.28
World Touring Car Championship
Previous race:
1987 Calder 500
1987 season Next race:
1987 Fuji 500
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