After years of racing for very little in prize money which brought numerous complaints from the leading competitors (in 1984, Dick Johnson Racing (DJR) had travelled an estimated 20,000 km to races around the country from their Brisbane base, often for as little as A$1,200 in prize money, far less money that was on offer at the time for the lower ranked Group E Series Production "Super Series" which offered a total prize pool of $200,000 thanks to series sponsor Bob Jane T-Marts), CAMS signed a AU$275,000 sponsorship package with Shell which brought the championship an overall sponsor for the first time and saw the series promoted as the Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship.[1]
The 1987 ATCC was the first time since 1975 that Peter Brock failed to win a round of the championship, his best finish being a 3rd at Symmons Plains in Tasmania in Round 2 where his 4.9L V8Holden VK Commodore SS Group A was simply out-gunned on a noted power circuit by the Roadways Racing Commodore of Allan Grice (before his race ended), the factoryNissan Skyline turbo of race winner George Fury, while his heavy Commodore was no match on tyres and brakes for the 4 cyl, 2.3L BMW M3 of Jim Richards. Brock did manage to hold second behind runaway early leader Grice for a number of laps, but once Fury was through the Skyline drove away from Brock and he then had no answer to the challenge of Richards.
The 1987 championship was also the first time since 1972 that a Holden car failed to win a round of the ATCC, the best result being a second by Larry Perkins in the opening round at Calder.
The 1987 ATCC was also the first time in championship history that rolling starts were used. Rolling starts were used at Calder for Round 1 and at Adelaide for Round 5.
1987 was a year of lasts in Australian touring car racing. It was the last time Peter Brock would drive a Holden until 1991 as he would switch first to BMW in 1988 and then Fords in 1989 and 1990. Consequently, it was the last time the Holden Dealer Team name, which started under Harry Firth in 1969, would be used, though the team officially ran as "HDT Racing Pty Ltd" as it was no longer the factory backed team following Holden's well publicised split with Brock in February only one week before the opening round at Calder. Prior to Calder, Holden had formed the Holden Motorsport Group and immediately signed Larry Perkins and his team as well as Allan Grice and Roadways Racing to be the 'factory backed' teams in the championship, though Grice would later say that it was more about moral support and an easier supply of parts rather than any financial support. It would also be Colin Bond's last year of racing Alfa Romeo's before switching back to Ford to run a Sierra RS500 from 1988 (largely due to Alfa stopping its development program of the Alfa 75 touring car and because Bond felt that he needed an outright car to do justice to his sponsor Caltex). It was also the last time the JPS Team BMW (who won their second title) would be seen with team boss Frank Gardner unexpectedly closing the team down at the end of the year.
Championship points were awarded at each round on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the top ten positions outright and on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the top six positions in each of the two classes.[2] Only the best eight round results could be retained by each driver.[2]
1987, australian, touring, championship, previous, 1986, next, 1988, motor, racing, competition, which, open, touring, cars, complying, with, regulations, defined, confederation, australian, motor, sport, based, group, rules, championship, which, 28th, austral. 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship Previous 1986 Next 1988 The 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship was a motor racing competition which was open to Touring Cars complying with regulations as defined by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and based on FIA Group A rules The championship which was the 28th Australian Touring Car Championship began on 1 March 1987 at Calder Park Raceway and ended on 5 July at Oran Park Raceway after nine rounds The Calder round saw the world debut of the racing versions of the BMW M3 the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth and the Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo After years of racing for very little in prize money which brought numerous complaints from the leading competitors in 1984 Dick Johnson Racing DJR had travelled an estimated 20 000 km to races around the country from their Brisbane base often for as little as A 1 200 in prize money far less money that was on offer at the time for the lower ranked Group E Series Production Super Series which offered a total prize pool of 200 000 thanks to series sponsor Bob Jane T Marts CAMS signed a AU 275 000 sponsorship package with Shell which brought the championship an overall sponsor for the first time and saw the series promoted as the Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship 1 Shell would also become the major sponsor of DJR which saw the team expand to running two cars for the first time The team ran a pair of the new Ford Sierra RS Cosworths for team boss Dick Johnson and his 1986 James Hardie 1000 co driver Gregg Hansford Dick Johnson s win in Round 5 at the Adelaide International Raceway was the world s first race victory for the Sierra RS Cosworth and was also Dick s first ATCC win since Round 4 of the 1984 ATCC at Surfers Paradise The 1987 ATCC was the first time since 1975 that Peter Brock failed to win a round of the championship his best finish being a 3rd at Symmons Plains in Tasmania in Round 2 where his 4 9L V8 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A was simply out gunned on a noted power circuit by the Roadways Racing Commodore of Allan Grice before his race ended the factory Nissan Skyline turbo of race winner George Fury while his heavy Commodore was no match on tyres and brakes for the 4 cyl 2 3L BMW M3 of Jim Richards Brock did manage to hold second behind runaway early leader Grice for a number of laps but once Fury was through the Skyline drove away from Brock and he then had no answer to the challenge of Richards The 1987 championship was also the first time since 1972 that a Holden car failed to win a round of the ATCC the best result being a second by Larry Perkins in the opening round at Calder The 1987 ATCC was also the first time in championship history that rolling starts were used Rolling starts were used at Calder for Round 1 and at Adelaide for Round 5 Jim Richards victory in the final round of the series at Oran Park would be the last time a car powered by a naturally aspirated engine would win an ATCC race until Tony Longhurst won Round 6 of the 1991 Australian Touring Car Championship driving a BMW M3 Evolution Between 1988 and Round 6 in 1991 turbo powered cars would win 30 straight ATCC races 21 of them by the Sierra Cosworth s evolution replacement which appeared after the 1987 ATCC the Ford Sierra RS500 1987 was a year of lasts in Australian touring car racing It was the last time Peter Brock would drive a Holden until 1991 as he would switch first to BMW in 1988 and then Fords in 1989 and 1990 Consequently it was the last time the Holden Dealer Team name which started under Harry Firth in 1969 would be used though the team officially ran as HDT Racing Pty Ltd as it was no longer the factory backed team following Holden s well publicised split with Brock in February only one week before the opening round at Calder Prior to Calder Holden had formed the Holden Motorsport Group and immediately signed Larry Perkins and his team as well as Allan Grice and Roadways Racing to be the factory backed teams in the championship though Grice would later say that it was more about moral support and an easier supply of parts rather than any financial support It would also be Colin Bond s last year of racing Alfa Romeo s before switching back to Ford to run a Sierra RS500 from 1988 largely due to Alfa stopping its development program of the Alfa 75 touring car and because Bond felt that he needed an outright car to do justice to his sponsor Caltex It was also the last time the JPS Team BMW who won their second title would be seen with team boss Frank Gardner unexpectedly closing the team down at the end of the year Contents 1 Teams and drivers 2 Race calendar 3 Classes 4 Points system 5 Championship results 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksTeams and drivers EditThe following teams and drivers competed in the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship Team Car No Driver RoundsRoadways Racing Holden VK Commodore SS Group AHolden VL Commodore SS Group A 2 Allan Grice 1 5 7 98 Graeme Crosby 1 2JPS Team BMW BMW E30 M3 3 Jim Richards All4 Tony Longhurst All12 Ludwig Finauer 8 9HDT Racing Pty Ltd Holden VK Commodore SS Group AHolden VL Commodore SS Group A 05 Peter Brock 1 2 6 9 Gary Scott 36 Gary Scott 1 2 6 8 Peter Brock 3 5 David Parsons 7 Jon Crooke 9John Andrew Motorsport Ford Sierra XR4Ti 10 Neville Crichton 1 6 Denny Hulme 3 5Enzed Team Perkins Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 11 Larry Perkins AllBob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 13 Bob Holden 7 Garry Willmington 941 Mike Hall 7 John Sax 9Netcomm Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 14 Murray Carter 1 5 7 9Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 15 Glenn Seton All30 George Fury All60 John Bowe 9Nissan Gazelle 60 Mark Skaife 7Ralliart Australia Mitsubishi Starion 16 Brad Jones 6Shell Ultra Hi Tech Racing Team Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 17 Dick Johnson All18 Gregg Hansford AllTerry Finnigan Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 20 Terry Finnigan 9Lusty Engineering Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 21 Graham Lusty 1 5 7 9Alf Grant Racing Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 23 Alf Grant 3 6 8 9Team Nissan Racing NZ Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 24 Kent Baigent 6 925 Graeme Bowkett 6 9Kalari Transport Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 26 Tony Noske 1 5 7 Gary Rush 8 9Ray Gulson BMW 635CSi 27 Graham Gulson 1 6 9 Ray Gulson 2 3 7 8Capri Components Ford Mustang GT 28 Lawrie Nelson 1 7Wayne Clift Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 28 Wayne Clift 3Simon Emmerling BMW 635CSi 29 Simon Emmerling 4Ian Love Ford Mustang GT 31 Ian Love 4Toyota Team Australia Toyota Corolla GT AE86 31 John Smith 1 7Toyota Corolla FX GT AE82 32 Drew Price 1 3 5 733 John Faulkner 5 7Oxo Motorsport Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 34 Don Smith 1 3 5 John Giddings 6 935 Andrew Miedecke 1 3 5 936 Don Smith 2Grellis Marketing Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 38 Ray Ellis 1 6 7Lansvale Racing Team Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 39 Trevor Ashby 8 9Steve Williams Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 40 Steve Williams 9Jagparts Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 42 Gerald Kay 7Sutherland Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Starion 42 Kevin Bartlett 9Lester Smerdon Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 45 Lester Smerdon 3 6Mobile Concrete Pumping Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 47 Brian Callaghan 8 9Wayne Park Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 48 Wayne Park 3 6John Donnelly Rover Vitesse 50 John Donnelly 3 6John Farrell Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 52 John Farrell 4Mike Freeman Toyota Celica RA40 57 Mike Freeman 1 7David Ratcliff Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 58 David Ratcliff 7 9Jon Mitchell Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 69 Jon Mitchell 7 8Graeme Hooley Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 71 Graeme Hooley 4 5 8Caltex CXT Racing Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 75 Colin Bond AllLiverpool Toyota Toyota Celica Supra MA61 77 Peter Williamson 9Peter McLeod Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 84 Peter McLeod 9Daryl Hendrick Isuzu Gemini ZZ 2 86 Daryl Hendrick 1 5 7 9Brian Bolwell BMW E30 323i 87 Brian Bolwell 5 7David Sala Isuzu Gemini PF60 88 David Sala 1 7 9Alf Barbagallo Rover Vitesse 96 Tim Slako 4Peter Brock drove both the 05 and 6 HDT VK Commodore during the seasonRace calendar EditThe 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship was contested over a nine round series with one race per round Rd Race title Circuit Location state Date Winner Car Team Report1 Calder Park Calder Park Raceway Melbourne Victoria 28 Feb 1 Mar Glenn Seton Nissan Skyline RS DR30 Nissan Motorsport Australia 3 4 5 2 Launceston Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston Tasmania 7 8 Mar George Fury Nissan Skyline RS DR30 Nissan Motorsport Australia 6 3 Lakeside Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane Queensland 4 5 Apr Jim Richards BMW M3 JPS Team BMW 7 4 Perth Wanneroo Raceway Perth Western Australia 25 26 Apr Glenn Seton Nissan Skyline RS DR30 Nissan Motorsport Australia 8 5 Adelaide Adelaide International Raceway Adelaide South Australia 4 5 May Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Shell Ultra Hi Tech Racing Team 9 6 Surfers Paradise Surfers Paradise Raceway Surfers Paradise Queensland 30 31 May Jim Richards BMW M3 JPS Team BMW 10 11 12 7 Sandown Sandown International Raceway Melbourne Victoria 6 7 Jun Glenn Seton Nissan Skyline RS DR30 Nissan Motorsport Australia8 Amaroo Park Amaroo Park Sydney New South Wales 20 21 Jun Jim Richards BMW M3 JPS Team BMW 13 9 Grand Final 14 Oran Park Raceway Sydney New South Wales 4 5 Jul Jim Richards BMW M3 JPS Team BMW 15 Classes EditCars competed in two classes based on engine capacity Over 2500cc Under 2500cc 2 The Over 2500cc class was contested by Ford Mustang Ford Sierra Holden Commodore Nissan Skyline Rover Vitesse and Toyota Supra The Under 2500cc class consisted of Alfa Romeo 75 BMW 323i BMW M3 Isuzu Gemini Nissan Gazelle Toyota Celica and Toyota Corolla Points system EditChampionship points were awarded at each round on a 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 basis for the top ten positions outright and on a 9 6 4 3 2 1 basis for the top six positions in each of the two classes 2 Only the best eight round results could be retained by each driver 2 Championship results EditPos 16 Driver 16 Car 16 Cal Sym Lak Wan Ade Sur San Ama Ora Pts 16 1 Jim Richards BMW M3 5th 2nd 1st 4th 5th 1st Ret 1st 1st 1932 Glenn Seton Nissan Skyline DR30 1st 4th 2nd 1st Ret 3rd 1st 3rd Ret 1673 George Fury Nissan Skyline DR30 3rd 1st Ret Ret 2nd 4th 2nd 4th 2nd 1434 Tony Longhurst BMW M3 6th 5th 3rd 8th 8th 2nd Ret 2nd 5th 1165 Larry Perkins Holden VK Commodore 2nd 7th 4th 3rd 6th 5th 3rd 5th 4th 115 121 6 Dick Johnson Ford Sierra Cosworth 9th 9th DSQ 2nd 1st Ret Ret Ret 3rd 727 Peter Brock Holden VK Commodore Holden VL Commodore Ret 3rd 5th 7th 4th 9th 9th 7th 7th 658 Allan Grice Holden VK Commodore Holden VL Commodore 4th Ret 6th 6th 3rd 4th 9th Ret 629 Colin Bond Alfa Romeo 75 12th 11th 7th 9th 7th Ret 21st Ret 10th 3610 Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra Cosworth Ret 6th DSQ 5th Ret Ret Ret 8th Ret 2511 Kent Baigent Nissan Skyline DR30 7th 5th Ret 8th 2012 Murray Carter Nissan Skyline DR30 8th Ret 7th 13th 6th 1713 Ludwig Finauer BMW M3 6th 9th 1613 Graeme Bowkett Nissan Skyline DR30 6th 6th DNS 11th 1615 Andrew Miedecke Ford Sierra Cosworth 7th 8th Ret 12th DSQ DSQ DSQ Ret 1015 Drew Price Toyota Corolla Ret 11th 14th 16th 1017 Mark Skaife Nissan Gazelle 12th 918 John Smith Toyota Corolla Ret 13th 618 Daryl Hendrick Isuzu Gemini ZZ 17 15th 15th 20th 20th 620 Lester Smerdon Holden VK Commodore 8th 11th 520 David Ratcliff Toyota Corolla 18th 15th 522 Gary Scott Holden VK Commodore Ret Ret DNS 8th 11th 422 Don Smith Ford Sierra Cosworth 11th 10th Ret 9th 424 Wayne Clift Holden VK Commodore 9th Ret 324 David Skippy Parsons Holden VK Commodore 8th 324 John Faulkner Toyota Corolla 17th 327 David Sala Isuzu Gemini ZZ 17 16th 227 John Sax Toyota Corolla 19th 227 Brian Bolwell BMW 323i 16th 19th 227 Tony Noske Holden VK Commodore 13th 11th 10th 10th 231 Neville Crichton Ford Sierra XR4Ti 10th Ret 131 Mike Freeman Toyota Celica 17th Ret 131 Wayne Park Holden VK Commodore 10th 14th 131 Graeme Hooley Holden VK Commodore 10th 13th 16th 131 Peter Williamson Toyota Supra 10th 15th 131 Brian Callaghan Holden VK Commodore 10th 16th 132 John Giddings Ford Sierra Cosworth DSQ DSQ DSQ Ret 0Pos Driver Car Cal Sym Lak Wan Ade Sur San Ama Ora Pts Colour ResultGold WinnerSilver Second placeBronze Third placeGreen Points finishBlue Non points finishNon classified finish NC Purple Retired Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Did not pre qualify DNPQ Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Withdrew WD Race cancelled C Blank Did not practice DNP Did not arrive DNA Excluded EX See also Edit1987 Australian Manufacturers Championship which was contested concurrently with the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship 1987 Australian 2 0 Litre Touring Car Championship 1987 Australian Touring Car seasonReferences Edit Graham Howard amp Stewart Wilson Australian Touring Car Championship 30 fabulous years 1989 page 290 a b c d Graham Howard amp Stewart Wilson Australian Touring Car Championship 30 fabulous years 1989 page 298 1987 ATCC Round 1 Pt 1 1987 ATCC Round 1 Pt 2 1987 ATCC Round 1 Pt 3 1987 ATCC Round 2 1987 ATCC Round 3 1987 ATCC Round 4 1987 ATCC Round 5 1987 ATCC Round 6 Pt 1 1987 ATCC Round 6 Pt 2 1987 ATCC Round 6 Pt 3 1987 ATCC Round 8 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship Programmes The Programme Covers Project Retrieved 30 July 2019 1987 ATCC Round 9 a b c d The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years a b touringcarracing net Retrieved 16 March 2018External links EditOfficial V8 Supercar site Contains historical ATCC information 1987 Australian Touring Car racing images at www autopics com au Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship amp oldid 1115467467, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
