1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500

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The 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 was the ninth 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 11, 1987 at the Calder Park Raceway on the rarely used combined circuit, which featured both the recently redeveloped road circuit, and the newly completed Thunderdome NASCAR style oval circuit, in outer Melbourne, Australia.

[edit] Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Series Points
1	3	6	Eggenberger Motorsport	Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS500	120	2	40
2	2	46	Schnitzer Motorsport	Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3	120	9	35
3	2	40	Schnitzer Motorsport	Markus Oestreich Roland Ratzenberger	BMW M3	120	16	27
4	2	42	CiBiEmme	Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli	BMW M3	119	7	22
5	3	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton George Fury	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	119	11
6	3	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins Denny Hulme	Holden Commodore VL SSGroupA	118	6
7	2	47	Schnitzer Motorsport	Anette Meeuvissen Mercedes Stermitz	BMW M3	117	18
8	3	05	Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock David 'Skippy' Parsons	Holden Commodore VL SSGroupA	116	8
9	3	16	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Gary Scott Akihiko Nakaya	Mitsubishi Starion	115	14
10	3	26	Kalari Transport Services	Tony Noske Gary Rush	Holden Commodore VK SSGroupA	114	25
11	3	10	Holden Dealer Team	Peter McLeod Neil Crompton	Holden Commodore VL SSGroupA	114	19
12	3	7	Eggenberger Motorsport	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS500	113	1	23
13	3	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Charlie O'Brien Neville Crichton Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	113	12
14	3	23	Jagparts Racing	Alf Grant Gerald Kay	Holden Commodore VK SSGroupA	108	28
15	3	22	Lusty Engineering	Graham Lusty John Lusty	Holden Commodore VL SSGroupA	107	26
16	1	100	Alfa Romeo	Giorgio Francia Daniele Toffoli	Alfa Romeo 33	100	32	26
17	3	14	Murray Carter Racing	Murray Carter Steve Masterton Denis Morley	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	94	17
DNF	3	31	Warren Cullen	Gary Cooke Gary Sprague Warren Cullen	Holden Commodore VK SSGroupA		20
DNF	3	2	Bob Jane T-Marts Racing	Allan Grice Win Percy	Holden Commodore VL SSGroupA	81	10
DNF	2	44	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards Tony Longhurst	BMW M3	73	13
DNF	2	43	Bigazzi	Winni Vogt Altfrid Heger	BMW M3	71	15
DNF	2	62	Schwaben Motorsport	Thomas von Löwis of Menar Leopold von Bayern	BMW M3		23
DNF	3	35	Oxo Supercube Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke Don Smith	Ford Sierra RS500		3
DNF	3	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Dick Johnson Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	25	4
DNF	3	9	Rousesport	Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin Allan Moffat	Ford Sierra RS500	21	5
DNF	3	4	Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Marco Gunella Nicola Tesini Stefano Livio	Maserati Biturbo	18	30
DNF	3	1	Pro Team Italia/Imberti	Armin Hahne Kevin Bartlett	Maserati Biturbo	17	22
DNF	3	24	Keiran Wills	Keiran Wills Philip Henley	Nissan Skyline RS DR30		21
DNF	3	3	R.G. Lanyon	Mike Freeman Bruce Williams Peter Fitzgerald	Holden Commodore VK SSGroupA		27
DNF	3	29	Tony Mulvihill	Ken Mathews Tony Mulvihill	Holden Commodore VK SSGroupA		27
DNF	3	27	Ray Gulson	Graham Gulson Ray Gulson Bryan Thomson	BMW 635CSi		29
DNF	1	91	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner Drew Price	Toyota Corolla GT		31

Italics indicate driver practiced this car but did not race.

[edit] Statistics

Pole Position - #7 Klaus Ludwig - 1.42.92
Fastest Lap - #35 Andrew Miedecke - 1:45.03
Average Speed - km/h

[edit] External links

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Previous race: 1987 Bathurst 1000	1987 season	Next race: 1987 Wellington 500

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