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1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship

The 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Touring Cars of under 2.0 litre engine capacity. The title was contested over a four-round series and was won by Mark Skaife driving a Nissan Gazelle.

This was the second Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship to be awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. The title would be revived in 1993 for that year only.

Calendar

The 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was contested over a four-round series.

Round	Circuit	State	Date	Winning driver
Winton	Victoria	22 March	John Smith	Toyota Corolla
Sandown Park	Victoria	7 June	Mark Skaife	Nissan Gazelle
Lakeside	Queensland	19 July	Mark Skaife	Nissan Gazelle
Amaroo Park	New South Wales	2 August	Mark Skaife	Nissan Gazelle

Six rounds had been scheduled, however two were cancelled.
The Sandown round was held concurrently with Round 7 of the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship.

Points system

Championship points were awarded at each round on the following basis:

Points	30	27	24	21	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2

Results

16	Lindsay Siebler	Suzuki Swift	Suzuki Parts	10	-	-	-	10

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080719213005/http://www.camsmanual.com.au/pdf/records/1403_Australian_Titles_Q308.pdf Australian Titles, 2008 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport] Retrieved on 10 March 2013
David Segal, Australian Touring Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 193-194
Graham Slater, "Oh! What a Feeling!", Racing Car News, May 1987, pages 34-36
Touring Car Championship, Round Seven, Sandown Park, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 208-209
Racing Car News, September 1987, page 42
Skaife Skips Away, Racing Car News, September 1987, pages 58-60
A comparison of race results against progress pointscores published after Round 1 in Racing Car News, May 1987, page 36 indicates that points were awarded 30-27-24-21-19-17-15 etc. This is consistent with the CAMS "Scale A" points system which was published in the 1987 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 78-79 and is quoted here.
David Greenhalgh, Championship places scored by all drivers, Official Programme, BOC Gases Super Touring Championship, Mallala, Round 4, 11 August 1996, page 35
Winton points derived from race results published in Racing Car News, May 1987, pages 34-36
Sandown points derived from race results published in Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, page 316 & [http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126230 1987 Australian Group A Touring Car Races, www.ten-tenths.com]
Amaroo points derived from race results published in Racing Car News, September 1987, page 42
Winton points derived from race results published in Racing Car News, September 1987, pages 58-60
Official Program, Sandown, 9 June 1987

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