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1987 Australian Touring Car season

The 1987 Australian Touring Car season was the 28th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the forerunner of the present-day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

There were 16 touring car race meetings held during 1987: a nine-round series, the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); a support programme event at the 1987 Australian Grand Prix; and six long-distance races, nicknamed 'enduros', two of which were rounds of the one-off 1987 World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).

For the first time, the ATCC had a major series sponsor in the form of oil company Shell, who provided some AU$275,000 in prize money (previously teams and drivers had received as little as $1,250 for an ATCC round win).

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 1987 Australian touring car season consisted of 16 events.

Date	Series	Circuit	City / state	Winner	Team	Car
15 Feb	Castrol Clash for Cash	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Steve Reed	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A
1 Mar	[ATCC](1987-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 1	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	Glenn Seton	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
8 Mar	[ATCC](1987-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 2	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	George Fury	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
13 Mar	[ATCC](1987-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 3	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW	BMW M3
22 Mar	[A2TCC](1987-australian-2-0-litre-touring-car-championship) Round 1	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	John Smith	Toyota Team Australia	Toyota Corolla
26 Apr	[ATCC](1987-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 4	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	Glenn Seton	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
3 May	[ATCC](1987-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 5	Adelaide International Raceway	Adelaide, South Australia	Dick Johnson	Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
31 May	[ATCC](1987-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 6	Surfers Paradise International Raceway	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW	BMW M3
7 Jun	[ATCC](1987-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 7	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	Glenn Seton	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
[A2TCC](1987-australian-2-0-litre-touring-car-championship) Round 2	Mark Skaife	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Nissan Gazelle
21 Jun	[ATCC](1987-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 8	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW	BMW M3
5 Jul	[ATCC](1987-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 9	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW	BMW M3
19 Jul	[A2TCC](1987-australian-2-0-litre-touring-car-championship) Round 3	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	Mark Skaife	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Nissan Gazelle
2 Aug	Hardie Irrigation 100	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW	BMW M3
[A2TCC](1987-australian-2-0-litre-touring-car-championship) Round 4	Mark Skaife	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Nissan Gazelle
9 Aug	Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	John Bowe
Terry Shiel	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	[report](1987-yokohama-bob-jane-t-marts-300)
6 Sep	Pepsi 250	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Jim Richards
Tony Longhurst	JPS Team BMW	BMW M3
13 Sep	Castrol 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	George Fury
Terry Shiel	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	[report](1987-castrol-500)
4 Oct	James Hardie 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	Peter McLeod
Peter Brock
David Parsons	HDT Racing P/L	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	[report](1987-james-hardie-1000)
[WTCC](1987-world-touring-car-championship-season) Round 8	Johnny Cecotto
Gianfranco Brancatelli	CiBiEmme	BMW M3
11 Oct	Bob Jane T-Marts 500	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	Steve Soper
Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Texaco Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500	[report](1987-bob-jane-t-marts-500)
[WTCC](1987-world-touring-car-championship-season) Round 9
14 Nov	South Pacific Touring Car Championship Round 1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	Dick Johnson	Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500

Hardie Irrigation 100

Pos.	Driver	No.	Team	Car
1	NZL Jim Richards	3	JPS Team BMW	BMW M3
2	AUS Brad Jones
AUS John French	16	Ralliart Australia	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo
3	NZL Trevor Crowe
AUS Jim Keogh	53	Archibald Motorsport	BMW M3

Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300

Main article: 1987 Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300

Pepsi 250

Pos.	Driver	No.	Team
1	NZL Jim Richards
AUS Tony Longhurst	1	JPS Team BMW	BMW M3
2	AUS Peter Brock
AUS David Parsons	05	HDT Racing P/L	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A
3	FRG Ludwig Finauer
NZL Robbie Francevic	3	JPS Team BMW	BMW M3

Castrol 500

Main article: 1987 Castrol 500

World Touring Car Championship

Main article: 1987 World Touring Car Championship season

James Hardie 1000

Main article: 1987 James Hardie 1000

Bob Jane T-Marts 500

Main article: 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500

South Pacific Touring Car Championship

This race was a support event of the 1987 Australian Grand Prix. Top 10 results shown.

Pos.	Driver	No.	Team	Car	Grid
1	AUS Dick Johnson	17	Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500	5
2	AUS George Fury	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	7
3	AUS Larry Perkins	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	1
4	AUS Allan Grice	2	Roadways Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	6
5	AUS Colin Bond	57	Caltex CXT Race Team	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evoluzione	4
6	AUS Tony Kavich	36	Tony Kavich Racing	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	13
7	AUS David Parsons	6	HDT Racing P/L	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	11
8	AUS Tony Noske	26	Kalari Transport Services	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	16
9	AUS Ray Ellis	36	Grellis Marketing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	14
10	AUS Phil Ward	19	Reithmuller-Ward International Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz 190E	20

References

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