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 | Car |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Winton | Victoria | 22 March | John Smith | Toyota Corolla |
2 | Sandown Park | Victoria | 7 June | Mark Skaife | Nissan Gazelle |
3 | Lakeside | Queensland | 19 July | Mark Skaife | Nissan Gazelle |
4 | 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:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
Points | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Results
Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | Winton | Sandown | Amaroo | Lakeside | Total |
1 | Mark Skaife | Nissan Gazelle | Nissan Motor Company | 24 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 114 |
2 | Drew Price | Toyota Corolla | Toyota Team Australia | 27 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 102 |
3 | John Faulkner | Toyota Corolla | Toyota Team Australia | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 87 |
4 | John Smith | Toyota Corolla | Toyota Team Australia | 30 | 27 | 27 | - | 84 |
5 | David Ratcliff | Toyota Corolla Levin | Ratcliff Transport Spares | 19 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 74 |
6 | Garry Willmington | Toyota Sprinter | Bob Holden Motors | - | - | 19 | 21 | 40 |
7 | Bob Holden | Toyota Sprinter | Bob Holden Motors | 17 | - | - | 17 | 34 |
8 | Daryl Hendrick | Isuzu Gemini ZZ | Gemspares | 13 | 17 | - | - | 30 |
9 | Michael Birks | Toyota Sprinter | Bob Holden Motors | - | - | 15 | - | 15 |
= | Mike Freeman | Toyota Celica | Michael Freeman | 15 | - | - | - | 15 |
= | Mike Hall | Toyota Sprinter | Bob Holden Motors | - | 15 | - | - | 15 |
= | Paul Miller | Ford Laser TX3 | Paul Miller | - | - | - | 15 | 15 |
13 | Glenn Clark | Toyota Sprinter | Bob Holden Motors | 14 | - | - | - | 14 |
14 | Paul Jones | Toyota Corolla | Paul Jones | 12 | - | - | - | 12 |
15 | David Sala | Isuzu PF60 Gemini | David Sala | 11 | - | - | - | 11 |
16 | Lindsay Siebler | Suzuki Swift | Suzuki Parts | 10 | - | - | - | 10 |
See also
1987 Australian Touring Car season
References
- ^ 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 & 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