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[1] 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.[2]
This was the second Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship to be awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.[1] The title would be revived in 1993 for that year only.[1]
Calendar
[edit]The 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was contested over a four-round series.[2]
| Round | Circuit | State | Date | Winning driver | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winton | Victoria | 22 March | John Smith[3] | Toyota Corolla |
| 2 | Sandown Park | Victoria | 7 June | Mark Skaife[4] | Nissan Gazelle |
| 3 | Lakeside | Queensland | 19 July | Mark Skaife[5] | Nissan Gazelle |
| 4 | Amaroo Park | New South Wales | 2 August | Mark Skaife[6] | Nissan Gazelle |
- Six rounds had been scheduled, however two were cancelled.[2]
- The Sandown round was held concurrently with Round 7 of the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship.[2]
Points system
[edit]Championship points were awarded at each round on the following basis:[7]
| 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
[edit]| Position[8] | Driver[8] | Car | Entrant | Winton[9] | Sandown[10] | Amaroo[11] | Lakeside[12] | Total |
| 1 | Mark Skaife | Nissan Gazelle | Nissan Motor Company[13] | 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
[edit]1987 Australian Touring Car season
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Australian Titles, 2008 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport Retrieved on 10 March 2013
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b 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