1987 James Hardie 1000

Motor race in Australia August 2017 August 2017 1987 Bathurst 1000 1986 1988 Bathurst 1000 Australia 4 October 1987 Mount Panorama Circuit Map Overview.PNG 8 11 Bathurst, Australia Mount Panorama Circuit 6.213 161 FRG Klaus Ludwig Eggenberger Motorsport 2:16.969 AUS Peter McLeodAUS Peter BrockAUS David Parsons HDT Racing AUS Glenn SetonAUS John Bowe Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS George FuryAUS Terry Shiel Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS Andrew Miedecke 2:22.50 Oxo Supercube Motorsport The 1987 Bathurst 1000, known for naming rights reasons as the 1987 James Hardie 1000, was an endurance race for Group A Touring Cars, staged on 4 October 1987 at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The race was the eighth round of the World Touring Car Championship. The race was shortened from 163 laps to 161 for 1987, when the track was slightly lengthened by the addition of the Caltex Chase, a chicane which was built in response to the death of Mike Burgmann in an accident during the previous year's race. The race was provisionally won by Eggenberger Motorsport, with Steve Soper and Pierre Dieudonné first across the line in a Ford Sierra RS500, two laps ahead of teammates Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz. Third was the HDT Racing Holden Commodore VL driven by Peter McLeod, Peter Brock and David Parsons.Bathurst under a cloud or two Canberra Times 5 October 1987 page 1 A protest lodged after the race resulted in the two Eggenberger cars being disqualified for illegally modified front wheel arch guards.James Hardie results sooner than planned Auto Action 9 October 1987 page 3Brock's Bathurst as Sierras outed Auto Action issue 436 20 November 1987 page 3 A final appeal was rejected in March 1988.Final appeal fails Auto Action issue 444 18 March 1988 page 1 Classes Cars competed in three classes conforming to World Touring Car Championship regulations:Entry List, 1987 James Hardie 1000, Official Program, pages 88 & 89 Class 1: The outright category was for cars with an engine capacity over 2500cc. The class consisted of BMW 635 CSi, Ford Sierra RS500, Holden Commodore, Maserati Biturbo, Mitsubishi Starion, Nissan Skyline and Toyota Supra. Class 2: The middle class was for cars with an engine capacity from 1601 to 2500cc. The class consisted of Alfa Romeo 75, BMW M3, Mercedes-Benz 190E and Nissan Gazelle. Class 3: The "baby" car class was for cars with an engine capacity from 1001 to 1600cc. It consisted of a variety of Toyota Corollas and a single Alfa Romeo 33. Hardies Heroes The Top 10 runoff for pole position was a one-off event in the World Touring Car Championship. FISA initially objected to it but were ultimately powerless to stop it as it was written into the race regulations by the event promoters, the Australian Racing Driver's Club (ARDC).Confusion rules the mountain Canberra Times 3 October 1987 page 12 thumb|Klaus Ludwig gained pole position for the race in a Ford Sierra RS500 Pos No Team Driver Car HH Qual Pole 7 SUI Ford Texaco Racing Team FRG Klaus Ludwig Ford Sierra RS500 2:16.969 2:17.46 2 9 AUS Allan Moffat Enterprises GBR Andy Rouse Ford Sierra RS500 2:18.468 2:18.12 3 6 SUI Ford Texaco Racing Team GBR Steve Soper Ford Sierra RS500 2:18.663 2:20.52 4 12 SUI Ford Texaco Racing Team FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz Ford Sierra RS500 2:21.318 2:20.96 5 35 AUS Oxo Supercube Motorsport AUS Andrew Miedecke Ford Sierra RS500 2:22.057 2:20.26 6 42 ITA BMW Motorsport / CiBiEmme Venezuela 1930 Johnny Cecotto BMW M3 2:23.147 2:21.48 7 2 AUS Roadways Racing AUS Allan Grice Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 2:23.626 2:21.38 8 11 AUS Enzed Team Perkins AUS Larry Perkins Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 2:24.209 2:22.28 DSQ 17 AUS Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team AUS Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS500 2:22.744 2:20.18 DSQ 18 AUS Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team AUS Charlie O'Brien Ford Sierra RS500 2:21.452 2:21.50 * Three time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Klaus Ludwig became the first Bathurst Rookie to take pole position for the race. With the addition of the new "Caltex Chase" complex on Conrod straight, lap times were around 4–5 seconds slower in 1987 than before. The general feeling was that Ludwig's pole time would have been even faster than George Fury's record 1984 pole time of 2:13.85 had the Chase not been there. With Ludwig on pole and Andy Rouse second, 1987 was the first time in race history that two Bathurst rookies had occupied the front row of the grid since qualifying times first counted for grid positions in 1967, though Rouse had been previously entered in 1976 but did not arrive, and one of his co-drivers was four time Great Race winner Allan Moffat, who was having his first race in a Ford since 1980. 1987 also marks Ford's first pole position at Bathurst since Allan Moffat claimed pole in his XB Falcon in 1976. It was also Ford's first front row start at Bathurst since Dick Johnson started second in 1981 in an XD Falcon, and the first time that Ford outnumbered other makes in the shootout.* The two Dick Johnson Racing Sierras of Dick Johnson and Charlie O'Brien were had their times disallowed after failing a fuel check following the shootout. The team had mistakenly used fuel churns that had been filled at the team base in Brisbane and not at the track. It was of an inferior grade and actually made the engines produce less power than normal, but the penalty stood. Johnson was contesting his tenth consecutive Hardie's Heroes, being the only driver to have contested each one since its inception in 1978.* The #12 Texaco Sierra driven by Klaus Niedzwiedz was withdrawn from the race following the shootout, with Niedzwiedz being Ludwig's nominated co-driver in the #7 Sierra. All qualified cars behind then moved up one place on the grid. 1987 was the first Hardies Heroes that Peter Brock failed to qualify for after qualifying twelfth. He did not appear in the 1986 shootout due to the car still being repaired following Allan Moffat's Friday crash, but Brock had qualified second before the crash.* Countering the myth that only Bathurst regulars could be fast on The Mountain, 5 European based drivers qualified for the shootout. Klaus Ludwig, Andy Rouse, Steve Soper, Klaus Niedzwiedz (the top 4) and Johnny Cecotto. Only Soper (1984) and 1985 Rookie of the Year Cecotto had previously raced at Bathurst. Official results thumb|The winning Holden VL Commodore SS Group A, pictured in 2010. Sourced from:http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/bathurst_1987.htm Bathurst 1987: James Hardie 1000 Uniquecarsandparts.com.au 2012-08-15 Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos SeriesPoints 1 1 10 AUS HDT Racing AUS Peter McLeodAUS Peter BrockAUS David ParsonsAUS Jon Crooke Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 158 20 2 1 15 AUS Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS Glenn SetonAUS John Bowe Nissan Skyline RS DR30 157 15 3 1 30 AUS Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS George FuryAustralia Terry Shiel Nissan Skyline RS DR30 157 14 4 2 44 AUS JPS Team BMW NZL Jim RichardsAUS Tony Longhurst BMW M3 156 12 5 1 16 AUS Ralliart Australia AUS Gary Scott JPN Akihiko NakayaAUS John French Mitsubishi Starion 154 23 6 2 45 AUS JPS Team BMW NZL Robbie FrancevicFRG Ludwig Finauer NZL Jim Richards BMW M3 154 22 7 2 42 ITA BMW Motorsport / CiBiEmme Venezuela 1930 Johnny CecottoITA Gianfranco Brancatelli BMW M3 154 8 6 40 8 1 4 AUS Formula 1 Investments AUS Graham MooreBEL Michel Delcourt Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 152 29 9 1 26 AUS Kalari Transport Services AUS Tony NoskeAUS Gary Rush Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 151 35 10 1 39 AUS Lansvale Smash Repairs AUS Steve ReedAUS Trevor Ashby Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 150 38 11 2 43 ITA BMW Motorsport / Bigazzi FRG Altfrid HegerFRA Olivier GrouillardFRG Winni Vogt BMW M3 150 16 30 12 2 40 FRG Schnitzer Motorsport ITA Emanuele PirroITA Roberto RavagliaFRG Markus OestreichAUT Roland Ratzenberger BMW M3 150 19 24 13 1 34 AUS Oxo Supercube Motorsport AUS Bruce StewartAUS John Giddings Ford Sierra RS500 150 24 14 1 38 AUS Everlast Automotive Services AUS Brian SampsonAUS Bill O'Brien Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 146 33 15 1 27 AUS Ray Gulson AUS Graham GulsonAUS Ray Gulson BMW 635 CSi 146 41 16 2 41 ITA BMW Motorsport AUS Gary BrabhamARG Juan Manuel Fangio II BMW M3 146 18 17 1 35 AUS Oxo Supercube Motorsport AUS Andrew MiedeckeAUS Don Smith Ford Sierra RS500 144 4 5 18 1 3 AUS Petro-Tech AUS Peter FitzgeraldNZL Peter Janson Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 144 37 19 2 60 AUS Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS Mark SkaifeAUS Grant Jarrett Nissan Gazelle 138 44 20 1 29 AUS Mulvihill Racing AUS Ken MathewsAUS Tony MulvihillAUS Barry Jones Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 136 32 21 1 24 NZL Team Nissan Racing NZ NZL Graeme BowkettNZL Kent Baigent Nissan Skyline RS DR30 135 17 22 1 36 AUS Yellow Pages AUS Tony KavichAUS Kerry BailyAUS Allan Grice Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 131 31 23 3 93 AUS Bob Holden Motors AUS Bob HoldenNZL Bryan BateAUS Garry Willmington Toyota Sprinter AE86 123 47 DNF 3 90 AUS Toyota Team Australia AUS Drew PriceAUS John SmithNZL John Faulkner Toyota Corolla GT 119 43 DNF 3 91 AUS Toyota Team Australia NZL John FaulknerAUS Mike QuinnAUS John Smith Toyota Corolla GT 118 45 DNF 1 2 AUS Roadways Racing AUS Allan GriceGBR Win Percy Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 96 7 7 DNF 3 92 AUS Ratcliff Transport Spares AUS David RatcliffAUS Mark Gibbs Toyota Sprinter AE86 96 49 DNF 1 37 AUS Brian Callaghan Racing AUS Barry GrahamAUS Brian Callaghan Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 86 26 DNF 3 94 NZL Gullivers travel Limited NZL Andrew BagnallGBR Chris HodgettsNZL Mark Jennings Toyota Sprinter AE86 77 46 DNF 1 19 NZL Canam Enterprises NZL Graeme CameronNZL Wayne Wilkinson Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 71 25 DNF 2 50 AUS Riethmuller-Ward International Motorsport FRG Llyndon RiethmullerAUS Phil WardAUS Chris Clearihan Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 70 40 DNF 3 100 ITA Alfa Romeo ITA Giorgio FranciaITA Daniele Toffoli Alfa Romeo 33 55 48 DNF 2 47 FRG BMW Motorsport FRG Anette MeeuvissenAUT Mercedes StermitzAUT Roland Ratzenberger BMW M3 45 42 DNF 2 46 FRG Schnitzer Motorsport FRG Markus OestreichAUT Roland RatzenbergerITA Emanuele PirroITA Roberto Ravaglia BMW M3 41 13 DNF 1 05 AUS HDT Racing AUS Peter BrockAUS David Parsons Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 34 11 DNF 2 57 AUS Caltex CXT Racing AUS Colin BondAUS Lucio Cesario Alfa Romeo 75 34 21 DNF 1 9 AUS Allan Moffat Enterprises GBR Andy RouseBEL Thierry TassinCAN Allan Moffat Ford Sierra RS500 31 2 2 DNF 1 32 AUS Warren Cullen AUS Warren CullenAUS Gary CookeAUS Gary Sprague Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 31 27 DNF 1 1 ITA Pro Team Italia FRG Armin HahneAUS Kevin BartlettITA Bruno Giacomelli Maserati Biturbo 29 34 DNF 1 22 AUS Lusty Engineering AUS Graham LustyAUS John Lusty Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 17 39 DNF 1 21 NZL D.F.C. NZ Ltd NZL Graeme CrosbyNZL John Billington Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 9 28 DNF 1 17 AUS Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team AUS Dick JohnsonAUS Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 3 3 DSQ DNF 1 11 AUS Enzed Team Perkins AUS Larry PerkinsNew Zealand Denny Hulme Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 2 10 8 DNF 1 18 AUS Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team AUS Charlie O'BrienNZL Neville Crichton Ford Sierra RS500 2 9 DSQ DSQ 1 6 SUI Ford Texaco Racing Team GBR Steve SoperBEL Pierre Dieudonné Ford Sierra RS500 161 5 3 DSQ 1 7 SUI Ford Texaco Racing Team FRG Klaus LudwigFRG Klaus Niedzwiedz Ford Sierra RS500 159 1 1 DSQ 2 53 NZL Viacard Services NZL Ian TullochNZL Trevor CroweAUS Jim Keogh BMW M3 151 36 DSQ 1 14 AUS NetComm (Aust) Racing AUS Murray CarterAUS Steve MastertonAUS Denis HorleyBill Tuckey, The Great Race 1987/88, page 180 Nissan Skyline RS DR30 147 30 DNS 1 12 SUI Ford Texaco Racing Team FRG Klaus NiedzwiedzFRG Klaus Ludwig Ford Sierra RS500 0 6 4 DNQ 1 20 AUS Terry Finnigan AUS Terry FinniganAUS Geoff Leeds Holden VL Commodore SS Group A DNQ 1 31 AUS Lester Smerdon AUS Lester SmerdonAUS Bruce Williams Holden VK Commodore SS Group A DNQ 1 23 AUS Jagparts AUS Alf GrantAUS Gerald Kay Holden VK Commodore SS Group A DNQ 1 33 AUS Peter Williamson Toyota AUS Peter WilliamsonAUS Chris ClearihanNZL John Sax Toyota Celica Supra DNQ 1 28 AUS Wayne Clift AUS Bernie StackAUS Wayne Clift Holden VK Commodore SS Group A DNQ 1 25 NZL Team Nissan Racing NZ NZL Kent BaigentNZL Graeme Bowkett Nissan Skyline RS DR30 DNQ 1 13 NZL Viacard Services NZL Ian TullochNZL Trevor CroweAUS Jim Keogh BMW 635 CSi Italics indicate driver practiced this car but did not race. Statistics Provisional Pole Position - #7 Klaus Ludwig - 2:17.46 Pole Position - #7 Klaus Ludwig - 2.16.969 Fastest Lap - #35 Andrew Miedecke - 2:22.50 - Lap 19 (new lap record) Average Speed - 140 km/h Race Time - 7:01:08.40 (based upon when Car 6 crossed the line). References Further reading Naismith Barry Bathurst December 1987 Garry Sparke & Associates Glen Waverley 0-908-081-359 Normoyle Steve The Great Race 7 1988 Chevron Publishing Hornsby 1031-6124 External links James Hardie 1000 Bathurst 1987, www.touringcarracing.net collapsed 1987 World Touring Car Championship 1987 RAC Tourist Trophy 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 Category:Auto racing controversies Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales Bathurst 1000 Bathurst 1000