1987 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

January 2020 May 2011 The 1987 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers.Specific Conditions – Racing Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1987, pages 81-82 The title, which was the seventeenth Australian Manufacturers' Championship,Australian Titles https://web.archive.org/web/20090302135923/http://www.camsmanual.com.au/01_about.asp 2 March 2009 Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 27 June 2009 was contested concurrently with the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship over a nine-round series.David Segal, Australian Touring Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 193-213 Round 1, Calder Park, Victoria, 1 March Round 2, Symmons Plains, Tasmania, 8 March Round 3, Lakeside, Queensland, 5 April Round 4, Wanneroo Park, Western Australia, 26 April Round 5, Adelaide International Raceway, South Australia, 3 May Round 6, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 31 May Round 7, Sandown Park, Victoria, 7 June Round 8, Amaroo Park, New South Wales, 21 June Round 9, Oran Park, New South Wales, 5 July Each round was open to cars complying with CAMS Touring Car regulations which were based on international Group A Touring Car rules. Cars competed in two engine capacity classes: Up to 2500cc Over 2500ccOfficial Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 3 May 1987, page 2 Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the top ten placings in each class at each round. However, points were only allocated for the best placed car from each manufacturer at each round and only the best eight round results could be retained by each manufacturer.General Conditions – Racing Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1987, pages 79 Results Position ManufacturerRacing Car News, August 1987, page 8 Car Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total 1 Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 20 20 20 20 (15) 20 20 20 20 160 BMW M3 20 20 20 20 20 20 (6) 20 20 160 3 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A VL Commodore SS Group A 15 15 15 12 12 12 12 12 (12) 105 4 Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo 12 12 12 12 15 - 4 - 10 77 5 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 8 10 0 15 20 - - 8 15 76 6 ToyotaReferenced Racing Car News pointscore omits Toyota but position has been calculated by applying referenced CAMS points system to round results in Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88 Celica RA40 Corolla Corolla GT 6 - 10 - 10 - 15 10 8 59 7 Isuzu Gemini 10 - - - 8 - - - 6 24Referenced Racing Car News pointscore shows 27 points for Isuzu but total has been calculated by applying referenced CAMS points system to round results in Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88 8 Rover SD1 Vitesse - - 2 3 - - - - - 5 References Further reading ATCC round results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 315–316 External links 1987 Australian Touring Car racing images Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 27 June 2009 Category:Australian Manufacturers' Championship Manufacturers' Championship