1987 New Zealand International Formula Pacific season

11th season of the New Zealand Formula Pacific Championship 1987 New Zealand Formula Pacific Championship 1986 1988 The 1987 New Zealand Formula Pacific Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 1987 Mita Copies NZ International Formula Pacific Championship) was the 11th season of the New Zealand International Formula Pacific series. The season began at Baypark Raceway on December 28 in 1986 and concluded at Wigram Aerodrome on January 18 a few weeks later. The schedule included the 1987 New Zealand Grand Prix at Pukekohe Park Raceway. The championship would be won by Mike Thackwell. It would turn out to be Thackwell's last championship victory before receding into retirement just over a year later. Race calendar Rnd Circuit Date Map 1986New Zealand 200 right New Zealand -37.2150522 174.9187728 Pukekohe top New Zealand -43.5537 172.5471 Wigram top New Zealand -37.6805560 176.2344440 Baypark bottom New Zealand -40.2375 175.557222 Manfeild top 1 Baypark Raceway(Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty Region) 28 December 1987 2 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 4 January 3 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 11 January 4 Wigram Airfield Circuit(Christchurch, Canterbury Region) 18 January Teams and drivers All cars were fitted with a Ford BDD engine. Entrant Chassis No Driver Rounds Ralt Australia Ralt RT4/86 1 NZL Mike Thackwell All 2 AUS David Brabham All Graeme Lawrence Motorsport Ralt RT4/86 4 NZL Brett Riley 1 USA Davy Jones 2–4 14 NZL Graeme Lawrence 1–2 Team CRC Ralt RT4/82 5 NZL Craig Coleman All Garvin Brown RacingDavid White Motorsport Ralt RT4/86 6 USA David Kudrave All Ralt RT4/86 8 USA Tony Hulman-George All JCL Group Ralt RT4/81 7 NZL Peter Haskett 1–2, 4 Ken Smith Motorsport Ralt RT4/86 11 NZL Ken Smith All Hammond International March 77B 16 NZL Stuart McChesney 3–4 Stu Murphy Ralt RT4/81 20 NZL Stu Murphy All Allan McCall Racing Ralt RT4/86 55 USA Chris Kneifel 1–2 GBR Calvin Fish 3–4 Hocking Motorsport Ralt RT4/84 74 AUS Chris Hocking 1–2 Bob Creasy Ralt RT4/82 76 AUS Bob Creasy All Cameron Motorsport Ralt RT4/83 87 USA Michael Greenfield 1–3 Paul Radisich Ralt RT4/83 89 NZL Paul Radisich All Results and standings Season summary Rd Circuit Pole position Winning driver Winning team Report 1 R1 Baypark Raceway NZL Mike Thackwell NZL Mike Thackwell Ralt Australia R2 NZL Mike Thackwell Ralt Australia 2 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway USA Davy Jones NZL Mike Thackwell Ralt Australia Report R2 USA Davy Jones Graeme Lawrence Motorsport 3 R1 Manfeild Autocourse USA Davy Jones USA Davy Jones Graeme Lawrence Motorsport R2 USA Davy Jones Graeme Lawrence Motorsport 4 R1 Wigram Airfield Circuit NZL Paul Radisich NZL Paul Radisich Paul Radisich R2 NZL Paul Radisich Paul Radisich http://www.motorsportsresults.com/monoplaces/FormulaPacific.nz.pdf New Zealand Formula Pacific 1977-1992 2013-09-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131001223209/http://www.motorsportsresults.com/monoplaces/FormulaPacific.nz.pdf 2013-10-01 Championship standings Pos Driver BAY PUK MAN WIG Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 NZL Mike Thackwell 1 1 1 2 3 Ret 2 2 49 2 NZL Paul Radisich 2 6 3 4 2 Ret 1 1 38 3 USA Davy Jones 2 1 1 1 Ret 6 34 4 NZL Ken Smith 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 2 3 3 24 5 USA David Kudrave Ret 2 5 5 Ret DNS 4 4 16 6 AUS David Brabham 6 Ret 7 6 4 3 6 5 12 7 USA Chris Kneifel 5 3 Ret 8 6 8 GBR Calvin Fish 5 Ret 5 Ret 4 8 NZL Brett Riley 3 Ret 4 10 USA Michael Greenfield Ret 5 6 7 DNA DNA 3 10 NZL Peter Haskett 7 4 8 Ret 7 8 3 10 USA Tony Hulman-George DNA DNA Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 7 3 10 AUS Bob Creasy 9 7 9 9 6 5 8 9 3 14 NZL Stuart McChesney 7 6 DNA DNA 1 - NZL Stu Murphy 8 8 Ret DNS 8 Ret Ret 10 0 - NZL Craig Coleman Ret Ret DNA DNA Ret Ret DNA DNA 0 - AUS Chris Hocking DNA DNA DNA DNA 0 - NZL Graeme Lawrence DNA DNA DNA DNA 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts BAY PUK MAN WIG https://www.oldracingcars.com/newzealand/1987/ New Zealand Formula Pacific 1987 References 30em New Zealand International Category:New Zealand International Formula Pacific Championship Category:1987 in New Zealand motorsport