1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500

December 2019 October 2011 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 Australia 11 October 1987 250px 9 11 Melbourne, Australia Calder Park Raceway 4.216 120 GER Klaus Ludwig Eggenberger Motorsport 1.42.92 GBR Steve SoperBEL Pierre Dieudonné Eggenberger Motorsport ITA Emanuele PirroITA Roberto Ravaglia BMW Motorsport GER Markus OestreichAUT Roland Ratzenberger BMW Motorsport AUS Andrew Miedecke 1:45.03 Oxo Supercube Motorsport The 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 was the ninth round of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship.Christopher de Fraga, Sierra’s winning run continues at Calder, The Age, Monday, 12 October 1987, page 35 The race, which was open to Group A Touring Cars,Bob Jane T-Marts 500, touringcarracing.net, as archived at web.archive.org was held on 11 October 1987 at Calder Park Raceway in outer Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the rarely used combined circuit which incorporated both the recently redeveloped (1986) road course and the newly completed, high banked (24°) NASCAR-style “Thunderdome” oval. The combined oval/road course was 4.216 km (2.620 mi) long and the race was run over 120 laps. The race was won by Steve Soper and Pierre Dieudonné driving a Ford Sierra RS500 for the Ford Texaco Racing Team. Both Klaus Ludwig's pole time of 1:42.92 and Andrew Miedecke's fastest race lap of 1:45.03 in their respective Ford Sierra RS500's were faster than the pole time set in the only other Group A Touring Car race held on the combined oval/road course, the Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300 held two months previously on 9 August. Classes Cars competed in three classes based on engine capacity.Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, pages 12–13 Class A: Over 2500cc Class B: 1601-2500cc Class C: Up to 1600cc thumb|left|Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz placed 12th driving a Ford Sierra RS500 Results PosAustralian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 22 Class No.Official Programme, Calder Park, October 10 & 11 1987 Entrant Drivers Car Laps QualPos SeriesPoints 1 A 6 SWI Ford Texaco Racing Team GBR Steve SoperBEL Pierre Dieudonné Ford Sierra RS500 120 2 40 2 B 46 FRG BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer Team ITA Emanuele PirroITA Roberto Ravaglia BMW M3 120 9 35 3 B 40 FRG BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer Team FRG Markus OestreichAUT Roland Ratzenberger BMW M3 120 16 27 4 B 42 ITA BMW Motorsport / CiBiEmm Venezuela 1930 Johnny CecottoITA Gianfranco Brancatelli BMW M3 119 7 22 5 A 15 AUS Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS Glenn SetonAUS George Fury Nissan Skyline RS DR30 119 11 6 A 11 AUS Perkins Engineering AUS Larry PerkinsNZL Denny Hulme Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 118 6 7 B 47 FRG BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer Team FRG Annette MeeuvissenAUT Mercedes Stermitz BMW M3 117 18 8 A 05 AUS Mobil HDT Racing AUS Peter BrockAUS David Parsons Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 116 8 9 A 16 AUS Mitsubishi Ralliart Aust. AUS Gary ScottJPN Akihiko Nakaya Mitsubishi Starion 115 14 10 A 26 AUS Kalari Transport Services AUS Tony NoskeAUS Gary Rush Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 114 25 11 A 10 AUS Mobil HDT Racing AUS Peter McLeodAUS Neil Crompton Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 114 19 12 A 7 SWI Ford Texaco Racing Team FRG Klaus LudwigFRG Klaus Niedzwiedz Ford Sierra RS500 113 1 23 13 A 18 AUS Shell Ultra Hitech Racing AUS Charlie O'BrienNZL Neville CrichtonAUS Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS500 113 12 14 A 23 AUS Jagparts Racing AUS Alf GrantAUS Gerald Kay Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 108 28 15 A 22 AUS Lusty Engineering Pty. Ltd. AUS Graham LustyAUS John Lusty Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 107 26 16 C 100 ITA Alfa Romeo ITA Giorgio FranciaITA Daniele Toffoli Alfa Romeo 33 100 32 26 17 A 14 AUS Netcomm (Aust.) Racing AUS Murray CarterAUS Denis HorleyAUS Steve Masterton Nissan Skyline RS DR30 94 17 DNF A 31 AUS Cullen Supa Salvage AUS Warren CullenNZL Gary SpragueAUS Gary Cooke Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 104 20 DNF A 27 AUS Ray Gulson AUS Ray GulsonAUS Graham GulsonAUS Bryan Thomson BMW 635 CSi 99 29 DNF A 2 AUS Bob Jane T-Marts AUS Allan GriceGBR Win Percy Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 81 10 DNF B 44 AUS JPS Team BMW NZL Jim RichardsAUS Tony Longhurst BMW M3 73 13 DNF B 43 ITA BMW Motorsport FRG Winni VogtFRG Altfrid Heger BMW M3 70 15 DNF C 91 AUS Toyota Team Australia NZL John FaulknerAUS Drew Price Toyota Corolla GT 67 31 DNF A 35 AUS Oxo Supercube Motorsport AUS Andrew MiedeckeAUS Don Smith Ford Sierra RS500 58 3 DNF A 29 AUS Mulvihill Racing AUS Barry Jones AUS Ken Mathews Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 46 27 DNF B 62 FRG Thomas von Loewis of Menar FRG Thomas von Löwis of MenarFRG Leopold von Bayern BMW M3 44 23 DNF A 24 NZL NZL Keiran WillsNZL Philip Henley Nissan Skyline RS DR30 42 21 DNF A 17 AUS Shell Ultra Hitech Racing AUS Dick JohnsonAUS Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 25 4 DNF A 9 AUS Allan Moffat Racing GRB Andy RouseCAN Allan MoffatBEL Thierry Tassin Ford Sierra RS500 21 5 DNF A 4 ITA Pro Team Italia ITA Marco GunellaITA Nicola TesiniITA Stefano Livio Maserati Biturbo 18 30 DNF A 1 ITA Pro Team Italia FRG Armin HahneAUS Kevin Bartlett Maserati Biturbo 17 22 DNF A 3 AUS R. G. Lanyon AUS Mike FreemanAUS Bruce WilliamsAUS Peter Fitzgerald Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 17 24 DNQ A 28 AUS Lawrie Nelson AUS Lawrie Nelson AUS Bryan Thomson Ford Mustang GT - - Statistics Pole Position – #7 Klaus Ludwig – 1.42.92Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 14 Fastest Lap – #35 Andrew Miedecke – 1:45.03 Average Speed – 139.916 km/h See also 1987 Australian Touring Car season References Further reading Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1987/88 External links Images from the 1987 WTCC round at Calder https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102040/http://forums.biante.com.au/showthread.php?t=11825&page=14 6 July 2011 More images from the 1987 WTCC round at Calder https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102028/http://forums.biante.com.au/showthread.php?t=11825&page=15 6 July 2011 1987 World Touring Car Championship 1987 Bathurst 1000 1987 Wellington 500 Category:1987 in Australian motorsport Category:1987 World Touring Car Championship season Category:Auto races in Australia