The 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 was the ninth round of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship.[1] The race, which was open to Group A Touring Cars,[2] was held on 11 October 1987 at Calder Park Raceway in outer Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[2] 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.[3]
- Class A: Over 2500cc
- Class B: 1601-2500cc
- Class C: Up to 1600cc
Results
Statistics
- Pole Position – #7 Klaus Ludwig – 1.42.92[6]
- Fastest Lap – #35 Andrew Miedecke – 1:45.03[2]
- Average Speed – 139.916 km/h[2]
See also
1987 Australian Touring Car season
References
- ^ Christopher de Fraga, Sierra’s winning run continues at Calder, The Age, Monday, 12 October 1987, page 35
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Bob Jane T-Marts 500, touringcarracing.net, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ a b c Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, pages 12–13
- ^ a b c Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 22
- ^ a b Official Programme, Calder Park, October 10 & 11 1987
- ^ Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 14
Further reading
- Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1987/88
External links
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