1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500

1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500

Race details
Round 9 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship at Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne, Australia.
Date	11 October, 1987
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Course	Calder Park Raceway 4.216 kilometres (2.620 mi)
Laps 120 Pole position Driver Klaus Ludwig Eggenberger Motorsport Time 1.42.92 Podium First Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné Eggenberger Motorsport Second Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia BMW Motorsport Third Markus Oestreich Roland Ratzenberger BMW Motorsport Fastest Lap Driver Andrew Miedecke Oxo Supercube Motorsport Time 1:45.03

The 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 was the ninth round of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship. The race, which was open to Group A Touring Cars, 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.

• Class A: Over 2500cc
• Class B: 1601-2500cc
• Class C: Up to 1600cc

Results

Pos	Class	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Series Points
1	A	6	Ford Texaco Racing Team	Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS500	120	2	40
2	B	46	BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer Team	Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3	120	9	35
3	B	40	BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer Team	Markus Oestreich Roland Ratzenberger	BMW M3	120	16	27
4	B	42	BMW Motorsport / CiBiEmm	Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli	BMW M3	119	7	22
5	A	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton George Fury	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	119	11
6	A	11	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins Denny Hulme	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	118	6
7	B	47	BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer Team	Annette Meeuvissen Mercedes Stermitz	BMW M3	117	18
8	A	05	Mobil HDT Racing	Peter Brock David Parsons	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	116	8
9	A	16	Mitsubishi Ralliart Aust.	Gary Scott Akihiko Nakaya	Mitsubishi Starion	115	14
10	A	26	Kalari Transport Services	Tony Noske Gary Rush	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	114	25
11	A	10	Mobil HDT Racing	Peter McLeod Neil Crompton	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	114	19
12	A	7	Ford Texaco Racing Team	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS500	113	1	23
13	A	18	Shell Ultra Hitech Racing	Charlie O'Brien Neville Crichton Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	113	12
14	A	23	Jagparts Racing	Alf Grant Gerald Kay	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	108	28
15	A	22	Lusty Engineering Pty. Ltd.	Graham Lusty John Lusty	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	107	26
16	C	100	Alfa Romeo	Giorgio Francia Daniele Toffoli	Alfa Romeo 33	100	32	26
17	A	14	Netcomm (Aust.) Racing	Murray Carter Denis Horley Steve Masterton	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	94	17
DNF	A	31	Cullen Supa Salvage	Warren Cullen Gary Sprague Gary Cooke	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	104	20
DNF	A	27	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson Graham Gulson Bryan Thomson	BMW 635 CSi	99	29
DNF	A	2	Bob Jane T-Marts	Allan Grice Win Percy	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	81	10
DNF	B	44	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards Tony Longhurst	BMW M3	73	13
DNF	B	43	BMW Motorsport	Winni Vogt Altfrid Heger	BMW M3	70	15
DNF	C	91	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner Drew Price	Toyota Corolla GT	67	31
DNF	A	35	Oxo Supercube Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke Don Smith	Ford Sierra RS500	58	3
DNF	A	29	Mulvihill Racing	Barry Jones Ken Mathews	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	46	27
DNF	B	62	Thomas von Loewis of Menar	Thomas von Löwis of Menar Leopold von Bayern	BMW M3	44	23
DNF	A	24		Keiran Wills Philip Henley	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	42	21
DNF	A	17	Shell Ultra Hitech Racing	Dick Johnson Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	25	4
DNF	A	9	Allan Moffat Racing	Andy Rouse Allan Moffat Thierry Tassin	Ford Sierra RS500	21	5
DNF	A	4	Pro Team Italia	Marco Gunella Nicola Tesini Stefano Livio	Maserati Biturbo	18	30
DNF	A	1	Pro Team Italia	Armin Hahne Kevin Bartlett	Maserati Biturbo	17	22
DNF	A	3	R. G. Lanyon	Mike Freeman Bruce Williams Peter Fitzgerald	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	17	24
DNQ	A	28	Lawrie Nelson	Lawrie Nelson Bryan Thomson	Ford Mustang GT	-	-

Statistics

• Pole Position – #7 Klaus Ludwig – 1.42.92
• 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 Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• More images from the 1987 WTCC round at Calder Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine