1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship

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The 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title [1] open to Group A Touring Cars of under 2.0 litre engine capacity. The title was contested over a four-round series and was won by Mark Skaife driving a Nissan Gazelle. [2]

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This was the second Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship to be awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. [1] The title would be revived in 1993 for that year only. [1]

Calendar

The 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was contested over a four-round series. [2]

RoundCircuitStateDateWinning driverCar
1 Winton Victoria 22 MarchJohn Smith [3] Toyota Corolla
2 Sandown Park Victoria 7 June Mark Skaife [4] Nissan Gazelle
3 Lakeside Queensland 19 July Mark Skaife [5] Nissan Gazelle
4 Amaroo Park New South Wales 2 August Mark Skaife [6] Nissan Gazelle

Points system

Championship points were awarded at each round on the following basis: [7]

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th
Points30272421191715141312111098765432

Results

Position [8] Driver [8] CarEntrantWinton [9] Sandown [10] Amaroo [11] Lakeside [12] Total
1 Mark Skaife Nissan Gazelle Nissan Motor Company [13] 24303030114
2Drew Price Toyota Corolla Toyota Team Australia 27242427102
3John Faulkner Toyota Corolla Toyota Team Australia2121212487
4John Smith Toyota Corolla Toyota Team Australia302727-84
5David Ratcliff Toyota Corolla Levin Ratcliff Transport Spares1919171974
6Garry Willmington Toyota Sprinter Bob Holden Motors--192140
7 Bob Holden Toyota Sprinter Bob Holden Motors17--1734
8Daryl Hendrick Isuzu Gemini ZZ Gemspares1317--30
9Michael Birks Toyota Sprinter Bob Holden Motors--15-15
=Mike Freeman Toyota Celica Michael Freeman15---15
=Mike Hall Toyota Sprinter Bob Holden Motors-15--15
=Paul Miller Ford Laser TX3 Paul Miller---1515
13Glenn Clark Toyota Sprinter Bob Holden Motors14---14
14Paul Jones Toyota Corolla Paul Jones12---12
15David Sala Isuzu PF60 Gemini David Sala11---11
16Lindsay Siebler Suzuki Swift Suzuki Parts10---10

See also

1987 Australian Touring Car season

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Titles, 2008 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport Retrieved on 10 March 2013
  2. 1 2 3 4 David Segal, Australian Touring Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 193-194
  3. ↑ Graham Slater, "Oh! What a Feeling!", Racing Car News, May 1987, pages 34-36
  4. ↑ Touring Car Championship, Round Seven, Sandown Park, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 208-209
  5. ↑ Racing Car News, September 1987, page 42
  6. ↑ Skaife Skips Away, Racing Car News, September 1987, pages 58-60
  7. ↑ A comparison of race results against progress pointscores published after Round 1 in Racing Car News, May 1987, page 36 indicates that points were awarded 30-27-24-21-19-17-15 etc. This is consistent with the CAMS "Scale A" points system which was published in the 1987 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 78-79 and is quoted here.
  8. 1 2 David Greenhalgh, Championship places scored by all drivers, Official Programme, BOC Gases Super Touring Championship, Mallala, Round 4, 11 August 1996, page 35
  9. ↑ Winton points derived from race results published in Racing Car News, May 1987, pages 34-36
  10. ↑ Sandown points derived from race results published in Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, page 316 & 1987 Australian Group A Touring Car Races, www.ten-tenths.com
  11. ↑ Amaroo points derived from race results published in Racing Car News, September 1987, page 42
  12. ↑ Winton points derived from race results published in Racing Car News, September 1987, pages 58-60
  13. ↑ Official Program, Sandown, 9 June 1987
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