1987 Australian Sports Car Championship

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1987 Australian Sports Car Championship
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The 1987 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian national motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars, Group D GT cars, FISA Group C1 cars and FISA Group C2 cars. [1]

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The title, which was the 19th Australian Sports Car Championship, [2] was won by Andy Roberts driving his self-designed Robert SR3 powered by a 1.6 litre Ford BDA Formula Mondial engine which, while not winning a round, scored consistent Up to 1.6 litres class placings (which paid more points) to win the title. Roberts was also the only driver in the top 5 championship placings to finish all 3 rounds. [3] Defending champion John Bowe was expected to dominate the series in Bernie van Elsen's Veskanda C1 Chevrolet, and did easily win rounds 2 and 3 (including setting the outright lap record in Round 2 at Amaroo Park), but an engine problem in the opening round at a very wet Calder Park Raceway saw him only finish 2nd. Finishing 3rd in the championship was Terry Hook in his Chevrolet powered ex-Rupert Keegan Lola T610 with two second-place finishes at Calder and Sandown.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a three-round series with one race per round. [3]

Round [3] Circuit [3] StateDate [4] Winner [3] Car [3]
1 Calder Park Raceway Victoria 1 MarchRusty French Porsche 935
2 Amaroo Park New South Wales 17 May John Bowe Veskanda C1 Chevrolet
3 Sandown Park Victoria 13-Sep John Bowe Veskanda C1 Chevrolet

Additional rounds scheduled at Lakeside (April 5), Adelaide International Raceway (3 May) and Winton (30 August ) were cancelled. [3]

Classes

Cars competed in three engine capacity classes. [1]

Points system

Championship points were awarded to the top twenty outright placegetters in each round based on the following three tier structure. [1]

Outright Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th
Up to 1.6 litres30272421191715141312111098765432
1.6 to 3 litres2826232017151413121110987654321
Over 3 litres2523201715131110987654321---

Results

Position [3] Driver [3] No. [3] Car [3] Calder [3] Amaroo [3] Sandown [3] Total [3]
1Andy Roberts42Roberts SR3 Ford BDA 21272169
2 John Bowe 1 Veskanda C1 Chevrolet -252550
3Terry Hook15 Lola T610 Chevrolet 23-2346
4Ray Hanger  Rennmax Ford BDG 15-1934
5Rusty French7 Porsche 935/8025--25

Note: The above table lists only the first five positions in the championship.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1987 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 78-81
  2. Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Barry Catford, Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 216-223
  4. 1987 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, page 317