1987 James Hardie 1000

1987 James Hardie 1000
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The 1987 James Hardie 1000 was the eighth round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship, the first round to be held in the southern hemisphere. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations. It was the 25th anniversary of the original touring car endurance race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in 1963. It was the 28th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island. It was held on October 4, 1987 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst.

The races was shortened from 163 laps to 161 when the track was slightly lengthened by the addition of the chicane called Caltex Chase. The chicane was built in response to the death of Mike Burgmann in the previous year's race.

The race was won by the Ford supported Eggenberger Motorsport team, finishing first and second with Steve Soper and Pierre Dieudonné taking the chequered flag two laps ahead of team mates Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz. Third was the best of the locally based teams, the Holden Dealer Team Commodore driven by Peter McLeod and Peter Brock and David Parsons.

Division two was another 1-2 result, for the Australian BMW team, JPS Team BMW, Jim Richards and Tony Longhurst leading home team mates Robbie Francevic and Ludwig Finauer who finished ahead of the first of the BMW Europe cars, the CiBiEmme team of Johnny Cecotto and Gianfranco Brancatelli, who were also the leading registered World Touring Car Championship team, matching the worst performance by the WTCC teams in the season opening Monza 500.

Division three had only one finisher, last car on the road the Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter driven by Bob Holden, Garry Willmington and Bryan Bate.

Post-race protests blighted the results, which were not finalised until well into 1988 as the Eggenberger team appealed their disqualification as far as the appeals process allowed. Eventually the disqualification, for illegally modified front wheel arch guards, which allowed the team to race on taller tires, was upheld and McLeod, Brock and Parsons were declared race winners. It was a record ninth Bathurst 1000 victory for Brock and his final victory in the race.

Hardies Heroes

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	HH	Qual
Pole	7	Ford Texaco Racing Team	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra RS500	2:16.969	2:17.46
2	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Andy Rouse	Ford Sierra RS500	2:18.468	2:18.12
3	6	Ford Texaco Racing Team	Steve Soper	Ford Sierra RS500	2:18.663	2:20.52
4	12	Ford Texaco Racing Team	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS500	2:21.318	2:20.96
5	35	Oxo Supercube Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra RS500	2:22.057	2:20.26
6	42	BMW Motorsport / CiBiEmme	Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3	2:23.147	2:21.48
7	2	Bob Jane T-Marts	Allan Grice	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	2:23.626	2:21.38
8	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	2:24.209	2:22.28
DSQ	17	Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	2:22.744	2:20.18
DSQ	18	Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team	Charlie O'Brien	Ford Sierra RS500	2:21.452	2:21.50

Official results

Sourced from:

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Series Points
1	3	10	HDT Racing P/L	Peter McLeod Peter Brock David Parsons Jon Crooke	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	158	20
2	3	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton John Bowe	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	157	15
3	3	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	157	14
4	2	44	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards Tony Longhurst	BMW M3	156	12
5	3	16	Ralliart Australia	Gary Scott Akihiko Nakaya John French	Mitsubishi Starion	154	23
6	2	45	JPS Team BMW	Robbie Francevic Ludwig Finauer Jim Richards	BMW M3	156	22
7	2	42	BMW Motorsport / CiBiEmme	Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli	BMW M3	154	8	6	40
8	3	4	Formula 1 Investments P/L	Graham Moore Michel Delcourt	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	152	29
9	3	26	Kalari Transport Services	Tony Noske Gary Rush	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	151	35
10	3	39	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	150	38
11	2	43	BMW Motorsport / Bigazzi	Altfrid Heger Olivier Grouillard Winni Vogt	BMW M3	150	16		30
12	2	40	Schnitzer Motorsport	Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia Markus Oestreich Roland Ratzenberger	BMW M3	150	19		24
13	3	34	Oxo Supercube Motorsport	Bruce Stewart John Giddings	Ford Sierra RS500	150	24
14	3	38	Everlast Automotive Services	Brian Sampson Bill O'Brien	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	146	33
15	3	27	Ray Gulson	Graham Gulson Ray Gulson	BMW 635 CSi	146	41
16	2	41	BMW Motorsport	Gary Brabham Juan Manuel Fangio II	BMW M3	146	18
17	3	35	Oxo Supercube Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke Don Smith	Ford Sierra RS500	144	4	5
18	3	3	R.G. Lanyon	Peter Fitzgerald Peter Janson	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	144	37
19	2	60	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Mark Skaife Grant Jarrett	Nissan Gazelle	138	44
20	3	29	Mulvihill Racing	Ken Mathews Tony Mulvihill Barry Jones	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	136	32
21	3	24	Team Nissan Racing NZ	Graeme Bowkett Kent Baigent	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	135	17
22	3	36	Yellow Pages	Tony Kavich Kerry Baily Allan Grice	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	131	31
23	1	93	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Bryan Bate Garry Willmington	Toyota Sprinter AE86	123	47
DNF	1	90	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price John Smith John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla GT	119	43
DNF	1	91	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner Mike Quinn John Smith	Toyota Corolla GT	118	45
DNF	3	2	Bob Jane T-Marts	Allan Grice Win Percy	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	96	7	7
DNF	1	92	Ratcliff Transport Spares	David Ratcliff Mark Gibbs	Toyota Sprinter AE86	96	49
DNF	3	37	Brian Callaghan Racing P/L	Barry Graham Brian Callaghan	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	86	26
DNF	1	94	Gullivers travel Limited	Andrew Bagnall Chris Hodgetts Mark Jennings	Toyota Sprinter AE86	77	46
DNF	3	19	Canam Enterprises	Graeme Cameron Wayne Wilkinson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	71	25
DNF	2	50	Riethmuller-Ward International Motorsport	Llyndon Riethmuller Phil Ward Chris Clearihan	Mercedes-Benz 190E	70	40
DNF	1	100	Alfa Romeo	Giorgio Francia Daniele Toffoli	Alfa Romeo 33	55	48
DNF	2	47	BMW Motorsport	Anette Meeuvissen Mercedes Stermitz Roland Ratzenberger	BMW M3	45	42
DNF	2	46	Schnitzer Motorsport	Markus Oestreich Roland Ratzenberger Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3	41	13
DNF	3	05	HDT Racing P/L	Peter Brock David Parsons	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	34	11
DNF	2	57	Network Alfa	Colin Bond Lucio Cesario	Alfa Romeo 75	34	21
DNF	3	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin Allan Moffat	Ford Sierra RS500	31	2	2
DNF	3	32	Warren Cullen	Warren Cullen Gary Cooke Gary Sprague	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	31	27
DNF	3	1	Pro Team Italia	Armin Hahne Kevin Bartlett Bruno Giacomelli	Maserati Biturbo	29	34
DNF	3	22	Lusty Engineering	Graham Lusty John Lusty	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	17	39
DNF	3	21	D.F.C. NZ Ltd	Graeme Crosby John Billington	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	9	28
DNF	3	17	Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team	Dick Johnson Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	3	3	DSQ
DNF	3	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins Denny Hulme	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	2	10	8
DNF	3	18	Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team	Charlie O'Brien Neville Crichton	Ford Sierra RS500	2	9	DSQ
DSQ	3	6	Ford Texaco Racing Team	Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS500	161	5	3
DSQ	3	7	Ford Texaco Racing Team	Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS500	159	1	1
DSQ	2	53	Viacard Services	Ian Tulloch Trevor Crowe Jim Keogh	BMW M3	151	36
DSQ	3	14	NetComm (Aust) Racing	Murray Carter Steve Masterton Denis Horley	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	147	30
DNS	3	12	Ford Texaco Racing Team	Klaus Niedzwiedz Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra RS500	0	6	4
DNQ	3	20	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Geoff Leeds	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A
DNQ	3	31	Lester Smerdon	Lester Smerdon Bruce Williams	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A
DNQ	3	23	Jagparts	Alf Grant Gerald Kay	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A
DNQ	3	33	Peter Williamson Toyota	Peter Williamson Chris Clearihan John Sax	Toyota Celica Supra
DNQ	3	28	Wayne Clift	Bernie Stack Wayne Clift	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A
DNQ	3	25	Team Nissan Racing NZ	Kent Baigent Graeme Bowkett	Nissan Skyline RS DR30
DNQ	3	13	Viacard Services	Ian Tulloch Trevor Crowe Jim Keogh	BMW 635 CSi

Italics indicate driver practiced this car but did not race.

Statistics

• Pole Position - #7 Klaus Ludwig - 2.16.969
• Fastest Lap - #35 Andrew Miedecke - 2:22.50 (new lap record)
• Average Speed - 140 km/h

See also

• 1987 World Touring Car Championship
• 1987 Australian Touring Car season

External links

• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
• www.touringcarracing.net
• race results

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