1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500
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_track_map--Combined_road_and_Thunderdome_(oval)_course.svg) 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 road course and the newly completed 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.
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. Allan Grice set pole position for the earlier race in his Holden VL Commodore SS Group A with a time of 1:45.74.
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 j k l m n o p www.touringcarracing.net
- ^ a b c Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, pages 12-13
- ^ a b c d Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 22
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Racing Car News, November 1987, page 75
- ^ Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 14
Further reading
- Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1987/88
External links