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1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500

1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500

Race details
Round 9 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car ChampionshipatCalder Park RacewayinMelbourne, 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.^[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 (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 Eggenberger Motorsport. 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.

Cars competed in three classes based on engine capacity.^[3]

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

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

• 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]

1987 Australian Touring Car season

• Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1987/88

• Images from the 1987 WTCC round at Calder
• More images from the 1987 WTCC round at Calder