1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500
| Round details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
_track_map--Combined_road_and_Thunderdome_(oval)_course.svg.png) | |||
| Round 9 of 11 in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship season at Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne, Australia. | |||
| Date | 11 October, 1987 | ||
| Location | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Course | Calder Park Raceway 4.216 km | ||
| Race One | |||
| Laps | 120 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |  Klaus Ludwig |
Eggenberger Motorsport | |
| Time | 1.42.92 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |  Steve Soper.svg.png){kind=small} 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 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
.svg.png){kind=small}
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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 www.touringcarracing.net
- 1 2 3 Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, pages 12-13
- 1 2 3 4 Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 22
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 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
| World Touring Car Championship | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous race: 1987 Bathurst 1000 |
1987 season | Next race: 1987 Wellington 500 |