1987 James Hardie 1000

The 1987 Bathurst 1000, known for naming rights reasons as the 1987 James Hardie 1000, was an endurance race for Group A Touring Cars, staged on 4 October 1987 at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The race was the eighth round of the World Touring Car Championship.

The race was shortened from 163 laps to 161 for 1987, when the track was slightly lengthened by the addition of the Caltex Chase, a chicane which was built in response to the death of Mike Burgmann in an accident during the previous year's race.

The race was provisionally won by Eggenberger Motorsport, with Steve Soper and Pierre Dieudonné first across the line in a Ford Sierra RS500, two laps ahead of teammates Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz. Third was the HDT Racing Holden Commodore VL driven by Peter McLeod, Peter Brock and David Parsons.Bathurst under a cloud or two Canberra Times 5 October 1987 page 1

A protest lodged after the race resulted in the two Eggenberger cars being disqualified for illegally modified front wheel arch guards.James Hardie results sooner than planned Auto Action 9 October 1987 page 3Brock's Bathurst as Sierras outed Auto Action issue 436 20 November 1987 page 3 A final appeal was rejected in March 1988.Final appeal fails Auto Action issue 444 18 March 1988 page 1

Classes Cars competed in three classes conforming to World Touring Car Championship regulations:Entry List, 1987 James Hardie 1000, Official Program, pages 88 & 89

Class 1: The outright category was for cars with an engine capacity over 2500cc. The class consisted of BMW 635 CSi, Ford Sierra RS500, Holden Commodore, Maserati Biturbo, Mitsubishi Starion, Nissan Skyline and Toyota Supra. Class 2: The middle class was for cars with an engine capacity from 1601 to 2500cc. The class consisted of Alfa Romeo 75, BMW M3, Mercedes-Benz 190E and Nissan Gazelle. Class 3: The "baby" car class was for cars with an engine capacity from 1001 to 1600cc. It consisted of a variety of Toyota Corollas and a single Alfa Romeo 33.

Hardies Heroes The Top 10 runoff for pole position was a one-off event in the World Touring Car Championship. FISA initially objected to it but were ultimately powerless to stop it as it was written into the race regulations by the event promoters, the Australian Racing Driver's Club (ARDC).Confusion rules the mountain Canberra Times 3 October 1987 page 12

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 Roadways Racing 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

* Three time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Klaus Ludwig became the first Bathurst Rookie to take pole position for the race. With the addition of the new "Caltex Chase" complex on Conrod straight, lap times were around 4–5 seconds slower in 1987 than before. The general feeling was that Ludwig's pole time would have been even faster than George Fury's record 1984 pole time of 2:13.85 had the Chase not been there. With Ludwig on pole and Andy Rouse second, 1987 was the first time in race history that two Bathurst rookies had occupied the front row of the grid since qualifying times first counted for grid positions in 1967, though Rouse had been previously entered in 1976 but did not arrive, and one of his co-drivers was four time Great Race winner Allan Moffat, who was having his first race in a Ford since 1980. 1987 also marks Ford's first pole position at Bathurst since Allan Moffat claimed pole in his XB Falcon in 1976. It was also Ford's first front row start at Bathurst since Dick Johnson started second in 1981 in an XD Falcon, and the first time that Ford outnumbered other makes in the shootout.* The two Dick Johnson Racing Sierras of Dick Johnson and Charlie O'Brien were had their times disallowed after failing a fuel check following the shootout. The team had mistakenly used fuel churns that had been filled at the team base in Brisbane and not at the track. It was of an inferior grade and actually made the engines produce less power than normal, but the penalty stood. Johnson was contesting his tenth consecutive Hardie's Heroes, being the only driver to have contested each one since its inception in 1978.* The #12 Texaco Sierra driven by Klaus Niedzwiedz was withdrawn from the race following the shootout, with Niedzwiedz being Ludwig's nominated co-driver in the #7 Sierra. All qualified cars behind then moved up one place on the grid. 1987 was the first Hardies Heroes that Peter Brock failed to qualify for after qualifying twelfth. He did not appear in the 1986 shootout due to the car still being repaired following Allan Moffat's Friday crash, but Brock had qualified second before the crash.* Countering the myth that only Bathurst regulars could be fast on The Mountain, 5 European based drivers qualified for the shootout. Klaus Ludwig, Andy Rouse, Steve Soper, Klaus Niedzwiedz (the top 4) and Johnny Cecotto. Only Soper (1984) and 1985 Rookie of the Year Cecotto had previously raced at Bathurst.

Official results

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Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos SeriesPoints 1 1 10 HDT Racing Peter McLeod Peter Brock David Parsons Jon Crooke Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 158 20 2 1 15 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Glenn Seton John Bowe Nissan Skyline RS DR30 157 15 3 1 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 1 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 154 22 7 2 42 BMW Motorsport / CiBiEmme Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli BMW M3 154 8 6 40 8 1 4 Formula 1 Investments Graham Moore Michel Delcourt Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 152 29 9 1 26 Kalari Transport Services Tony Noske Gary Rush Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 151 35 10 1 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 1 34 Oxo Supercube Motorsport Bruce Stewart John Giddings Ford Sierra RS500 150 24 14 1 38 Everlast Automotive Services Brian Sampson Bill O'Brien Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 146 33 15 1 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 1 35 Oxo Supercube Motorsport Andrew Miedecke Don Smith Ford Sierra RS500 144 4 5 18 1 3 Petro-Tech 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 1 29 Mulvihill Racing Ken Mathews Tony Mulvihill Barry Jones Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 136 32 21 1 24 Team Nissan Racing NZ Graeme Bowkett Kent Baigent Nissan Skyline RS DR30 135 17 22 1 36 Yellow Pages Tony Kavich Kerry Baily Allan Grice Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 131 31 23 3 93 Bob Holden Motors Bob Holden Bryan Bate Garry Willmington Toyota Sprinter AE86 123 47 DNF 3 90 Toyota Team Australia Drew Price John Smith John Faulkner Toyota Corolla GT 119 43 DNF 3 91 Toyota Team Australia John Faulkner Mike Quinn John Smith Toyota Corolla GT 118 45 DNF 1 2 Roadways Racing Allan Grice Win Percy Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 96 7 7 DNF 3 92 Ratcliff Transport Spares David Ratcliff Mark Gibbs Toyota Sprinter AE86 96 49 DNF 1 37 Brian Callaghan Racing Barry Graham Brian Callaghan Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 86 26 DNF 3 94 Gullivers travel Limited Andrew Bagnall Chris Hodgetts Mark Jennings Toyota Sprinter AE86 77 46 DNF 1 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 2.3-16 70 40 DNF 3 100 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 1 05 HDT Racing Peter Brock David Parsons Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 34 11 DNF 2 57 Caltex CXT Racing Colin Bond Lucio Cesario Alfa Romeo 75 34 21 DNF 1 9 Allan Moffat Enterprises Andy Rouse Thierry Tassin Allan Moffat Ford Sierra RS500 31 2 2 DNF 1 32 Warren Cullen Warren Cullen Gary Cooke Gary Sprague Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 31 27 DNF 1 1 Pro Team Italia Armin Hahne Kevin Bartlett Bruno Giacomelli Maserati Biturbo 29 34 DNF 1 22 Lusty Engineering Graham Lusty John Lusty Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 17 39 DNF 1 21 D.F.C. NZ Ltd Graeme Crosby John Billington Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 9 28 DNF 1 17 Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team Dick Johnson Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 3 3 DSQ DNF 1 11 Enzed Team Perkins Larry Perkins Denny Hulme Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 2 10 8 DNF 1 18 Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team Charlie O'Brien Neville Crichton Ford Sierra RS500 2 9 DSQ DSQ 1 6 Ford Texaco Racing Team Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné Ford Sierra RS500 161 5 3 DSQ 1 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 1 14 NetComm (Aust) Racing Murray Carter Steve Masterton Denis HorleyBill Tuckey, The Great Race 1987/88, page 180 Nissan Skyline RS DR30 147 30 DNS 1 12 Ford Texaco Racing Team Klaus Niedzwiedz Klaus Ludwig Ford Sierra RS500 0 6 4 DNQ 1 20 Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Geoff Leeds Holden VL Commodore SS Group A DNQ 1 31 Lester Smerdon Lester Smerdon Bruce Williams Holden VK Commodore SS Group A DNQ 1 23 Jagparts Alf Grant Gerald Kay Holden VK Commodore SS Group A DNQ 1 33 Peter Williamson Toyota Peter Williamson Chris Clearihan John Sax Toyota Celica Supra DNQ 1 28 Wayne Clift Bernie Stack Wayne Clift Holden VK Commodore SS Group A DNQ 1 25 Team Nissan Racing NZ Kent Baigent Graeme Bowkett Nissan Skyline RS DR30 DNQ 1 13 Viacard Services Ian Tulloch Trevor Crowe Jim Keogh BMW 635 CSi

Italics indicate driver practiced this car but did not race.

Statistics Provisional Pole Position - #7 Klaus Ludwig - 2:17.46 Pole Position - #7 Klaus Ludwig - 2.16.969 Fastest Lap - #35 Andrew Miedecke - 2:22.50 - Lap 19 (new lap record) Average Speed - 140 km/h Race Time - 7:01:08.40 (based upon when Car 6 crossed the line).

References

Further reading

External links James Hardie 1000 Bathurst 1987, www.touringcarracing.net