The 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 was the ninth round of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship.Christopher de Fraga, Sierra’s winning run continues at Calder, The Age, Monday, 12 October 1987, page 35 The race, which was open to Group A Touring Cars,Bob Jane T-Marts 500, touringcarracing.net, as archived at web.archive.org was held on 11 October 1987 at Calder Park Raceway in outer Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 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 the Ford Texaco Racing Team. 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.

Classes Cars competed in three classes based on engine capacity.Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, pages 12–13 Class A: Over 2500cc Class B: 1601-2500cc Class C: Up to 1600cc

Results PosAustralian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 22 Class No.Official Programme, Calder Park, October 10 & 11 1987 Entrant Drivers Car Laps QualPos SeriesPoints 1 A 6 Ford Texaco Racing Team Steve Soper Pierre Dieudonné Ford Sierra RS500 120 2 40 2 B 46 BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer Team Emanuele Pirro Roberto Ravaglia BMW M3 120 9 35 3 B 40 BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer Team Markus Oestreich Roland Ratzenberger BMW M3 120 16 27 4 B 42 BMW Motorsport / CiBiEmm Johnny Cecotto Gianfranco Brancatelli BMW M3 119 7 22 5 A 15 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Glenn Seton George Fury Nissan Skyline RS DR30 119 11 6 A 11 Perkins Engineering Larry Perkins Denny Hulme Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 118 6 7 B 47 BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer Team Annette Meeuvissen Mercedes Stermitz BMW M3 117 18 8 A 05 Mobil HDT Racing Peter Brock David Parsons Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 116 8 9 A 16 Mitsubishi Ralliart Aust. Gary Scott Akihiko Nakaya Mitsubishi Starion 115 14 10 A 26 Kalari Transport Services Tony Noske Gary Rush Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 114 25 11 A 10 Mobil HDT Racing Peter McLeod Neil Crompton Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 114 19 12 A 7 Ford Texaco Racing Team Klaus Ludwig Klaus Niedzwiedz Ford Sierra RS500 113 1 23 13 A 18 Shell Ultra Hitech Racing Charlie O'Brien Neville Crichton Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS500 113 12 14 A 23 Jagparts Racing Alf Grant Gerald Kay Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 108 28 15 A 22 Lusty Engineering Pty. Ltd. Graham Lusty John Lusty Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 107 26 16 C 100 Alfa Romeo Giorgio Francia Daniele Toffoli Alfa Romeo 33 100 32 26 17 A 14 Netcomm (Aust.) Racing Murray Carter Denis Horley Steve Masterton Nissan Skyline RS DR30 94 17 DNF A 31 Cullen Supa Salvage Warren Cullen Gary Sprague Gary Cooke Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 104 20 DNF A 27 Ray Gulson Ray Gulson Graham Gulson Bryan Thomson BMW 635 CSi 99 29 DNF A 2 Bob Jane T-Marts Allan Grice Win Percy Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 81 10 DNF B 44 JPS Team BMW Jim Richards Tony Longhurst BMW M3 73 13 DNF B 43 BMW Motorsport Winni Vogt Altfrid Heger BMW M3 70 15 DNF C 91 Toyota Team Australia John Faulkner Drew Price Toyota Corolla GT 67 31 DNF A 35 Oxo Supercube Motorsport Andrew Miedecke Don Smith Ford Sierra RS500 58 3 DNF A 29 Mulvihill Racing Barry Jones Ken Mathews Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 46 27 DNF B 62 Thomas von Loewis of Menar Thomas von Löwis of Menar Leopold von Bayern BMW M3 44 23 DNF A 24 Keiran Wills Philip Henley Nissan Skyline RS DR30 42 21 DNF A 17 Shell Ultra Hitech Racing Dick Johnson Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 25 4 DNF A 9 Allan Moffat Racing Andy Rouse Allan Moffat Thierry Tassin Ford Sierra RS500 21 5 DNF A 4 Pro Team Italia Marco Gunella Nicola Tesini Stefano Livio Maserati Biturbo 18 30 DNF A 1 Pro Team Italia Armin Hahne Kevin Bartlett Maserati Biturbo 17 22 DNF A 3 R. G. Lanyon Mike Freeman Bruce Williams Peter Fitzgerald Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 17 24 DNQ A 28 Lawrie Nelson Lawrie Nelson Bryan Thomson Ford Mustang GT - -

Statistics Pole Position – #7 Klaus Ludwig – 1.42.92Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 14 Fastest Lap – #35 Andrew Miedecke – 1:45.03 Average Speed – 139.916 km/h

See also 1987 Australian Touring Car season

References

Further reading Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1987/88

External links Images from the 1987 WTCC round at Calder More images from the 1987 WTCC round at Calder