The 1987 New Zealand Formula Pacific Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 1987 Mita Copies NZ International Formula Pacific Championship) was the 11th season of the New Zealand International Formula Pacific series. The season began at Baypark Raceway on December 28 in 1986 and concluded at Wigram Aerodrome on January 18 a few weeks later. The schedule included the 1987 New Zealand Grand Prix at Pukekohe Park Raceway.
The championship would be won by Mike Thackwell. It would turn out to be Thackwell's last championship victory before receding into retirement just over a year later.
Race calendar Rnd Circuit Date Map 1986 1 Baypark Raceway(Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty Region) 28 December 1987 2 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 4 January 3 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 11 January 4 Wigram Airfield Circuit(Christchurch, Canterbury Region) 18 January
Teams and drivers All cars were fitted with a Ford BDD engine. Entrant Chassis No Driver Rounds Ralt Australia Ralt RT4/86 1 Mike Thackwell All 2 David Brabham All Graeme Lawrence Motorsport Ralt RT4/86 4 Brett Riley 1 Davy Jones 2–4 14 Graeme Lawrence 1–2 Team CRC Ralt RT4/82 5 Craig Coleman All Garvin Brown RacingDavid White Motorsport Ralt RT4/86 6 David Kudrave All Ralt RT4/86 8 Tony Hulman-George All JCL Group Ralt RT4/81 7 Peter Haskett 1–2, 4 Ken Smith Motorsport Ralt RT4/86 11 Ken Smith All Hammond International March 77B 16 Stuart McChesney 3–4 Stu Murphy Ralt RT4/81 20 Stu Murphy All Allan McCall Racing Ralt RT4/86 55 Chris Kneifel 1–2 Calvin Fish 3–4 Hocking Motorsport Ralt RT4/84 74 Chris Hocking 1–2 Bob Creasy Ralt RT4/82 76 Bob Creasy All Cameron Motorsport Ralt RT4/83 87 Michael Greenfield 1–3 Paul Radisich Ralt RT4/83 89 Paul Radisich All
Results and standings Season summary Rd Circuit Pole position Winning driver Winning team Report 1 R1 Baypark Raceway Mike Thackwell Mike Thackwell Ralt Australia R2 Mike Thackwell Ralt Australia 2 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway Davy Jones Mike Thackwell Ralt Australia Report R2 Davy Jones Graeme Lawrence Motorsport 3 R1 Manfeild Autocourse Davy Jones Davy Jones Graeme Lawrence Motorsport R2 Davy Jones Graeme Lawrence Motorsport 4 R1 Wigram Airfield Circuit Paul Radisich Paul Radisich Paul Radisich R2 Paul Radisich Paul Radisich
Championship standings
Pos Driver BAY PUK MAN WIG Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Mike Thackwell 1 1 1 2 3 Ret 2 2 49 2 Paul Radisich 2 6 3 4 2 Ret 1 1 38 3 Davy Jones 2 1 1 1 Ret 6 34 4 Ken Smith 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 2 3 3 24 5 David Kudrave Ret 2 5 5 Ret DNS 4 4 16 6 David Brabham 6 Ret 7 6 4 3 6 5 12 7 Chris Kneifel 5 3 Ret 8 6 8 Calvin Fish 5 Ret 5 Ret 4 8 Brett Riley 3 Ret 4 10 Michael Greenfield Ret 5 6 7 DNA DNA 3 10 Peter Haskett 7 4 8 Ret 7 8 3 10 Tony Hulman-George DNA DNA Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 7 3 10 Bob Creasy 9 7 9 9 6 5 8 9 3 14 Stuart McChesney 7 6 DNA DNA 1 - Stu Murphy 8 8 Ret DNS 8 Ret Ret 10 0 - Craig Coleman Ret Ret DNA DNA Ret Ret DNA DNA 0 - Chris Hocking DNA DNA DNA DNA 0 - Graeme Lawrence DNA DNA DNA DNA 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts BAY PUK MAN WIG
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