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1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship

The 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title[1] open to Group A Touring Cars of under 2.0 litre engine capacity. The title was contested over a four-round series and was won by Mark Skaife driving a Nissan Gazelle.[2]

This was the second Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship to be awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.[1] The title would be revived in 1993 for that year only.[1]

Calendar

The 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was contested over a four-round series.[2]

Points system

Championship points were awarded at each round on the following basis:[7]

Results

See also

1987 Australian Touring Car season

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Titles, 2008 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport Retrieved on 10 March 2013
  2. ^ a b c d David Segal, Australian Touring Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 193-194
  3. ^ Graham Slater, "Oh! What a Feeling!", Racing Car News, May 1987, pages 34-36
  4. ^ Touring Car Championship, Round Seven, Sandown Park, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 208-209
  5. ^ Racing Car News, September 1987, page 42
  6. ^ Skaife Skips Away, Racing Car News, September 1987, pages 58-60
  7. ^ A comparison of race results against progress pointscores published after Round 1 in Racing Car News, May 1987, page 36 indicates that points were awarded 30-27-24-21-19-17-15 etc. This is consistent with the CAMS "Scale A" points system which was published in the 1987 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 78-79 and is quoted here.
  8. ^ a b David Greenhalgh, Championship places scored by all drivers, Official Programme, BOC Gases Super Touring Championship, Mallala, Round 4, 11 August 1996, page 35
  9. ^ Winton points derived from race results published in Racing Car News, May 1987, pages 34-36
  10. ^ Sandown points derived from race results published in Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, page 316 & 1987 Australian Group A Touring Car Races, www.ten-tenths.com
  11. ^ Amaroo points derived from race results published in Racing Car News, September 1987, page 42
  12. ^ Winton points derived from race results published in Racing Car News, September 1987, pages 58-60
  13. ^ Official Program, Sandown, 9 June 1987