The 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was a
CAMS sanctioned
Australia
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n motor racing title
[Australian Titles, 2008 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport]
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Group A
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Touring Cars of under 2.0 litre engine capacity. The title was contested over a four-round series and was won by
Mark Skaife
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driving a
Nissan Gazelle
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[David Segal, Australian Touring Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 193-194]
This was the second
Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship The Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was a Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title contested in 1986, 1987 and 1993.[Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
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[ The title would be revived in 1993 for that year only.][
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Calendar
The 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was contested over a four-round series.[
* Six rounds had been scheduled, however two were cancelled.][
* The Sandown round was held concurrently with Round 7 of the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship.][
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Points system
Championship points were awarded at each round on the following basis:[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.]
Results
See also
1987 Australian Touring Car season
References
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Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship
Touring Cars
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