The 1987 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian national motor racing title open to

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, FISA Group C1 cars and FISA Group C2 cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1987 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 78-81 The title, which was the 19th

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,Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6 was won by Andy Roberts driving his self-designed Robert SR3 powered by a 1.6 litre

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engine which, while not winning a round, scored consistent Up to 1.6 litres class placings (which paid more points) to win the title. Roberts was also the only driver in the top 5 championship placings to finish all 3 rounds.Barry Catford, Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 216-223 Defending champion John Bowe was expected to dominate the series in Bernie van Elsen's

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, and did easily win rounds 2 and 3 (including setting the outright lap record in Round 2 at

Amaroo Park Amaroo Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit located in Annangrove, New South Wales, in the present-day north-western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Opened in 1967, the road circuit served as a venue for a variety of competitions including t ...

), but an engine problem in the opening round at a very wet

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saw him only finish 2nd. Finishing 3rd in the championship was Terry Hook in his Chevrolet powered ex-

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with two second-place finishes at Calder and

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Calendar

The championship was contested over a three-round series with one race per round. Additional rounds scheduled at

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(April 5),

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(3 May) and Winton (30 August ) were cancelled.

Classes

Cars competed in three engine capacity classes. * Up to 1.6 litres * 1.6 to 3 litres * Over 3 litres

Points system

Championship points were awarded to the top twenty outright placegetters in each round based on the following three tier structure.

Results

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/80 , align="center" , 25 , align="center" , - , align="center" , - , align="center" , 25 Note: The above table lists only the first five positions in the championship.

References

Australian Sports Car Championship Sports Car Championship