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 Group A is a set of motorsport regulations administered by the FIA covering production derived vehicles intended for competition, usually in touring car racing and rallying. In contrast to the short-lived Group B and Group C, Group A vehicles ...

Touring Cars, was held on 11 October 1987 at Calder Park Raceway in outer

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on the rarely used combined circuit which incorporated both the recently redeveloped (1986) road course and the newly completed, high banked (24°)

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-style “Thunderdome”

oval An oval () is a closed curve in a plane which resembles the outline of an egg. The term is not very specific, but in some areas (projective geometry, technical drawing, etc.) it is given a more precise definition, which may include either one ...

. 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 Steven Soper is a racing driver from Surrey, England, born in 1951. He raced in major sports car and touring car categories in the 1980s and 1990s. He won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 1987, the 24 Hours of Spa in 1995 and the Guia Race in 199 ...

and

Pierre Dieudonné Pierre Dieudonné (born 24 March 1947 in Brussels) is a Belgian auto racing driver and motoring journalist. Career He spent a large part of his career competing in touring car racing. He twice finished third in the European Touring Car Championshi ...

driving a

Ford Sierra RS500 The Ford Sierra RS Cosworth is a high-performance version of the Ford Sierra that was built by Ford Europe from 1986 to 1992. It was the result of a Ford Motorsport project with the purpose of producing an outright winner for Group A racing in ...

for

Eggenberger Motorsport Eggenberger Motorsport was a Swiss motor racing team that competed in the European Touring Car Championship in the 1980s. History In 1982, Eggenberger Motorsport won the 1982 European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) with Umberto Grano and Helmu ...

. Both

Klaus Ludwig Klaus Karl Ludwig (born 5 October 1949) is a German racing driver. Biography He also known as ''König Ludwig'' ("King Ludwig") for his success in touring cars and in sports car racing. In the 1970s, Ludwig drove for Ford in the Deutsche ...

's pole time of 1:42.92 and

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's fastest race lap of 1:45.03 in their respective

'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 Ford Sierra RS 500 1

Results

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

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Images from the 1987 WTCC round at Calder

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Classes

Results

Statistics

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