1987 Australian Sports Car Championship


The 1987 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian national motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars, Group D GT cars, FISA Group C1 cars and FISA Group C2 cars.
The title, which was the 19th Australian Sports Car Championship, was won by Andy Roberts driving his self-designed Robert SR3 powered by a 1.6 litre Ford BDA Formula Mondial engine which, while not winning a round, scored consistent Up to 1.6 litres class placings to win the title. Roberts was also the only driver in the top 5 championship placings to finish all 3 rounds. Defending champion John Bowe was expected to dominate the series in Bernie van Elsen's Veskanda C1 Chevrolet, and did easily win rounds 2 and 3, but an engine problem in the opening round at a very wet Calder Park Raceway saw him only finish 2nd. Finishing 3rd in the championship was Terry Hook in his Chevrolet powered ex-Rupert Keegan Lola T610 with two second place finishes at Calder and Sandown.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a three round series with one race per round.
RoundCircuitStateDateWinnerCar
1Calder Park RacewayVictoria1 MarchRusty FrenchPorsche 935
2Amaroo ParkNew South Wales17 MayJohn BoweVeskanda C1 Chevrolet
3Sandown ParkVictoria13-SepJohn BoweVeskanda C1 Chevrolet

Additional rounds scheduled at Lakeside, Adelaide International Raceway and Winton were cancelled.

Classes

Cars competed in three engine capacity classes.
Championship points were awarded to the top twenty outright placegetters in each round based on the following three tier structure.
Outright Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th
Up to 1.6 litres30272421191715141312111098765432
1.6 to 3 litres2826232017151413121110987654321
Over 3 litres2523201715131110987654321---

Results

Note: The above table lists only the first five positions in the championship.