1987 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
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The 1987 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS
sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers. The title, which was the seventeenth Australian Manufacturers' Championship
, was contested concurrently with the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship
over a nine round series.
Each round was open to cars complying with CAMS Touring Car regulations which were based on international Group A
Touring Car rules. Cars competed in two engine capacity classes:
Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the top ten placings in each class at each round. However, points were only allocated for the best placed car from each manufacturer at each round
and only the best eight round results could be retained by each manufacturer.
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Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....
sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers. The title, which was the seventeenth Australian Manufacturers' Championship
Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The Australian Manufacturers' Championship is a motor racing title awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the winning car manufacturer in a series of races held throughout Australia...
, was contested concurrently with the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship
1987 Australian Touring Car Championship
The 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship was a motor racing competition which was open to Touring Cars complying with regulations as defined by CAMS and based on FIA Group A rules. The championship, which was the 28th Australian Touring Car Championship, began on 1 March 1987 at Calder Park...
over a nine round series.
- Round 1, Calder ParkCalder Park RacewayCalder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a drag strip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise or counter-clockwise .-History:Calder Park...
, VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, 1 March - Round 2, Symmons PlainsSymmons Plains RacewaySymmons Plains Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Australia, located about 30 kilometres south of Launceston, Tasmania. Since the closure of the Longford circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility...
, TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, 8 March - Round 3, LakesideLakeside International RacewayLakeside Park, formerly known as Lakeside International Raceway is a motor racing circuit located at Pine Rivers north of Brisbane and lies adjacent to Lake Kurwongbah....
, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, 5 April - Round 4, Wanneroo ParkBarbagallo RacewayBarbagallo Raceway is a motorsport circuit located in Wanneroo, approximately north of Perth in Western Australia.The circuit was originally known as Wanneroo Park and the first race meet took place in March 1969. Initially the major race per year was a 6 hour Le Mans style race for sedans and...
, Western AustraliaWestern AustraliaWestern Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, 26 April - Round 5, Adelaide International RacewayAdelaide International RacewayThe Adelaide International Raceway is a permanent circuit owned by Australian Motorsport Club Limited under the auspices of the Bob Jane Corporation. It is located on Port Wakefield Road at Virginia, a small town just north of Adelaide, South Australia, and is round the corner from Speedway City...
, South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, 3 May - Round 6, Surfers ParadiseSurfers Paradise International RacewaySurfers Paradise International Raceway was a motor racing complex at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The circuit was designed and built by Keith Williams, a motor racing enthusiast. It was located opposite the Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens at Carrara...
, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, 31 May - Round 7, Sandown ParkSandown RacewaySandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...
, Victoria, 7 June - Round 8, Amaroo ParkAmaroo ParkAmaroo Park was a motor racing circuit located in Annangrove, New South Wales, in the present-day western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It opened in 1967, hosting its first motorcycle meeting on 26 February with a 30 lap production race won by Larry Simons on a BSA Spitfire in heavy rain. The...
, New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, 21 June - Round 9, Oran ParkOran Park RacewayOran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....
, New South Wales, 5 July
Each round was open to cars complying with CAMS Touring Car regulations which were based on international Group A
Group A
In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. In contrast to the short-lived Group B and Group C, the Group A referred to production-derived vehicles limited in terms of power, weight, allowed...
Touring Car rules. Cars competed in two engine capacity classes:
- Up to 2500cc
- Over 2500cc
Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the top ten placings in each class at each round. However, points were only allocated for the best placed car from each manufacturer at each round
and only the best eight round results could be retained by each manufacturer.
Results
| Position | Manufacturer | Car | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Total |
| 1 | Nissan | R30 Skyline RS | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (15) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 160 |
| BMW BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands... |
M3 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (6) | 20 | 20 | 160 | |
| 3 | Holden Holden GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931... |
VK Commodore SS Group A Holden VK Commodore The Holden VK Commodore was introduced in 1984 and replaced the VH. It was the first Commodore to have plastic bumpers and introduced rear quarter windows for a six-window design as opposed to the four-window design on previous Commodore models... VL Commodore SS Group A Holden VL Commodore The Holden VL Commodore and Calais were a range of mid-sized cars manufactured between 1986 and 1988 by the General Motors Australian arm, Holden... |
15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | (12) | 105 |
| 4 | Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of cars. Founded as A.L.F.A. on June 24, 1910, in Milan, the company has been involved in car racing since 1911, and has a reputation for building expensive sports cars... |
75 Turbo Alfa Romeo 75 The Alfa Romeo 75, sold in North America as the Milano, was a compact sports saloon / compact executive car produced by the Italian automaker Alfa Romeo between 1985 and 1992... |
12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | - | 4 | - | 10 | 77 |
| 5 | Ford | Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS Cosworth The Ford Sierra RS Cosworth was a high-performance version of the Ford Sierra. It was the result of a Ford Motorsport project with the purpose of producing an outright winner for Group A racing in Europe.- Development :... |
8 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 20 | - | - | 8 | 15 | 76 |
| 6 | Toyota | Celica RA40 Corolla Corolla GT |
6 | - | 10 | - | 10 | - | 15 | 10 | 8 | 59 |
| 7 | Isuzu Isuzu , is a Japanese car, commercial vehicle and heavy truck manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo. In 2005, Isuzu became the world's largest manufacturer of medium to heavy duty trucks. It has assembly and manufacturing plants in the Japanese city of Fujisawa, as well as in the prefectures... |
Gemini | 10 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Rover | SD1 Vitesse Rover SD1 Rover SD1 is both the code name and eventual production name given to a series of large executive cars made by British Leyland or BL through its Specialist, Rover Triumph and Austin Rover divisions from 1976 until 1986.... |
- | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
External links
- 1987 Australian Touring Car racing images Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 27 June 2009