The 1987 Castrol 500

Sandown 500

The Sandown 500 is an endurance motor race staged at the Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia between 1964 and 2011. It was typically held in September, the month before Australia’s premier endurance race, the Bathurst 1000. The “500” was not run in 1966, 1967, 1999, 2000, 2008,...

was an endurance race for cars complying with CAMS

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 ....

 Touring Car regulations, which were based on FIA 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...

 rules. The event was staged on 13 September 1987 over 129 laps of the 3.9 km Sandown circuit

Sandown Raceway

Sandown 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:...

 in Victoria

Victoria (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....

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, a total distance of 503 km.

Dulux Dozen

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	17	Shell Ultra-Hi Tech Racing Team Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing is Australia's oldest operating motor racing team. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team has won seven Australian Touring Car Championship titles and has taken three victories in Australia's hallmark race, the Bathurst 1000...	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	1:47.59
2	1	JPS Team BMW JPS Team BMW JPS Team BMW is a former motor racing team that ran primarily in Australia and New Zealand mainly in touring car racing but also ran in sports sedans and GT cars as well...	Jim Richards Jim Richards (race driver) Jim Richards is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired from professional racing, Richards continues to compete in the historic category Touring Car Masters while running a team in the Australian GT Championship...	BMW M3	1:48.43
3	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Gibson Motor Sport Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team...	George Fury George Fury George Fury is a retired Australian rally and racing car driver. For the majority of his career Fury was associated with Nissan, twice winning the Australian Rally Championship, and twice runner up in the Australian Touring Car Championship.-Rallying:Born in Hungary, Fury rose to prominence during...	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	1:49.43
4	2	Bob Jane T-Marts	Allan Grice Allan Grice Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second...	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A	1:49.63
5	05	Mobil Mobil Mobil, previously known as the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, was a major American oil company which merged with Exxon in 1999 to form ExxonMobil. Today Mobil continues as a major brand name within the combined company, as well as still being a gas station sometimes paired with their own store or On...  Holden Dealer Team Holden Dealer Team The Holden Dealer Team was Holden’s semi-official racing team from 1969 until 1987, primarily contesting Australian Touring Car events but also rallying, rallycross and sports sedans during the 1970s...	Peter Brock Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock, AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other...	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A	1:49.81
6	25	Team Nissan Racing NZ	Graeme Bowkett	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	1:50.01
7	3	JPS Team BMW	Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	1:51.14
8	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Glenn Seton is an Australian racing driver.Seton, father of Courtney and Aaron Seton and husband to Jayne Seton, retired from full time racing after the 2005 V8 Supercar season, and is only one of five drivers to have competed in over 200 rounds in the series. The other drivers are Dick Johnson ,...	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	1:51.18
9	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins Larry Perkins Larry Clifton Perkins is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.-Career:...	Holden Commodore VK SS Group A	1:51.31
10	14	NetComm (Aust)	Murray Carter Murray Carter Murray Carter is an Australian racing driver. For many years a stalwart of the Australian Touring Car Championship Carter has had one of the longest racing careers of any driver in Australian history, continuing to race into his late 70s.-Racing history:One of a generation of racing drivers that...	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	1:53.92
11	6	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Neil Crompton Neil Crompton Neil Crompton is a well-known V8 Supercars presenter and commentator for Australia's Channel Seven, having previously worked in a similar role at Network Ten...	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A	1:54.37
12	8	Supa Salvage	Warren Cullen	Holden Commodore VK SS Group A	1:57.24

Race

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Position	Class	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps
1		30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Gibson Motor Sport Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team...	George Fury George Fury George Fury is a retired Australian rally and racing car driver. For the majority of his career Fury was associated with Nissan, twice winning the Australian Rally Championship, and twice runner up in the Australian Touring Car Championship.-Rallying:Born in Hungary, Fury rose to prominence during...   Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	129
2		11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins Larry Perkins Larry Clifton Perkins is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.-Career:...   Denny Hulme Denny Hulme Denis Clive "Denny" Hulme, OBE was a New Zealand racing driver, the 1967 Formula One World Champion for the Brabham team....	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	128
3		25	Team Nissan Racing NZ	Kent Baigent   Graeme Bowkett	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	127
4		6	Mobil Mobil Mobil, previously known as the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, was a major American oil company which merged with Exxon in 1999 to form ExxonMobil. Today Mobil continues as a major brand name within the combined company, as well as still being a gas station sometimes paired with their own store or On...  Holden Dealer Team Holden Dealer Team The Holden Dealer Team was Holden’s semi-official racing team from 1969 until 1987, primarily contesting Australian Touring Car events but also rallying, rallycross and sports sedans during the 1970s...	Jon Crooke   Neil Crompton Neil Crompton Neil Crompton is a well-known V8 Supercars presenter and commentator for Australia's Channel Seven, having previously worked in a similar role at Network Ten...	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	126
5		3	JPS Team BMW JPS Team BMW JPS Team BMW is a former motor racing team that ran primarily in Australia and New Zealand mainly in touring car racing but also ran in sports sedans and GT cars as well...	Ludwig Finauer   Robbie Francevic Robbie Francevic Robert James Francevic, was a touring car racing driver in New Zealand and Australia in the 1970s and 1980s...	BMW M3	125
6		14	Netcomm (Aust)	Murray Carter Murray Carter Murray Carter is an Australian racing driver. For many years a stalwart of the Australian Touring Car Championship Carter has had one of the longest racing careers of any driver in Australian history, continuing to race into his late 70s.-Racing history:One of a generation of racing drivers that...   Denis Horley	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	125
7		40		Kieran Wills   Phillip Henley	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	124
8		43		Graham Lorimer   John Sax	BMW M3	123
9		19	Everlast Battery Service	Bill O'Brien   Brian Sampson Brian Sampson (racing driver) Brian Sampson is a retired Australian racing driver.Sampson had a long career throughout the 60s and 70s, which he still continues as a hobby...	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	123
10	Up to 2000cc	60	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Mark Stephen Skaife OAM is an Australian motor racing driver. Skaife is a five time winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor the Australian Touring Car Championship. He is also a six-time winner of Australia's most prestigious domestic motor race, the Bathurst 1000...   Grant Jarrett	Nissan Gazelle Nissan Gazelle The Nissan Gazelle was a compact 2 door coupe and three-door hatchback produced by Nissan, based on the Nissan S platform. It was produced for the Japanese and Australian markets only. The Gazelle is a sister car to the Nissan Silvia. It was produced so that Nissan's different dealership networks...	121
11		32		Wayne Clift   Bernie Stack	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	121
12			Grellis Marketing	Ray Ellis   John Lusty	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	120
13	Up to 2000cc	91	Toyota Team Australia	Mike Quinn   John Faulkner John Faulkner (racing driver) John Murray Faulkner, born 24 August 1952, in Palmerston North, New Zealand, is a retired racing driver. Faulkner spent the majority in sedan based classes, initial small touring cars, Ford Escorts and Capris initially before joining Toyota Team Australia's team of factory supported Toyota Corolla...	Toyota Corolla	119
14		29		Tony Mulvihill   Ken Matthews	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	119
15		87		Brian Bolwell   Rod Smith	BMW 323i BMW E30 The BMW E30 was a compact executive car produced by BMW. It was replaced by the BMW E36 in 1990. BMW continued to produce the cabriolet E30 well into 1993. The Touring remained in production until 1994 when the E36 touring replaced it...	117
16		24	Lockwood Bryce Homes	Bill Bryce   Leo Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan is a retired Australian racing driver.Geoghegan is the elder of two sons of New South Wales car dealer Tom Geoghegan, who went on to become two of the dominant names in Australian motor racing in the 1960s...	BMW 325i	116
17		20	Salisbury North Service Station	Des Wall   John Virgo	BMW 635CSi BMW E24 The BMW E24 series was the first BMW 6 Series coupé, produced by the German automaker BMW between the 1976 and 1989 model years. The 6 Series name reappeared with the BMW E63 chassis beginning in the 2004 model year. The E24 borrowed heavily from contemporary 5-series cars .- Model history :The...	116
18		21	Lusty Engineering	Graham Lusty   Ken Lusty	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	115
19	Up to 2000cc	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Bob Holden (racing driver) Robin John Holden born December 1, 1932, is an Australian racing driver. Holden raced small-engined touring cars throughout his career, racing Peugeots in the early 1960s, establishing a reputation for himself which saw him become a regular part of BMC Australias racing program for Minis which...   Garry Willmington	Toyota Sprinter Toyota AE86 The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range...	115
20		22	DFC New Zealand Limited	C Castle   John Billington	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	114
21		23	Yellow Pages	Tony Kavich   Kerry Baily	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	113
22	Up to 2000cc			D Sala D Smart	Isuzu Gemini	111
23	Up to 2000cc		Gemspares	Daryl Hendrick   John White	Isuzu Gemini	106
DNF		1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards   Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst is an Australian former racing driver and Australian Champion water skier. He is most noted for his career in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar series....	BMW M3	118
DNF				Graeme Cameron   Wayne Wilkinson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	116
DNF		05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock, AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other...   David Parsons David 'Skippy' Parsons David John 'Skippy' Parsons , was an Australian racing driver, who while never a full time racing driver, drove for the biggest racing teams in Australia....	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	113
DNF		8	Supa Salvage	Warren Cullen   Gary Cooke	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	99
DNF		44	Viacard Services	Trevor Crowe   Jim Keogh	BMW M3	93
DNF	Up to 2000cc	90	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price   John Smith	Toyota Corolla	91
DNF		18	Shell Ultra-Hi Tech Racing Team Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing is Australia's oldest operating motor racing team. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team has won seven Australian Touring Car Championship titles and has taken three victories in Australia's hallmark race, the Bathurst 1000...	Dick Johnson   Neville Crichton   Gregg Hansford Gregg Hansford Gregg Hansford was an Australian motorcycle and touring car racer.-Racing career:Hansford began racing motorcycles in Australia, winning the 1973 500cc Unlimited title, as well as competing in the New Zealand Marlboro Series in 1975/76 and 1977/78 on Team Kawasaki 750s. He also won one leg of the...	Ford Sierra RS500	86
NC		15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Glenn Seton is an Australian racing driver.Seton, father of Courtney and Aaron Seton and husband to Jayne Seton, retired from full time racing after the 2005 V8 Supercar season, and is only one of five drivers to have competed in over 200 rounds in the series. The other drivers are Dick Johnson ,...   John Bowe John Bowe (racing driver) John Bowe is an Australian racing driver, presently racing a 1969 Ford Mustang in the historic series, Touring Car Masters....	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	86
DNF	Up to 2000cc			David Ratcliffe   Mark Gibbs	Toyota Corolla Levin Toyota AE86 The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range...	84
DNF		34	Oxo Supercubes	John Giddings   Bruce Stewart	Ford Sierra RS500	82
NC		28		Lawrie Nelson   Bob Jolly	Ford Mustang	78
DNF				Graeme Crosby Graeme Crosby Graeme Crosby is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from New Zealand. A supremely versatile rider, Crosby holds the distinction of having won the Daytona 200, the Imola 200, the Suzuka 8 Hours, and the Isle of Man TT....   Graham McRae Graham McRae Graham McRae is a former racing driver from New Zealand.McRae's single outing in the Formula One World Championship was at the 1973 British Grand Prix on 14 July 1973, where he retired in the first lap...	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	74
DNF		24	Jagparts	Gerald Kay   Alf Grant	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	73
NC		10	Llynden Reithmuller Motorsport	Phil Ward   Llynden Reithmuller   Chris Clearihan	Mercedes-Benz 190E	55
DNF		45		Lester Smerdon   Bruce Willams	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	43
DNF		4	Petro Tech	Peter McLeod Peter McLeod Peter Gerard McLeod , was an Australian racing driver, best known as co-winner of the 1987 James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst and for driving the distinctive yellow and black Slick 50 Mazda RX-7 Group C touring car during the early to mid 1980's.-Group C Touring Cars:McLeod began his racing career in...   Peter Fitzgerald	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	17
DNF		2	Bob Jane T-Marts	Allan Grice Allan Grice Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second...   Win Percy Win Percy Winston "Win" Percy is a former motor racing driver from England. He competed in many classes of motorsport during his long career, but is perhaps most famous as one of the greats of touring car racing. Joe Saward of Autosport magazine once described him as being "often regarded as the World's...	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	10
DNF			Sunline Caravans	Tony Hunter   Warren McKellar	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1
DNS		17	Shell Ultra-Hi Tech Racing Team	Dick Johnson   Gregg Hansford Gregg Hansford Gregg Hansford was an Australian motorcycle and touring car racer.-Racing career:Hansford began racing motorcycles in Australia, winning the 1973 500cc Unlimited title, as well as competing in the New Zealand Marlboro Series in 1975/76 and 1977/78 on Team Kawasaki 750s. He also won one leg of the...	Ford Sierra RS500

Statistics

• Pole Position – #17 Dick Johnson – 1:47.59
• Fastest Lap – #18 Dick Johnson – 1:50.28

External links

• Group A Archives Retrieved from www.groupc.org.au on 7 January 2009