Start date 1987 | ||
The 1987 Australian Touring Car season was the 28th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.
Contents
There were 16 touring car race meetings held during 1987; a nine-round series, the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); a support programme event at the 1987 Australian Grand Prix and six long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros', two of those were rounds of the one-off 1987 World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).
For the first time in its history, the ATCC had a major series sponsor in the form of oil company Shell who provided some AU$275,000 in prize money (previously teams and drivers had received as little as $1,250 for an ATCC round win).
Race calendar
The 1987 Australian touring car season consisted of 16 events.
South Pacific Touring Car Championship
This race was a support event of the 1987 Australian Grand Prix. Top 10 results shown.