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1987 Australian Sports Car Championship

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engine. While not winning a round, Roberts was assisted by the point system which awarded more points for outright positions achieved by Up to 1.6 litres class cars than for the same positions achieved by larger engined cars. Roberts was also the only driver in the top 5 championship placings to
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Championship points were awarded to the top twenty outright placegetters in each round based on the following three tier structure.
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saw him only finish second in the championship. Finishing third was Terry Hook in his Chevrolet powered ex-
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Barry Catford, Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 216-223
212: 155: 150: 99: 53: 65: 61: 94:, and did easily win Rounds 2 and 3 (including setting the outright lap record in Round 2 at 181: 110: 79: 57: 15: 245: 75:, was won by Andy Roberts driving his self-designed Robert SR3 powered by a 1.6 litre 815: 103: 121:
The championship was contested over a three-round series with one race per round.
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Note: The above table lists only the first five positions in the championship.
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Conditions for Australian Titles, 1987 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 78-81
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1987 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, page 317
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Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
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was expected to dominate the series in Bernie van Elsen's
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sanctioned Australian national motor racing title open to
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Index

Australian Sports Car Championship
1986
1988
CAMS
Group A Sports Cars
Group D GT cars
FISA Group C1 cars
FISA Group C2 cars
Australian Sports Car Championship
Ford BDA
Formula Mondial
John Bowe
Veskanda C1
Chevrolet
Amaroo Park
Calder Park Raceway
Rupert Keegan
Lola T610
Sandown
Calder Park Raceway
Victoria
Porsche 935
Amaroo Park
New South Wales
John Bowe
Veskanda C1
Chevrolet
Sandown Park
Victoria
John Bowe

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