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1987 Wellington 500

GER Klaus Niedzwiedz ITA Roberto Ravaglia BEL Pierre Dieudonné

The 1987 Nissan Mobil 500 was the tenth round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations. It was held on October 26, 1987, at the Wellington Street Circuit in the docks area of Wellington, New Zealand.

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual
Pos	Series
Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
3	7	SWI Ford Texaco Racing Team	GER Klaus Ludwig
GER Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS500	150	1	40
2	46	GER Schnitzer Motorsport	ITA Emanuele Pirro
ITA Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3	150	3	35
3	6	SWI Ford Texaco Racing Team	GBR Steve Soper
BEL Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS500	150	2	27
3	30	AUS Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	AUS George Fury
AUS Glenn Seton
AUS Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	149	6
3	05	AUS Holden Dealer Team	AUS Peter Brock
AUS David Parsons	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	148	5
2	40	GER Schnitzer Motorsport	GER Markus Oestreich
AUT Roland Ratzenberger	BMW M3	148	10	25
2	41	ITA CiBiEmme	GER Altfrid Heger
AUS Tony Longhurst	BMW M3	146	18
3	24	NZL Team Nissan Racing NZ	NZL Graeme Crosby
AUS Gary Sprague	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	145	21
3	25	NZL Team Nissan Racing NZ	NZL Graeme Bowkett
NZL Kent Baigent	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	145	7
2	44	NZL Bryce Racing	NZL Paul Radisich
GER Ludwig Finauer	BMW 325i	141	26
3	11	AUS Enzed Team Perkins	AUS Larry Perkins
NZL Denny Hulme	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	140	12
2	62	GER Schwaben Motorsport	GER Thomas von Löwis of Menar
GER Leopold von Bayern	BMW M3	140	22
3	16	SWE Söderqvist Racing Services Team	SWE Ulf Granberg
SWE Stig Blomqvist	Volvo 240T	137	15
3	32	NZL Anderson & O'Leary	NZL Bruce Anderson
NZL Wayne Anderson	Ford Mustang	135	29
3	31	NZL Sax Racing	NZL John Sorenson
NZL Kayne Scott	BMW 635 CSi	135	33
1	94	NZL Gullivers Ltd	NZL Andrew Bagnall
NZL Mark Jennings
GBR Chris Hodgetts	Toyota Sprinter AE86	135	30
3	27	AUS Ray Gulson	AUS Graham Gulson
AUS Ray Gulson	BMW 635 CSi	134	34
1	90		NZL David Slater
NZL Ross Heffernan	Toyota Corolla GT	131	35
2	53	NZL Viacard Services	NZL Trevor Crowe
NZL Jim Richards	BMW M3	116	8
3	13	NZL Viacard Services	AUS Charlie O'Brien
NZL Avon Hyde
NZL Jim Richards	BMW 635 CSi	106	17
1	100	ITA Alfa Romeo Benelux	ITA Giorgio Francia
ITA Daniele Toffoli	Alfa Romeo 33	103	36	28
3	3	AUS Bob Jane T-Marts Racing	AUS Allan Grice
GBR Win Percy	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A	131	4
1	92		NZL Bryan Bate
NZL Robbie Ridgers	Toyota Corolla GT	129	37
2	47	GER Schnitzer Motorsport	GER Anette Meeuvissen
AUT Mercedes Stermitz	BMW M3	126	24
1	91		NZL Allan Drinkrow
NZL Bruce Drinkrow	Toyota Corolla GT	109	38
3	17	AUS Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team	AUS Dick Johnson
AUS Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	103	32
3	10	AUS Holden Dealer Team	NZL David Oxton
AUS Neil Crompton
AUS Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A	89	20
3	4	SWE Söderqvist Racing Services Team	SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson
NZL Ian Tulloch	Volvo 240T	68	19
3	18	Australia Shell Ultra Hi-Tech Racing Team	New Zealand Neal Lowe
NZL Neville Crichton
AUS Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	68	16
3	35	AUS Oxo Supercube Motorsport	AUS Andrew Miedecke
NZL Phil Myhre	Ford Sierra RS500	58	14
2	42	ITA CiBiEmme	VEN Johnny Cecotto
ITA Gianfranco Brancatelli	BMW M3	44	9
3	19	NZL Canam Enterprises	NZL Graeme Cameron
NZL Wayne Wilkinson	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A	38	23
2	54	NZL Sax Racing	NZL Graeme Lorimer
NZL John Sax	BMW M3	19	28
1	72		NZL Brett Riley
NZL Ken Smith	Toyota Celica GT	17	31
3	21	NZL D.F.C. NZ Ltd	NZL John Billington
NZL Chris Castle	Holden Commodore VK SS Group A	14	27
2	43	ITA Bigazzi	GER Winni Vogt
FRA Olivier Grouillard	BMW M3	10	13
3	23	NZL Police Community	NZL Glenn McIntyre
NZL Robbie Ker	Ford Mustang	9	25
3	15	AUS Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	AUS Glenn Seton
AUS John Bowe	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	7	11

Italics indicate driver practiced this car but did not race.

References

Statistics

Pole Position - #7 Klaus Ludwig - 1:29.42
Fastest Lap - #6 Steve Soper - 1:32.28

References

"www.touringcarracing.net".
Wilson, Stewart. (1987). "World Touring Car Championship". Berghouse Publishing Group Pty. Ltd..
Tuckey, Bill. (1987). "The Great Race". The Berghouse Floyd Tuckey Publishing Group Pty. Ltd..
Hyde, Anthony. (February 2003). "Volvo 240 Turbo Group 'A' Racing Information".

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