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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

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

External links

• www.touringcarracing.net
• Volvo 240 Turbo Group 'A' Racing Information