The 1987 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers.[1] The title, which was the seventeenth Australian Manufacturers' Championship,[2] was contested concurrently with the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship over a nine-round series.[3]
- Round 1, Calder Park, Victoria, 1 March
- Round 2, Symmons Plains, Tasmania, 8 March
- Round 3, Lakeside, Queensland, 5 April
- Round 4, Wanneroo Park, Western Australia, 26 April
- Round 5, Adelaide International Raceway, South Australia, 3 May
- Round 6, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 31 May
- Round 7, Sandown Park, Victoria, 7 June
- Round 8, Amaroo Park, New South Wales, 21 June
- Round 9, Oran Park, New South Wales, 5 July
Each round was open to cars complying with CAMS Touring Car regulations which were based on international Group A Touring Car rules. Cars competed in two engine capacity classes:
- Up to 2500cc
- Over 2500cc[4]
Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the top ten placings in each class at each round. However, points were only allocated for the best placed car from each manufacturer at each round[4]
and only the best eight round results could be retained by each manufacturer.[5]
- ^ Specific Conditions – Racing Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1987, pages 81-82
- ^ Australian Titles Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 27 June 2009
- ^ David Segal, Australian Touring Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1987/88, pages 193-213
- ^ a b Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 3 May 1987, page 2
- ^ General Conditions – Racing Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1987, pages 79