Australian Touring Car Championship

1987

In 1987 The Australian Touring Car Championship held a seperate 4-round series for cars under 2.0L capacity. The June 7th round at Sandown Raceway the under 2.0L cars ran combined with the ATCC championship for overall ATCC points. The Gibson Motorsport prepared FJ20E powered Nissan Gazelle, piloted by Australian motorsport legend Mark Skaife, competed against other sub 2.0L cars like the AE86 Toyota Sprinter & Levin, Isuzu Gemini, Toyota Celica, Ford Laser TX3 and Suzuki Swift.

The 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Touring Cars of under 2.0 litre engine capacity. The title was contested over a four-round series and was won by Mark Skaife driving a Nissan Gazelle.Wikipedia

Results

Mark Skaife drove the Peter Jackson sponsored Gibson Motorsport Nissan Gazelle to 3rd place in the first round of the 2.0L ATCC series, before a putting together a dominating performance for the remainder of the season. Round 2 saw him take victory at Sandown, which was held concurrently with Round 7 of the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship, in which Mark finished 12th overall. Skaife took 2 more wins in Lakeside and Amaroo to secure the championship victory of the 1987 ATCC 2.0L series.

Round	Date	Driver	Circuit	Location	Result	Laps / Time	Fastest Lap	Qualifying Position	Qualifying Time
1	22/03/87	Mark Skaife	Winton Motor Raceway	Victoria	3rd	25 Laps / 28:52.70	1:08.50	4th of 12	1:07.69
2	07/06/87	Mark Skaife	Sandown International Raceway	Victoria	1st	29 of 30 Laps	1:57.00	23rd of 35	1:57.00
3	19/07/87	Mark Skaife	Lakeside Park	Queensland	1st	25 Laps / 25:33.20	1:00.00	2nd of 10	0:59.50
4	02/08/87	Mark Skaife	Amaroo Park Raceway	New South Wales	1st	20 Laps / 20:40.32	1:01.20	2nd of 7	0:54.92

Mark Skaife also drove this car in the 1987 Bathurst 1000.
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