[William Dale Jr]

1987 Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 6 - Surfers Paradise, QLD (31/5/1987)

Circuit Length: 2.41 km
Race Distance: 46 laps
Weather: Cloudy

Delayed by a week due to flooding, this would turn out to be the final time the ATCC ventured to Surfers Paradise Raceway before it closed down at the end of the year. Grice was scheduled to miss this race as it clashed with the World 600 NASCAR race, but Commodore numbers were maintained as the HDT welcomed back Gary Scott, Brock finally debuting his new VL. Meanwhile, John Giddings was now in the second OXO Sierra after buying the car from Don Smith.

Johnson put his Sierra on pole but blew the engine half was around the first lap, Hansford capping off a bad day for the Shell team when his engine went south a lap later. Scott put in a great drive to run near the front in the first half of the race, but dropped back as his tyres wore out. The two M3s looked after their tyres, Richards running out a comfortable winner.

Miedecke had his best run of the year finishing second, but post-race scrutineering revealed illegalities in the turbochargers of both OXO cars. They raced the rest of the year under appeal but eventually were found guilty, receiving the same 7-day punishment as Johnson and exclusion from the results of Surfers, Sandown, and Amaroo.

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	3	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW M3	B	0h59m17.4s		1m15.5s	1m14.6s	3
DQ	35	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	0h59m25.2s	illegal turbo wheels	1m16.0s	1m14.8s	5
2	4	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst	BMW M3	B	0h59m32.4s		1m16.7s	1m15.2s	10
3	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	0h59m50.4s		1m17.0s	1m15.2s	8
4	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	0h59m52.2s		1m16.4s	1m15.1s	6
5	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VK	A	1h00m06.6s		1m16.5s	1m14.4s	2
6	25	Team Nissan Racing N.Z.	Graeme Bowkett	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	1h00m10.8s		1m17.5s	1m16.2s	13
7	24	Team Nissan Racing N.Z.	Kent Baigent	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	1h00m19.6s		1m17.0s	1m15.2s	9
8	6	Mobil HDT	Gary Scott	Holden Commodore VK	A	1h00m25.0s		1m16.7s	1m15.1s	7
DQ	34	OXO Supercube Motorsport	John Giddings	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	45 laps	illegal turbo wheels	1m18.7s	1m19.8s	20
9	05	Mobil HDT	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	45 laps		1m17.1s	1m14.7s	4
10	26	Kalari Transport Services	Tony Noske	Holden Commodore VK	A	45 laps		1m18.5s	1m18.2s	16
11	45	Lester Smerdon	Lester Smerdon	Holden Commodore VK	A	43 laps		1m21.3s	1m19.7s	19
12	27	Ray Gulson	Graham Gulson	BMW 635CSi	A	43 laps		1m19.2s	1m20.3s	21
13	50	John Donnelly	John Donnelly	Rover Vitesse	A	43 laps		1m21.8s	1m22.5s	22
14	48	Wayne Park	Wayne Park	Holden Commodore VK	A	41 laps		1m20.2s	1m19.1s	18
DNF	16	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Brad Jones	Mitsubishi Starion	A	31 laps		1m18.4s	1m16.5s	14
DNF	10	John Andrew Motor Sport	Neville Crichton	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	A	13 laps		1m18.7s	1m17.5s	15
DNF	38	Wayne Clift	Wayne Clift	Holden Commodore VK	A	12 laps	engine	1m20.1s	1m22.8s	23
DNF	18	Shell Ultra Hi Tech Racing	Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	2 laps	turbo	1m16.7s	1m15.7s	12
DNF	75	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	B	1 lap		1m17.8s	1m15.4s	11
DNF	17	Shell Ultra Hi Tech Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	0 laps	turbo	NTR	1m14.1s	1
DNF	23	Dulux Auto Colour	Alf Grant	Holden Commodore VK	A	0 laps	clutch	NTR	1m18.4s	17