1987 Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 2 - Symmons Plains, TAS (8/3/1987)
Circuit Length: 2.41 km
Race Distance: 60 laps
Weather: Overcast
A much smaller field appeared seven days later at Symmons Plains, but all the lead runners were there. Grice and Fury locked out the front row, the Commodore driver leading the race comfortably until overheating crippled the car with 10 laps to go. Fury went on to win from Richards, who charged through to 2nd as the bigger cars ran out of tyres after half distance. The Sierras teams were still struggling to replicate the results from their European counterparts, turning down the boost and sacrificing speed for reliability.
| Position | Number | Entrant | Driver | Car | Class | Race Time/Laps | Retirement Cause | Fastest Time | Qualifying Time | Grid Position |
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| 1 | 30 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | George Fury | Nissan Skyline DR-30 | A | 1h00m29.1s | | 0m59.7s | 0m58.6s | 2 |
| 2 | 3 | JPS Team BMW | Jim Richards | BMW M3 | B | 1h00m35.4s | | 0m59.9s | 0m59.5s | 6 |
| 3 | 05 | Mobil HDT | Peter Brock | Holden Commodore VK | A | 1h00m39.0s | | 1m00.1s | 0m58.7s | 3 |
| 4 | 15 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | Glenn Seton | Nissan Skyline DR-30 | A | 1h00m39.4s | | 0m59.8s | 0m58.8s | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | JPS Team BMW | Tony Longhurst | BMW M3 | B | 1h00m42.9s | | 0m59.9s | 0m59.8s | 8 |
| 6 | 18 | Shell Ultra Hi.Tech Racing | Gregg Hansford | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS | A | 1h01m06.7s | | 1m00.3s | 1m00.5s | 11 |
| 7 | 11 | Enzed Team Perkins | Larry Perkins | Holden Commodore VK | A | 1h01m07.3s | | 0m59.9s | 0m59.1s | 5 |
| 8 | 35 | OXO Supercube Motorsport | Andrew Miedecke | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS | A | 1h01m24.2s | | 1m00.5s | 0m59.9s | 9 |
| 9 | 17 | Shell Ultra Hi.Tech Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS | A | 59 laps | | 1m00.8s | 1m00.7s | 12 |
| 10 | 34 | OXO Supercube Motorsport | Don Smith | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS | A | 58 laps | | 1m02.0s | 1m01.6s | 13 |
| 11 | 75 | Network Alfa | Colin Bond | Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo | B | 58 laps | | 1m02.6s | 1m09.2s | 15 |
| 12 | 27 | Ray Gulson | Ray Gulson | BMW 635CSi | A | 56 laps | | 1m03.7s | 1m04.3s | 14 |
| DNF | 8 | Bob Jane T-Marts | Graeme Crosby | Holden Commodore VK | A | 58 laps | out of fuel | 1m00.0s | 0m59.3s | 7 |
| DNF | 2 | Bob Jane T-Marts | Allan Grice | Holden Commodore VK | A | 51 laps | overheating | 0m59.3s | 0m58.6s | 1 |
| DNF | 6 | Mobil HDT | Gary Scott | Holden Commodore VK | A | 15 laps | broken tailshaft | 1m00.1s | 1m00.0s | 10 |