[William Dale Jr]

1987 Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 5 - Adelaide International Raceway, SA (3/5/1987)

Circuit Length: 2.41 km
Race Distance: 60 laps
Weather: Overcast

Adelaide's long front straight was expected to suit the Commodores and the turbos, but at the end of qualifying it was Richards' black JPS BMW on pole. The two M3s had towed each other down the straight, the tow being enough for the #3 M3 to top the timesheet from Perkins and Grice.

However, another rolling start (in an unusual 3-2-3 formation to reflect the Adelaide grid) saw the little black car swamped by the bigger ones, with Perkins leading Grice and Fury into the first corner. The top order was steady for a few laps, before Fury dived below Grice heading into the bowl to take second. Johnson was trapped behind the two JPS cars for several laps before moving past them one-by-one. Longhurst brushed the wall with the left rear coming onto the straight, the bent panel eventually blowing the tyre sending him to the pits late in the race. Johnson would soon take the lead from Perkins, with Fury soon following the Ford pilot through. Seton blew an engine around half distance, while Perkins and Grice resumed their battle from the week before. This time the Roadways pilot tapped the back of the Perkins' Commodore entering turn 1, and was lucky not to crash into the spinning Enzed car.

In the end, Johnson would win comfortably from Fury, who held out Grice for second.

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	17	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	0h59m53.46s		0m58.68s	0m58.51s	4
2	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	1h00m00.90s		0m58.83s	0m58.55s	5
3	2	Bob Jane T-Marts / ICL Racing	Allan Grice	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	1h00m01.42s		0m58.80s	0m58.32s	3
4	6	Mobil HDT / HDT Racing	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	A	1h00m16.51s		0m59.03s	0m58.83s	9
5	3	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW M3	B	1h00m25.29s		0m58.82s	0m58.02s	1
6	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VK	A	1h00m30.95s		0m58.73s	0m58.20s	2
7	75	Network Alfa / Alfa Romeo Australia	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	B	59 laps		0m59.62s	0m58.57s	6
8	4	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst	BMW M3	B	59 laps		0m58.89s	0m58.67s	8
9	34	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Don Smith	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	58 laps		1m00.77s	1m00.11s	12
10	33	Peter Williamson Toyota	Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra	A	58 laps		1m01.63s	1m02.21s	18
11	26	Kalari Transport Services	Tony Noske	Holden Commodore VK	A	58 laps		1m01.38s	1m01.11s	15
12	35	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	58 laps		1m00.55s	0m58.96s	11
13	71	Graeme Hooley	Graeme Hooley	Holden Commodore VK	A	56 laps		1m01.35s	1m00.78s	14
14	32	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price	Toyota Corolla AE82 Sedan	B	55 laps		1m04.08s	1m04.04s	19
15	86	Gemspares	Daryl Hendrick	Isuzu Gemini ZZ	B	54 laps		1m05.74s	1m06.91s	21
16	87	Brian Bolwell	Brian Bolwell	BMW 323i	B	53 laps		1m05.52s	1m06.10s	20
DNF	18	Shell Ultra Hi.Tech Racing	Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	57 laps	broken drive pegs	0m59.51s	0m58.96s	10
DNF	14	Murray Carter	Murray Carter	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	46 laps		1m00.11s	1m01.80s	17
DNF	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	28 laps	engine	0m58.66s	0m58.65s	7
DNF	10	John Andrew Motorsport	Denny Hulme	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	A	19 laps	turbo	1m00.41s	1m00.37s	13
DNS	21	Lusty Engineering P/L	Graham Lusty	Holden Commodore VK	A		practice accident		1m01.62s	16