[William Dale Jr]

South Australia Cup
Adelaide Grand Prix Circuit, SA (12/11/1987)

Circuit Length: 3.78 km
Race Distance: 32 laps
Weather: Sunny

The last touring car race on Australian soil for the year. Delays in shipping cars back from New Zealand hampered the preparations of some, while Fred Gibson stole a march over his opposition by air-freighting his cars back.

Johnson worked his way into a comfortable lead after the early laps. Both Brock - who was notified that morning that he had actually won Bathurst - and Seton went out after challenging early while, behind Johnson, Grice and Perkins resumed their now-usual battle. Fury made his way past the dueling Commodores late in the race, and started closing rapidly on Johnson when the Sierra started having fuel pick-up problems in the last couple of laps. Johnson brought the ailing car over the line for his second victory of 1987, a consolation after a terrible year. Fury finished second, with Perkins beating Grice to third.

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	17	Shell Ultra Hi.Tech Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	57m28.9s		1m44.7s	1m45.0s	5
2	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	57m31.2s		1m46.4s	1m45.1s	7
3	11	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	57m41.8s		1m46.4s	1m43.8s	1
4	2	Bob Jane T-Marts	Allan Grice	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	57m42.6s		1m46.0s	1m44.4s	6
5	75	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	B	57m52.2s		1m46.5s	1m44.8s	4
6	25	Yellow Pages	Tony Kavich	Holden Commodore VK	A	31 laps		1m49.0s	1m49.5s	13
7	6	HDT Racing P/L	David Parsons	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	31 laps		1m48.8s	1m48.6s	11
8	26	Kalari Transport Services	Tony Noske	Holden Commodore VK	A	31 laps		1m51.7s	1m50.1s	16
9	36	Grellis Marketing	Ray Ellis	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	31 laps		1m50.9s	1m49.8s	14
10	19	Reithmuller-Ward Int. Motorsport	Phil Ward	Mercedes-Benz 190E-16	B	31 laps		1m50.3s	1m51.8s	20
11	12	Petro Tech (Aust) Pty Ltd	Peter McLeod	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	31 laps		n/a	1m48.1s	10
12	23	Dulux Autocolour	Alf Grant	Holden Commodore VK	A	31 laps		1m51.5s	1m51.0s	18
13	28	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson	Ford Mustang	A	30 laps		1m52.6s	1m52.1s	21
14	37	Lester Smerdon	Lester Smerdon	Holden Commodore VK	A	30 laps		1m53.6s	1m52.4s	22
15	38	Wayne Clift	Wayne Clift	Holden Commodore VK	A	30 laps		1m54.2s	1m59.1s	28
16	31	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith	Toyota Celica ST162 Coupe	C	27 laps		1m53.2s	1m52.7s	23
17	46	Sunliner	Tony Hunter	Holden Commodore VK	A	27 laps		2m00.1s	1m58.9s	27
DNF	34	OXO Supercube Motorsport	John Giddings	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	22 laps		1m49.0s	1m50.3s	17
DNF	16	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Gary Scott	Mitsubishi Starion	A	21 laps		1m47.4s	1m47.3s	9
DNF	42	Gerald Kay	Gerald Kay	Holden Commodore VK	A	18 laps		1m51.6s	1m51.2s	19
DNF	52	John Farrell	John Farrell	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	18 laps		1m52.3s	1m55.1s	25
DNF	87	Sommariva Concrete	Joe Sommariva	BMW 635CSi	A	18 laps		2m03.4s	2m00.5s	30
DNF	14	Netcomm (Aust.) Racing	Denis Horley	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	16 laps	crashed	1m49.8s	1m49.0s	12
DNF	48	Wayne Park	Wayne Park	Holden Commodore VK	A	12 laps		1m51.0s	1m49.8s	15
DNF	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	10 laps	crashed	1m46.5s	1m44.7s	3
DNF	35	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	9 laps		1m46.9s	1m44.4s	2
DNF	5	HDT Racing P/L	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	7 laps	suspension	1m46.4s	1m45.6s	8
DNF	33	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla AE82 Hatch	C	4 laps		1m56.1s	1m54.8s	24
DNF	69	Paul Trevethan	Paul Trevethan	Mitsubishi Starion	A	3 laps		2m00.1s	1m57.2s	26
DNF	43	Bob Holden Motors	Marc Ducquet	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	C	2 laps		2m12.0s	1m59.8s	29