1987 ATCC R2 Symmons Plains Raceway

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Round 2 of the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship from Symmons Plains in Tasmania.
"A much smaller field (than R1) 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." - William Dale Jnr 2011
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[@aisrael13]

Miss this type of entertaining multi make racing..

[@mactive11]

Absolute masterclass of track position by Brocky

[@eLGibo]

Jim's battle with Brock - superb stuff! Thanks for the upload.

[@wayneyoung146]

I just love the style of the M3 BMW. I will always call Jim Richards the Master.

[@cyclonicleo]

To think the Sierra's didn't have "enough grunt". That soon changed!

[@markmark5269]

To this day I can not believe that Nissan did not homologate a rear spoiler for the Skylines, they could have won everything back then with more rear downforce. But Nissan were spending everything on the GTR development at the time, and the Skyline was just an interim car, but gee, just a rear spoiler FFS ... Rouse no helping Johnson with the 'Ford Works' parts was the best thing that ever happened for Johnson, went his own development path, and ended up with the fastest Sierras in the world. Long story short, Johnson had to go with a heavy 9" Ford diff with casing and driveshafts by Ron Harrop (Aus), and heavy gearbox by Holinger (Aus), and when they reached 600+hp later, Johnson's homologated parts could withstand 600-650hp, while Rouses developed 'Ford Works' parts diff and gearbox could only take 550hp maximum, big win for Dick and Australia!

[@Holden308]

No one was more proud of the development that Ch.7 in Sydney put into Racecam than Mike Raymond.

[@Holden308]

The start shows just how much safety has changed since 1987. There were still mechanics and what looks like promotional grid girls trying to get back into the pits ... and still on the track, as the race started.

[@elizabethwilks9085]

Better than today's main game.

[@barryphillips7327]

Yes, todays racing is 😴sleep inducing😴 BORING😴😴

[@Dany45UR]

Muchas gracias 👍💯

[@markhobson5769]

This was the third year of Channel 7's coverage of the ATCC in 1987.

[@BlueSkyBS]

I remember this well. I was hearing the warning siren going off and going "what the bloody hell are all you idiots still wandering around the track for?" Utter madness. A bit like the start of the 1981 Belgian GP. People and cars just don't mix well on a racing circuit. Just ask Tom Pryce and Frederick Jansen van Vuuren. Oh wait, you can't.

[@edwardzetter8866]

You weren't at any of them.

[@jasonhass9845]

31:25 woo!

[@martinallsopp1657]

32:25

[@no-namecrown5510]

Group A v Group C .... Hmmm