Nuremberg 200 mile race in 1987

The Norisring

The 200-mile race in Nuremberg in 1987 , also 200 miles from Nuremberg, World Sports Car Championship (ADAC Norisring Trophy & Bilstein Cup), Norisring , took place on June 28 at the Norisring and was the sixth round of the World Sports Car Championship this year.

The race

In 1987 , a race for the World Sports Car Championship also took place on a racetrack on which the German racing championship was usually held , the Norisring . Due to the short distance - the Norisring is only 2.3 kilometers long - the race was carried out in two rounds. The respective teammate had to contest the second run.

Mauro Baldi won the first run ahead of Hans-Joachim Stuck and Frank Jelinski . In the second, Raul Boesel won ahead of Jonathan Palmer and Jochen Mass , which resulted in an overall victory for Baldi and Palmer in the Porsche 962C .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	C1	15th	Liqui Moly Equipe	Mauro Baldi Jonathan Palmer	Porsche 962C GTi	154
2	C1	3	Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Jochen Mass	Porsche 962C	151
3	C1	8th	Joest Racing	Louis Krages Stanley Dickens	Porsche 962C	150
4th	C1	4th	Silk Cut Jaguar	Eddie Cheever Raul Boesel	Jaguar XJR-8	147
5	C1	72	Primagaz Compétition	Jürgen Lässig Pierre Yver	Porsche 962C	146
6th	C2	111	Spice engineering	Fermín Vélez Gordon Spice	Spice SE86C	145
7th	C2	102	Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse	Ray Mallock David Leslie	Ecosse C286	144
8th	C2	112	Spice engineering	Ray Bellm Nick Adams	Spice SE87C	143
9	C2	106	Kelmar Racing	Maurizio Gellini Ranieri Randaccio	Tiga GC85 / 2	140
10	C1	1	Brun Motorsport	Walter Brun Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C	139
11	C2	114	Tiga Ford DK	Thorkild Thyrring John Sheldon	Tiga GC287	128
12	C2	117	Schanche Racing	Will Hoy Martin Schanche	Arga JM19B	125
Not classified
13	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Volker Weidler Kris Nissen	Porsche 962C	136
Disqualified
14th	C1	9	Blaupunkt Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 962C	123
15th	C1	14th	Mussato Action Car	Bruno Giacomelli Franz Konrad	Lancia LC2-87	26th
16	C2	103	John Bartlett Racing	Rob Wilson John Bartlett	Bardon DB1 / 2	1
17th	C2	121	GP motorsport	Costas Los Dudley Wood	Tiga GC287	1
Failed
18th	C1	17th	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Porsche 962C	138
19th	C2	101	Swiftair Ecurie Ecosse	Win Percy Mike Wilds	Ecosse C286	102
20th	C1	7th	Blaupunkt Joest Racing	Bob Wollek Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 962C	76
21st	C1	31	Victor-Duration Racing	Jochen duration Johnny Dumfries	Porsche 962C	75
22nd	C2	104	URD junior team	Rudi seer Helmutt Mundas	URD C81 / 2	69
23	C1	2	Brun Motorsport	Jochen Mass Oscar Larrauri	Porsche 962C	47
24	C1	5	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers John Watson	Jaguar XJR-8	42
25th	C1	61	Formula racing club	Mike Thackwell Manuel Reuter	Clean C9	40
26th	C1	34	Walter Lechner Racing	Ernst Franzmaier Walter Lechner	Porsche 962C	29
27	C2	119	Karl-Heinz Becker	Karl-Heinz Becker Volker Cordlandwehr	Lola T600	13
Not qualified
28	C2	200	Dahm Cars Racing	Olaf Manthey Dieter Heinzelmann	Argo JM19	1
29	C1	63	Formula racing club	Mike Thackwell Manuel Reuter	Clean C9	2

¹ not qualified ² training cars

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
30th	C1	4T	Silk Cut Jaguar		Jaguar XJR-8
31	C1	17T	Porsche AG		Porsche 962C
32	C1	13	Primagaz Compétition	Joël Gouhier Hervé Regout	Cougar C20
33	C2	123	Charles Ivy Racing	Mark Newby	Tiga GC287
34	C2	181	Dune Motorsport	Duncan Bain Neil Crang	Tiga GC287
35	C2	198	Roy Baker Racing	Val Musetti	Tiga GC286

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
C1	Mauro Baldi	Jonathan Palmer	Porsche 962C GTi	Overall victory
C2	Fermín Vélez	Gordon Spice	Spice SE86C	Rank 6

Racing data

• Registered: 35
• Started: 27
• Valued: 12
• Race classes: 2
• Spectators: 80,000
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 2,300 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2: 09: 39.950 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 154
• Total distance of the winning team: 354.200 km
• Winner's average: 163.898 km / h
• Pole position: Hans-Joachim Stuck - Porsche 962C (# 17) - 47,020 - 175.908 km / h
• Fastest race lap: unknown
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 1987 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
• Thomas Nehlert: Group C. The sports car races 1982–1992. Petrolpics, Bonn 2011, ISBN 3-940306-14-2 .

Web links

• Race results at wspr

Previous race 24 Hours of Le Mans 1987

Sports car world championship

Successor 1000 km race at Brands Hatch 1987