1987 Australian Rally Championship

Table of Contents

Series Regulations
Events
Pointscores

This was the first year of the ARC with only PRC/Group A car eligible. It was arguably now a level playing field with no weird points being scored by lowly placegetters!

The year was expected to be dominated by 4WD cars, but Greg Carr surprised many by taking the championship in a rear-wheel drive Alfa GTV. His closest rival was Wayne Bell, arguably the fastest driver to never win the ARC. Bell took two wins to Carr’s one, but lost the title largely as a result of an off at the Queensland round where he scored no points. Across the six rounds here were five different round winners (Bell, Carr, Hill, Edie and Dunkerton) in four different cars (Subaru RX Turbo, Mazda 323, Toyota Corolla Levin and Alfa GTV) showing the success of the move to PRC.

Tom Snooks has provided the full story here.

To see other years of the Australian Rally Championship go to the ARC series page.

Series Regulations

Events were run under the National Rally Code. All rounds were special stage events timed to the second.

Vehicle eligibility was CAMS PRC – Production Rally Cars and FIA Group A – Touring Cars.

Points were awarded down to tenth: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1, all results to count.

Events

There were six rounds again, the same events as the previous year except for the renaming of the Tasmanian round:

APPM International Rally (Tas)
Forest Rally (WA)
Bega Valley Rally (NSW)
Keema Classic Rally (Qld)
Tile Supplies Rally (SA)
Alpine Rally (Vic)

Pointscores

Drivers Pointscores

Place	Driver	State	Tas	WA	Bega	Qld	SA	Alpine	Total
1	Greg Carr	ACT	10	15	12	20	12	15	84
2	Wayne Bell	NSW	20	12	15		20	8	75
3	Ed Ordynski	SA	12		10		15	10	47
4	Ian Hill	NSW	8			12		20	40
5	David Eadie	NSW	6		20				26
6	David Officer	Vic	15	8					23
7	Mark Tolcher	SA					10	12	22
8	Ross Dunkerton	WA		20					20
9	Jim Middleton	NSW	3		8			6	17
0	Graham Alexander	Vic	1	3		6	6		16
11	Murray Coote	Qld				15			15
12=	Rob Herridge	WA		10					10
12=	Adrian Taylor	Qld				10			10
14=	Geoff Keys	Qld				8			8
14=	Allan Mutton	SA					8		8
16	Mick Baldwin	NSW					4	3	7
17=	Tony Flood	WA		6					6
17=	Geoff Maguire	Vic			6				6
17=	Tom Cumpston	Qld				4		2	6
20=	Mark Taylor	NSW	4						4
20=	Frank Johnson	WA		4					4
20=	Jon Waterhouse	ACT			4				4
20=	Wayne Taylor	Vic			2		2		4
20=	Pat Barber	Vic						4	4
25=	Bruce Robertson	Vic	2					1	3
25=	Chris Judson	NSW			3				3
25=	Steve Winwood	SA					3		3
25=	Peter Johnson	Qld				3			3
29=	Jim Marden	WA		2					2
29=	Reg Carter	NSW				2			2
31	David Sherry	WA		1					1

Navigators Pointscores

Place	Co-Driver	State	Tas	WA	Bega	Qld	SA	Alpine	Total
1	Fred Gocentas	ACT		15	12	20	12	15	74
2	Dave Boddy	NSW		12	15		20	8	55
3	Phil Bonser	NSW	8			12		20	40
4	Kate Officer	Vic	15	8					23
5=	Greg Preece	SA	12		10				22
5=	David Tolcher	SA					10	12	22
7=	Peter Clark	NSW	20						20
7=	Mick Harker	ACT	10					10	20
7=	Steve McKimmie	WA		20					20
7=	Chris Shearer	NSW			20				20
11	Dale Payne	NSW	3		8			6	17
12	David Stewart	Vic	1	3		6	6		16
13=	Iain Stewart	Qld				15			15
13=	Jeremy Browne	SA					15		15
15=	Steve Vanderbyl	WA		10					10
15=	David Ambrose	Qld				10			10
17=	Robert Carter	Qld				8			8
17=	Brenton Thorndike	SA					8		8
19	S. Simmons	NSW					4	3	7
20=	Geoff Jones	NSW	6						6
20=	Martin Morris	WA		6					6
20=	Patrick Casey	Vic			6				6
23=	Coral Taylor	NSW	4						4
23=	Greg Flood	WA		4					4
23=	Ross Witty	ACT			4				4
23=	Mark Laidlay	Vic			2		2		4
23=	Dennis Baker	Vic						4	4
23=	Tom Garvey	Qld				4			4
29=	David Sinclair	NSW			3				3
29=	Rod Winfield	SA					3		3
29=	Tom Smith	Qld				3			3
32=	Ian Enders	Vic	2						2
32=	Ken Jaffey	WA		2					2
32=	Tony Best	Qld						2	2
32=	Bob Rees	NSW				2			2
36=	Robert Mattanbonj	WA		1					1
36=	Chris Robson	Vic						1	1