1987 South Pacific Touring Car Championship R 1 - Adelaide GP

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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 airfreighting 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 duelling 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. http://touringcarracing.net/Races/198...
(William Dale Jr/www.ten-tenths.com)
All Credit Channel 9 Sport 1987
Commentators Murray Walker, Allan Moffat, Darrell Eastlake, Pat Lindsey, Mike Gibson & Ian Chapell
Additional footage Mark Jones & Tim May
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