The 1987 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title contested over a single race for Australian Formula 2 racing cars. The race, billed as the "Australia Cup for the 1987 CAMS Gold Star", was staged at the Adelaide Street Circuit

Adelaide Street Circuit

The Adelaide Street Circuit is a temporary street circuit in the East Parklands adjacent to the central business district of the city of Adelaide in South Australia....

 in South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

 on Friday, 13 November 1987. This was the first year that the championship had been restricted to Australian Formula 2 cars and is the only year to date in which the title has been awarded on the results of a single race rather than a series of races.

David Brabham

David Brabham

David Brabham is an Australian racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing. He has won three international Sports Car series and is one of four Australians to have won the Le Mans 24 Hour sports car race, winning the event in...

 won the race after a remarkable drive from grid position 38 after poor qualifying caused by missing almost all of practice with carburettor and electrical problems.

While Brabham picked his way through the field the battle for the race saw Rohan Onslow and Mark McLaughlin take the lead after polesitter Arthur Abrahams

Arthur Abrahams

Arthur Abrahams was an Australian race car driver. He won the 1987 Australian Formula 2 Championship driving a Cheetah Mk8. He also competed in Formula Holden for three years, debuting in 1994 and leaving the category in 1996...

 was left on the grid with a failed ignition ballast restrictor. McLaughlin led for much of the race but his Elfin slowed near the end of the race and was swamped by Onslow then Brabham. With two laps remaining Brabham caught and past Onlow and pulled away for a 1.7 second victory.

Ian Richards and John Wise fought over fourth for much of the event but Wise slowed near the end of the race with Shane Flynn taking fifth ahead of Chris Hocking.

Classification

Results as follows.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps
1	8	David Brabham David Brabham David Brabham is an Australian racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing. He has won three international Sports Car series and is one of four Australians to have won the Le Mans 24 Hour sports car race, winning the event in...	Australian Motor Racing	Ralt Ralt RALT was a manufacturer of single-seater racing cars, founded by ex-Jack Brabham associate Ron Tauranac after he sold out his interest in Brabham to Bernie Ecclestone. Ron and his brother had built some specials in Australia in the 1950s under the RALT name...  RT30 Volkswagen	15
2	71	Rohan Onslow	Michael Borland	Cheetah Mk. 8 Volkswagen	15
3	9	Mark McLaughlin	Elfin Sports Cars Pty Ltd	Elfin 852 Volkswagen	15
4	22	Ian Richards	Ian Richards	Richards 201C Volkswagen	15
5	70	Shane Flynn	Avanti Spares	Kaditcha Kaditcha Kaditcha was an automobile manufacturer in Australia. The company, formed by Queensland engineer Barry Lock, made open wheel and sports car racing cars, including cars for Formula 5000 and Australian Formula 2...  Volkswagen	15
6	74	Chris Hocking	Chris Hocking	Cheetah Mk. 6 Volkswagen	15
7	12	Sam Astuti	Salvatore Astuti	Cheetah Mk. 6 Ford Ford Kent engine The Ford Kent is an internal combustion engine from Ford of Europe. Originally developed in 1959 for the Ford Anglia, it is an in-line four-cylinder engine with a cast-iron cylinder head and block.-Pre-Crossflow:...	15
8	44	Neil Israel	Magnum Racing Australia	Magnum 863 Volkswagen	15
9	29	Wayne Walker	Wayne Walker	Chevron B42 Ford Ford Kent engine The Ford Kent is an internal combustion engine from Ford of Europe. Originally developed in 1959 for the Ford Anglia, it is an in-line four-cylinder engine with a cast-iron cylinder head and block.-Pre-Crossflow:...	15
10	27	Graeme Smith	Graeme Smith	Cheetah Mk. 8 Volkswagen	15
11	7	Vince McLaughlan	Kevin McLaughlan	Cheetah Mk. 8 Volkswagen	15
12	34	Carl Gibson	Carl Gibson	Elfin 792 Volkswagen	15
13	37	Richard Davison	Richard Davison	Cheetah Mk. 8 Volkswagen	15
14	78	Tony Rees	AG Rees	Ralt Ralt RALT was a manufacturer of single-seater racing cars, founded by ex-Jack Brabham associate Ron Tauranac after he sold out his interest in Brabham to Bernie Ecclestone. Ron and his brother had built some specials in Australia in the 1950s under the RALT name...  RT3 Volkswagen	15
15	32	John Wise	John Wise	Cheetah Mk. 7 Volkswagen	15
16	18	Rodney Moody	Rodney Moody	Cheetah Mk. 6 Toyota Toyota R engine The Toyota R family was a series of straight-4 gasoline engines. Designed for longitudinal use in such vehicles as the Celica and Hilux and in production from 1953 through 1995, use faded out as many of Toyota's mainstream models moved to front-wheel drive...	15
17	28	David Goode	David Goode	Elfin 630 Ford Ford Kent engine The Ford Kent is an internal combustion engine from Ford of Europe. Originally developed in 1959 for the Ford Anglia, it is an in-line four-cylinder engine with a cast-iron cylinder head and block.-Pre-Crossflow:...	15
18	2	Grahame Blee	Bill Slattery's Bus & Truck Sales	Cheetah Mk. 6GE Volkswagen	15
19	73	Adrian Martin	Adrian Martin	Ralt Ralt RALT was a manufacturer of single-seater racing cars, founded by ex-Jack Brabham associate Ron Tauranac after he sold out his interest in Brabham to Bernie Ecclestone. Ron and his brother had built some specials in Australia in the 1950s under the RALT name...  RT1 Ford Ford Kent engine The Ford Kent is an internal combustion engine from Ford of Europe. Originally developed in 1959 for the Ford Anglia, it is an in-line four-cylinder engine with a cast-iron cylinder head and block.-Pre-Crossflow:...	15
20	31	Wayne Ford	Wayne Ford	Ralt Ralt RALT was a manufacturer of single-seater racing cars, founded by ex-Jack Brabham associate Ron Tauranac after he sold out his interest in Brabham to Bernie Ecclestone. Ron and his brother had built some specials in Australia in the 1950s under the RALT name...  RT3 Ford Ford Kent engine The Ford Kent is an internal combustion engine from Ford of Europe. Originally developed in 1959 for the Ford Anglia, it is an in-line four-cylinder engine with a cast-iron cylinder head and block.-Pre-Crossflow:...	15
	26	Ron Barnacle	Ron Barnacle	Wren
	25	Rob Newman	Rob Newman	Cheetah Mk. 7 Toyota Toyota R engine The Toyota R family was a series of straight-4 gasoline engines. Designed for longitudinal use in such vehicles as the Celica and Hilux and in production from 1953 through 1995, use faded out as many of Toyota's mainstream models moved to front-wheel drive...
Ret	45	Mike Drewer	Mike Drewer	Cheetah Mk. 7 Toyota Toyota R engine The Toyota R family was a series of straight-4 gasoline engines. Designed for longitudinal use in such vehicles as the Celica and Hilux and in production from 1953 through 1995, use faded out as many of Toyota's mainstream models moved to front-wheel drive...	6
Ret	33	Mike Holmes	Mike Holmes	ME1 Volkswagen	3
Ret	46	Stephen Noble	John Silman	Richards 201 Volkswagen	3
Ret	14	Peter Beehag	Peter Beehag	PBS 852 Nissan	2
Ret	24	Tom Coull	Tom Coull	Elfin 620 Ford Ford Kent engine The Ford Kent is an internal combustion engine from Ford of Europe. Originally developed in 1959 for the Ford Anglia, it is an in-line four-cylinder engine with a cast-iron cylinder head and block.-Pre-Crossflow:...	1
Ret	1	Arthur Abrahams Arthur Abrahams Arthur Abrahams was an Australian race car driver. He won the 1987 Australian Formula 2 Championship driving a Cheetah Mk8. He also competed in Formula Holden for three years, debuting in 1994 and leaving the category in 1996...	Arthur Abrahams	Ransberg-Cheetah Volkswagen	0
DNS		Derek Pingel		Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
DNS		Michael Lock		Richards 201 Volkswagen

• Note: Given that there were thirty six cars on the grid, there are eight drivers not accounted for in the above table.