High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 James Hardie 1000 was the eighth round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship, the first round to be held in the southern hemisphere. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations. It was the 25th anniversary of the original touring car endurance race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in 1963. It was the 28th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island. It was held on October 4, 1987 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst.