# List of 1987 motorsport champions

This list of 1987 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races.

## Dirt oval racing

| Series | Champion | Refer |
| World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series | Steve Kinser | |
| World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series | Teams: Karl Kinser Racing | |

## Drag racing

| Series | Champion | Refer |
| NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series | Top Fuel: Dick LaHaie | 1987 NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series |
| NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series | Funny Car: Kenny Bernstein | 1987 NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series |
| NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series | Pro Stock: Bob Glidden | 1987 NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series |
| NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series | Pro Stock Motorcycle: Dave Schultz | 1987 NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series |

## Karting

| Series | Driver |
| CIK-FIA Karting World Championship | FK: Giampiero Simoni |
| CIK-FIA Karting World Championship | FC: Alessandro Piccini |
| CIK-FIA Junior World Cup | Jan Magnussen |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | FK: Alex Zanardi |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | ICC: Paolo Pulliero |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | ICA: Michael Schumacher |
| World Superkart Championship | Eric Gassin |

## Motorcycle racing

| Series | Rider | Season article |
| 500cc World Championship | Wayne Gardner | 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
| 250cc World Championship | Anton Mang | 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
| 125cc World Championship | Fausto Gresini | 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
| 80cc World Championship | Jorge Martínez | 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
| Speedway World Championship | Hans Nielsen | 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship |
| AMA Superbike Championship | Wayne Rainey | |
| Australian Endurance Championship | Tony Armstrong | |

## Open wheel racing

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| FIA Formula One World Championship | Nelson Piquet | 1987 Formula One World Championship |
| FIA Formula One World Championship | Constructors: Williams-Honda | 1987 Formula One World Championship |
| FIA Formula One World Championship | Jim Clark Trophy: Jonathan Palmer | 1987 Formula One World Championship |
| CART PPG Indy Car World Series | Bobby Rahal | 1987 CART PPG Indy Car World Series |
| CART PPG Indy Car World Series | Manufacturers: Cosworth | 1987 CART PPG Indy Car World Series |
| CART PPG Indy Car World Series | Rookies: Fabrizio Barbazza | 1987 CART PPG Indy Car World Series |
| American Racing Series | Didier Theys | 1987 American Racing Series season |
| International Formula 3000 | Stefano Modena | 1987 International Formula 3000 season |
| All-Japan Formula 3000 Championship | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | 1987 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship |
| Australian Formula 2 Championship | Arthur Abrahams | 1987 Australian Formula 2 Championship |
| Barber Saab Pro Series | Ken Murillo | 1987 Barber Saab Pro Series |
| Formula Fiat | Jordi Gené | |
| Australian Drivers' Championship | David Brabham | 1987 Australian Drivers' Championship |
| Formula Atlantic East Coast | Calvin Fish | 1987 Formula Atlantic East Coast season |
| Formula Atlantic West Coast | Johnny O'Connell | 1987 Formula Atlantic West Coast season |
| Cup of Peace and Friendship | Toomas Napa | 1987 Cup of Peace and Friendship |
| Cup of Peace and Friendship | Nations: Soviet Union | 1987 Cup of Peace and Friendship |
| SCCA Formula Super Vee | Scott Atchison | 1987 SCCA Formula Super Vee season |
| Formula Three |||
| All-Japan Formula Three Championship | Ross Cheever | 1987 All-Japan Formula Three Championship |
| All-Japan Formula Three Championship | Teams: TOM'S | 1987 All-Japan Formula Three Championship |
| Austria Formula 3 Cup | Franz Binder | 1987 Austria Formula 3 Cup |
| British Formula Three Championship | Johnny Herbert | 1987 British Formula Three Championship |
| British Formula Three Championship | National: Gary Dunn | 1987 British Formula Three Championship |
| Chilean Formula Three Championship | Giuseppe Bacigalupo | 1987 Chilean Formula Three Championship |
| European Formula Three Championship | David Coyne | |
| Formula Three Sudamericana | Leonel Friedrich | 1987 Formula 3 Sudamericana |
| French Formula Three Championship | Jean Alesi | |
| German Formula Three Championship | Bernd Schneider | 1987 German Formula Three Championship |
| Italian Formula Three Championship | Enrico Bertaggia | 1987 Italian Formula Three Championship |
| Italian Formula Three Championship | Teams: Forti Corse | 1987 Italian Formula Three Championship |
| Soviet Formula 3 Championship | Toomas Napa | 1987 Soviet Formula 3 Championship |
| Swiss Formula Three Championship | Jakob Bordoli | 1987 Swiss Formula Three Championship |
| Formula Renault |||
| French Formula Renault Championship | Claude Degremont | 1987 French Formula Renault Championship |
| Formula Renault Argentina | Daniel Neviani | 1987 Formula Renault Argentina |
| Formula Ford |||
| Australian Formula Ford Championship | Peter Verheyen | 1987 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series |
| Belgian Formula Ford Championship | Patrick Dewulf | |
| Benelux Formula Ford 1600 Championship | Patrick Dewulf | |
| Brazilian Formula Ford Championship | Gil de Ferran | |
| British Formula Ford Championship | Eddie Irvine | 1987 British Formula Ford Championship |
| British Formula Ford 2000 Championship | JJ Lehto | |
| Danish Formula Ford Championship | Svend Hansen | |
| Dutch Formula Ford 1600 Championship | Piet Bouwmeister | 1987 Dutch Formula Ford 1600 Championship |
| EFDA Formula Ford 2000 Championship | JJ Lehto | |
| European Formula Ford Championship | Svend Hansen | 1987 European Formula Ford Championship |
| Finnish Formula Ford Championship | Mika Häkkinen | |
| German Formula Ford Championship | Ellen Lohr | 1987 German Formula Ford Championship |
| Formula Ford 1600 BRDC | Eddie Irvine | |
| Formula Ford Sweden Junior | Mika Häkkinen | |
| Formula Ford 1600 Nordic Championship | Mika Häkkinen | |
| New Zealand Formula Ford Championship | Shane Higgins | 1986–87 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship |
| Spanish Formula Ford Championship | Antonio Albacete | |
| Swedish Formula Ford Championship | Michael Johansson | |

## Rallying

| Series | Driver/Co-Driver | Season article |
| World Rally Championship | Juha Kankkunen | 1987 World Rally Championship |
| World Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Juha Piironen | 1987 World Rally Championship |
| World Rally Championship | Manufacturer: Lancia | 1987 World Rally Championship |
| FIA Cup for Production Cars | Alex Fiorio Luigi Pirollo | 1987 World Rally Championship |
| African Rally Championship | Alain Ambrosino | 1987 African Rally Championship |
| Australian Rally Championship | Greg Carr | 1987 Australian Rally Championship |
| Australian Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Fred Gocentas | 1987 Australian Rally Championship |
| British Rally Championship | Jimmy McRae | 1987 British Rally Championship |
| British Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Ian Grindrod | 1987 British Rally Championship |
| Canadian Rally Championship | Alain Bergeron | 1987 Canadian Rally Championship |
| Canadian Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Martin Headland | 1987 Canadian Rally Championship |
| Deutsche Rallye Meisterschaft | Armin Schwarz | |
| Estonian Rally Championship | Toomas Seger | 1987 Estonian Rally Championship |
| Estonian Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Tiit Paju | 1987 Estonian Rally Championship |
| European Rally Championship | Dario Cerrato | 1987 European Rally Championship |
| European Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Giuseppe Cerri | 1987 European Rally Championship |
| Finnish Rally Championship | Group A: Mikael Sundström | 1987 Finnish Rally Championship |
| Finnish Rally Championship | Group 2: Sakari Vierimaa | 1987 Finnish Rally Championship |
| Finnish Rally Championship | Group B: Petteri Lindström | 1987 Finnish Rally Championship |
| French Rally Championship | Didier Auriol | |
| Hungarian Rally Championship | László Ranga | |
| Hungarian Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Mihály Dudás | |
| Italian Rally Championship | Group B: Michele Rayneri | |
| Italian Rally Championship | Group B Co-Drivers: Carlo Cassina | |
| Italian Rally Championship | Group B Manufacturers: Lancia | |
| Italian Rally Championship | Group A: Fabrizio Tabaton | |
| Italian Rally Championship | Group A Co-Drivers: Luciano Tedeschini | |
| Italian Rally Championship | Group A Manufacturers: Lancia | |
| Middle East Rally Championship | Mohammed Ben Sulayem | |
| New Zealand Rally Championship | Tony Teesdale | 1987 New Zealand Rally Championship |
| New Zealand Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Greg Horne | 1987 New Zealand Rally Championship |
| Polish Rally Championship | Marian Bublewicz | |
| Romanian Rally Championship | Ludovic Balint | |
| Scottish Rally Championship | Murray Grierson | |
| Scottish Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Roger Anderson | |
| South African National Rally Championship | Geoff Mortimer | |
| South African National Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Franz Boshoff | |
| South African National Rally Championship | Manufacturers: Nissan | |
| Spanish Rally Championship | Carlos Sainz | |
| Spanish Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Antonio Boto | |

### Rallycross

| Series | Driver |
| FIA European Rallycross Championship | Div 1: Per-Ove Davidsson |
| FIA European Rallycross Championship | Div 2: Seppo Niittymäki |
| British Rallycross Championship | Mark Rennison |

## Sports car and GT

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| World Sportscar Championship | C1: Raul Boesel | 1987 World Sportscar Championship season |
| World Sportscar Championship | C1 Teams: Silk Cut Jaguar | 1987 World Sportscar Championship season |
| World Sportscar Championship | C2: Gordon Spice C2: Fermín Vélez | 1987 World Sportscar Championship season |
| World Sportscar Championship | C2 Teams: Spice Engineering | 1987 World Sportscar Championship season |
| All Japan Sports Prototype Championship | Kenny Acheson Kunimitsu Takahashi | 1987 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship |
| All Japan Sports Prototype Championship | Manufacturers: Porsche | 1987 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship |
| IMSA GT Championship | GTP: Chip Robinson | 1987 IMSA GT Championship season |
| IMSA GT Championship | Lights: Jim Downing | 1987 IMSA GT Championship season |
| IMSA GT Championship | GTO: Chris Cord | 1987 IMSA GT Championship season |
| IMSA GT Championship | GTU: Tommy Kendall | 1987 IMSA GT Championship season |
| ADAC Supercup | Hans-Joachim Stuck | 1987 ADAC Supercup |
| ADAC Supercup | Teams: Porsche AG | 1987 ADAC Supercup |
| Australian Sports Car Championship | Andy Roberts | 1987 Australian Sports Car Championship |
| Porsche Supercup, Porsche Carrera Cup, GT3 Cup Challenge and Porsche Sprint Challenge |||
| Porsche Carrera Cup France | René Metge | 1987 Porsche Carrera Cup France |
| Porsche 944 Turbo Cup | Roland Asch | 1987 Porsche 944 Turbo Cup |
| Porsche 944 Turbo Cup | Teams: Max Moritz Racing Team | 1987 Porsche 944 Turbo Cup |

## Stock car

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Dale Earnhardt | 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series |
| NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Manufacturers: Chevrolet | 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series |
| NASCAR Busch Grand National Series | Larry Pearson | 1987 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series |
| NASCAR Busch Grand National Series | Manufacturers: Chevrolet | 1987 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series |
| NASCAR Busch North Series | Joey Kourafas | 1987 NASCAR Busch North Series |
| NASCAR Winston West Series | Chad Little | 1987 NASCAR Winston West Series |
| ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series | Bill Venturini | 1987 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series |
| International Race of Champions | Geoffrey Bodine | IROC XI |
| Turismo Carretera | Oscar Castellano | 1987 Turismo Carretera |

## Touring car

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| World Touring Car Championship | Roberto Ravaglia | 1987 World Touring Car Championship season |
| European Touring Car Championship | Winni Vogt | 1987 European Touring Car Championship |
| Australian Touring Car Championship | Jim Richards | 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship |
| Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship | Mark Skaife | 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship |
| British Touring Car Championship | Chris Hodgetts | 1987 British Touring Car Championship |
| Campeonato Brasileiro de Marcas e Pilotos | Clemente Faria Vinicius Pimentel | 1987 Campeonato Brasileiro de Marcas e Pilotos |
| Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | Eric van de Poele | 1987 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft |
| Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo | Massimo Sigala | 1987 Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo |
| Finnish Touring Car Championship | Leif Wiik | |
| French Touring Car Championship | Érik Comas | |
| Italian Touring Car Championship | Michele di Gioia | |
| Japanese Touring Car Championship | Naoki Nagasaka | 1987 Japanese Touring Car Championship |
| Japanese Touring Car Championship | JTC-2: Haruto Yanagida | 1987 Japanese Touring Car Championship |
| Japanese Touring Car Championship | JTC-3: Osamu Nakako | 1987 Japanese Touring Car Championship |
| New Zealand Touring Car Championship | Glenn McIntyre | 1987 New Zealand Touring Car Championship |
| Stock Car Brasil | Zeca Giaffone | 1987 Stock Car Brasil season |
| TC2000 Championship | Silvio Oltra | 1987 TC2000 Championship |

## Truck racing

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| European Truck Racing Championship | Class A: Rod Chapman | 1987 European Truck Racing Championship |
| European Truck Racing Championship | Class B: George Allen | 1987 European Truck Racing Championship |
| European Truck Racing Championship | Class C: Slim Borgudd | 1987 European Truck Racing Championship |