1989 Australian Touring Car season

The 1989 Australian Touring Car season was the 30th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

1989 Australian Touring Car season
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There were 12 touring car race meetings held during 1990; an eight-round series, the 1989 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); a support programme event at the 1989 Australian Grand Prix and three long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 1989 Australian touring car season consisted of 12 events.

Date Series Circuit City / State Winner Team Car Report
5 March ATCC Round 1 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales John Bowe Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Ford Sierra RS500
12 March ATCC Round 2 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania Dick Johnson Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Ford Sierra RS500
16 April ATCC Round 3 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Dick Johnson Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Ford Sierra RS500
30 April ATCC Round 4 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia John Bowe Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Ford Sierra RS500
7 May ATCC Round 5 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia Dick Johnson Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Ford Sierra RS500
21 May ATCC Round 6 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Dick Johnson Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Ford Sierra RS500
4 June ATCC Round 7 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria George Fury Nissan Motorsport Australia Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R
9 July ATCC Round 8 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Peter Brock Mobil 1 Racing Ford Sierra RS500
19 August Pepsi 300 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Andrew Miedecke
Andrew Bagnall		 Miedecke Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 report
10 September .05 - 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Jim Richards
Mark Skaife		 Nissan Motorsport Australia Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R report
1 October Tooheys 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Dick Johnson
John Bowe		 Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Ford Sierra RS500 report
4–5 November Yokohama Cup Group A Race Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Tony Longhurst Benson & Hedges Racing Ford Sierra RS500

Australian Touring Car Championship
Main article: 1989 Australian Touring Car Championship

Australian Manufacturers' Championship
Main article: 1989 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

Pepsi 300
Main article: 1989 Pepsi 300

Sandown 500
Main article: 1989 .05 - 500

Tooheys 1000
Main article: 1989 Tooheys 1000

Yokohama Cup Group A Races

This meeting was a support event of the 1989 Australian Grand Prix. This was the first time that the Group A cars ran two races at the Australian Grand Prix meeting, one on the Saturday afternoon and the second on the Sunday morning.[1][2]

Driver No. Team Car Race 1 Race 2
Tony Longhurst 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Ford Sierra RS500 1 1
Colin Bond 4 Caltex CXT Racing Ford Sierra RS500 5 2
Dick Johnson 17 Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Ford Sierra RS500 7 3
Jim Richards 2 Nissan Motorsport Australia Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 4 4
Peter Brock 05 Mobil 1 Racing Ford Sierra RS500 2 5
Allan Grice 40 ICL Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 8 6
George Fury 3 Nissan Motorsport Australia Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 6 7
Win Percy 16 Holden Racing Team Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 3 DNF

References
  1. The 1989 Yokohama Cup (Group A) R1 Adelaide
  2. The 1989 Yokohama Cup (Group A) R2 Adelaide

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