1989 Pepsi 300

Australian motor race May 2021 thumb|Layout of the Oran Park Raceway The 1989 Pepsi 300 was an endurance race for Group A touring cars. The event was held at the Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 19 August 1989 over 115 laps of the 2.620 km mi on circuit, a total distance of 301 km mi on. This was the 11th and last touring car endurance race held at Oran Park with the 1990 event cancelled due to teams not entering due to a lack of television coverage.Enduro Champ Doubt - Oran Park race cancelled? Auto Action issue 504 27 July 1990 page 1 The race was won by Andrew Miedecke and Andrew Bagnall driving a Miedecke Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500. Second was the BMW M3 of Brett Riley and Ludwig Finauer, while Murray Carter finished third in his Sierra. 1988 race co-winner Peter Brock qualified on pole in his Mobil 1 Racing Sierra, but was out of the race after only 13 laps with a suspected blown head gasket, though not before setting the fastest lap of the race. Formula Ford driver Mark Larkham was to be Brock's co-driver in the race. Results Results were as follows: Clarke Andrew 1989–90 Fortune Changer Australian Motor Racing Year 19 248, 249, 299 Chevron Publishing Group 0158-4138 Hornsby Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos QualTime 1 A 6 Miedecke Motorsport AUS Andrew MiedeckeNZL Andrew Bagnall Ford Sierra RS500 115 3 1:12.20 2 B 54 Bryce Racing NZL Brett Riley FRG Ludwig Finauer BMW M3 115 13 1:17.27 3 A 14 Murray Carter AUS Murray Carter Ford Sierra RS500 114 10 1:15.30 4 A 21 Bob Forbes Racing AUS Mark Gibbs AUS Rohan Onslow Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 114 9 1:15.51 5 A 22 Lusty Engineering AUS Alfredo Costanzo AUS Graham Lusty Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 114 11 1:16.28 6 A 34 Ray Gulson AUS Graham Gulson BMW 635 CSi 113 14 1:17.75 7 C 32 Toyota Team Australia NZL John FaulknerAUS Peter McKay Toyota Corolla 109 17 1:19.67 8 C 51 Bob Holden Motors AUS Dennis Rogers AUS Mark Ducquet Toyota Sprinter 107 21 1:24.04 9 C 78 Team Maddison AUS Geoff Full AUS Michael Adcock Toyota Corolla 101 19 1:22.71 10 A 36 Peter Hudson AUS Ian Carrig AUS Ian Clark AUS Peter Hudson BMW 635 CSi 100 18 1:22.06 11 A 4 Caltex CXT Race Team AUS Colin BondAUS Domenic Beninca Ford Sierra RS500 99 4 1:12.99 12 A 42 Matt Wacker AUS Matt WackerAUS Mike King Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 91 15 1:19.27 13 A 24 The Xerox Shop AUS Scotty TaylorAUS Roger Hurd Mitsubishi Starion 78 16 1:19.02 DNF A 52 M3 Motorsport AUS John CotterAUS Peter Doulman BMW M3 108 12 1:18.05 DNF A 44 Sutherland Mitsubishi AUS Gary Scott AUS Kevin Bartlett Mitsubishi Starion 107 5 1:14.32 DNF A 19 Caltex CXT Race Team AUS Ken MathewsAUS Bruce Stewart Ford Sierra RS500 67 6 1:14.38 DNF A 37 Brian Callaghan AUS Brian CallaghanAUS Barry Graham Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 25 7 1:14.99 DNF A 05 Mobil 1 Racing AUS Peter BrockAUS Mark Larkham Ford Sierra RS500 13 1 1:11.32 DNF C 13 Bob Holden Motors AUS Bob HoldenAUS Dennis Rogers Ford Sierra RS500 10 20 1:22.72 DNF A 55 Playscape Racing Australia Kevin WaldockAustralia Bryan Thomson Ford Sierra RS500 9 8 1:15.27 DNF A 40 Terry Finnigan Australia Terry FinniganAustralia John English Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 10 22 1:25.02 DSQ A 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Australia Tony LonghurstNew Zealand Neville Crichton Ford Sierra RS500 10 2 1:12.03 Statistics Pole Position - 1:11.32 - #05 Peter Brock Fastest Lap - 1:13.08 - #05 Peter Brock See also 1989 Australian Touring Car season References Pepsi 300