1989 Australian Touring Car season

September 2021 1989 Australian Touring Car season 1988 1990 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. 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. DateSeriesCircuitCity / stateWinnerTeamCarReport 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 MiedeckeAndrew Bagnall Miedecke Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 report 10 September .05 - 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Jim RichardsMark Skaife Nissan Motorsport Australia Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R report 1 October Tooheys 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Dick JohnsonJohn 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 1989 Australian Touring Car Championship Australian Manufacturers' Championship 1989 Australian Manufacturers' Championship Pepsi 300 1989 Pepsi 300 Sandown 500 1989 .05 - 500 Tooheys 1000 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.The 1989 Yokohama Cup (Group A) R1 AdelaideThe 1989 Yokohama Cup (Group A) R2 Adelaide DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1Race 2 AUS Tony Longhurst 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Ford Sierra RS500 1 1 AUS Colin Bond 4 Caltex CXT Racing Ford Sierra RS500 5 2 AUS Dick Johnson 17 Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Ford Sierra RS500 7 3 NZL Jim Richards 2 Nissan Motorsport Australia Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 4 4 AUS Peter Brock 05 Mobil 1 Racing Ford Sierra RS500 2 5 AUS Allan Grice 40 ICL Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 8 6 AUS George Fury 3 Nissan Motorsport Australia Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 6 7 GBR Win Percy 16 Holden Racing Team Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 3 DNF References Linked articles contain additional references. Category:Australian Touring Car Championship Touring Cars