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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.

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
5 March	[ATCC](1989-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 1	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	John Bowe	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Ford Sierra RS500
12 March	[ATCC](1989-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 2	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	Dick Johnson	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Ford Sierra RS500
16 April	[ATCC](1989-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 3	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	Dick Johnson	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Ford Sierra RS500
30 April	[ATCC](1989-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 4	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	John Bowe	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Ford Sierra RS500
7 May	[ATCC](1989-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 5	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Dick Johnson	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Ford Sierra RS500
21 May	[ATCC](1989-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 6	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	Dick Johnson	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Ford Sierra RS500
4 June	[ATCC](1989-australian-touring-car-championship) Round 7	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	George Fury	Nissan Motorsport Australia	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R
9 July	[ATCC](1989-australian-touring-car-championship) 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](1989-pepsi-300)
10 September	.05 - 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	Jim Richards
Mark Skaife	Nissan Motorsport Australia	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	[report](1989-05-500)
1 October	Tooheys 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	Dick Johnson
John Bowe	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	[report](1989-tooheys-1000)
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.

Driver	No.	Team	Car	Race 1	Race 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.

References

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY29ChyCOa0 The 1989 Yokohama Cup (Group A) R1 Adelaide]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXwTMV7tmtM The 1989 Yokohama Cup (Group A) R2 Adelaide]

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