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1989 Pepsi 300

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The 1989 Pepsi 300 was an endurance race for Group 3A 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 circuit, a total distance of 301 km. This was the 11th and last touring car endurance race held at Oran Park.

The race was won by Andrew Miedecke and Andrew Bagnall driving a Ford Sierra RS500. Second was the BMW M3 of Brett Riley and Ludwig Finauer, while veteran 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.

With Nissan missing the race for the first time since 1981, it meant that Brock's 1988 co-winner Jim Richards (also missing his first Oran Park enduro since 1981) didn't get to defend his title. Richards would end up having won the most of the Oran Park enduros, all in Group A, winning in 1985 in a BMW 635 CSi and in 1987 and 1988 in a BMW M3.

Results

Results were as follows:

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual
Pos	Qual
Time	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DSQ
A	6	Miedecke Motorsport	AUS Andrew Miedecke
NZL Andrew Bagnall	Ford Sierra RS500	115	3	1:12.20
B	54	Bryce Racing	NZL Brett Riley
FRG Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	115	13	1:17.27
A	14	Murray Carter	AUS Murray Carter	Ford Sierra RS500	114	10	1:15.30
A	21	Bob Forbes Racing	AUS Mark Gibbs
AUS Rohan Onslow	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	114	9	1:15.51
A	22	Lusty Engineering	AUS Alfredo Costanzo
AUS Graham Lusty	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	114	11	1:16.28
A	34	Ray Gulson	AUS Graham Gulson	BMW 635 CSi	113	14	1:17.75
C	32	Toyota Team Australia	NZL John Faulkner
AUS Peter McKay	Toyota Corolla	109	17	1:19.67
C	51	Bob Holden Motors	AUS Dennis Rogers
AUS Mark Ducquet	Toyota Sprinter	107	21	1:24.04
C	78	Team Maddison	AUS Geoff Full
AUS Michael Adcock	Toyota Corolla	101	19	1:22.71
A	36	Peter Hudson	AUS Ian Carrig
AUS Ian Clark
AUS Peter Hudson	BMW 635 CSi	100	18	1:22.06
A	4	Caltex CXT Race Team	AUS Colin Bond
AUS Domenic Beninca	Ford Sierra RS500	99	4	1:12.99
A	42	Matt Wacker	AUS Matt Wacker
AUS Mike King	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	91	15	1:19.27
A	24	The Xerox Shop	AUS Scotty Taylor
AUS Roger Hurd	Mitsubishi Starion	78	16	1:19.02
A	52	M3 Motorsport	AUS John Cotter
AUS Peter Doulman	BMW M3	108	12	1:18.05
A	44	Sutherland Mitsubishi	AUS Gary Scott
AUS Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion	107	5	1:14.32
A	19	Caltex CXT Race Team	AUS Ken Mathews
AUS Bruce Stewart	Ford Sierra RS500	67	6	1:14.38
A	37	Brian Callaghan	AUS Brian Callaghan
AUS Barry Graham	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	25	7	1:14.99
A	05	Mobil 1 Racing	AUS Peter Brock
AUS Mark Larkham	Ford Sierra RS500	13	1	1:11.32
C	13	Bob Holden Motors	AUS Bob Holden
AUS Dennis Rogers	Ford Sierra RS500	10	20	1:22.72
A	55	Playscape Racing	Australia Kevin Waldock
Australia Bryan Thomson	Ford Sierra RS500	9	8	1:15.27
A	40	Terry Finnigan	Australia Terry Finnigan
Australia John English	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	10	22	1:25.02
A	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Australia Tony Longhurst
New 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

References

Clarke, Andrew. (1989–90). "Fortune Changer". Chevron Publishing Group Pty Limited.

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