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1989 Tooheys 1000

Motor race in Australia

Layout of the [[Mount Panorama Circuit

The 1989 Tooheys 1000 was the 30th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 1 October 1989 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, Australia. The race was held for cars eligible under International Group A touring car regulations with three engine capacity classes.

The race was won by the Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra of Dick Johnson and John Bowe. The pair lead almost the whole of the race and was only seriously threatened by the Allan Moffat run Sierra of German drivers Klaus Niedzwiedz and Frank Biela. Third and fourth places were awarded to the official factory Nissan team entries with the Nissan Skyline of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife finishing third.

The Tooheys Top Ten runoff for pole position was notable for Peter Brock discharging his Ford Sierra's engine bay Halon gas fire extinguisher which was angled across the intercooler substantially boosting the power of the engine in the crucial drive up the mountain straight. As this was not technically against the rules the scrutineers did not find any misconduct, but the Entrants Association levied a $5000 fine on Brock for a moral infringement of the rules.

Class structure

Cars competed in three classes defined by engine capacity.

Class 1

Class 1 (Over 2501cc) featured the turbocharged Ford Sierras, Nissan Skylines, Toyota Supras and Mitsubishi Starions, the V8 Holden Commodores and BMW 635CSis.

Class 2

Class 2 (1601 to 2500cc) comprised BMW M3s and a Nissan Gazelle.

Class 3

Class 3 (Up to 1600cc) was contested exclusively by various models of Toyota Corolla.

Tooheys Top Ten

The Tooheys Top Ten was contested on the Saturday by the fastest ten cars from Friday to determine the final positions for the first five rows on the grid. For the first time since the advent of the Top Ten in 1978, television broadcaster Channel 7 aired the runoff in a one-hour package on the Saturday afternoon rather than the half-hour package of previous years. The extra time meant that each lap was shown in full for the first time rather than just sections of the laps run.

Pos	No	Entrant	Driver	Car	TT10
05	Mobil 1 Racing	AUS Peter Brock	Ford Sierra RS500	2:15.80	2:16.60
17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	AUS Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	2:16.79	2:16.58
25	Benson & Hedges Racing	AUS Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra RS500	2:16.98	2:16.98
10	Allan Moffat Racing	FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS500	2:17.42	2:17.02
105	Mobil 1 Racing	AUS Brad Jones	Ford Sierra RS500	2:19.09	2:18.20
6	Miedecke Motorsport	AUS Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra RS500	2:19.88	2:18.14
2	Nissan Motorsport Australia	NZL Jim Richards	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	2:20.09	2:18.86
30	Peter Jackson Racing	AUS Glenn Seton	Ford Sierra RS500	2:20.52	2:19.06
20	Benson & Hedges Racing	AUS Alan Jones	Ford Sierra RS500	2:20.63	2:19.06
8	Miedecke Motorsport	NZL Andrew Bagnall	Ford Sierra RS500	DNF	2:19.10

Peter Brock's only ever pole position at Bathurst where he didn't drive a V8 powered Holden. It was his first Bathurst pole since 1983 (and the last he would set himself), and his first front row start since 1984. It was also his record 6th Bathurst pole having been fastest qualifier in 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1979 and 1983.
Andrew Bagnall crashed his Ford Sierra RS500 on top of The Mountain during the runoff and was allowed to start from 10th position, much like Dick Johnson who crashed his Ford XE Falcon in the runoff in 1983. Unlike Johnson in 1983 however, Bagnall's car was able to be repaired and did not need to be replaced.
1989 was the first time that a V8 Holden had not qualified for the Top Ten runoff. The fastest Holden was the #16 Holden Racing Team VL Commodore SS Group A SV of Larry Perkins and defending race winner Tomas Mezera in 11th with a 2:19.11 set by Perkins, missing out by only 0.01 seconds to Bagnall's Sierra.
1989 saw the only time between 1979 and 2003 that a car in which Larry Perkins was listed as a driver did not feature in the runoff (from 1982 until 1984, Perkins cars started on each front row, but it was his HDT team mate/boss Peter Brock who set each runoff time).
1989 saw the first and so far only time where every car in the Top Ten runoff was powered by a turbocharged engine, with nine Sierra RS500's and the lone factory Nissan Skyline of Jim Richards making up the 10 runners.

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual
Pos	Shootout
Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	NC	DNF	NC	NC	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	NC	NC	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS
1	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	AUS Dick Johnson
AUS John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	161	1	2
1	10	Allan Moffat Racing	FRG Klaus Niedzwiedz
FRG Frank Biela	Ford Sierra RS500	161	4	4
1	2	Nissan Motorsport Australia	NZL Jim Richards
AUS Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	160	7	7
1	3	Nissan Motorsport Australia	AUS George Fury
SWE Anders Olofsson	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	160	13
1	20	Benson & Hedges Racing	AUS Alan Jones
NZL Denny Hulme
AUS Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra RS500	158	8	9
1	16	Holden Racing Team	AUS Larry Perkins
AUS Tomas Mezera	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	158	11
1	7	Holden Racing Team	GBR Win Percy
AUS Neil Crompton	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	158	18
1	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	GBR Jeff Allam
GBR Robb Gravett	Ford Sierra RS500	158	12
1	105	Mobil 1 Racing	AUS Brad Jones
NZL Paul Radisich	Ford Sierra RS500	153	6	5
1	15	ICL Racing	AUS Allan Grice
NZL Peter Janson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	153	19
1	37	Brian Callaghan	AUS Brian Callaghan
AUS Barry Graham	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	152	22
1	55	Playscape Racing	AUS Kevin Waldock
AUS Bryan Thomson	Ford Sierra RS500	152	23
1	12	Lansvale Smash Repairs	AUS Steve Reed
AUS Trevor Ashby	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	151	29
1	22	Lusty Engineering	AUS Graham Lusty
AUS Alfredo Costanzo	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	146	24
1	34	Ray Gulson	AUS Ray Gulson
AUS Graham Gulson	BMW 635 CSi	143	39
2	52	M3 Motorsport	AUS Peter Doulman
AUS John Cotter	BMW M3	142	42
3	33	Toyota Team Australia	AUS Mike Dowson
AUS Neal Bates	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	141	48
1	44	Sutherland Mitsubishi	AUS Gary Scott
AUS Kevin Bartlett
AUS Terry Shiel	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	141	26
3	32	Toyota Team Australia	NZL John Faulkner
AUS Peter McKay	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	140	46
1	30	Peter Jackson Racing	AUS John Goss
AUS Glenn Seton
AUS Tony Noske	Ford Sierra RS500	140	9	8
1	60	Scotty Taylor	AUS Alan Taylor
AUS Roger Hurd	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	139	44
1	54	Clive Smith	AUS Clive Smith
AUS Paul Trevathan	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	137	47
3	78	Team Madison Racing	AUS Geoff Full
AUS Michael Adcock	Toyota Corolla	136	53
2	49	David Sala	AUS Ross Burbidge
AUS Steve Williams	Nissan Gazelle	134	50
1	38	Mulvihill Motorsport	AUS Tony Mulvihill
AUS Graham Moore
NZL Glenn McIntyre	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	133	37
1	4	Caltex CXT Racing Team	AUS Colin Bond
NZL Bruce Stewart	Ford Sierra RS500	131	16
1	48	Mistic Mould Destroyer	AUS Wayne Park
AUS John Giddings	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	130	27
1	28	Joseph Sommariva	AUS Joseph Sommariva
AUS Warren McKellar	BMW 635 CSi	118	45
1	45	Lester Smerdon	AUS Lester Smerdon
AUS Gary Hinton
AUS Marty Turpin	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	112	43
3	13	Bob Holden Motors	AUS Bob Holden
NZL Joe McAndrew
AUS Tim Hall	Toyota Corolla	108	54
1	69	Garry Willmington Performance	AUS Ray Lintott
EGY Reda Awadullah	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	106	51
3	51	Bob Holden Motors	AUS Dennis Rogers
AUS Marc Ducquet
AUS Richard Vorst	Toyota Corolla	103	56
2	50	Bryce Racing	NZL Brett Riley
FRG Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	101	28
2	57	Sax Racing	NZL Craig Turner
NZL Kent Baigent
NZL Lou Vandermeer	BMW M3	98	41
1	8	Miedecke Motorsport	NZL Andrew Bagnall
NZL Graeme Crosby	Ford Sierra RS500	97	10	10
1	35	Peter Jackson Racing	AUS Tony Noske
AUS Glenn Seton
FRA Alain Ferté	Ford Sierra RS500	92	17
1	24	Jagparts	AUS Gerald Kay
AUS Alf Grant	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	91	38
1	68	Garry Willmington Performance	AUS Garry Willmington
AUS Tom Watkinson	Toyota Supra Turbo	91	49
1	23	Chris Lambden	GBR Chris Lambden
AUS Greg Crick	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	90	25
2	56	Sax Racing	NZL Graham Lorimer
NZL John Sax	BMW M3	82	36
1	05	Mobil 1 Racing	AUS Peter Brock
GBR Andy Rouse	Ford Sierra RS500	81	2	1
1	41	Leeson Civil Engineering	AUS Bob Tindal
AUS Des Wall
AUS John Leeson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	79	55
1	43	Everlast Battery Service	AUS Bill O'Brien
AUS Brian Samspon	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	65	33
1	19	Caltex CXT Racing Team	AUS Ken Mathews
AUS Garry Rogers	Ford Sierra RS500	50	20
1	21	Bob Forbes Racing	AUS Mark Gibbs
AUS Rohan Onslow	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	44	21
1	46	Reithmuller Pentecost Racing	FRG Llyndon Reithmuller
AUS Ian Green	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	43	34
1	31	Toyota Team Australia	AUS John Smith
AUS Drew Price	Toyota Supra Turbo A	35	35
1	9	Allan Moffat Racing	AUS Gregg Hansford
BEL Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS500	30	14
1	96	Barbagallo Motorsport	NZL Tim Slako
AUS Damon Smith
AUS Geoff Leeds	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	28	30
1	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	AUS Tony Longhurst
NZL Neville Crichton	Ford Sierra RS500	27	3	3
1	27	Mark Petch Motorsport	NZL Robbie Francevic
ITA Gianfranco Brancatelli	Ford Sierra RS500	14	15
1	40	Terry Finnigan	AUS Terry Finnigan
AUS Geoff Leeds	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	14	31
1	14	Murray Carter	AUS Murray Carter
AUS John Mann	Ford Sierra RS500	10	32
1	42	Matt Wacker	AUS Matt Wacker
AUS Frank Porter
AUS Mike King	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	4	40
1	6	Miedecke Motorsport	AUS Andrew Miedecke
AUS Charlie O'Brien	Ford Sierra RS500	0	5	6
3	39	David Sala	AUS David Sala
AUS Richard Vorst	Toyota Corolla

Statistics

Provisional Pole Position – #17 Dick Johnson – 2:16.58
Pole Position – #05 Peter Brock – 2:15.80
Fastest Lap – #17 Dick Johnson – 2:19.12 – Lap 2
Average Speed – 154 km/h
Race time of winning car – 6:30:53.44

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120425054232/http://www.therealmountpanorama.com/bathursthistory/racesummaries/1989.php 1989 – Johnson Goes the Distance!, www.therealmountpanorama.com, as archived at web.archive.org]
The 1989 Toohey 1000 Entry List, Official Programme, Tooheys 1000, Mount Panorama – Bathurst, 1 October 1989, pages 64 & 65
What's different in the rules, Official Programme, Tooheys 1000, Mount Panorama – Bathurst, 1 October 1989, page 46
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8cPrqrJ_mM&t=2489s Tooheys Top Gun 1989, www.youtube.com]
The image of car #41 on page 192 of The Great Race 1989/90 shows it to be a Group A SV

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