1989 Australian Touring Car season

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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

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### Race calendar

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The 1989 Australian touring car season consisted of 12 events.

Date  | Series  | Circuit  | City / state  | Winner  | Team  | Car  | Report

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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 Miedecke
Andrew Bagnall | Miedecke Motorsport | Ford Sierra RS500  | report
10 September  | .05 - 500 | Sandown Raceway  | Melbourne, Victoria  | Jim Richards
Mark Skaife | Nissan Motorsport Australia  | Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R  | report
1 October  | Tooheys 1000 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Dick Johnson
John 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

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Main article: 1989 Australian Touring Car Championship

### Australian Manufacturers' Championship

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Main article: 1989 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

### Pepsi 300

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Main article: 1989 Pepsi 300

### Sandown 500

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Main article: 1989 .05 - 500

### Tooheys 1000

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Main article: 1989 Tooheys 1000

### Yokohama Cup Group A Races

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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.[1][2]

Driver  | No.  | Team  | Car  | Race 1  | Race 2

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Tony Longhurst | 25  | Benson & Hedges Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | 1  | 1
Colin Bond | 4  | Caltex CXT Racing | Ford Sierra RS500  | 5  | 2
Dick Johnson | 17  | Shell Ultra-Hi Racing | Ford Sierra RS500  | 7  | 3
Jim Richards | 2  | Nissan Motorsport Australia | Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | 4  | 4
Peter Brock | 05  | Mobil 1 Racing | Ford Sierra RS500  | 2  | 5
Allan Grice | 40  | ICL Racing | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 8  | 6
George Fury | 3  | Nissan Motorsport Australia  | Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R  | 6  | 7
Win Percy | 16  | Holden Racing Team | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV  | 3  | DNF

## References

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1. ^ The 1989 Yokohama Cup (Group A) R1 Adelaide
2. ^ The 1989 Yokohama Cup (Group A) R2 Adelaide

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