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 ; 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 MarchATCC Round 1Amaroo ParkSydney, New South WalesJohn BoweShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
12 MarchATCC Round 2Symmons Plains RacewayLaunceston, TasmaniaDick JohnsonShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
16 AprilATCC Round 3Lakeside International RacewayBrisbane, QueenslandDick JohnsonShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
30 AprilATCC Round 4Barbagallo RacewayPerth, Western AustraliaJohn BoweShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
7 MayATCC Round 5Mallala Motor Sport ParkMallala, South AustraliaDick JohnsonShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
21 MayATCC Round 6Sandown RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaDick JohnsonShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
4 JuneATCC Round 7Winton Motor RacewayBenalla, VictoriaGeorge FuryNissan Motorsport AustraliaNissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R
9 JulyATCC Round 8Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesPeter BrockMobil 1 RacingFord Sierra RS500
19 AugustPepsi 300Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesAndrew Miedecke
Andrew Bagnall
Miedecke MotorsportFord Sierra RS500report
10 September.05 - 500Sandown RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaJim Richards
Mark Skaife
Nissan Motorsport AustraliaNissan Skyline HR31 GTS-Rreport
1 OctoberTooheys 1000Mount Panorama CircuitBathurst, New South WalesDick Johnson
John Bowe
Shell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500report
4–5 NovemberYokohama Cup Group A RaceAdelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, South AustraliaTony LonghurstBenson & Hedges RacingFord Sierra RS500

Australian Touring Car Championship

Australian Manufacturers' Championship

Pepsi 300

Sandown 500

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.
DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1Race 2
Tony Longhurst25Benson & Hedges RacingFord Sierra RS50011
Colin Bond4Caltex CXT RacingFord Sierra RS50052
Dick Johnson17Shell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS50073
Jim Richards2Nissan Motorsport AustraliaNissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R44
Peter Brock05Mobil 1 RacingFord Sierra RS50025
Allan Grice40ICL RacingHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV86
George Fury3Nissan Motorsport AustraliaNissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R67
Win Percy16Holden Racing TeamHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV3DNF