1989 Tooheys 1000 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1989 Tooheys 1000 was the 30th running of the Bathurst 1000

Bathurst 1000

The Bathurst 1000 is a touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia...

touring car

Touring car

A touring car, or tourer, is an open car seating five or more. Touring cars may have two or four doors. Often, the belt line is lowered in the front doors to give the car a more sportive character. They were often fitted with a folding roof and side curtains. Engines on early models were either in...

race. It was held on 1 October 1989 at the Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October...

just outside Bathurst

Bathurst, New South Wales

-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The race was held for cars eligible under International Group A

Group A

In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. In contrast to the short-lived Group B and Group C, the Group A referred to production-derived vehicles limited in terms of power, weight, allowed...

touring car regulations with three engine capacity classes.

The race was won by the Dick Johnson Racing

Dick Johnson Racing

Dick Johnson Racing is Australia's oldest operating motor racing team. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team has won seven Australian Touring Car Championship titles and has taken three victories in Australia's hallmark race, the Bathurst 1000...

Ford Sierra

The Ford Sierra is a large family car that was built by Ford Europe from 1982 until 1993. It was designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz and Patrick le Quément. The code used during development was "Project Toni"....

of Dick Johnson and John Bowe

John Bowe (racing driver)

John Bowe is an Australian racing driver, presently racing a 1969 Ford Mustang in the historic series, Touring Car Masters....

. The pair lead almost the whole of the race and was only seriously threatened by the Allan Moffat

Allan Moffat

Allan George Moffat, OBE is an Australian racing driver known for his four wins in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 1000...

run Sierra of German drivers Klaus Niedzwiedz

Klaus Niedzwiedz

Klaus Niedzwiedz is a former professional race driver and motoring journalist.- Driver :His greatest success came in the 1980s, as a driver for Ford....

and Frank Biela

Frank Biela

Frank Biela is an auto racing driver, mainly competing in touring cars and sportscar racing. He has raced exclusively in cars manufactured by the Audi marque since 1990....

. Third and fourth was an excellent team result for the official factory Nissan team

Gibson Motor Sport

Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team...

with Nissan Skyline

Nissan Skyline

The first Skyline was introduced in April 1957, by the Prince Motor Company, and was marketed as a luxury car. It featured a 1.5 L GA-30 engine producing 44 kW @ 4400 rpm. It used a de Dion tube rear suspension and was capable of 140 km/h . The car weighed around 1300 kg...

of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife

Mark Skaife

Mark Stephen Skaife OAM is an Australian motor racing driver. Skaife is a five time winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor the Australian Touring Car Championship. He is also a six-time winner of Australia's most prestigious domestic motor race, the Bathurst 1000...

finishing third.

Qualifying was notable for Peter Brock discharging his 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. Scrutineers did not find any misconduct, but the Entrants Association levied a $5000 fine on Brock.

Class A

For Group A

Group A

cars of over 2500cc engine capacity, it featured the turbocharged

Turbocharger

A turbocharger, or turbo , from the Greek "τύρβη" is a centrifugal compressor powered by a turbine that is driven by an engine's exhaust gases. Its benefit lies with the compressor increasing the mass of air entering the engine , thereby resulting in greater performance...

Ford Sierra

Ford Sierra RS Cosworth

The Ford Sierra RS Cosworth was a high-performance version of the Ford Sierra. It was the result of a Ford Motorsport project with the purpose of producing an outright winner for Group A racing in Europe.- Development :...

s, Nissan Skyline

Nissan Skyline

s, Toyota Supra

Toyota Supra

The Toyota Supra is a sports car/grand tourer that was produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. The styling of the Toyota Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was both longer and wider. Starting in mid-1986, the Supra became its own model and was no longer based on the Celica...

s and Mitsubishi Starion

Mitsubishi Starion

The Mitsubishi Starion is a two-door, turbocharged four-cylinder rear-wheel drive four-seat sports car that was in production from 1982 to 1989. It was also marketed in North America as the Conquest under the Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth names; both the Starion and Conquest came to an end in 1989...

s, the V8

V8 engine

A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower angle, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft....

Holden Commodore

The Holden Commodore is an automobile manufactured since 1978 by the Holden subsidiary of General Motors in Australia, and, formerly, in New Zealand. In the mid-1970s, Holden established proposals to replace the long-serving Kingswood nameplate with a smaller, Opel-based model...

s and BMW 635CSi

BMW E24

The BMW E24 series was the first BMW 6 Series coupé, produced by the German automaker BMW between the 1976 and 1989 model years. The 6 Series name reappeared with the BMW E63 chassis beginning in the 2004 model year. The E24 borrowed heavily from contemporary 5-series cars .- Model history :The...

Class B

For Group A

Group A

cars of 1601-2500cc engine capacity, it was composed of BMW M3

BMW M3

The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3 Series, developed by BMW's in-house motorsport division, BMW M. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46 and E90/E92/E93 3-series, and sold with coupé, sedan and convertible body styles...

s and a Nissan Gazelle

Nissan Silvia

The S12 was produced from 1984 to 1988, with revisions to the exterior trim in 1987 . It was sold in three configurations—a coupe , a hatchback, and a widebody chassis called grandprix .A number of different engines were equipped in the S12 chassis, depending on production year and more...

Class C

For Group A

Group A

cars of up to 1600cc engine capacity, it was composed exclusively of various models of Toyota Corolla

Toyota Corolla

The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million...

Tooheys Top 10

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	TT10	Qual
Pole	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock, AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other...	Ford Sierra RS500	2:15.80	2:16.60
2	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing is Australia's oldest operating motor racing team. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team has won seven Australian Touring Car Championship titles and has taken three victories in Australia's hallmark race, the Bathurst 1000...	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	2:16.79	2:16.58
3	25	Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Racing Tony Longhurst Racing is a former V8 Supercar team. The team, based on Queenslands Gold Coast at the Longhurst family owned Dreamworld adventure park, made its debut in Group A touring car racing in the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship at Melbourne's Calder Park Raceway and made its last...	Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst is an Australian former racing driver and Australian Champion water skier. He is most noted for his career in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar series....	Ford Sierra RS500	2:16.98	2:16.98
4	10	Allan Moffat Enterprises Allan Moffat Racing Allan Moffat Racing was one of a number of names used for the Australian-based motor racing team fronted by multiple-championship winning Canadian-Australian racing driver Allan Moffat...	Klaus Niedzwiedz Klaus Niedzwiedz Klaus Niedzwiedz is a former professional race driver and motoring journalist.- Driver :His greatest success came in the 1980s, as a driver for Ford....	Ford Sierra RS500	2:17.42	2:17.02
5	105	Mobil 1 Racing	Brad Jones	Ford Sierra RS500	2:19.09	2:18.20
6	6	Miedecke Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra RS500	2:19.88	2:18.14
7	2	Nissan Motorsport Australia Gibson Motor Sport Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team...	Jim Richards	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	2:20.09	2:18.86
8	30	Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Racing was a V8 Supercar racing team that competed in the V8 Supercar series in Australia.Glenn Seton formed his own team in 1989, using Ford Sierras. Seton had been a protege of the works Nissan team, and took the Peter Jackson cigarette sponsorship of that team with him. Former F1...	Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Glenn Seton is an Australian racing driver.Seton, father of Courtney and Aaron Seton and husband to Jayne Seton, retired from full time racing after the 2005 V8 Supercar season, and is only one of five drivers to have competed in over 200 rounds in the series. The other drivers are Dick Johnson ,...	Ford Sierra RS500	2:20.52	2:19.06
9	20	Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Racing Tony Longhurst Racing is a former V8 Supercar team. The team, based on Queenslands Gold Coast at the Longhurst family owned Dreamworld adventure park, made its debut in Group A touring car racing in the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship at Melbourne's Calder Park Raceway and made its last...	Alan Jones	Ford Sierra RS500	2:20.63	2:19.06
10	8	Miedecke Motorsport	Andrew Bagnall Andrew Bagnall Andrew Bagnall is a motor racing driver born in Wellington, New Zealand on 14 February 1947. He raced in Australian Touring Car Championship in the late 1980s, and in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship in 1990 and in some races of the 1997 and 1998 FIA GT Championship seasons...	Ford Sierra RS500	DNF	2:19.10

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	A	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing is Australia's oldest operating motor racing team. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team has won seven Australian Touring Car Championship titles and has taken three victories in Australia's hallmark race, the Bathurst 1000...	Dick Johnson John Bowe John Bowe (racing driver) John Bowe is an Australian racing driver, presently racing a 1969 Ford Mustang in the historic series, Touring Car Masters....	Ford Sierra RS500	161	1	2
2	A	10	Allan Moffat Enterprises Allan Moffat Racing Allan Moffat Racing was one of a number of names used for the Australian-based motor racing team fronted by multiple-championship winning Canadian-Australian racing driver Allan Moffat...	Klaus Niedzwiedz Klaus Niedzwiedz Klaus Niedzwiedz is a former professional race driver and motoring journalist.- Driver :His greatest success came in the 1980s, as a driver for Ford.... Frank Biela Frank Biela Frank Biela is an auto racing driver, mainly competing in touring cars and sportscar racing. He has raced exclusively in cars manufactured by the Audi marque since 1990....	Ford Sierra RS500	161	4	4
3	A	2	Nissan Motorsport Australia Gibson Motor Sport Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team...	Jim Richards Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Mark Stephen Skaife OAM is an Australian motor racing driver. Skaife is a five time winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor the Australian Touring Car Championship. He is also a six-time winner of Australia's most prestigious domestic motor race, the Bathurst 1000...	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	160	7	7
4	A	3	Nissan Motorsport Australia Gibson Motor Sport Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team...	George Fury George Fury George Fury is a retired Australian rally and racing car driver. For the majority of his career Fury was associated with Nissan, twice winning the Australian Rally Championship, and twice runner up in the Australian Touring Car Championship.-Rallying:Born in Hungary, Fury rose to prominence during... Anders Olofsson	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	160	13
5	A	20	Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Racing Tony Longhurst Racing is a former V8 Supercar team. The team, based on Queenslands Gold Coast at the Longhurst family owned Dreamworld adventure park, made its debut in Group A touring car racing in the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship at Melbourne's Calder Park Raceway and made its last...	Alan Jones Denny Hulme Denny Hulme Denis Clive "Denny" Hulme, OBE was a New Zealand racing driver, the 1967 Formula One World Champion for the Brabham team.... Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst is an Australian former racing driver and Australian Champion water skier. He is most noted for his career in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar series....	Ford Sierra RS500	158	8	9
6	A	16	Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team The Holden Racing Team is a Melbourne based motor racing team. HRT is the most successful V8 Supercar racing team in the history of the category, having won the drivers championship six times, and the series signature race the Bathurst 1000 seven times...	Larry Perkins Larry Perkins Larry Clifton Perkins is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.-Career:... Tomas Mezera Tomas Mezera Tomas Mezera, born November 5, 1958, in Czechoslovakia and now resides in Queensland, Australia. Mezera is best known as an Australian racing driver. Mezera's sporting career began as a downhill skier in his native Czechoslovakia, before he emigrated to Australia to be a ski instructor.-Formula...	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	158	11
7	A	7	Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team The Holden Racing Team is a Melbourne based motor racing team. HRT is the most successful V8 Supercar racing team in the history of the category, having won the drivers championship six times, and the series signature race the Bathurst 1000 seven times...	Win Percy Win Percy Winston "Win" Percy is a former motor racing driver from England. He competed in many classes of motorsport during his long career, but is perhaps most famous as one of the greats of touring car racing. Joe Saward of Autosport magazine once described him as being "often regarded as the World's... Neil Crompton Neil Crompton Neil Crompton is a well-known V8 Supercars presenter and commentator for Australia's Channel Seven, having previously worked in a similar role at Network Ten...	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	158	18
8	A	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing is Australia's oldest operating motor racing team. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team has won seven Australian Touring Car Championship titles and has taken three victories in Australia's hallmark race, the Bathurst 1000...	Jeff Allam Jeff Allam Jeff Allam , was a British racing driver who made his name in Saloon Car racing. He now works as a dealer principal for Allam Motor Services in Epsom and Dorking which are a Skoda, Alfa Romeo and Kia dealership.... Robb Gravett Robb Gravett Robb Gravett is a British retired racing driver and team owner, a winner of the 1987 Willhire 24 Hour, and the 1990 British Touring Car Championship winner with his own Trakstar team, in a Ford Sierra prepared by Australian magnate Dick Johnson...	Ford Sierra RS500	158	12
9	A	105	Mobil 1 Racing	Brad Jones Paul Radisich Paul Radisich Paul Radisich is a New Zealand racing driver of Croat origin. He has competed in saloon cars for many years - both European-style tourers and the V8 Supercars of Australia and New Zealand.-Early years:...	Ford Sierra RS500	153	6	5
10	A	15	I.C.L. Racing	Allan Grice Allan Grice Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second... Peter Janson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	153	19
11	A	37	Brain Callaghan	Brian Callaghan Barry Graham	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	152	22
12	A	55	Playscape Racing	Kevin Waldock Bryan Thomson	Ford Sierra RS500	152	23
13	A	12	Lansvale Smash Repairs Lansvale Racing Team Lansvale Racing Team, also known as Lansvale Smash Repairs Racing was an Australian motor racing team that competed in Australian touring car events in the 1980s and 1990s...	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	151	29
14	A	22	Lusty Engineering	Graham Lusty Alfredo Costanzo Alfredo Costanzo Alfredo Costanzo is a retired Australian racing driver.The Italian-Australian was Australia's foremost domestic open wheeler driver in the late 70s and early 80s, proving equally adapt at winning races in the powerful Formula 5000 class as much as the nimble Formula Pacific cars that replaced them...	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	146	24
15	A	34	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson Graham Gulson	BMW 635 CSi BMW E24 The BMW E24 series was the first BMW 6 Series coupé, produced by the German automaker BMW between the 1976 and 1989 model years. The 6 Series name reappeared with the BMW E63 chassis beginning in the 2004 model year. The E24 borrowed heavily from contemporary 5-series cars .- Model history :The...	143	39
16	B	52	M3 Motorsport	Peter Doulman John Cotter	BMW M3	142	42
17	C	33	Toyota Team Australia	Mike Dowson Neal Bates Neal Bates Neal Bates is an Australian rally and racing car driver. Throughout his career Bates has been associated with Toyota in the Australian Rally Championship and for 19 years his Neal Bates Motorsport outfit ran Toyota's official rally program in Australia...	Toyota Corolla FX-GT Toyota Corolla E90 The Corolla E90 was the sixth generation of cars sold by Toyota under the Corolla nameplate.The performance option of rear-wheel drive was dropped after 1986, with all Corollas front-wheel drive from 1987, with production beginning in May 1987. For general export, the trim levels are Base, XL, GL,...	141	48
18	A	44	Sutherland Mitsubishi	Gary Scott Kevin Bartlett Terry Shiel	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo Mitsubishi Starion The Mitsubishi Starion is a two-door, turbocharged four-cylinder rear-wheel drive four-seat sports car that was in production from 1982 to 1989. It was also marketed in North America as the Conquest under the Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth names; both the Starion and Conquest came to an end in 1989...	141	26
19	C	32	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner John Faulkner (racing driver) John Murray Faulkner, born 24 August 1952, in Palmerston North, New Zealand, is a retired racing driver. Faulkner spent the majority in sedan based classes, initial small touring cars, Ford Escorts and Capris initially before joining Toyota Team Australia's team of factory supported Toyota Corolla... Peter McKay	Toyota Corolla FX-GT Toyota Corolla E90 The Corolla E90 was the sixth generation of cars sold by Toyota under the Corolla nameplate.The performance option of rear-wheel drive was dropped after 1986, with all Corollas front-wheel drive from 1987, with production beginning in May 1987. For general export, the trim levels are Base, XL, GL,...	140	46
20	A	30	Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Racing was a V8 Supercar racing team that competed in the V8 Supercar series in Australia.Glenn Seton formed his own team in 1989, using Ford Sierras. Seton had been a protege of the works Nissan team, and took the Peter Jackson cigarette sponsorship of that team with him. Former F1...	Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Glenn Seton is an Australian racing driver.Seton, father of Courtney and Aaron Seton and husband to Jayne Seton, retired from full time racing after the 2005 V8 Supercar season, and is only one of five drivers to have competed in over 200 rounds in the series. The other drivers are Dick Johnson ,... Tony Noske Alain Ferté Alain Ferté Alain Ferté is a professional racing driver. He is the elder brother of Michel Ferté, who is also a professional racing driver.Alain Ferté competed five seasons in Formula 3000 1985-1989...	Ford Sierra RS500	140	9	8
21	A	60	Scotty Taylor	Alan Taylor Roger Hurd	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo Mitsubishi Starion The Mitsubishi Starion is a two-door, turbocharged four-cylinder rear-wheel drive four-seat sports car that was in production from 1982 to 1989. It was also marketed in North America as the Conquest under the Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth names; both the Starion and Conquest came to an end in 1989...	139	44
22	A	54	Clive Smith	Clive Smith Paul Trevathan	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	137	47
23	C	78	Team Madison Racing	Geoff Full Michael Adcock	Toyota Sprinter Toyota AE86 The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range...	136	53
24	B	49	David Sala	Ross Burbidge Steve Williams	Nissan Gazelle Nissan Gazelle The Nissan Gazelle was a compact 2 door coupe and three-door hatchback produced by Nissan, based on the Nissan S platform. It was produced for the Japanese and Australian markets only. The Gazelle is a sister car to the Nissan Silvia. It was produced so that Nissan's different dealership networks...	134	50
25	A	38	Mulvihill Motorsport	Tony Mulvihill Graham Moore Glenn McIntyre	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	133	37
26	A	4	Caltex CXT Racing Team	Colin Bond Colin Bond Colin John Bond is a retired Australian racing driver. Bond reached the highest levels in Australian motorsport in 1969 when he was recruited by Harry Firth to the newly formed Holden Dealer Team... Bruce Stewart	Ford Sierra RS500	131	16
27	A	48	Mistic Mould Destroyer	Wayne Park John Giddings	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	130	27
DNF	A	28	Joseph Sommariva	Joseph Sommariva Warren McKellar	BMW 635 CSi BMW E24 The BMW E24 series was the first BMW 6 Series coupé, produced by the German automaker BMW between the 1976 and 1989 model years. The 6 Series name reappeared with the BMW E63 chassis beginning in the 2004 model year. The E24 borrowed heavily from contemporary 5-series cars .- Model history :The...	118	45
DNF	A	45	Lester Smerdon	Lester Smerdon Gary Hinton Marty Turpin	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	112	43
DNF	C	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Bob Holden (racing driver) Robin John Holden born December 1, 1932, is an Australian racing driver. Holden raced small-engined touring cars throughout his career, racing Peugeots in the early 1960s, establishing a reputation for himself which saw him become a regular part of BMC Australias racing program for Minis which... Joe McAndrew Tim Hall	Toyota Sprinter Toyota AE86 The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range...	108	54
DNF	A	69	Garry Willmington Performance	Ray Lintott Reda Awadullah	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	106	51
DNF	C	51	Bob Holden Motors	Dennis Rogers Marc Ducquet Richard Vorst	Toyota Corolla	103	56
DNF	B	50	Bryce Racing	Brett Riley Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	101	28
DNF	B	57	Sax Racing	Craig Turner Kent Baigent Lou Vandermeer	BMW M3	98	41
DNF	A	8	Miedecke Motorsport	Andrew Bagnall Andrew Bagnall Andrew Bagnall is a motor racing driver born in Wellington, New Zealand on 14 February 1947. He raced in Australian Touring Car Championship in the late 1980s, and in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship in 1990 and in some races of the 1997 and 1998 FIA GT Championship seasons... Graeme Crosby Graeme Crosby Graeme Crosby is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from New Zealand. A supremely versatile rider, Crosby holds the distinction of having won the Daytona 200, the Imola 200, the Suzuka 8 Hours, and the Isle of Man TT....	Ford Sierra RS500	97	10	10
DNF	A	35	Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Racing was a V8 Supercar racing team that competed in the V8 Supercar series in Australia.Glenn Seton formed his own team in 1989, using Ford Sierras. Seton had been a protege of the works Nissan team, and took the Peter Jackson cigarette sponsorship of that team with him. Former F1...	Tony Noske Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Glenn Seton is an Australian racing driver.Seton, father of Courtney and Aaron Seton and husband to Jayne Seton, retired from full time racing after the 2005 V8 Supercar season, and is only one of five drivers to have competed in over 200 rounds in the series. The other drivers are Dick Johnson ,... Alain Ferté Alain Ferté Alain Ferté is a professional racing driver. He is the elder brother of Michel Ferté, who is also a professional racing driver.Alain Ferté competed five seasons in Formula 3000 1985-1989...	Ford Sierra RS500	92	17
DNF	A	24	Jagparts	Gerald Kay Alf Grant	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	91	38
DNF	A	68	Garry Willmington Performance	Garry Willmington Tom Watkinson	Toyota Supra Turbo	91	49
DNF	A	23	Chris Lambden	Chris Lambden Greg Crick	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	90	25
DNF	B	56	Sax Racing	Graham Lorimer John Sax	BMW M3	82	36
DNF	A	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock, AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other... Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Andrew "Andy" Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....	Ford Sierra RS500	81	2	1
DNF	A	41	Leeson Civil Engineering	Bob Tindal Des Wall John Leeson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	79	55
DNF	A	43	Everlast Battery Service	Bill O'Brien Brian Samspon	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	65	33
DNF	A	19	Caltex CXT Racing Team	Ken Mathews Garry Rogers	Ford Sierra RS500	50	20
DNF	A	21	Bob Forbes Motorsport	Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	44	21
DNF	A	46	Reithmuller Pentecost Racing	Llyndon Reithmuller Ian Green	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	43	34
DNF	A	31	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith Drew Price	Toyota Supra Turbo A	35	35
DNF	A	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises Allan Moffat Racing Allan Moffat Racing was one of a number of names used for the Australian-based motor racing team fronted by multiple-championship winning Canadian-Australian racing driver Allan Moffat...	Gregg Hansford Gregg Hansford Gregg Hansford was an Australian motorcycle and touring car racer.-Racing career:Hansford began racing motorcycles in Australia, winning the 1973 500cc Unlimited title, as well as competing in the New Zealand Marlboro Series in 1975/76 and 1977/78 on Team Kawasaki 750s. He also won one leg of the... Pierre Dieudonné Pierre Dieudonné Pierre Dieudonné is a Belgian auto racing driver.-Career:He spent a large part of his career competing in Touring car racing. He twice finished third in the European Touring Car Championship in 1977 and 1979. He won two consecutive Spa 24 Hours in 1974 and 1975 with a BMW 3.0 CSi...	Ford Sierra RS500	30	14
DNF	A	96	Barbagallo Motorsport	Tim Slako Don Smith Geoff Leeds	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	28	30
DNF	A	25	Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Racing Tony Longhurst Racing is a former V8 Supercar team. The team, based on Queenslands Gold Coast at the Longhurst family owned Dreamworld adventure park, made its debut in Group A touring car racing in the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship at Melbourne's Calder Park Raceway and made its last...	Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst is an Australian former racing driver and Australian Champion water skier. He is most noted for his career in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar series.... Neville Crichton	Ford Sierra RS500	27	3	3
DNF	A	27	Mark Petch Motorsport	Robbie Francevic Robbie Francevic Robert James Francevic, was a touring car racing driver in New Zealand and Australia in the 1970s and 1980s... Gianfranco Brancatelli Gianfranco Brancatelli Gianfranco Brancatelli is a former racing driver from Italy. His racing career began in 1973, in the Formula Abarth series. In 1975, he advanced to Italian Formula 3 racing...	Ford Sierra RS500	14	15
DNF	A	40	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Geoff Leeds	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	14	31
DNF	A	14	Murray Carter	Murray Carter Murray Carter Murray Carter is an Australian racing driver. For many years a stalwart of the Australian Touring Car Championship Carter has had one of the longest racing careers of any driver in Australian history, continuing to race into his late 70s.-Racing history:One of a generation of racing drivers that... John Mann	Ford Sierra RS500	10	32
DNF	A	42	Matt Wacker	Matt Wacker Frank Porter Mike King	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	4	40
DNF	A	6	Miedecke Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke Charlie O'Brien Charlie O'Brien (racing driver) This article is about the Australian racing driver. For other people, see Charles O'Brien.Charles Lindsay O'Brien is a former Australian race car driver. From 1976 to 2003, he held the record for being the youngest winner of an Australian Touring Car Championship round.-Career results:-References:...	Ford Sierra RS500	0	5	6
DNS	C	39	David Sala	David Sala Richard Vorst	Toyota Corolla

Statistics

Pole Position – #05 Peter Brock – 2:15.80
Fastest Lap – #17 Dick Johnson – 2:19.12
Average Speed – 154 km/h

External links

CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
www.touringcarracing.net
race results
Images from the 1989 Tooheys 1000 Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 28 April 2009

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