1989 Australian Touring Car season
# 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 (ATCC); 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.

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

### 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.

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