1989 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 1989 Australian Drivers' Championship was a motor racing competition open to drivers of racing cars complying with CAMS Formula Holden regulations. The championship winner was awarded the 1989 CAMS Gold Star as the Australian Drivers' Champion. It was the 33rd running of the Australian Drivers' Championship and the first to feature Formula Holden class which had been developed during 1988, originally named Formula Australia. It began on May 7, 1989 at Mallala Motor Sport Park and ended on September 10 at Sandown Raceway after ten rounds.

Contents 1 Teams and drivers 2 Season review 3 Results and standings 3.1 Race calendar 3.2 Drivers Championship 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 1989 ADC. This series consisted of ten rounds held in three different states.

Team	Manufacturer	Chassis	No	Driver
R.J.Macarthur Onslow	Ralt	RT20	1	Rohan Onslow
Tony Blanche	Ralt	RT21	3	Tony Blanche
Competitive Edge	Ralt	RT20	4	Roger Martin
Clive Kane Photography	Ralt	RT21	5	Simon Kane
Elfin Sports Cars	Elfin	FA891	6	Mark McLaughlin
Boylan Racing	Ralt	RT20	7	Neil Crompton
Bap Romano	Spa	FB001	8	Bap Romano
Cascone Corporation	Spa	FB001	8 12	Sam Astuti
John Briggs	Ralt	RT21	9	John Briggs
Ray Cutchie	Ralt	RT4	11	Ray Cutchie
Brian Shead	Cheetah	Mk.9	13	Peter Glover
TAFE Team Motorsport	Shrike	NB89H	18	Arthur Abrahams Ian Richards
			20	Peter Doulman Mark Poole
David Mawer	Ralt	RT21	27	Elwyn Bickley John Smith
Brett Fisher	Liston	BF3	50	Brett Fisher
Chris Hocking	March	87B	74	Chris Hocking Rohan Onslow
John Hermann	Ralt	RT4	88	John Herrman

[edit] Season review

[edit] Results and standings

[edit] Race calendar

The 1989 ADC season consisted of ten rounds.

Rd.	Race Title	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner	Team
1	Mallala	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Adelaide, South Australia	7 May	Mark McLaughlin	Elfin Sports Cars
2					Rohan Onslow	R.J.Macarthur Onslow
3	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	4 June	Rohan Onslow	R.J.Macarthur Onslow
4					John Briggs	John Briggs
5	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	4 August	Rohan Onslow	R.J.Macarthur Onslow
6					Rohan Onslow	R.J.Macarthur Onslow
7	Amaroo	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	20 August	Neil Crompton	Boylan Racing
8					Simon Kane	Clive Kane Photography
9	Sandown	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	9 October	Sam Astuti	Cascone Corporation
10					Neil Crompton	Boylan Racing

[edit] Drivers Championship

Points were awarded 9-6-4-3-2-1 based on the top six race positions, a copy of the system then in use in Formula One.

Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Pts 1 Rohan Onslow 5th 1st 1st Ret 1st 1st Ret 6th 2nd 3rd 49 2 Mark McLaughlin 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd DNS 3rd 2nd 3rd Ret Ret 41 3 Neil Crompton 3rd 5th Ret 3rd 2nd 6th 1st DNS 3rd 1st 39 4 Sam Astuti Ret DNS 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 31 5 Simon Kane DNS DNS 4th 4th 7th 2nd 5th 1st Ret DNS 23 John Briggs 4th 6th 3rd 1st Ret 8th 4th 4th 23 7 Peter Glover 2nd 3rd 6th DNS 11 8 Chris Hocking 5th 5th 6th 5th 7th DNS 5th DNS 9 9 Peter Doulman 9th Ret 6th 4th 6th 5th 7 10 Mark Poole 3rd Ret 4 11 Bap Romano Ret 4th 3 John Smith 4th DNS 3 Tony Blanche Ret DNS Ret Ret 8th 7th 8th 5th DNS 6th 3 14 Ian Richards 5th Ret 8th Ret 2 15 Ray Cutchie 7th 8th 7th 6th 7th Ret 1 Brett Fisher 6th 9th Ret Ret 1 Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles