1989 Tooheys 1000

1989 Tooheys 1000
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The 1989 Tooheys 1000 was the 30th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 1 October 1989 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, Australia. The race was held for cars eligible under International Group A touring car regulations with three engine capacity classes.

The race was won by the Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra of Dick Johnson and John Bowe. The pair lead almost the whole of the race and was only seriously threatened by the Allan Moffat run Sierra of German drivers Klaus Niedzwiedz and Frank Biela. Third and fourth was an excellent team result for the official factory Nissan team with Nissan Skyline of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife 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.^[1]

1 Class structure
2 Tooheys Top 10
3 Official results
4 Statistics
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Class structure

Class A

For Group A cars of over 2500cc engine capacity, it featured the turbocharged Ford Sierras, Nissan Skylines, Toyota Supras and Mitsubishi Starions, the V8 Holden Commodores and BMW 635CSis.

Class B

For Group A cars of 1601-2500cc engine capacity, it was composed of BMW M3s and a Nissan Gazelle.

Class C

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

Tooheys Top 10

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	TT10	Qual
Pole	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	Ford Sierra RS500	2:15.80	2:16.60
2	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	2:16.79	2:16.58
3	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra RS500	2:16.98	2:16.98
4	10	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Klaus Niedzwiedz	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	Jim Richards	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	2:20.09	2:18.86
8	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford Sierra RS500	2:20.52	2:19.06
9	20	Benson & Hedges Racing	Alan Jones	Ford Sierra RS500	2:20.63	2:19.06
10	8	Miedecke Motorsport	Andrew Bagnall	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 John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	161	1	2
2	A	10	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Klaus Niedzwiedz Frank Biela	Ford Sierra RS500	161	4	4
3	A	2	Nissan Motorsport Australia	Jim Richards Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	160	7	7
4	A	3	Nissan Motorsport Australia	George Fury Anders Olofsson	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	160	13
5	A	20	Benson & Hedges Racing	Alan Jones Denny Hulme Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra RS500	158	8	9
6	A	16	Holden Racing Team	Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	158	11
7	A	7	Holden Racing Team	Win Percy Neil Crompton	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	158	18
8	A	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Jeff Allam Robb Gravett	Ford Sierra RS500	158	12
9	A	105	Mobil 1 Racing	Brad Jones Paul Radisich	Ford Sierra RS500	153	6	5
10	A	15	I.C.L. Racing	Allan Grice 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	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	151	29
14	A	22	Lusty Engineering	Graham Lusty Alfredo Costanzo	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	146	24
15	A	34	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson Graham Gulson	BMW 635 CSi	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	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	141	48
18	A	44	Sutherland Mitsubishi	Gary Scott Kevin Bartlett Terry Shiel	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	141	26
19	C	32	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner Peter McKay	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	140	46
20	A	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton Tony Noske Alain Ferté	Ford Sierra RS500	140	9	8
21	A	60	Scotty Taylor	Alan Taylor Roger Hurd	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	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	136	53
24	B	49	David Sala	Ross Burbidge Steve Williams	Nissan Gazelle	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 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	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 Joe McAndrew Tim Hall	Toyota Sprinter	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 Graeme Crosby	Ford Sierra RS500	97	10	10
DNF	A	35	Peter Jackson Racing	Tony Noske Glenn Seton Alain Ferté	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 Andy Rouse	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	Gregg Hansford Pierre Dieudonné	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 Neville Crichton	Ford Sierra RS500	27	3	3
DNF	A	27	Mark Petch Motorsport	Robbie Francevic Gianfranco Brancatelli	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 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	Ford Sierra RS500	0	5	6
DNS	C	39	David Sala	David Sala Richard Vorst	Toyota Corolla