The 1989 Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship was the 30th running of the Australian Touring Car Championship. It began on March 5, 1989 at Amaroo Park and ended on July 9 at Oran Park Raceway after eight rounds.
[edit] Teams and drivers
The following drivers and teams competed in the 1989 Australian Touring Car Championship Championship Series. The series consisted of eight rounds of with one race per round, at slightly under one hour long in duration.
[edit] Season Review
[edit] Results and Standings
[edit] Race Calendar
The 1989 Australian Touring Car Championship consisted of eight rounds.
[edit] Drivers Championship
Points were awarded 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 based on the top ten race positions. The pointscore system allowed a driver to drop his worst result.
Pos |
Driver |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Rd 7 |
Rd 8 |
Pts |
1 |
Dick Johnson |
4th |
1st |
1st |
3rd |
1st |
1st |
7th |
2nd |
107(111) |
2 |
John Bowe |
1st |
3rd |
3rd |
1st |
3rd |
3rd |
8th |
3rd |
94(97) |
3 |
Peter Brock |
Ret |
2nd |
4th |
4th |
Ret |
2nd |
2nd |
1st |
80 |
4 |
Jim Richards |
2nd |
6th |
6th |
7th |
2nd |
4th |
Ret |
7th |
57 |
5 |
Tony Longhurst |
6th |
Ret |
2nd |
2nd |
4th |
5th |
9th |
5th |
56.5 |
6 |
George Fury |
3rd |
10th |
7th |
9th |
6th |
|
1st |
8th |
46 |
7 |
Glenn Seton |
5th |
4th |
Ret |
|
|
Ret |
Ret |
4th |
28 |
8 |
Colin Bond |
11th |
5th |
9th |
5th |
Ret |
6th |
Ret |
12th |
23 |
9 |
Mark Skaife |
|
|
|
|
6th |
10th |
3rd |
10th |
22 |
10 |
Brad Jones |
8th |
Ret |
Ret |
6th |
Ret |
|
5th |
|
17 |
11 |
Allan Moffat |
7th |
Ret |
|
Ret |
5th |
7th |
|
6th |
14 |
12 |
Neville Crichton |
12th |
9th |
8th |
8th |
8th |
9th |
DNS |
Ret |
12.5 |
13 |
Andrew Miedecke |
9th |
8th |
Ret |
|
|
Ret |
6th |
Ret |
11 |
14 |
Allan Grice |
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|
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|
4th |
|
10 |
15 |
Gregg Hansford |
|
|
5th |
|
|
|
11th |
|
4 |
16 |
Andrew Bagnall |
Ret |
7th |
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
17 |
Chris Lambden |
22nd |
11th |
10th |
Ret |
9th |
15th |
Ret |
Ret |
3.5 |
18 |
Larry Perkins |
|
|
|
|
|
8th |
Ret |
|
3 |
19 |
Joe Sommariva |
DNQ |
15th |
14th |
|
10th |
Ret |
18th |
19th |
2 |
20 |
Robbie Francevic |
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|
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|
|
15th |
9th |
2 |
21 |
John Faulkner |
17th |
15th |
13th |
15th |
10th |
16th |
12th |
27th |
1 |
21 |
Garry Willmington |
13th |
|
15th |
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|
|
10th |
18th |
1 |
21 |
Tim Slako |
|
|
|
10th |
Ret |
14th |
|
|
1 |
21 |
Mark Gibbs |
10th |
|
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|
Ret |
1 |
Pos |
Driver |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Rd 7 |
Rd 8 |
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) |
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