The 1989 Pepsi 300 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars. The event was held at the Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 19 August 1989 over 115 laps of the 2.620 km (1.628 mi) circuit, a total distance of 301 km (187 mi). This was the 11th and last touring car endurance race held at Oran Park.

Layout of the Oran Park Raceway (1985–2010)

The race was won by Andrew Miedecke and Andrew Bagnall driving a Ford Sierra RS500. Second was the BMW M3 of Brett Riley and Ludwig Finauer, while veteran Murray Carter finished third in his Sierra.

1988 race winner Peter Brock qualified on pole in his Mobil 1 Racing Sierra, but was out of the race after only 13 laps with a suspected blown head gasket, though not before setting the fastest lap of the race. Formula Ford driver Mark Larkham was to be Brock's co-driver in the race.

Results edit

Results were as follows:[1]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
Qual
Time
1 A 6 Miedecke Motorsport   Andrew Miedecke
  Andrew Bagnall
Ford Sierra RS500 115 3 1:12.20
2 B 54 Bryce Racing   Brett Riley
  Ludwig Finauer
BMW M3 115 13 1:17.27
3 A 14 Murray Carter   Murray Carter Ford Sierra RS500 114 10 1:15.30
4 A 21 Bob Forbes Racing   Mark Gibbs
  Rohan Onslow
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 114 9 1:15.51
5 A 22 Lusty Engineering   Alfredo Costanzo
  Graham Lusty
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 114 11 1:16.28
6 A 34 Ray Gulson   Graham Gulson BMW 635 CSi 113 14 1:17.75
7 C 32 Toyota Team Australia   John Faulkner
  Peter McKay
Toyota Corolla 109 17 1:19.67
8 C 51 Bob Holden Motors   Dennis Rogers
  Mark Ducquet
Toyota Sprinter 107 21 1:24.04
9 C 78 Team Maddison   Geoff Full
  Michael Adcock
Toyota Corolla 101 19 1:22.71
10 A 36 Peter Hudson   Ian Carrig
  Ian Clark
  Peter Hudson
BMW 635 CSi 100 18 1:22.06
11 A 4 Caltex CXT Race Team   Colin Bond
  Domenic Beninca
Ford Sierra RS500 99 4 1:12.99
12 A 42 Matt Wacker   Matt Wacker
  Mike King
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 91 15 1:19.27
13 A 24 The Xerox Shop   Scotty Taylor
  Roger Hurd
Mitsubishi Starion 78 16 1:19.02
DNF A 52 M3 Motorsport   John Cotter
  Peter Doulman
BMW M3 108 12 1:18.05
DNF A 44 Sutherland Mitsubishi   Gary Scott
  Kevin Bartlett
Mitsubishi Starion 107 5 1:14.32
DNF A 19 Caltex CXT Race Team   Ken Mathews
  Bruce Stewart
Ford Sierra RS500 67 6 1:14.38
DNF A 37 Brian Callaghan   Brian Callaghan
  Barry Graham
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 25 7 1:14.99
DNF A 05 Mobil 1 Racing   Peter Brock
  Mark Larkham
Ford Sierra RS500 13 1 1:11.32
DNF C 13 Bob Holden Motors   Bob Holden
  Dennis Rogers
Ford Sierra RS500 10 20 1:22.72
DNF A 55 Playscape Racing   Kevin Waldock
  Bryan Thomson
Ford Sierra RS500 9 8 1:15.27
DNF A 40 Terry Finnigan   Terry Finnigan
  John English
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 10 22 1:25.02
DSQ A 25 Benson & Hedges Racing   Tony Longhurst
  Neville Crichton
Ford Sierra RS500 10 2 1:12.03

Statistics edit

  • Pole Position - 1:11.32 - #05 Peter Brock
  • Fastest Lap - 1:13.08 - #05 Peter Brock

See also edit

1989 Australian Touring Car season

References edit

  1. ^ Clarke, Andrew (1989–90). "Fortune Changer". Australian Motor Racing Year. 19. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing Group Pty Limited: 248–249 & 299. ISSN 0158-4138.