Layout of the Oran Park Raceway (1985–2010)

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.

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

Results were as follows:[1]

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

Statistics

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

See also

1989 Australian Touring Car season

References

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