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 places were awarded to the official factory Nissan team entries with the Nissan Skyline of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife finishing third.

The Tooheys Top Ten runoff for pole position was notable for Peter Brock discharging his Ford Sierra's 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. As this was not technically against the rules the scrutineers did not find any misconduct, but the Entrants Association levied a $5000 fine on Brock for a moral infringement of the rules.1989 – Johnson Goes the Distance!, www.therealmountpanorama.com, as archived at web.archive.org

Class structure Cars competed in three classesThe 1989 Toohey 1000 Entry List, Official Programme, Tooheys 1000, Mount Panorama – Bathurst, 1 October 1989, pages 64 & 65 defined by engine capacity.

Class 1 Class 1 (Over 2501cc) featured the turbocharged Ford Sierras, Nissan Skylines, Toyota Supras and Mitsubishi Starions, the V8 Holden Commodores and BMW 635CSis.

Class 2 Class 2 (1601 to 2500cc) comprised BMW M3s and a Nissan Gazelle.

Class 3 Class 3 (Up to 1600cc) was contested exclusively by various models of Toyota Corolla.

Tooheys Top Ten

The Tooheys Top Ten was contested on the Saturday by the fastest ten cars from Friday to determine the final positions for the first five rows on the grid.What's different in the rules, Official Programme, Tooheys 1000, Mount Panorama – Bathurst, 1 October 1989, page 46 For the first time since the advent of the Top Ten in 1978, television broadcaster Channel 7 aired the runoff in a one-hour package on the Saturday afternoon rather than the half-hour package of previous years. The extra time meant that each lap was shown in full for the first time rather than just sections of the laps run.Tooheys Top Gun 1989, www.youtube.com Pos No Entrant 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 Racing 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 * Peter Brock's only ever pole position at Bathurst where he didn't drive a V8 powered Holden. It was his first Bathurst pole since 1983 (and the last he would set himself), and his first front row start since 1984. It was also his record 6th Bathurst pole having been fastest qualifier in 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1979 and 1983.* Andrew Bagnall crashed his Ford Sierra RS500 on top of The Mountain during the runoff and was allowed to start from 10th position, much like Dick Johnson who crashed his Ford XE Falcon in the runoff in 1983. Unlike Johnson in 1983 however, Bagnall's car was able to be repaired and did not need to be replaced.* 1989 was the first time that a V8 Holden had not qualified for the Top Ten runoff. The fastest Holden was the #16 Holden Racing Team VL Commodore SS Group A SV of Larry Perkins and defending race winner Tomas Mezera in 11th with a 2:19.11 set by Perkins, missing out by only 0.01 seconds to Bagnall's Sierra.* 1989 saw the only time between 1979 and 2003 that a car in which Larry Perkins was listed as a driver did not feature in the runoff (from 1982 until 1984, Perkins cars started on each front row, but it was his HDT team mate/boss Peter Brock who set each runoff time).* 1989 saw the first and so far only time where every car in the Top Ten runoff was powered by a turbocharged engine, with nine Sierra RS500's and the lone factory Nissan Skyline of Jim Richards making up the 10 runners.

Official results

Pos Class No Entrant Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos 1 1 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson John Bowe Ford Sierra RS500 161 1 2 2 1 10 Allan Moffat Racing Klaus Niedzwiedz Frank Biela Ford Sierra RS500 161 4 4 3 1 2 Nissan Motorsport Australia Jim Richards Mark Skaife Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 160 7 7 4 1 3 Nissan Motorsport Australia George Fury Anders Olofsson Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 160 13 5 1 20 Benson & Hedges Racing Alan Jones Denny Hulme Tony Longhurst Ford Sierra RS500 158 8 9 6 1 16 Holden Racing Team Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 158 11 7 1 7 Holden Racing Team Win Percy Neil Crompton Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 158 18 8 1 18 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Jeff Allam Robb Gravett Ford Sierra RS500 158 12 9 1 105 Mobil 1 Racing Brad Jones Paul Radisich Ford Sierra RS500 153 6 5 10 1 15 ICL Racing Allan Grice Peter Janson Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 153 19 11 1 37 Brian Callaghan Brian Callaghan Barry Graham Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 152 22 12 1 55 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock Bryan Thomson Ford Sierra RS500 152 23 13 1 12 Lansvale Smash Repairs Steve Reed Trevor Ashby Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 151 29 14 1 22 Lusty Engineering Graham Lusty Alfredo Costanzo Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 146 24 15 1 34 Ray Gulson Ray Gulson Graham Gulson BMW 635 CSi 143 39 16 2 52 M3 Motorsport Peter Doulman John Cotter BMW M3 142 42 17 3 33 Toyota Team Australia Mike Dowson Neal Bates Toyota Corolla FX-GT 141 48 18 1 44 Sutherland Mitsubishi Gary Scott Kevin Bartlett Terry Shiel Mitsubishi Starion Turbo 141 26 19 3 32 Toyota Team Australia John Faulkner Peter McKay Toyota Corolla FX-GT 140 46 20 1 30 Peter Jackson Racing John Goss Glenn Seton Tony Noske Ford Sierra RS500 140 9 8 21 1 60 Scotty Taylor Alan Taylor Roger Hurd Mitsubishi Starion Turbo 139 44 22 1 54 Clive Smith Clive Smith Paul Trevathan Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 137 47 23 3 78 Team Madison Racing Geoff Full Michael Adcock Toyota Corolla 136 53 24 2 49 David Sala Ross Burbidge Steve Williams Nissan Gazelle 134 50 25 1 38 Mulvihill Motorsport Tony Mulvihill Graham Moore Glenn McIntyre Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 133 37 26 1 4 Caltex CXT Racing Team Colin Bond Bruce Stewart Ford Sierra RS500 131 16 27 1 48 Mistic Mould Destroyer Wayne Park John Giddings Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 130 27 NC 1 28 Joseph Sommariva Joseph Sommariva Warren McKellar BMW 635 CSi 118 45 DNF 1 45 Lester Smerdon Lester Smerdon Gary Hinton Marty Turpin Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 112 43 NC 3 13 Bob Holden Motors Bob Holden Joe McAndrew Tim Hall Toyota Corolla 108 54 NC 1 69 Garry Willmington Performance Ray Lintott Reda Awadullah Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 106 51 DNF 3 51 Bob Holden Motors Dennis Rogers Marc Ducquet Richard Vorst Toyota Corolla 103 56 DNF 2 50 Bryce Racing Brett Riley Ludwig Finauer BMW M3 101 28 DNF 2 57 Sax Racing Craig Turner Kent Baigent Lou Vandermeer BMW M3 98 41 DNF 1 8 Miedecke Motorsport Andrew Bagnall Graeme Crosby Ford Sierra RS500 97 10 10 DNF 1 35 Peter Jackson Racing Tony Noske Glenn Seton Alain Ferté Ford Sierra RS500 92 17 DNF 1 24 Jagparts Gerald Kay Alf Grant Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 91 38 NC 1 68 Garry Willmington Performance Garry Willmington Tom Watkinson Toyota Supra Turbo 91 49 NC 1 23 Chris Lambden Chris Lambden Greg Crick Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 90 25 DNF 2 56 Sax Racing Graham Lorimer John Sax BMW M3 82 36 DNF 1 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Andy Rouse Ford Sierra RS500 81 2 1 DNF 1 41 Leeson Civil Engineering Bob Tindal Des Wall John Leeson Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SVThe image of car #41 on page 192 of The Great Race 1989/90 shows it to be a Group A SV 79 55 DNF 1 43 Everlast Battery Service Bill O'Brien Brian Sampson Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 65 33 DNF 1 19 Caltex CXT Racing Team Ken Mathews Garry Rogers Ford Sierra RS500 50 20 DNF 1 21 Bob Forbes Racing Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 44 21 DNF 1 46 Reithmuller Pentecost Racing Llyndon Reithmuller Ian Green Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 43 34 DNF 1 31 Toyota Team Australia John Smith Drew Price Toyota Supra Turbo A 35 35 DNF 1 9 Allan Moffat Racing Gregg Hansford Pierre Dieudonné Ford Sierra RS500 30 14 DNF 1 96 Barbagallo Motorsport Tim Slako Damon Smith Geoff Leeds Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 28 30 DNF 1 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Neville Crichton Ford Sierra RS500 27 3 3 DNF 1 27 Mark Petch Motorsport Robbie Francevic Gianfranco Brancatelli Ford Sierra RS500 14 15 DNF 1 40 Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Geoff Leeds Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 14 31 DNF 1 14 Murray Carter Murray Carter John Mann Ford Sierra RS500 10 32 DNF 1 42 Matt Wacker Matt Wacker Frank Porter Mike King Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 4 40 DNF 1 6 Miedecke Motorsport Andrew Miedecke Charlie O'Brien Ford Sierra RS500 0 5 6 DNS 3 39 David Sala David Sala Richard Vorst Toyota Corolla

Statistics Provisional Pole Position – #17 Dick Johnson – 2:16.58 Pole Position – #05 Peter Brock – 2:15.80 Fastest Lap – #17 Dick Johnson – 2:19.12 – Lap 2 Average Speed – 154 km/h Race time of winning car – 6:30:53.44

See also 1989 Australian Touring Car season

References

External links Tooheys 1000 Bathurst 1989, www.touringcarracing.net "Tooheys 1000 – Mount Panorama, Bathurst – 1st October, 1989", www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au Images from the 1989 Tooheys 1000, www.autopics.com.au