1989 .05 – 500

The 1989 .05 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars. The event was held at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 10 September 1989 over 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit, a total distance of 499 km.

The race was the last in Australia for six time Sandown 500 champion and defending race winner Allan Moffat who retired at the end of 1989.

Top Ten Shootout

The Top Ten Shootout for Pole Position was run on a wet track. As a result, times were between 5 and 12 seconds slower than the drivers qualifying times.

PosNoTeamDriverCarTTSQual
Pole 17 Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS500 1:20.61 1:15.22
2 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Ford Sierra RS500 1:21.15 1:16.17
3 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Ford Sierra RS500 1:23.59 1:15.27
4 6 Miedecke Motorsport Andrew Miedecke Ford Sierra RS500 1:23.84 1:16.23
5 2 Nissan Motorsport Australia Jim Richards Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 1:24.29 1:16.25
6 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Ford Sierra RS500 1:25.07 1:16.82
7 20 Benson & Hedges Racing Alan Jones Ford Sierra RS500 1:25.42 1:16.25
8 3 Nissan Motorsport Australia George Fury Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 1:27.38 1:17.06
9 105 Mobil 1 Racing Brad Jones Ford Sierra RS500 1:28.75 1:17.26
10 18 Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Jeff Allam Ford Sierra RS500 1:29.57 1:17.23

Official Results

Position [1] Class No. Entrant Drivers Car Laps
1 A 2 Nissan Motorsport Australia Jim Richards
Mark Skaife
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 161
2 A 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy
Larry Perkins
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 160
3 A 3 Nissan Motorsport Australia George Fury
Graeme Bowkett
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 160
4 A 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton
John Goss
Ford Sierra RS500 159
5 A 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson
John Bowe
Ford Sierra RS500 159
6 A 7 Holden Racing Team Neil Crompton
Steve Harrington
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 155
7 A 105 Mobil 1 Racing Brad Jones
Mark Larkham
Peter Brock
Ford Sierra RS500 155
8 A 6 Miedecke Motorsport Andrew Miedecke
Charlie O'Brien
Ford Sierra RS500 154
9 A 86 Gemspares Darryl Hendrick
John White
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 148
10 C 32 Toyota Team Australia John Faulkner
Peter McKay
Toyota Corolla 143
11 C 33 Toyota Team Australia Michael Dowson
Neal Bates
Toyota Corolla 142
12 A 22 Lusty Engineering P/L Graham Lusty
Alfredo Costanzo
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 136
13 B 50 Bryce Racing Brett Riley
Ludwig Finauer
BMW M3 134
14 C 78 Team Maddison Geoff Full
Michael Adcock
Toyota Corolla 133
15 C 73 David Sala Richard Vorst
David Sala
Toyota Corolla 130
16 A 54 Clive Smith Clive Smith
Paul Trevethan
Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 128
17 A 14 Netcomm Murray Carter
John Mann
Ford Sierra RS500 122
DNF A 18 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Jeff Allam
Tony Noske
Ford Sierra RS500 111
NC C 51 Bob Holden Motors Dennis Rogers
Mark Ducquet
Kevin O'Neill
Toyota Sprinter 105
NC C 13 Bob Holden Motors Bob Holden
Tim Hall
Toyota Corolla 98
NC A 36 P. J. Hudson Ian Carrig
Ian Clark
Peter Hudson
BMW 635 CSi 95
DNF A 23 Beaurepaires Chris Lambden
Greg Crick
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 90
DNF A 55 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock
Bryan Thomson
Ford Sierra RS500 87
DNF A 20 Benson & Hedges Racing Alan Jones
Denny Hulme
Ford Sierra RS500 87
DNF A 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst
Neville Crichton
Ford Sierra RS500 87
DNF A 28 Joe Sommariva Joe Sommariva
Warren McKellar
BMW 635 CSi 75
DNF A 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock
Paul Radisich
Ford Sierra RS500 61
DNF A 24 Jagparts Racing Gerald Kay
Alf Grant
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 53
DNF A 9 Allan Moffat Enterprises Allan Moffat
Gregg Hansford
Ford Sierra RS500 12
DNF A 4 Caltex CXT Race Team Colin Bond
Garry Rogers
Ken Matthews
Ford Sierra RS500 2

Notes

See also

1989 Australian Touring Car season

References

  1. Australian Motor Racing Year, 1989/90, pages 250-252 & 300

Further reading

  • Australian Auto Action, September 22, 1989, pages 16–19 & 25-35
  • Australian Touring Car Racing Annual, 1989, pages 62–66
Preceded by
1988 Enzed 500
Sandown 500
1989
Succeeded by
1990 Sandown 500
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