1989 Pepsi 300
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 2.62 km circuit, a total distance of 301 km. 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 |  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 Benica |
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
- Pole Position - 1:11.32 - #05 Peter Brock
- Fastest Lap - 1:13.08 - #05 Peter Brock
See also
1989 Australian Touring Car season