1989 Pepsi 300

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 co-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.

With Nissan missing the race for the first time since 1981, it meant that Brock's 1988 co-winner Jim Richards (also missing his first Oran Park enduro since 1981) didn't get to defend his title. Richards would end up having won the most of the Oran Park enduros, all in Group A, winning in 1985 in a BMW 635 CSi and in 1987 and 1988 in a BMW M3.

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 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

• 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. 19. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing Group Pty Limited: 248–249 & 299. ISSN   0158-4138.