The 1989 Pepsi 300 was an endurance race for Group A 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 circuit, a total distance of . This was the 11th and last touring car endurance race held at Oran Park with the 1990 event cancelled due to teams not entering due to a lack of television coverage.Enduro Champ Doubt - Oran Park race cancelled? Auto Action issue 504 27 July 1990 page 1
The race was won by Andrew Miedecke and Andrew Bagnall driving a Miedecke Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500. Second was the BMW M3 of Brett Riley and Ludwig Finauer, while 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.
Results Results were as follows:
Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos QualTime 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
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