1989 .05 – 500

File:Sandown (Australia) track map.svg

Track map of the Sandown Raceway

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. It was the 24th "Sandown 500". The race was sponsored by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation with the race name referencing the blood alcohol limit for driving on Victorian roads.

The race was won by Jim Richards and Mark Skaife driving a Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R for Nissan Motor Sport. It was the last race in Australia for six time "Sandown 500" winner and defending race winner Allan Moffat who retired at the end of 1989.

Classes

Cars competed in three classes:

• Class A: 2501cc & over
• Class B: 1601cc-2500cc
• Class C: under 1600cc

Top Ten Shootout

The Top Ten Shootout, which determined the final grid order of the fastest ten cars from Qualifying, was run on a wet track. As a result, times were between 5 and 12 seconds slower than the drivers qualifying times.

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	TTS	Qual
Pole	17	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Template:Flagicon Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	1:20.61	1:15.22
2	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Template:Flagicon Peter Brock	Ford Sierra RS500	1:21.15	1:16.17
3	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra RS500	1:23.59	1:15.27
4	6	Miedecke Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra RS500	1:23.84	1:16.23
5	2	Nissan Motor Sport	Template:Flagicon Jim Richards	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	1:24.29	1:16.25
6	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton	Ford Sierra RS500	1:25.07	1:16.82
7	20	Benson & Hedges Racing	Template:Flagicon Alan Jones	Ford Sierra RS500	1:25.42	1:16.25
8	3	Nissan Motor Sport	Template:Flagicon George Fury	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	1:27.38	1:17.06
9	105	Mobil 1 Racing	Template:Flagicon Brad Jones	Ford Sierra RS500	1:28.75	1:17.26
10	18	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Template:Flagicon Jeff Allam	Ford Sierra RS500	1:29.57	1:17.23

Official results

Position	Class	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps
1	A	2	Nissan Motor Sport	Template:Flagicon Jim Richards Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	161
2	A	16	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Win Percy Template:Flagicon Larry Perkins	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	160
3	A	3	Nissan Motor Sport	Template:Flagicon George Fury Template:Flagicon Graeme Bowkett	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	160
4	A	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton Template:Flagicon John Goss	Ford Sierra RS500	159
5	A	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Template:Flagicon Dick Johnson Template:Flagicon John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	159
6	A	7	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Neil Crompton Template:Flagicon Steve Harrington	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	155
7	A	105	Mobil 1 Racing	Template:Flagicon Brad Jones Template:Flagicon Mark Larkham Template:Flagicon Peter Brock	Ford Sierra RS500	155
8	A	6	Miedecke Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Andrew Miedecke Template:Flagicon Charlie O'Brien	Ford Sierra RS500	154
9	A	86	Gemspares	Template:Flagicon Darryl Hendrick Template:Flagicon John White	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	148
10	C	32	Toyota Team Australia	Template:Flagicon John Faulkner Template:Flagicon Peter McKay	Toyota Corolla	143
11	C	33	Toyota Team Australia	Template:Flagicon Michael Dowson Template:Flagicon Neal Bates	Toyota Corolla	142
12	A	22	Lusty Engineering P/L	Template:Flagicon Graham Lusty Template:Flagicon Alfredo Costanzo	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	136
13	B	50	W. R. Bryce	Template:Flagicon Brett Riley Template:Flagicon Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	134
14	C	78	Team Maddison Racing	Template:Flagicon Geoff Full Template:Flagicon Michael Adcock	Toyota Corolla	133
15	C	39	David Sala	Template:Flagicon Richard Vorst Template:Flagicon David Sala	Toyota Corolla	130
16	A	45	Clive Smith	Template:Flagicon Clive Smith Template:Flagicon Paul Trevethan	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	128
17	A	14	Murray Carter	Template:Flagicon Murray Carter Template:Flagicon John Mann	Ford Sierra RS500	122
DNF	A	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Template:Flagicon Jeff Allam Template:Flagicon Tony Noske	Ford Sierra RS500	111
NC	C	51	Bob Holden Motors	Template:Flagicon Dennis Rogers Template:Flagicon Mark Ducquet Template:Flagicon Kevin O'Neill	Toyota Sprinter	105
NC	C	13	Bob Holden Motors	Template:Flagicon Bob Holden Template:Flagicon Tim Hall	Toyota Corolla	98
NC	A	36	P. J. Hudson	Template:Flagicon Ian Carrig Template:Flagicon Ian Clark Template:Flagicon Peter Hudson	BMW 635 CSi	95
DNF	A	23	Beaurepaires	Template:Flagicon Chris Lambden Template:Flagicon Greg Crick	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	90
DNF	A	55	Playscape Racing Australia	Template:Flagicon Kevin Waldock Template:Flagicon Bryan Thomson	Ford Sierra RS500	87
DNF	A	20	Benson & Hedges Racing	Template:Flagicon Alan Jones Template:Flagicon Denny Hulme	Ford Sierra RS500	87
DNF	A	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst Template:Flagicon Neville Crichton	Ford Sierra RS500	87
DNF	A	28	Joe Sommariva	Template:Flagicon Joe Sommariva Template:Flagicon Warren McKellar	BMW 635 CSi	75
DNF	A	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Template:Flagicon Peter Brock Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich	Ford Sierra RS500	61
DNF	A	24	Jagparts Racing	Template:Flagicon Gerald Kay Template:Flagicon Alf Grant	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	53
DNF	A	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Template:Flagicon Allan Moffat Template:Flagicon Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	12
DNF	A	19	Caltex CXT Race Team	Template:Flagicon Colin Bond Template:Flagicon Garry Rogers Template:Flagicon Ken Mathews	Ford Sierra RS500	2

Notes

• Pole Position - #17 Dick Johnson - 1:20.61
• Fastest Lap - #6 Andrew Miedecke - 1:17.02

See also

1989 Australian Touring Car season

Further reading

• Australian Auto Action, September 22, 1989, pages 16–19 & 25-35
• Australian Touring Car Racing Annual, 1989, pages 62–66