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1989 Australian Drivers' Championship

Motor racing competition

Motor racing competition

The 1989 Australian Drivers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to racing cars complying with CAMS Formula Holden regulations. The championship winner was awarded the 1989 CAMS Gold Star as the Australian Drivers' Champion. It was the 33rd running of the Australian Drivers' Championship and the first to feature the Formula Holden class which had been developed during 1988, originally named Formula Australia.

The championship began on 7 May 1989 at Mallala Motor Sport Park and ended on 10 September at Sandown Raceway after ten rounds. Defending champion Rohan Onslow of Sydney won his second consecutive Australian Drivers' Championship driving a Ralt RT20. Mark McLaughlin, the winner of the inaugural Formula Holden race at Mallala, placed second in his Elfin FA891 (an Australian car designed and built specifically for the new category as opposed to the Ralt's which were sourced from Formula 3000 racing overseas). Channel 7 television commentator and then sometime touring car driver Neil Crompton finished third in his debut year in open wheel racing driving an ex-Satoru Nakajima Ralt RT20.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1989 Australian Drivers' Championship.

TeamCarNoDriver
R.J.Macarthur OnslowRalt RT201Australia Rohan Onslow
Tony BlancheRalt RT213Australia Tony Blanche
Competitive EdgeRalt RT204Australia Roger Martin
Clive Kane PhotographyRalt RT215Australia Simon Kane
Elfin Sports CarsElfin FA8916Australia Mark McLaughlin
Boylan RacingRalt RT207Australia Neil Crompton
Bap RomanoSpa FB0018Australia Bap Romano
Cascone CorporationSpa FB0018
12Australia Sam Astuti
John BriggsRalt RT219Australia John Briggs
Ray CutchieRalt RT411Australia Ray Cutchie
Brian SheadCheetah Mk.913Australia Peter Glover
TAFE Team MotorsportShrike NB89H18Australia Arthur Abrahams
Australia Ian Richards
20Australia Peter Doulman
Australia Mark Poole
David MawerRalt RT2127Australia Elwyn Bickley
Australia John Smith
Brett FisherListon BF350Australia Brett Fisher
Chris Hocking87B74Australia Chris Hocking
Australia Rohan Onslow
John HermannRalt RT488Australia John Herrman

Note: All cars were required by the Formula Holden regulations to be fitted with 3.8 litre Holden V6 engines.

Race calendar

The 1989 Australian Drivers' Championship was contested over ten rounds at five race meetings.

Rd.CircuitLocation / stateDateWinnerTeam12345678910
Mallala Motor Sport ParkMallala, South Australia7 MayMark McLaughlinElfin Sports Cars
Rohan OnslowR.J.Macarthur Onslow
Winton Motor RacewayBenalla, Victoria4 JuneRohan OnslowR.J.Macarthur Onslow
John BriggsJohn Briggs
Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales9 JulyRohan OnslowR.J.Macarthur Onslow
Rohan OnslowR.J.Macarthur Onslow
Amaroo ParkSydney, New South Wales6 AugustNeil CromptonBoylan Racing
Simon KaneClive Kane Photography
Sandown International RacewayMelbourne, Victoria10 SeptemberSam AstutiCascone Corporation
Neil CromptonBoylan Racing

Points system

Championship points were awarded 9–6–4–3–2–1 based on the top six race positions at each round.

Results

PosDriverRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Rd 10Pts1234578910111415PosDriverRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Rd 10Pts
Rohan Onslow5th1st1stRet1st1stRet6th2nd3rd49
Mark McLaughlin1st2nd2nd2ndDNS3rd2nd3rdRetRet41
Neil Crompton3rd5thRet3rd2nd6th1stDNS3rd1st39
Sam AstutiRetDNS4th4th3rd2nd1st2nd31
Simon KaneDNSDNS4th4th7th2nd5th1stRetDNS23
John Briggs4th6th3rd1stRet8th4th4th23
Peter Glover2nd3rd6thDNS11
Chris Hocking5th5th6th5th7thDNS5thDNS9
Peter Doulman9thRet6th4th6th5th7
Mark Poole3rdRet4
Bap RomanoRet4th3
John Smith4thDNS3
Tony BlancheRetDNSRetRet8th7th8th5thDNS6th3
Ian Richards5thRet8thRet2
Ray Cutchie7th8th7th6th7thRet1
Brett Fisher6th9thRetRet1

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References

References

  1. Australian Drivers Championship - Gold Star, Round 1 (entry list), Official Programme, Mallala, Sunday May 7th 1989, page 21
  2. The 87B was designed and built in Australia and was based on the March 87B; as recorded in the article Formula Holden is Here! Official Programme, Mallala, Sunday May 7th 1989, page 20
  3. Formula Holden, Official program, Foster's Australian Grand Prix, Adelaide, 2–3–4–5 November 1989, pages 133–134
  4. Australian Motor Racing Year 1989/90, pages 172 & 174
  5. Program, Amaroo Park Raceway, Sunday, August 6, 1989
  6. Australian Motor Racing Year 1989/90, pages 180 to 184
  7. Conditions For Australian Titles, 1989 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 75
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