[William Dale Jr]

1989 Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 4 - Wanneroo Park, WA (30/4/1989)

Circuit Length: 2.41 km
Race Duration: 50 minutes (44 laps)
Weather: Rain clearing to overcast

Although depleted by the carnage at Lakeside the entry for Wanneroo was boosted by the addition of local runners, including the new Barbagallo Motor Sport Commodores of Alf Barbagallo and Tim Slako. Wanneroo would only be a 50-minute race to fit in with Channel 7's 1 hour telecast time slot, a change that would become very significant on Sunday afternoon.

In qualifying, Brock was again the only one able to get close to the pace-setting Shell duo. Rain throughout the day had subsided by race time but the track was still very wet. Wets were clearly the order of the day, the only question being how long they would last. Johnson once again took off into a clear lead from Richards, Brock, Longhurst, Fury and Bond. Bowe had made a bad start, compounded by a touch from Brock at the first corner which sent him off. He finished the first lap in 7th but immediately started to regain ground. He carved his way back through the pack to be past Bond and into 3rd by lap 10. Dunlop's wets were clearly the order of the day as Richards and Brock fell back. With the track drying out Longhurst came in for slicks on lap 25, followed soon by Bowe. Johnson maintained his lead and did his best to preserve his now-ailing wet Dunlops. In the waning minutes, and with Bowe and Longhurst taking huge chunks out of his lead, Johnson pitted. Dick didn't realise the race was almost over, forgetting the race was only 50 minutes long. He made short of others struggling on worn wets but there was no catching Bowe or Longhurst. Bowe now headed the championship from Johnson with everyone else trailing.

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	18	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	John Bowe	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	0h49m24.66s		1m01.73s	0m58.88s	2
2	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	0h49m25.38s		1m01.68s	0m59.21s	4
3	17	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	0h49m50.04s		1m01.35s	0m58.44s	1
4	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	0h49m58.77s		1m07.07s	0m59.15s	3
5	4	Caltex CXT Racing	Colin Bond	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	0h49m59.92s		1m07.45s	1m00.36s	8
6	105	Mobil 1 Racing	Brad Jones	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	43 laps		1m07.40s	1m00.36s	9
7	2	Nissan Motorsport	Jim Richards	Nissan Skyline GTS-R HR-31	A	43 laps		1m02.24s	0m59.98s	5
8	20	Benson & Hedges Racing	Neville Crichton	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	43 laps		1m08.27s	1m01.46s	10
9	3	Nissan Motorsport	George Fury	Nissan Skyline GTS-R HR-31	A	43 laps		1m02.83s	1m00.14s	6
10*	96	Barbagallo Motor Sport	Tim Slako	Holden Commodore VL (TWR)	A	43 laps		1m09.05s	1m01.57s	11
11	77	Barbagallo Motor Sport	Alf Barbagallo	Holden Commodore VL (TWR)	A	42 laps		1m09.59s	1m02.34s	13
12	10	D. Norgard	Dennis Norgard	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	41 laps		1m08.44s	1m04.32s	14
13	24	Jagparts Racing	Gerald Kay	Holden Commodore VL (TWR)	A	41 laps		1m10.96s	1m04.87s	15
14	40	P. Harper	Peter Harper	Rover Vitesse	A	41 laps		1m11.18s	1m06.57s	17
15	32	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla AE82 Hatch	C	40 laps		1m13.22s	1m07.94s	19
16	78	Team Madison Racing	Geoffrey Full	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	C	40 laps		1m12.78s	1m09.59s	21
17	39	D. Sala	Ross Burbidge	Nissan Gazelle	C	39 laps		1m12.39s	1m07.50s	18
18	33	Toyota Team Australia	Anthony Fogliani	Toyota Corolla AE82 Hatch	C	39 laps		1m15.36s	1m09.15s	20
19	44	I. Love	Ian Love	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	38 laps		1m10.47s	1m11.41s	22
DNF	23	Beaurepaires Motorsport	Chris Lambden	Holden Commodore VL (TWR)	A	5 laps	clutch	1m12.39s	1m01.74s	12
DNF	9	Allan Moffat Racing	Allan Moffat	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	4 laps	spun off	1m08.10s	1m00.15s	7

* denotes a one minute penalty was incurred for a jumped start