[William Dale Jr]

1989 Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 2 - Symmons Plains, TAS (12/3/1989)

Circuit Length: 2.41 km
Race Duration: 1 hour (61 laps)
Weather: Overcast

Brock beat Johnson to the pole, the first time he'd topped the timesheets since the 1986 Sandown 500. Richards, Jones and Terri Sawyer flew back to Melbourne after qualifying to participate in the Moomba 200 AUSCAR race, before flying back to Tasmania for the ATCC race.

Longhurst decided to use extra hard brake pads for the race, and worked really hard to get heat into them on the warm up and formation laps. He did the job too well; the pads welded themselves to the discs on the start line, and he travelled all of 20 metres before the clutch gave out. Moffat capped off a rough week by breaking a wheel and steering arm when trying to sneak past the stricken B&H car. Moffat had been lucky to even get to Symmons Plains after his Sierra was badly damaged in a road accident as it was trailered back from Amaroo. Meanwhile, Johnson had beaten Brock to the hairpin, quickly pulling out a gap that he'd maintain to the end of the race. Bowe was holding down a safe third until he pitted for new tyres, a legacy of a bad brake lockup entering the hairpin on lap 2. The Nissans weren't as competitive on the long straights of Symmons Plains, Richards finishing lapped in sixth while Fury lost another lap after clashing with Matt Wacker early in the race. Jones was having a solid race in the top 5 before his timing belt broke. Bond crossed the finish line just before Johnson took the chequers, but fortunately he had the presence of mind to complete the lap to classify himself as a finisher.

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	17	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	1h00m00.78s		0m57.52s	0m56.04s	2
2	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	1h00m05.16s		0m57.78s	0m55.96s	1
3	18	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	John Bowe	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	1h00m53.00s		0m57.78s	0m56.08s	3
4	30	Peter Jackson Racing Pty Ltd	Glenn Seton	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	1h00m59.66s		0m58.82s	0m58.02s	11
5	4	Caltex CXT Racing	Colin Bond	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	1h01m52.84s		0m58.72s	0m57.30s	6
6	2	Nissan Motorsport	Jim Richards	Nissan Skyline GTS-R HR-31	A	60 laps		0m59.02s	0m57.86s	10
7	8	Miedecke Motorsport	Andrew Bagnall	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	60 laps		0m58.68s	0m56.88s	5
8	6	Miedecke Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	60 laps		0m58.22s	0m57.50s	9
9	20	Benson & Hedges Racing	Neville Crichton	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	59 laps		0m59.44s	0m58.80s	13
10	3	Nissan Motorsport	George Fury	Nissan Skyline GTS-R HR-31	A	58 laps		0m59.40s	0m58.30s	12
11	23	Beaurepaires Motorsport	Chris Lambden	Holden Commodore VL (TWR)	A	58 laps		1m01.90s	0m59.98s	14
12	21	Lusty Engineering Pty Ltd	Graham Lusty	Holden Commodore VL (TWR)	A	58 laps		1m01.70s	1m01.20s	15
13	24	Jagparts Racing	Gerald Kay	Holden Commodore VK	A	56 laps		1m03.18s	1m02.18s	16
14	28	Sommariva Concrete	Joseph Sommariva	BMW 635CSi	A	54 laps		1m04.90s	1m04.90s	18
15	32	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla AE82 Hatch	C	53 laps		1m06.76s	1m06.24s	19
16	33	Toyota Team Australia	Terri Sawyer	Toyota Corolla AE82 Hatch	C	52 laps		1m08.08s	1m08.80s	21
17	39	David Sala	Ross Burbidge	Nissan Gazelle	C	51 laps		1m05.90s	1m06.42s	20
DNF	105	Mobil 1 Racing	Brad Jones	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	27 laps	broken timing belt	0m58.60s	0m57.34s	7
DNF	42	Matt Wacker	Matt Wacker	Holden Commodore VL (TWR)	A	9 laps	accident	1m04.18s	1m03.80s	17
DNF	9	Allan Moffat Racing	Allan Moffat	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	0 laps	steering		0m57.36s	8
DNF	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	0 laps	clutch		0m56.28s	4