1989 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

The 1989 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for vehicle manufacturers. It was contested concurrently with the 1989 Australian Touring Car Championship over an eight round series with each round staged as a single race of approximately one hour's duration.

Calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location
1	5 March	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales
2	12 March	Symmons Plains	Launceston, Tasmania
3	16 April	Lakeside	Brisbane, Queensland
4	30 April	Wanneroo Park	Perth, Western Australia
5	7 May	Mallala	Mallala, South Australia
6	21 May	Sandown	Melbourne, Victoria
7	4 June	Winton	Benalla, Victoria
8	9 July	Oran Park	Sydney, New South Wales

Class structure

The series was open to Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations, commonly referred to as Group A Touring Cars. Cars competed in three engine capacity classes:

• Up to 2000cc which featured Toyota Corollas and a Nissan Gazelle
• 2001 to 3000cc which featured BMW M3s
• 3001 to 6000cc which featured Ford Sierras, Nissan Skylines and Holden Commodores

Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six finishers in each class at each round however only the highest scoring car of each make at each round could earn points. The best seven round results were retained by each manufacturer.

Results

Position	Make	Car	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total
1	Toyota	Corolla	9	9	(3)	9	9	9	9	9	63 (66)
2	Ford	Sierra RS500	9	9	(4.5)	9	9	9	6	9	60 (64.5)
3	Nissan	Skyline GTS-R31 & Gazelle	6	4	4.5	4	6	3	9	(1)	36.5 (37.5)
4	BMW	M3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9
5	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3

Note: Only half points were awarded for Round 3 at Lakeside as the initial race was stopped due to an accident and the duration of the restarted race was reduced to 30 minutes.

External links

• 1989 Australian Touring Car racing images Retrieved from www.autopics.com on 31 January 2009