1989 Australian Rally Championship
The 1989 Australian Rally Championship was a series of six rallying events held across Australia. It was the 22nd season in the history of the competition.
Greg Carr and navigator Mick Harker in a Lancia Delta Integrale won the 1989 Championship convincingly, with a record setting five wins from the six starts, giving Carr his third Australian Rally Championship title. Murray Coote and Iain Stewart in the Mazda 323 4WD were consistently in the placings and finished the season on 81 points compared to Carr's 115. Ross Dunkerton and Fred Gocentas in the Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 were the only other team to win an event, the final round in the ACT.
Season review
The 22nd Australian Rally Championship was held over six events across Australia, the season consisting of one event each for Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland and Australian Capital Territory.The Rallies
The six events of the 1989 season were as follows.| Round | Rally | Date |
| 1 | Rally Tasmania | 1–2 April 1989 |
| 2 | BP Alpine Rally | 29–30 April 1989 |
| 3 | Forest Rally | 3–4 June 1989 |
| 4 | Festival State Rally (SA) | 1–2 July 1989 |
| 5 | Rally Queensland | 14–15 October 1989 |
| 6 | Esanda Rally | 16–18 November 1989 |