1989 Race of Champions


The 1989 Race of Champions was the second event and was held at the Nürburgring in memory of Henri Toivonen, who died while leading the 1986 Tour de Corse. This event featured the world’s first ever parallel rally track with drivers competing head-to-head in identical cars.

Participants

Before start of the main event Spanish Rally Champion of 1987 and 1988 Carlos Sainz crashed on practice in Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165). Sepp Haider replased Spaniard. All participants are below.
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Race of Champions

Qualification round

; Cars
Opel Kadett E 2.0 GSi Group A with number plates Opel GSI 16V.

Race 1

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Race 2

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Race 3

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Race 4

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Race 5

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Race 6

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Quarterfinals

; Cars
Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165) with number plates K-AM 4135, K-AM 5265, K-AM 8582.

Quarterfinal 1

Race 1
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Race 2
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Race 3
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Quarterfinal 2

Race 1
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Race 2
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Quarterfinal 3

Race 1
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Race 2
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Semi-finals

; Cars
Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 without number plates.

Semi-final 1

Race 1
First attempt was cancelled due to technical issues with the starting procedure of Marc Duez.
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Race 2
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Semi-final 2

One of couple races ended with the next result:
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Finals

; Cars
2 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2: plate 287 FPF 75 for Walter Röhrl and plate 311 FPF 75 for Stig Blomqvist in the first run. Then drivers switched cars for 2nd run.

Race 1

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Race 2

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