Porsche 944 Turbo Cup 1989

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Roland Asch became three-time 944 Turbo Cup champion in 1989 when he won the title (photo from 2008)

The 1989 Porsche 944 Turbo Cup was the fourth and final season of the Porsche 944 Turbo Cup brands championship. The first run took place on April 9, 1989 in Zolder , the season finale on September 24, 1989 took place at the Nürburgring . A total of nine races were held this season in Germany, Belgium and Austria.

Roland Asch secured his third championship title in a row with 390 points.

championship

Jörg van Ommen , who was runner-up in 1986 , took part again in the last Cup championship .

Roland Asch and van Ommen, who both competed in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) at the same time , were the strongest drivers of the racing season and each won eight or two races. Georg Pacher was only able to assert himself and win there at the run on the Salzburgring .

At the end of the season, Roland Asch was able to defend the title again and secured the championship for the third time, ahead of Jörg van Ommen, who was runner-up in the cup for the second time. Due to his success in the 944 Turbo Cup championship, Asch was also known as the "Mister Porsche Cup".

After the end of the 1989 season, Porsche stopped hosting the 944 Turbo Cup. Instead, the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany was re-launched for the following year, replacing the Turbo Cup.

Race calendar and results

round Racetrack date Pole position Fastest lap winner Second Third
1 BelgiumBelgium Zolder 9th April GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen GermanyGermany Wolfgang Land
2 GermanyGermany Hockenheimring GP circuit April 16 GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Stefan Oberndorfer GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen GermanyGermany Stefan Oberndorfer
3 GermanyGermany Nürburgring GP track April, 30th GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Stefan Oberndorfer
4th GermanyGermany AVUS 28th of May GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen GermanyGermany Andy Bovensiepen
5 GermanyGermany Nürburgring Nordschleife 18th of June GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen GermanyGermany Andy Bovensiepen
6th GermanyGermany Norisring 25th June GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Andy Bovensiepen GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Andy Bovensiepen AustriaAustria Georg Pacher
7th AustriaAustria Salzburgring 20th of August GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Roland Asch AustriaAustria Georg Pacher GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Andy Bovensiepen
8th GermanyGermany Nürburgring GP track 17th of September GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Andy Bovensiepen
9 GermanyGermany Nürburgring sprint track September 24th GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Roland Asch GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen GermanyGermany Andy Bovensiepen

Championship results

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 25 drivers classified in the following number. Guest starters did not receive any points. There was one deletion result :

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Points 50 45 40 36 32 29 26th 24 22nd 20th 18th 16 14th 12 11 10 9 8th 7th 6th 5 4th 3 2 1

Driver ranking

A total of ten drivers made it into the points classification.

space driver Points
1 GermanyGermany Roland Asch 390
2 GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen 361
3 GermanyGermany Andy Bovensiepen 317
4th AustriaAustria Georg Pacher 245
5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland René Vogt 240
6th GermanyGermany Stefan Oberndorfer 162
7th GermanyGermany Axel Goebel 144
8th GermanyGermany Gerhard Müller 142
9 GermanyGermany Markus Luhr 133
10 GermanyGermany Michael Pötschke 130
11 DenmarkDenmark Theis Andersen 0
11 SwedenSweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 0
11 SwedenSweden Joakim Birgersson 0
11 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fredi Briedl 0
11 ItalyItaly Vittorio Colombo 0
11 BelgiumBelgium Marc Duez 0
11 DenmarkDenmark Peter Elgaard 0
11 GermanyGermany Horst Farnbacher 0
11 GermanyGermany Harald Grohs 0
11 GermanyGermany Rolf Goering 0
11 AustriaAustria Gaby Husar 0
11 GermanyGermany Jochi Kleint 0
11 GermanyGermany Herbert Krall 0
11 GermanyGermany Wolfgang Land 0
11 GermanyGermany Winfried Maiworm 0
11 GermanyGermany Georg Memminger 0
11 GermanyGermany Egon Müller 0
11 GermanyGermany Peter Oberndorfer 0
11 SwedenSweden Not so Olofsson 0
11 GermanyGermany Otto Rensing 0
11 GermanyGermany Peter Schem 0
11 GermanyGermany Stefan Schlesack 0
11 GermanyGermany Rudiger Schmitt 0
11 GermanyGermany Karl-Heinz Schrey 0
11 AustriaAustria Mercedes Stermitz 0
11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paul Stewart 0
11 DenmarkDenmark Kurt Thiim 0
11 SwedenSweden Bengt Tragårdh 0
11 GermanyGermany Werner Uetrecht 0
11 BelgiumBelgium Thierry van Dalen 0
11 GermanyGermany Martin Wimmer 0
11 GermanyGermany Wolfgang Wolf 0
11 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Peter Zbinden 0

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Racecam - website: Champion 1989 - Porsche 944 Turbo Cup - Roland Asch. At: archive.racecam.de , accessed on May 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Rennsport-Revue - website: Kehrwoche: Porsche 944 turbo Cup (1986 to 1989) - first act in the history of the Porsche one-make cups. On: rennsport-revue.de , accessed on May 6, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Cup Touring Car Trophy - website: Porsche 944 Turbo Cup regulations 1989. On: www.cup-tourenwagen-trophy.de , accessed on May 9, 2019 .
  4. ↑ DriverDB - website: Porsche 944 Turbo Cup 1989 standings. From: www.driverdb.com , accessed May 6, 2019 .