
Tulpenrallye 1989
The story of 1989: The route had to be altered this year, because the municipality of Soest refused permission for a test to be run on the part of the Vlasakkers that lies within the municipality of Soest. The troubles of recent years, when spectators had got onto the terrain anyway to watch the test, had gone down badly with the mayor, who had come to see the place for himself the year before. The AMAC contested the decision all the way to the Supreme Court, but was not upheld. A much smaller test was still run on the metalled part of the Vlasakkers that lies within the municipality of Amersfoort. There were 17 special tests in all. The tests at Barneveld were now run several times over, and this led to some delay during the morning. In the afternoon programme several of the morning's tests were combined with one another into longer ones. The test over the tank tracks at Stroe could not go ahead, because they were in too poor a condition. John Bosch brought his BMW M3 to the start once again, whilst the young Erwin Doctor led the Ford team. Henk Vossen (Lancia Delta Integrale), navigated by André Schoonenwolf, Jan van der Marel (Mercedes 2.3 16 V), Paul Maaskant (in a hired Opel Manta 400) and Peter van Merksteijn (Opel Kadett 2.0 GSi) completed the top of the Dutch entry. The major foreign names at the start were Bror Danielsson (Sweden) together with Pierre Krieger in a Mazda 323 4WD, Jörgen Hansen (Denmark), Juha Miettinen (Finland) and Thomas Jansson (Sweden). John Bosch went on the attack straight away and Erwin Doctor lost several tens of seconds on the opening tests. He was tense, and his Ford was rather less suited to the Barneveld tests. Bosch then had some minor trouble with the ignition when the Drieënhuizen test was run for the second time. On the third running of Drieënhuizen, Bosch's navigator Ruud Oosterbaan clocked in late, which earned them five penalty seconds. Doctor began to believe in his chances once more. He was clearly more at ease when the tests were run for the second time and won time back on John Bosch. Before the final test, the Harselaar industrial estate with more than 35,000 spectators, the difference between Bosch and Doctor was minute. Bosch started first, immediately followed by Doctor. At the finish it turned out that Doctor had been three seconds quicker than Bosch. That left the total time of the two crews over all the tests together exactly equal. With Bosch and Oosterbaan's five penalty seconds added in, Erwin Doctor and Theo Badenberg became the winners of this edition of the Tulpenrallye. Various rumours went round that the turbo boost of the engine in the Ford Sierra Cosworth had been wound up further and further as the afternoon went on, and that on the Harselaar the car had had well over 400 bhp. It will probably never be proved. The prize-giving was again held on the Sunday at Hoevelaken. Irma Nijenhuis and Cindy Roos won the Coupe des Dames in Jan van der Marel's Mercedes.
Winners
- InternationalErwin DoctorTheo BadenbergFord sierra rs cosworth ·
- NationalGer van KrimpenPeter KotFord sierra rs cosworth ·
This edition
- Kilometres
- 400
- At the start
- 136
- At the finish
- 98
- Start
- Barneveld (NL)
- Finish
- Barneveld (NL)
- Rally director
- Kees Stoel
Final standings: lowest total penalty points wins. Crews that did not finish are listed at the bottom and do not count towards position. Every column is sortable.
| 1 | 2 | Erwin DoctorNetherlands | Theo BadenbergNetherlands | Ford | sierra rs cosworth | — | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | John BoschNetherlands | Ruud OosterbaanNetherlands | Bmw | m3 | — | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | Jörgen HansenDenmark | Adreas WehnerGermany | Opel | manta 400 | — | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Henk VossenNetherlands | André SchoonenwolfNetherlands | Lancia | hf integrale | — | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | Paul MaaskantNetherlands | Michel OpreyNetherlands | Opel | manta 400 | — | 5 |
| 6 | 17 | Chiel BosNetherlands | Antoon ReuringsNetherlands | Ford | sierra cosworth | — | 6 |
| 7 | 7 | Jan van der MarelNetherlands | Anja LieuwmaNetherlands | Mercedes-benz | 190e 2.3 16v | — | 7 |
| 8 | 6 | Bror DanielssonSweden | Pierre KriegerNetherlands | Mazda | 323 4wd | — | 8 |
| 9 | 19 | Juha MiettinenFinland | Pekka PiispanenFinland | Ford | sierra rs cosworth | — | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | Thomas JanssonSweden | Ingemar AlgerstedtSweden | Audi | 90 quattro | — | 10 |
| 11 | 22 | Gerard HofhuisNetherlands | Wim HofhuisNetherlands | Ford | sierra cosworth | — | 11 |
| 12 | 25 | Henk BontNetherlands | Bettina de WildNetherlands | Ford | sierra rs cosworth | — | 13 |
| 13 | 21 | Joop KuipersNetherlands | Ernest HoogkamerNetherlands | Opel | manta 400 | — | 14 |
| 14 | 42 | Ron de GrootNetherlands | Richard KeveNetherlands | Opel | manta | — | 19 |
| 15 | 52 | Coen VinkNetherlands | Frans PellicaanNetherlands | Bmw | m3 | — | 20 |
| 16 | 62 | Gert van de HeuvelNetherlands | Coby RozendaalNetherlands | Ford | sierra xr 4x4 | — | 21 |
| 17 | 30 | Jack WaalenNetherlands | Bob DickhoutNetherlands | Opel | kadett gsi 16v | — | 22 |
| 18 | 27 | James ProchowskiUnited Kingdom | Brian HardiUnited Kingdom | Nissan | 240 rs | — | 25 |
| 19 | 59 | Rudy SchreursNetherlands | Bert JansenNetherlands | Opel | manta | — | 28 |
| 20 | 50 | Goris van LitNetherlands | Walther den ExterNetherlands | Peugeot | 205 gti 1.9 | — | 29 |
| 21 | 23 | Kees TijstermanNetherlands | Mieke TijstermanNetherlands | Opel | kadett 2.0 gsi 16v | — | 30 |
| 22 | 45 | Cees KruythofNetherlands | Wilma van den AssemNetherlands | Renault | 5 gt turbo | — | 31 |
| 23 | 38 | Frank CaronNetherlands | Hans WilsNetherlands | Mazda | 323 4wd | — | 33 |
| 24 | 46 | Ko FaasNetherlands | Hans BullensNetherlands | Mazda | 323 formule 4 | — | 34 |
| 25 | 36 | Ivor WighamUnited Kingdom | David MoretonUnited Kingdom | Vauxhall | astra gte 16v | — | 35 |
| 26 | 55 | Jutta BeisiegelGermany | Fanny v. TroostwijkNetherlands | Renault | 11 turbo | — | 36 |
| 27 | 41 | Henk WesterbeekNetherlands | Geert RienstraNetherlands | Opel | manta | — | 37 |
| 28 | 115 | William BrekelmansNetherlands | Gertjan BartNetherlands | Opel | manta gte | — | 38 |
| 29 | 57 | John van BeekNetherlands | Lucille CuypersNetherlands | Suzuki | swift gti | — | 39 |
| 30 | 18 | Urban BoquistSweden | Thomas SkaanSweden | Vw | golf gti 16v | — | 43 |
| 31 | 53 | Christopher ReesUnited Kingdom | Malcolm HeymerUnited Kingdom | Lancia | delta 4x4 | — | 44 |
| 32 | 44 | Jack ChristisNetherlands | Ed MeulenkampNetherlands | Opel | manta | — | 46 |
| 33 | 69 | Henk BrouwerNetherlands | Gerard KeuperNetherlands | Volvo | 360 glt | — | 50 |
| 34 | 88 | Graham WaiteUnited Kingdom | Dexter LewisUnited Kingdom | Toyota | corolla gt | — | 51 |
| 35 | 73 | Frank SchraderGermany | Stefan LanghankiGermany | Suzuki | swift gti | — | 52 |
| 36 | 33 | Clive FaineUnited Kingdom | Steve MynottUnited Kingdom | Mitsubishi | starion | — | 53 |
| 37 | 89 | Colin SlaymarkUnited Kingdom | — | Toyota | corolla gt | — | 57 |
| 38 | 132 | Phil ClaytonUnited Kingdom | Richard DunhillUnited Kingdom | Toyota | corolla | — | 58 |
| 39 | 110 | Martin de WeerdNetherlands | Pieter StandaarNetherlands | Toyota | corolla gt | — | 59 |
| 40 | 90 | Jesse KurtGermany | Stefan JesseGermany | Peugeot | 205 gti 1.6 | — | 65 |
| 41 | 80 | Armin HartmannGermany | Guido OrtmannGermany | Opel | kadett d 1.3 | — | 66 |
| 42 | 47 | Go WammesNetherlands | Wim van KoningsveldNetherlands | Rover | 3500 sdi | — | 71 |
| 43 | 54 | Terry DavisUnited Kingdom | David RossUnited Kingdom | Mazda | 323 4wd | — | 72 |
| 44 | 74 | Graham SamuelUnited Kingdom | Peter StoakleyUnited Kingdom | Toyota | corolla gt coupé | — | 73 |
| 45 | 85 | Cees van der MaatNetherlands | Vera van der MaatNetherlands | Opel | manta 2.0 e | — | 76 |
| 46 | 93 | Rob HeldoornNetherlands | Peter van der LansNetherlands | Volvo | 360 glt | — | 79 |
| 47 | 75 | Jimmy RasmussenDenmark | Allan MortensenDenmark | Fiat | uno | — | 80 |
| 48 | 87 | Peter KlodzinskiGermany | Klaus SchwinemGermany | Toyota | corolla | — | 81 |
| 49 | 113 | Gijs van der KooghNetherlands | Dick PoelmanNetherlands | Mitsubishi | colt 1600 turbo | — | 82 |
| 50 | 67 | Henk SchefferNetherlands | Johan SchefferNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | 83 |
| 51 | 82 | Jan de WinterNetherlands | Aad de WinterNetherlands | Volvo | 360 glt | — | 85 |
| 52 | 78 | Jurgen LohmannsGermany | Olaf MertschoweitGermany | Opel | kadett d 1.3 | — | 86 |
| 53 | 94 | Herman SteentjesNetherlands | Harold PulNetherlands | Saab | 900 t16 | — | 87 |
| 54 | 86 | Stuart PhillipsUnited Kingdom | Cevi GibbonUnited Kingdom | Toyota | corolla | — | 89 |
| 55 | 79 | Rainer ten HaafGermany | Dietmar NeubauerGermany | Toyota | starlet | — | 91 |
| 56 | 64 | Bernd MurmannGermany | Rob BijsterNetherlands | Toyota | corolla | — | 92 |
| 57 | 91 | John WrightUnited Kingdom | Anthony WalkerUnited Kingdom | Vauxhall | nova sr | — | 95 |
| 58 | 76 | Reinhard MahlerGermany | Michael MahlerGermany | Fiat | uno 55 | — | 96 |
| 59 | 114 | Carol RobbersNetherlands | Roger TheunsNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | 155 |
| 1 | 35 | Ger van KrimpenNetherlands | Peter KotNetherlands | Ford | sierra rs cosworth | — | 16 |
| 2 | 28 | Willem van den BergNetherlands | Marcel IJbenNetherlands | Porsche | 911 sc | — | 17 |
| 3 | 29 | Gerrit KobusNetherlands | Louis SimonettiNetherlands | Porsche | 911 sc | — | 18 |
| 4 | 39 | Tom van AltenaNetherlands | Rob van AltenaNetherlands | Vw | golf gti | — | 24 |
| 5 | 83 | Hans StaceyNetherlands | Eric van den BerghNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | 27 |
| 6 | 107 | Hans van GoorNetherlands | John VlaarNetherlands | Daihatsu | gtti | — | 40 |
| 7 | 95 | Hans KousNetherlands | Rob SandersNetherlands | Bmw | m3 | — | 41 |
| 8 | 96 | Bertrand HartmanNetherlands | Gertjan van der VeenNetherlands | Lancia | delta hf 4wd | — | 45 |
| 9 | 98 | Nico van der VliesNetherlands | René KlementNetherlands | Honda | civic 16i-16v | — | 47 |
| 10 | 48 | Sjaak AbrahamsNetherlands | Dennis AbrahamsNetherlands | Opel | kadett gsi 16v | — | 48 |
| 11 | 122 | Francois KoopalNetherlands | Frans SiersNetherlands | Vw | golf gti 16v | — | 49 |
| 12 | 60 | Anton MoreeNetherlands | Marcel van der SteltNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | 54 |
| 13 | 111 | Ko van der GraafNetherlands | Nico LemmermanNetherlands | Suzuki | swift gti | — | 56 |
| 14 | 123 | Theo van den BergNetherlands | Sjaan DamenNetherlands | Opel | manta | — | 60 |
| 15 | 127 | Adri MoreeNetherlands | Tom SijtsemaNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | 61 |
| 16 | 70 | Bert MiddendorpNetherlands | John KribooNetherlands | Opel | manta | — | 63 |
| 17 | 103 | Mart van der SlootNetherlands | Wim LieftinkNetherlands | Talbot | samba | — | 64 |
| 18 | 97 | Irma NijenhuisNetherlands | Cindy RoosNetherlands | Mercedes | 190 2.3 16v | — | 67 |
| 19 | 106 | Nico TapNetherlands | Koene DolNetherlands | Vw | golf gti 16v | — | 68 |
| 20 | 119 | Jan NijhofNetherlands | Andre HaafkesNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | 74 |
| 21 | 129 | Walter StoofNetherlands | Alex LuteijnNetherlands | Talbot | samba rallye | — | 75 |
| 22 | 118 | Wim WortelNetherlands | Herman SchenkeveldNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | 77 |
| 23 | 128 | Ben BosveldNetherlands | Paul HermansNetherlands | Citroën | ax | — | 78 |
| 24 | 133 | Floris VisserNetherlands | Gerard WijfjesNetherlands | Peugeot | 205 gti 1.6 | — | 84 |
| 25 | 121 | Frans BakkenesNetherlands | Gotz PfauderGermany | Opel | manta | — | 88 |
| 26 | 81 | Harry van WijkNetherlands | Frans van der ZalmNetherlands | Opel | manta gte | — | 90 |
| 27 | 101 | Rob VelthuizenNetherlands | Frans ReyneNetherlands | Lada | samara | — | 93 |
| 28 | 131 | Arno FeenstraNetherlands | Sieb ZeilstraNetherlands | Austin | metro | — | 97 |
| 29 | 130 | John RavenNetherlands | Tomasz PacekPoland | Talbot | samba rallye | — | 98 |
| 1 | 13 | Theo KnoopNetherlands | Paul BoestenNetherlands | Peugeot | 309 gti | — | 12 |
| 2 | 20 | Ed van SchieNetherlands | Hennie BruinesNetherlands | Ford | sierra rs cosworth | — | 15 |
| 3 | 43 | Rob de JongNetherlands | Peter de JongNetherlands | Opel | manta | — | 18 |
| 4 | 37 | Robert CloseUnited Kingdom | Hans AnthonyNetherlands | Toyota | corolla gti 16v | — | 23 |
| 5 | 31 | Cor BakkerNetherlands | Ton HillenNetherlands | Lancia | delta integrale | — | 26 |
| 6 | 72 | Per LofqvistSweden | Stefan JohanssonSweden | Vw | golf gti | — | 32 |
| 7 | 124 | Peter KuypersNetherlands | Henk van der PadNetherlands | Opel | manta | — | 42 |
| 8 | 112 | Hans MeskesNetherlands | Marcel LangeNetherlands | Suzuki | swift gti | — | 62 |
| 9 | 49 | Pawel NoakowskiPoland | Horst MullerGermany | Opel | kadett 2.0 gsi 16v | — | 69 |
| 10 | 77 | Simon ThompsonUnited Kingdom | Liz JordanUnited Kingdom | Vauxhall | nova sport | — | 70 |
| 11 | 136 | Ernst DerksenNetherlands | Menno SchonlageNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | 94 |
| 12 | 134 | Roger UbaghsNetherlands | Laurent QuadenNetherlands | Peugeot | 205 gti 1.6 | — | — |
| 13 | 11 | Russell GoodingUnited Kingdom | Rodger JenkinsUnited Kingdom | Bmw | m3 | — | — |
| 14 | 102 | Ken SkidmoreUnited Kingdom | Colin WatsonUnited Kingdom | Opel | corsa nova | — | — |
| 15 | 135 | Patrick VeenhuizenNetherlands | Arjan WarnaarNetherlands | Peugeot | 205 gti 1.6 | — | — |
| 16 | 116 | Fred VijversNetherlands | Beene VisNetherlands | Opel | manta | — | — |
| 17 | 117 | Gerard StaceyNetherlands | Mark van den BrandNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | — |
| 18 | 120 | Hans BoeveNetherlands | Albrecht OudendijkNetherlands | Opel | manta 2.0i | — | — |
| 19 | 8 | Jan MortensenDenmark | Finn MogensenDenmark | Ford | sierra rs cosworth | — | — |
| 20 | 126 | Henk van den BrinkNetherlands | Lau van den DriesNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | — |
| 21 | 125 | Fred VojacekNetherlands | Monique UytenhaakNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | — |
| 22 | 5 | Guy ColsoulBelgium | Paul SimonsBelgium | Opel | manta 400 | — | — |
| 23 | 109 | Jos van der LansNetherlands | Piet GorterNetherlands | Peugeot | 205 gti 1.6 | — | — |
| 24 | 71 | Henny van LeeuwenNetherlands | Rene GerritzenNetherlands | Ford | capri 2.8 inj. | — | — |
| 25 | 32 | Roland DirksNetherlands | Flip van ZutphenNetherlands | Lancia | delta integrale | — | — |
| 26 | 68 | Willem BonestrooNetherlands | Hernando GoesNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | — |
| 27 | 66 | Adrie GrosNetherlands | Peter de BruinNetherlands | Ford | sierra 4x4 | — | — |
| 28 | 65 | Kim AndersenDenmark | Soren TangaaDenmark | Peugeot | 205 gti 1.6 | — | — |
| 29 | 63 | Gerrit TeunisNetherlands | Rene BraakmanNetherlands | Bmw | m3 | — | — |
| 30 | 51 | Ben van den BergNetherlands | Manny MollinkNetherlands | Vw | golf gti 16v | — | — |
| 31 | 61 | Hans BrinkDenmark | Henrik JensenDenmark | Peugeot | 205 rallye | — | — |
| 32 | 34 | Rein BreijerNetherlands | Jan BreijerNetherlands | Ford | sierra rs cosworth | — | — |
| 33 | 58 | Stephen StringerUnited Kingdom | Pamela SoanesUnited Kingdom | Peugeot | 105 gti 1.6 | — | — |
| 34 | 40 | Fred van der VenNetherlands | Chiel StolsNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | — |
| 35 | 26 | Johan van HeekNetherlands | Johan FindhammerNetherlands | Bmw | m3 | — | — |
| 36 | 24 | Steen AndersenDenmark | Steen StausholmDenmark | Mazda | 323 4wd | — | — |
| 37 | 108 | Jan RiemeyerNetherlands | Gerrit KraayNetherlands | Daihatsu | gtti | — | — |
| 38 | 12 | Peter van MerksteijnNetherlands | Hans van BeekNetherlands | Opel | kadett 2.0 gsi 16v | — | — |
| 39 | 105 | Frans BremmerNetherlands | Fred Dam WichersNetherlands | Talbot | samba | — | — |
| 40 | 104 | Ad SmitsNetherlands | Inez van MiltNetherlands | Ford | escort rs turbo | — | — |
| 41 | 100 | Henk BiesheuvelNetherlands | Kees van der SteltNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | — |
| 42 | 99 | Erick BolhaarNetherlands | Niels de BruynNetherlands | Ford | escort 1600 | — | — |
| 43 | 14 | Jussi MäkynenFinland | Hannu MäkynenFinland | Ford | sierra rs cosworth | — | — |
| 44 | 15 | Walter GromöllerGermany | Wolfgang PestelGermany | Lancia | delta integrale | — | — |
| 45 | 16 | Kjell MelinSweden | Erik WaldenströmSweden | Lancia | delta integrale | — | — |
| 46 | 84 | Arie KnoppertNetherlands | Jan Albert BosschaNetherlands | Opel | kadett 2.0 gsi | — | — |
| 47 | 92 | Winnie LardenoijeNetherlands | Hubert LindelaufNetherlands | Opel | manta gsi | — | — |
| 48 | 56 | Mike RimmerUnited Kingdom | — | Mazda | 323 4wd | — | — |
From start to finish
- Barneveld
- Amersfoort
- Bunschoten
- Harskamp
- Garderen
The map shows the route from headquarters to headquarters; it is not the route actually driven.



