1990 American Racing Series season

November 2024 February 2025 The 1990 Firestone American Racing Series Championship consisted of 14 races. Paul Tracy won nine times and captured seven poles on his way to the championship. Calendar Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole position Most leading laps Fastest race lap 1 Phoenix Arizona April 7, 1990 100 1.6093=160.93 km 1'02:25.213 154.690 km/h Paul Tracy Mark Smith Paul Tracy ? 2 Long Beach California April 22, 1990 43 1.834602=78.887886 km 0'51:49.703 91.326 km/h Paul Tracy Paul Tracy Paul Tracy ? 3 Milwaukee Wisconsin June 3, 1990 87 1.6607976=144.489391 km 0'49:03.020 176.744 km/h Paul Tracy Robbie Buhl Paul Tracy ? 4 Detroit Michigan June 17, 1990 24 4.02325=96.558 km 0'58:28.764 99.069 km/h Tommy Byrne Paul Tracy Paul Tracy ? 5 Portland Oregon June 24, 1990 40 3.0930746=123.722984 km 0'46:01.151 161.311 km/h Paul Tracy Paul Tracy Paul Tracy ? 6 Cleveland Ohio July 8, 1990 32 3.8124317=121.9978144 km 0'37:52.520 193.262 km/h Paul Tracy Paul Tracy Paul Tracy ? 7 Meadowlands New Jersey July 15, 1990 63 1.9585181=123.38664 km 0'48:32.089 152.534 km/h Paul Tracy Paul Tracy Paul Tracy ? 8 Toronto July 22, 1990 42 2.8709912=120.58163 km 0'51:50.015 139.579 km/h Paul Tracy Ted Prappas Paul Tracy ? 9 Denver Colorado August 26, 1990 25 3.05767=76.44175 km 0'46:41.156 98.242 km/h Mark Rodrigues P. J. Jones Robbie Buhl ? 10 Vancouver September 2, 1990 44 2.8500703=125.4030932 km 0'52:28.220 143.399 km/h Vinicio Salmi Paul Tracy Paul Tracy ? 11 Mid-Ohio Ohio September 16, 1990 29.5 3.86232=113.45565 km 0'53:43.000 126.727 km/h Brian Till Robbie Buhl Paul Tracy ? 12 Road America Wisconsin September 23, 1990 19 6.4372=122.3068 km 0`53:43.000 km/h Paul Tracy Mike Snow Paul Tracy ? 13 Nazareth Pennsylvania October 7, 1990 75 1.5223978=114.179835 km 0'33:55.189 201.970 km/h Robbie Groff Robbie Buhl Robbie Groff ? 14 Laguna Seca California October 21, 1990 34 3.5629902=121.1416668 km 0'55:03.40 132.018 km/h Ted Prappas Paul Tracy Ted Prappas ? Race summaries Phoenix race Held April 7 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mark Smith won the pole. Top Five Results Paul Tracy Mark Smith Éric Bachelart Ted Prappas Marty Roth Long Beach race Held April 22 at Long Beach Street Circuit. Paul Tracy won the pole.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/152470140/ Tracy Starts and Stays Out Front in ARS Event Dick Wagner Los Angeles Times April 23, 1990 November 24, 2024 58 Newspapers.com Top Five Results Paul Tracy Mark Smith Tommy Byrne Steve Shelton Johnny O'Connell Milwaukee race Held June 3 at The Milwaukee Mile. Robbie Buhl won the pole. Top Five Results Paul Tracy Robbie Buhl Robbie Groff Ted Prappas P. J. Jones Detroit race Held June 17 at the Detroit Street Circuit. Paul Tracy won the pole. Top Five Results Tommy Byrne Éric Bachelart Mike Snow Justin Bell Ted Prappas Portland race Held June 24 at Portland International Raceway. Paul Tracy won the pole. Top Five Results Paul Tracy P. J. Jones Mike Snow Mitch Thieman Ted Prappas Cleveland race Held July 8 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Paul Tracy won the pole. Top Five Results Paul Tracy P. J. Jones Éric Bachelart Mark Smith Ted Prappas Meadowlands race Held July 15 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Paul Tracy won the pole. Top Five Results Paul Tracy Ted Prappas Mike Snow Robbie Buhl Cathy Muller Toronto race Held July 22 at Exhibition Place. Ted Prappas won the pole. Top Five Results Paul Tracy Ted Prappas P. J. Jones Vinicio Salmi Cathy Muller Denver race Held August 26 at the Denver, Colorado street circuit. P. J. Jones won the pole. Top Five Results Mark Rodrigues Robbie Buhl Vinicio Salmi Marty Roth Roberto Quintanilla Vancouver race Held September 2 at Pacific Place. Paul Tracy won the pole. Top Five Results Vinicio Salmi Mark Smith Marty Roth Tom Christoff Paul Tracy Mid-Ohio race Held September 16 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Robbie Buhl won the pole. Top Five Results Paul Tracy Robbie Buhl Robbie Groff Tom Christoff Mark Rodrigues Elkhart Lake race Held September 23 at Road America. Mike Snow won the pole. Top Five Results Paul Tracy Robbie Buhl Mark Smith Éric Bachelart Robbie Groff Nazareth race Held October 7 at Nazareth Speedway. Robbie Buhl won the pole. Top Five Results Robbie Groff Robbie Buhl Ted Prappas Mark Rodrigues Mark Smith Laguna Seca race Held October 21 at Laguna Seca. Paul Tracy won the pole. Top Five Results Ted Prappas Mike Snow Robbie Groff Vinicio Salmi Mark Smith Final points standings Driver For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). Place Name Country Team Total points USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA CAN USA USA USA USA 1 Paul Tracy Landford Racing 214 21 22 21 5 22 22 22 21 - 12 21 21 3 1 2 Ted Prappas P.I.G. Racing 135 12 5 12 10 10 10 16 17 2 3 2 1 14 21 3 Mark Smith Evergreen Racing 128 17 16 4 2 8 12 3 8 4 16 4 14 10 10 4 Robbie Buhl Leading Edge Motorsport 118 - - 17 - 4 8 12 2 17 8 17 16 17 - 5 Robbie Groff Groff Motorsports 104 5 8 14 6 1 4 4 - 3 - 14 10 21 14 6 Mike Snow Bradley Motorsports 89 - - 1 14 14 6 11 - 5 1 8 6 4 16 7 Mark Rodrigues Leading Edge Motorsport 76 3 - 6 - - 2 5 McNeill Motorsports 4 20 6 10 8 12 - 8 P. J. Jones P.I.G. Racing 68 - - 10 1 16 16 1 14 2 2 1 - 5 - Vinicio Salmi Genoa Racing 68 - - - - 5 - 2 12 14 20 - 3 - 12 10 Éric Bachelart Ganassi-Stimola Racing ARS 63 14 2 17 16 - 14 - - - 5 - 12 - - 11 Marty Roth Stuart Moore Racing 59 10 - - 8 - - 6 6 12 14 3 - - - Tom Christoff Landford Racing 59 - - 3 - - 3 8 - 8 12 12 4 8 1 13 Tommy Byrne Genoa Racing 52 4 14 8 20 6 - - - - - - - - - 14 Roberto Quintanilla Roquin Motorsports 38 - - 2 - 2 - - - 10 4 6 6 - 8 15 Justin Bell Ganassi-Stimola Racing ARS 29 - 4 - 12 - 5 - 3 - - 5 - - - 16 Cathy Muller McNeill Motorsports 28 1 6 Stuart Moore Racing - - - 1 10 10 - - - - - - 17 Steve Sheldon Stuart Moore Racing 21 8 12 - - - - - McNeill Motorsport 1 - - - - - - 18 Hunter Jones Baci Racing 17 6 1 5 - - - - 5 - - - - - - 19 Johnny O'Connell R & K Racing 16 - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - Essex Racing 6 20 Mitch Thieman Thieman Racing 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - - - - - 21 Colin Trueman TrueSports Racing 7 - - - 4 3 - - - - - - - - - 22 John Brooks Baci Racing 6 - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - Cheryl Glass Glass Racing 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - 24 Dave Kudrave Dave White Motorsports 5 2 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - Brian Bonner TEAMKAR International 5 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - John Marconi Leading Edge Motorsport 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 27 E.J. Lenzi Baci Racing 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 - Mark Ritchey P.I.G. Racing 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 29 Bob Dorricott Jr. Cameron-McGee Motorsports 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 30 Dale Evans Bradley Motorsports 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Note: Race 13 not all points were awarded (not enough competitors). Complete Overview first column of every race 10 = grid position second column of every race 10 = race result R15=retired, but classified NS=did not start (11)=place after practice, but grid position not held free Place Name Country Team USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA CAN USA USA USA USA 1 Paul Tracy Landford Racing 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 R15 1 5 2 1 2 1 5 R10 1 R15 2 Ted Prappas P.I.G. Racing 7 4 2 R8 9 4 4 5 6 5 6 5 2 2 1 2 2 R11 2 R10 3 R11 8 R12 3 3 2 1 3 Mark Smith Evergreen Racing 1 2 4 2 12 9 14 R11 7 6 5 4 6 10 8 6 4 R9 3 2 4 R9 4 3 4 5 8 5 4 Robbie Buhl Leading Edge Motorsport 15 R22 11 13 1 2 9 R18 8 9 10 6 9 4 5 R11 6 2 4 6 1 2 5 2 1 2 3 R16 5 Robbie Groff Groff Motorsports 4 8 15 6 3 3 11 7 11 R12 7 9 8 R9 (11) NS 7 R10 - - 6 3 6 5 2 1 5 3 6 Mike Snow Bradley Motorsports 26 R20 25 21 8 12 12 3 3 3 3 7 5 3 9 R14 5 8 10 R12 9 6 1 8 6 R9 6 2 7 Mark Rodrigues Leading Edge Motorsport 16 10 17 18 11 7 15 R19 14 R16 12 11 12 8 McNeill Motorsports 14 9 10 1 12 7 12 5 10 6 7 4 12 R14 8 P. J. Jones P.I.G. Racing 11 13 6 17 5 5 2 R12 2 2 4 2 3 R12 3 3 1 R12 9 R11 7 R12 11 R13 11 8 4 R13 Vinicio Salmi Genoa Racing - - - - - - - - 12 8 - - 11 R11 4 4 8 3 6 1 - - 3 10 - - 7 4 10 Éric Bachelart Ganassi-Stimola Racing ARS 6 3 14 11 4 15 6 2 - - 2 3 - - - - - - 5 R8 - - 7 4 - - - - 11 Marty Roth Stuart Moore Racing 10 5 10 R24 10 16 18 6 13 14 14 14 10 7 11 7 11 4 7 3 5 10 - - - - - - Tom Christoff Landford Racing 18 15 19 15 7 10 13 R13 10 13 11 10 13 6 13 R13 15 6 8 4 11 4 12 9 8 6 11 R12 13 Tommy Byrne Genoa Racing 17 9 3 3 6 6 3 1 5 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 Roberto Quintanilla Roquin Motorsports 22 16 12 14 15 11 16 R15 16 11 - - - - - - 13 5 11 9 10 7 13 7 - - 10 6 15 Justin Bell Ganassi-Stimola Racing ARS - - 16 9 17 13 5 4 - - 9 8 7 R13 6 10 9 R13 - - 8 8 - - - - - - 16 Cathy Muller McNeill Motorsports 14 12 13 7 Stuart Moore Racing 14 R17 7 R16 9 R15 8 12 4 5 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 Steve Sheldon Stuart Moore Racing 8 6 5 4 - - - - - - - - - - McNeill Motorsports 12 R12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 Hunter Jones Baci Racing 2 7 20 12 13 8 8 R17 - - - - - - 7 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Johnny O'Connell R & K Racing - - 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Essex Racing 9 7 20 Mitch Thieman Thieman Racing 20 14 8 R25 - - - - 4 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 Colin Trueman TrueSports Racing 23 18 22 16 - - 19 9 15 10 13 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 John Brooks Baci Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 7 - - - - - - - - - - Cheryl Glass Glass Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 7 17 NS 24 Dave Kudrave Dave White Motorsports 13 11 7 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brian Bonner TEAMKAR International - - - - - - 17 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Marconi Leading Edge Motorsport - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 8 27 E.J. Lenzi Baci Racing - - - 23 R22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 R11 10 11 - - Mark Ritchey P.I.G. Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 9 29 Bob Dorricott Jr. Cameron-McGee Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 R10 30 Dale Evans Bradley Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 R11 - Jay Cochran Essex Racing 21 R24 18 R23 16 14 10 R14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rusty Scott Leading Edge Motorsport - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 R14 - - - - - - - - - - - Kenji Momota TEAMKAR International 24 17 24 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Peter Lockhart Leading Edge Motorsport 19 R23 21 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Steve Barclay R & K Racing 9 R19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Arthur Abrahams Baci Racing 12 R21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References Category:Indy Lights seasons American Racing Series