1989 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

American motorsport season April 2016 February 2025 1989 CART PPG Indy Car World Series 200px 200pxEmerson Fittipaldi 16 April 9 October 15 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi United States Penske United States Chevrolet Mexico Bernard Jourdain United States United States Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 1988 1990 The 1989 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 11th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART. The season consisted of 15 races, and one non-points exhibition event. Emerson Fittipaldi was the national champion, and the rookie of the year was Bernard Jourdain. Fittipaldi became the second driver after Mario Andretti to win the Formula One World Championship and the CART championship. The 1989 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Emerson Fittipaldi won the Indy 500, and would later become the first driver since Bobby Rahal in 1986 to win Indy and the CART championship in the same season. Emerson Fittipaldi won a total of five races, four pole positions, and had a total of eight podium finishes en route to the championship. Rick Mears won three races, and had a total of 14 top ten finishes, more consistent than Fittipaldi. The championship battle came down to those two drivers. In the second-to-last race of the season at Nazareth, Fittipaldi and Mears finished 1st-2nd. Fittipaldi effectively clinched the championship by virtue of a now 22-point lead over Mears. If Mears were to win the season finale at Laguna Seca, win the pole, and lead the most laps, he could tie Fittipaldi in points if Fittipaldi finished 13th or worse. However, Fittipaldi held the tiebreaker with 5 wins versus Mears with 3. Mears did all three at Laguna Seca (won the pole, won the race and led the most laps), but the tiebreaker scenario was moot as Fittipaldi managed a 5th place in the race. It was Mears' first road course victory since Riverside in 1982, and the first since he suffered serious leg injuries in 1984. It was also the last road course win of his career. At Mid-Ohio, Teo Fabi scored the first and only win of the Porsche Indy Car team. Fabi had eleven top tens, and finished 4th in points. Cosworth unveiled a new engine, the "short-stroke" DFS to some fanfare, but little success. Bobby Rahal won one race in 1989 with the Cosworth DFS in July at the Meadowlands. It would stand as the only race victory for the DFS powerplant. Drivers and constructors The following teams and drivers competed for the 1989 Indy Car World Series. All entries utilized Goodyear tires. TeamChassisEngineCar #DriversRoundsFull-timeUnited States Newman/Haas RacingLolaChevrolet 5US Mario AndrettiAll 6US Michael AndrettiAll United States Patrick Racing Penske Chevrolet 20 Brazil Emerson FittipaldiAll United States Galles Racing Lola Chevrolet 2 US Al Unser Jr.All United States Team Penske PenskeChevrolet 1US Danny Sullivan All except 6-7 Australia Geoff Brabham 6US Al Unser 7 4 US Rick MearsAll 25US Al Unser 3, 10-11 United States Porsche North America March Porsche 8 Italy Teo FabiAll United States Truesports LolaJudd 3 US Scott Pruett All United States Kraco Racing Lola Cosworth 18 US Bobby RahalAllUnited States Dick Simon RacingLolaCosworth/Buick 7/9Netherlands Arie LuyendykAll 22 US Scott Brayton All 28 US Randy Lewis All except 14 17US Joe Sposato 15 United States Doug Shierson Racing Lola Judd 30 Brazil Raul BoeselAll United States Raynor Racing LolaJudd 10 Ireland Derek DalyAll United States Machinists Union Racing MarchCosworth 11US Kevin Cogan All except 14US Johnny Rutherford 14Lola 29/24US Pancho Carter AllUnited States Protofab RacingLolaCosworth 15UK James Weaver 2, 5, 7 65CAN John Jones All except 14 United States A. J. Foyt Enterprises LolaCosworth 14US A. J. Foyt All except 7 and 15US Rocky Moran 15March 29US Rich Vogler 3 United States Andale Racing Lola Cosworth 69 Mexico Bernard Jourdain All except 13 Italy EuromotorsportLolaCosworth 50/16Switzerland Jean-Pierre Frey 1, 4-6 50US Davy Jones 3US Scott Atchison 6-8 Finland Tero Palmroth 11 Italy Guido Daccò 10, 12-15 United States Alex Morales Motorsports MarchAlfa Romeo 21Colombia Roberto Guerrero 5-15 United States Arciero Racing PenskeCosworth 12 Belgium Didier Theys 1-4 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza 5-9, 12-13, 15 US Rich Vogler 10 United States Hemelgarn Racing LolaJudd/Buick 71Canada Ludwig Heimrath Jr. 1-4, 9-10, 12-15 Finland Tero Palmroth 5 71/91Belgium Didier Theys 5-8 91 US Gordon Johncock 3, 10-11Canada Scott Goodyear 9, 13 US Robby Unser 15 81US Bill Vukovich III 3United States Vince Granatelli RacingLola/March Buick/Cosworth 9Belgium Didier Theys 12-15 9/70US John Andretti 3, 9-11, 14-15 9/7 US Tom Sneva 1-8Part-timeUnited States Bayside MotorsportsLolaCosworth86USA Dominic Dobson1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 15 United States Dale Coyne Racing LolaCosworth 19Italy Guido Daccò 1-8 US Dale Coyne 11 Italy Fulvio Ballabio 12-13 US Ken Johnson 15 US John Paul Jr. 10 United States ATEC Environmental Lola Cosworth 96 Italy Guido Daccò 9 United States Bernstein Racing Lola Buick 15 UK Jim Crawford 3 United States Saleen March Cosworth 59 US Steve Saleen 2-3, 5, 7, 9, 12-13, 15 United States Gohr Racing Lola/MarchCosworth 56US Jeff Wood 7-10, 12-15 Finland Tero Palmroth 2-3 United States Bettenhausen Motorsports LolaCosworth 16USA Jon Beekhuis 9, 13, 15 US Steve Chassey 8, 10 US Michael Greenfield 11US Dennis Vitolo 5, 12 15/16 US John Paul Jr. 7-8 27Italy Fulvio Ballabio 2 US Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 11United States Mann MotorsportsLolaBuick 99US Gary Bettenhausen 3 96US John Paul Jr. 5, 15 US Mark Dismore 12 US Stoops FreightlinerLolaCosworth 17US Johnny Rutherford 10-11 US Steve Butler 3 US U.S. Engineering LolaCosworth 44US Scott Harrington 3, 13, 15 US Phil Krueger 10 US Team Lazier March Cosworth 35 US Buddy Lazier 3United States Curb RacingMarchCosworth 33US Rocky Moran 3 Schedule Since Miami was dropped from the schedule the season finale and the Marlboro Challenge was moved to Laguna Seca. A race at Fuji Speedway in Japan was originally scheduled for March 26,1988-11-05 Article clipped from The Indianapolis Star 30 The Indianapolis Star https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star/107459013/ 2023-09-13 but was eventually cancelled.2014-07-07 FISA v CART https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/february-1989/7/fisa-v-cart/ 2023-09-13 Motor Sport Magazine en-GB Icon Legend white O silver Oval/Speedway lightblue R silver Road course peachpuff S silver Street circuitNC Non-championship race Rd Date Race Name Track City 1 April 9 Checker Autoworks 200 white O silver Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix, Arizona 2 April 16 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach peachpuff S silver Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California 3 May 28 Indianapolis 500* white O silver Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana 4 June 4 Miller High Life 200 white O silver Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin5 June 18 Valvoline Detroit Grand Prix peachpuff S silver Detroit Street Circuit Detroit, Michigan 6 June 25 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 lightblue R silver Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 7 July 2 Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix peachpuff S silver Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio 8 July 16 Marlboro Grand Prix** peachpuff S silver Meadowlands Street Circuit East Rutherford, New Jersey 9 July 23 Molson Indy Toronto peachpuff S silver Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 10 August 6 Marlboro 500 white O silver Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan 11 August 20 Quaker State 500 white O silver Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania 12 September 3 Red Roof Inns 200 lightblue R silver Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 13 September 10 Texaco/Havoline 200 lightblue R silver Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 14 September 24 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix white O silver Pennsylvania International Raceway Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania NC October 14 Marlboro Challenge lightblue R silver Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California 15 October 15 Toyota Monterey Grand Prix lightblue R silver Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California * Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the CART title. ** Meadowlands was supposed to run for 183 miles (295 kilometers) but was shortened due to rain. Results Rnd Race Name Pole position Winning driver Winning teamRace time 1 Checker Autoworks 200 US Rick Mears US Rick Mears Team Penske1:35:09 2 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach US Al Unser Jr. US Al Unser Jr. Galles Racing1:51:19 3 Indianapolis 500 US Rick Mears Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing2:59:01 4 Miller High Life 200 US Rick Mears US Rick Mears Team Penske1:32:11 5 Valvoline Detroit Grand Prix US Michael Andretti Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing2:02:11 6 Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200 Italy Teo Fabi Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing1:55:20 7 Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix US Michael Andretti Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing1:32:56 8 Marlboro Grand Prix Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi US Bobby Rahal Kraco Racing2:09:20 9 Molson Indy Toronto Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi US Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing2:01:00 10 Marlboro 500 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi US Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing3:07:15 11 Pocono 500 Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi US Danny Sullivan Team Penske2:55:43 12 Red Roof Inns 200 Italy Teo Fabi Italy Teo Fabi Porsche North America1:54:46 13 Texaco/Havoline 200 US Danny Sullivan US Danny Sullivan Team Penske1:37:43 14 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix US Rick Mears Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing1:29:02NC Marlboro Challenge Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi US Al Unser Jr. Galles Racing0:56:37 15 Champion Spark Plug 300K US Rick Mears US Rick Mears Team Penske1:58:29 Final driver standings List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MIS POC MOH ROA NAZ MAR LAG Pts 1Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 5 3 1* 16 1 1* 1* 2 2 14 19 4 5 1* 8 5 196 2US Rick Mears 1* 5 23 1* 5 8 5 4 5 7 2* 6 3 2 9 1* 186 3US Michael Andretti 4 2 17 2 13* 6 18 18* 1 1* 3 3 6* 5 7 7 150 4Italy Teo Fabi 6 27 30 3 4 4 4 9 4 2 4 1* 2 16 4 19 141 5US Al Unser Jr. 2 1* 2 8 21 10 7 5 20 4 9 2 20 4 1* 3 136 6US Mario Andretti 8 18 4 7 3 25 2 20 26 3 5 7 7 8 5 2 110 7US Danny Sullivan 3 8 28 10 24 8 3* 23 1 5 1 3 2 14 107 8 USA Scott Pruett 11 DNS 10 5 2 5 6 3 6 17 8 19 8 6 6 4 101 9US Bobby Rahal 18 4 26 13 18 2 3 1 19 9 6 22 28 7 3 6 88 10Netherlands Arie Luyendyk 17 7 21 6 6 3 9 7 24 6 23 8 4 13 10 9 75 11Brazil Raul Boesel 14 6 3 4 28 7 8 6 7 20 20 23 9 11 10 68 12 Ireland Derek Daly 12 9 15 21 25 11 22 25 16 5 24 9 27 9 18 25 13US Pancho Carter 7 17 22 9 10 9 14 13 27 26 12 28 19 18 24 18 14US Kevin Cogan 10 26 32 19 17 24 11 12 9 25 22 10 18 8 18 15US Scott Brayton 15 12 6 18 Wth 13 28 10 14 11 14 15 13 10 20 17 16US Al Unser 24 10 8 7 14 17CAN John Jones 16 20 11 11 11 19 25 11 18 16 10 13 10 22 14 18US A. J. Foyt 22 25 5 20 26 DNS 23 17 18 21 21 22 14 10 19USA Dominic Dobson 23 19 18 7 18 17 11 11 10 20Mexico Bernard Jourdain yellow RY silver 19 13 9 12 15 22 19 19 10 19 11 27 15 23 10 21Belgium Didier Theys 20 23 20 17 9 20 12 26 11 11 21 17 9 22US Davy Jones 7 6 23Colombia Roberto Guerrero 8 23 13 22 28 22 16 12 21 20 25 6 24Italy Fabrizio Barbazza 20 21 26 24 8 20 12 21 6 25US Rich Vogler 8 28 5 26CAN Ludwig Heimrath Jr. 9 24 13 DNS Wth 22 DNQ 25 17 17 DNQ 4 27US Johnny Rutherford DNQ 10 13 DNS 3 28US Tom Sneva DNS 10 27 22 23 26 20 27 3 29Italy Guido Daccò orange R silver 24 22 14 12 12 21 DNQ 21 13 26 26 12 26 3 30UK James Weaver orange R silver 11 22 24 2 31US Steve Saleen orange R silver 14 Wth 14 17 12 14 25 13 1 32US Jeff Wood 15 15 DNQ 12 16 15 Wth DNQ 1 33US John Andretti 25 25 24 17 19 12 1 34US Bill Vukovich III 12 1 35US Randy Lewis 13 15 29 15 16 16 23 16 15 27 18 17 14 16 0 36USA Jon Beekhuis orange R silver 13 24 15 0 37US Scott Atchison 17 27 14 0 38US Rocky Moran 14 28 0 39Australia Geoff Brabham 14 0 40US Gordon Johncock 31 21 15 0 41Switzerland Jean-Pierre Frey 21 DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 0 42US Phil Krueger DNQ 15 0 43Finland Tero Palmroth 16 16 27 25 0 44US John Paul Jr. DNQ 19 16 21 DNQ DNQ 0 45US Scott Harrington orange R silver DNQ DNQ 16 DNQ 0 46Italy Fulvio Ballabio 21 18 DNQ 0 47UK Jim Crawford 19 0 48Canada Scott Goodyear 23 23 0 49US Mark Dismore orange R silver 24 0 50US Tony Bettenhausen Jr. DNQ DNS 26 0 51US Dale Coyne Wth 27 0 52US Ken Johnson 27 0 53US Steve Chassey DNQ 28 29 0 54US Gary Bettenhausen 33 0US Dennis Vitolo DNQ DNQ 0US Michael Greenfield DNQ Wth 0US Buddy Lazier Wth DNQ 0 US Tom Bigelow DNQ 0 US Steve Butler DNQ 0US Johnny Parsons DNQ 0US Joe Sposato DNQ 0US Robby Unser DNQ 0 US Dick Ferguson Wth 0US Stan Fox Wth 0 US George Snider Wth 0 Pos Driver PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MIS POC MOH ROA NAZ MAR LAG Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th-6th place Light Blue 7th-12th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 12) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsyellow RY silver Rookie of the Yearorange R silver Rookie Nations' Cup Top result per race counts towards Nations' Cup. Pos Country PHX US LBH US INDY US MIL US DET US POR US CLE US MEA US TOR Canada MIS US POC US MOH US ROA US NAZ US LAG US Pts 1 USA United States1*1*21*2*221*1*1*121*21* 276 2 Brazil Brazil531*411*1*221419451*5 200 3 Italy Italy62230344494241*21221 139 4 Netherlands Netherlands17721663972462384139 75 5 Ireland Ireland12915212511222516524927918 25 6 Canada Canada102011111119251113161013101715 18 7 Mexico Mexico191391215221919101911271523 10 8 Belgium Belgium20232017920122611112117 9 9 Colombia Colombia823132228221612212025 6 10 England England112224 2 11 Australia Australia14 0 12 Switzerland Switzerland21WthDNQDNQ15 0 13 Finland Finland16162725 0 14 Scotland Scotland19 0 Pos Country PHX US LBH US INDY US MIL US DET US POR US CLE US MEA US TOR Canada MIS US POC US MOH US ROA US NAZ US LAG US Pts Chassis Constructors' Cup Pos Chassis Pts 1 USA Penske PC-18/PC-17 283 2 GBR Lola T8900/T8800/T8700 254 3 GBR March 89CE/89P/88C/86C 149 Pos Chassis Pts Engine Manufacturers' Cup Pos Engine Pts 1 USA Chevrolet A 319 2 GBR Cosworth 146 3 GER Porsche 141 4 GBR Judd 138 5 USA Buick 16 6 Italy Alfa Romeo 6 Pos Engine Pts. See also 1989 Indianapolis 500 1989 American Racing Series season References http://www.race-database.com/cc/index.php/ 1989 CART PPG IndyCar World Series standings race-database.com 2010-12-10 http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5-1989/ PPG Indy Car World Series 1989 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2009-05-19 http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1989.htm 1989 PPG Indy Car World Series Champ Car Stats 2009-05-19 http://www.indy500.com/stats/view/boxscore/year/1989/ Official Box Score: 73rd Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2009-05-19 2008-05-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20080514015209/http://www.indy500.com/stats/view/boxscore/year/1989 dead http://champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=1989 Standings after Laguna Seca Champ Car World Series 2015-12-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080405130229/http://champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=1989 April 5, 2008 Citations Category:Champ Car seasons IndyCar