1989 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

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.

1989 CART season
PPG Indy Car World Series

Emerson Fittipaldi
Season
Races16
Start dateApril 9
End dateOctober 15
Awards
Drivers' champion Emerson Fittipaldi
Constructors' Cup Penske
Manufacturers' Cup Chevrolet
Nations' Cup United States
Rookie of the Year Bernard Jourdain
Indianapolis 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi

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.

Team Chassis Engine Car # Drivers Rounds
Full-time
Newman/Haas Racing Lola Chevrolet 5 Mario Andretti All
6 Michael Andretti All
Patrick Racing Penske Chevrolet 20 Emerson Fittipaldi All
Galles Racing Lola Chevrolet 2 Al Unser Jr. All
Team Penske Penske Chevrolet 1 Danny Sullivan All except 6-7
Geoff Brabham 6
4 Rick Mears All
25/1 Al Unser 3, 7, 10-11
Porsche North America March Porsche 8 Teo Fabi All
Truesports Lola Judd 3 Scott Pruett All
Kraco Racing Lola Cosworth 18 Bobby Rahal All
Dick Simon Racing Lola Cosworth/Buick 7/9 Arie Luyendyk All
22 Scott Brayton All
28 Randy Lewis All except 14
17 Joe Sposato 15
Doug Shierson Racing Lola Judd 30 Raul Boesel All
Raynor Racing Lola Judd 10 Derek Daly All
Machinists Union Racing March Cosworth 11 Kevin Cogan All except 14
Johnny Rutherford 14
Lola 29/24 Pancho Carter All
Protofab Racing Lola Cosworth 15 James Weaver 2, 5, 7
65 John Jones All except 14
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Lola Cosworth 14 A. J. Foyt All except 7 and 15
Rocky Moran 15
March 29 Rich Vogler 3
Andale Racing Lola Cosworth 69 Bernard Jourdain All except 13
Euromotorsport Lola Cosworth 50/16 Jean-Pierre Frey 1, 4-6
50 Davy Jones 3
Scott Atchison 6-8
Tero Palmroth 11
Guido Daccò 10, 12-15
Alex Morales Motorsports March Alfa Romeo 21 Roberto Guerrero 5-15
Arciero Racing Penske Cosworth 12 Didier Theys 1-4
Fabrizio Barbazza 5-9, 12-13, 15
Rich Vogler 10
Hemelgarn Racing Lola Judd/Buick 71 Ludwig Heimrath Jr. 1-4, 9-10, 12-15
Tero Palmroth 5
71/91 Didier Theys 5-8
91 Gordon Johncock 3, 10-11
Scott Goodyear 9, 13
Robby Unser 15
81 Bill Vukovich III 3
Vince Granatelli Racing Lola/March Buick/Cosworth 9 Didier Theys 12-15
9/70 John Andretti 3, 9-11, 14-15
9/7 Tom Sneva 1-8
Part-time
Bayside Motorsports Lola Cosworth 86 Dominic Dobson 1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 15
Dale Coyne Racing Lola Cosworth 19 Guido Daccò 1-8
Dale Coyne 11
Fulvio Ballabio 12-13
Ken Johnson 15
John Paul Jr. 10
ATEC Environmental Lola Cosworth 96 Guido Daccò 9
Bernstein Racing Lola Buick 15 Jim Crawford 3
Saleen March Cosworth 59 Steve Saleen 2-3, 5, 7, 9, 12-13, 15
Gohr Racing Lola/March Cosworth 56 Jeff Wood 7-10, 12-15
Tero Palmroth 2-3
Bettenhausen Motorsports Lola Cosworth 16 Jon Beekhuis 9, 13, 15
Steve Chassey 8, 10
Michael Greenfield 11
Dennis Vitolo 5, 12
15/16 John Paul Jr. 7-8
27 Fulvio Ballabio 2
Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 11
Mann Motorsports Lola Buick 99 Gary Bettenhausen 3
96 John Paul Jr. 5, 15
Mark Dismore 12
Stoops Freightliner Lola Cosworth 17 Johnny Rutherford 10-11
Steve Butler 3
U.S. Engineering Lola Cosworth 44 Scott Harrington 3, 13, 15
Phil Krueger 10
Team Lazier March Cosworth 35 Buddy Lazier 3
Curb Racing March Cosworth 33 Rocky Moran 3

Season Summary

Schedule

Since Miami was dropped from the schedule the season finale and the Marlboro Challenge was moved to Laguna Seca.

Rd Date Race Name Track City
1 April 9 Checker 200  O  Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix, Arizona
2 April 16 Grand Prix of Long Beach  S  Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California
3 May 28 Indianapolis 500  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
4 June 4 Miller High Life 200  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
5 June 18 Valvoline Detroit Grand Prix  S  Streets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan
6 June 25 Budweiser/G.I.Joe's 200  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
7 July 2 Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland  S  Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
8 July 16 Marlboro Grand Prix  S  Meadowlands Street Circuit East Rutherford, New Jersey
9 July 23 Molson Indy Toronto  S  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
10 August 6 Marlboro 500  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
11 August 20 Pocono 500  O  Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania
12 September 3 Red Roof Inns 200  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
13 September 10 Road America 200  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
14 September 24 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix  O  Nazareth Speedway Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
NC October 14 Marlboro Challenge  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
15 October 15 Champion Spark Plug 300k  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California

- Meadowlands was supposed to run for 183 miles (295 kilometers) but was shortened due to rain.
 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Dedicated road course
 S  Temporary street circuit
NC Non-championship event

Race results
Rnd Race Name Pole position Winning driver Winning team Race time
1 Checker Autoworks 200 Rick Mears Rick Mears Team Penske 1:35:09
2 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Al Unser Jr. Al Unser Jr. Galles Racing 1:51:19
3 Indianapolis 500 Rick Mears Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing 2:59:01
4 Miller High Life 200 Rick Mears Rick Mears Team Penske 1:32:11
5 Valvoline Detroit Grand Prix Michael Andretti Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing 2:02:11
6 Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200 Teo Fabi Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing 1:55:20
7 Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix Michael Andretti Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing 1:32:56
8 Marlboro Grand Prix Emerson Fittipaldi Bobby Rahal Kraco Racing 2:09:20
9 Molson Indy Emerson Fittipaldi Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing 2:01:00
10 Marlboro 500 Emerson Fittipaldi Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing 3:07:15
11 Pocono 500 Emerson Fittipaldi Danny Sullivan Team Penske 2:55:43
12 Red Roof Inns 200 Teo Fabi Teo Fabi Porsche North America 1:54:46
13 Road America 200 Danny Sullivan Danny Sullivan Team Penske 1:37:43
14 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Rick Mears Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing 1:29:02
NC Marlboro Challenge Emerson Fittipaldi Al Unser Jr. Galles Racing 0:56:37
15 Champion Spark Plug 300K Rick Mears Rick Mears Team Penske 1:58:29
  • Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the CART title.

Final driver standings
Pos Driver PHX
 LBH
 INDY
 MIL
 DET
 POR
CLE
 MEA
 TOR
 MIC
 POC
 MDO
 ROA
 NAZ
 LAG
 Pts
1 Emerson Fittipaldi 5 3 1* 16 1 1* 1* 2 2 14 19 4 5 1* 5 196
2 Rick Mears 1* 5 23 1* 5 8 5 4 5 7 2* 6 3 2 1* 186
3 Michael Andretti 4 2 17 2 13* 6 18 18* 1 1* 3 3 6* 5 7 150
4 Teo Fabi 6 27 30 3 4 4 4 9 4 2 4 1* 2 16 19 141
5 Al Unser Jr. 2 1* 2 8 21 10 7 5 20 4 9 2 20 4 3 136
6 Mario Andretti 8 18 4 7 3 25 2 20 26 3 5 7 7 8 2 110
7 Danny Sullivan 3 8 28 10 24 8 3* 23 1 5 1 3 14 107
8 Scott Pruett 11 DNS 10 5 2 5 6 3 6 17 8 19 8 6 4 101
9 Bobby Rahal 18 4 26 13 18 2 3 1 19 9 6 22 28 7 6 88
10 Arie Luyendyk 17 7 21 6 6 3 9 7 24 6 23 8 4 13 9 75
11 Raul Boesel 14 6 3 4 28 7 8 6 7 20 20 23 9 11 10 68
12 Derek Daly 12 9 15 21 25 11 22 25 16 5 24 9 27 9 18 25
13 Pancho Carter 7 17 22 9 10 9 14 13 27 26 12 28 19 18 24 18
14 Kevin Cogan 10 26 32 19 17 24 11 12 9 25 22 10 18 8 18
15 Scott Brayton 15 12 6 18 DSQ 13 28 10 14 11 14 15 13 10 20 17
16 Al Unser 24 10 8 7 14
17 John Jones 16 20 11 11 11 19 25 11 18 16 10 13 10 22 14
18 A. J. Foyt 22 25 5 20 26 Wth 23 17 18 21 21 22 14 10
19 Dominic Dobson 23 19 18 7 18 17 11 11 10
20 Bernard Jourdain  RY  19 13 9 12 15 22 19 19 10 19 11 27 15 23 10
21 Didier Theys 20 23 20 17 9 20 12 26 11 11 21 17 9
22 Davy Jones 7 6
23 Roberto Guerrero 8 23 13 22 28 22 16 12 21 20 25 6
24 Fabrizio Barbazza 20 21 26 24 8 20 12 21 6
25 Rich Vogler 8 28 5
26 Ludwig Heimrath Jr. 9 24 13 DNS 22 DNQ 25 17 17 DNQ 4
27 Johnny Rutherford DNQ 10 13 DNQ 3
28 Tom Sneva DNS 10 27 22 23 26 20 27 3
29 Guido Daccò  R  24 22 DNQ 14 12 12 21 DNQ 21 13 26 26 12 26 3
30 James Weaver  R  11 22 24 2
31 Steve Saleen  R  14 DNQ 14 17 12 14 25 13 1
32 Jeff Wood 15 15 DNQ 12 16 15 DNQ DNQ 1
33 John Andretti 25 25 24 17 19 12 1
34 Bill Vukovich III 12 1
35 Randy Lewis 13 15 29 15 16 16 23 16 15 27 18 17 14 16 0
36 Jon Beekhuis  R  13 24 15 0
37 Scott Atchison 17 27 14 0
38 Rocky Moran 14 28 0
39 Geoff Brabham 14 0
40 Gordon Johncock 31 21 15 0
41 Jean-Pierre Frey 21 Wth DNQ DNQ 15 0
42 Phil Krueger DNQ 15 0
43 Tero Palmroth 16 16 27 25 0
44 John Paul Jr. DNQ 19 16 21 DNQ DNQ 0
45 Scott Harrington  R  DNQ 16 DNQ 0
46 Fulvio Ballabio 21 18 DNQ 0
47 Jim Crawford 19 0
48 Scott Goodyear 23 23 0
49 Mark Dismore  R  24 0
50 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. DNQ DNQ 26 0
51 Dale Coyne DNQ 27 0
52 Ken Johnson 27 0
53 Steve Chassey DNQ 28 29 0
54 Gary Bettenhausen 33 0
Tom Bigelow DNQ 0
Steve Butler DNQ 0
Dick Ferguson DNQ 0
Stan Fox DNQ 0
Michael Greenfield DNQ DNQ 0
Andy Hillenburg Wth 0
Buddy Lazier DNQ DNQ 0
Bobby Olivero DNQ 0
Johnny Parsons DNQ 0
Joe Sposato DNQ 0
Robby Unser DNQ 0
Dennis Vitolo DNQ DNQ 0
Kevin Whitesides DNQ 0
Pos Driver PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MIC POC MDO ROA NAZ 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 not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

Nation's Cup
  • Top result per race counts towards Nation's Cup.
Pos Country PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MIC POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG Pts
1 United States 1* 1* 2 1* 2* 2 2 1* 1* 1* 1 2 1* 2 1* 276
2 Brazil 5 3 1* 4 1 1* 1* 2 2 14 19 4 5 1* 5 200
3 Italy 6 22 30 3 4 4 4 9 4 2 4 1* 2 12 21 139
4 Netherlands 17 7 21 6 6 3 9 7 24 6 23 8 4 13 9 75
5 Ireland 12 9 15 21 25 11 22 25 16 5 24 9 27 9 18 25
6 Canada 10 20 11 11 11 19 25 11 13 16 10 13 10 17 15 18
7 Mexico 19 13 9 12 15 22 19 19 10 19 11 27 15 23 10
8 Belgium 20 23 20 17 9 20 12 26 11 11 21 17 9
9 Colombia 8 23 13 22 28 22 16 12 21 20 25 6
10 England 11 22 24 2
11 Australia 14 0
12 Switzerland 21 Wth DNQ DNQ 15 0
13 Finland X 16 16 27 25 0
14 Scotland 19 0
Pos Country PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MIC POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG Pts

Chassis Constructor's Cup
Pos Chassis Pts
1 Penske PC-18/PC-17 283
2 Lola T8900/T8800/T8700 254
3 March 89CE/89P/88C/86C 149
Pos Chassis Pts

Engine Manufacturer's Cup
Pos Engine Pts
1 Chevrolet A 319
2 Cosworth 146
3 Porsche 141
4 Judd 138
5 Buick 16
6 Alfa Romeo 6
Pos Engine Pts.

See also

References
  • "1989 CART PPG IndyCar World Series standings". race-database.com. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  • Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1989". Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  • "1989 PPG Indy Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  • "Official Box Score: 73rd Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  • "Standings after Laguna Seca". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
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