1989 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

1989 CART season
Emerson Fittipaldi
PPG Indy Car World Series
Season
Races	16
Start date	April 9
End date	October 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
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
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 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.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	Drivers	Notes
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	5	Mario Andretti
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	6	Michael Andretti
Patrick Racing	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	20	Emerson Fittipaldi
Galles Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	2	Al Unser, Jr.
Team Penske	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	1	Danny Sullivan	not competing at Portland & Cleveland
				1	Geoff Brabham	Portland only
				4	Rick Mears
				25/1	Al Unser	Indianapolis 500, Cleveland, Michigan & Pocono only
Porsche North America	March	Porsche	Goodyear	8	Teo Fabi
Truesports	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	3	Scott Pruett	did not start at Long Beach
Kraco Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	18	Bobby Rahal
Dick Simon Racing	Lola	Cosworth/Buick	Goodyear	7/9	Arie Luyendyk
				22	Scott Brayton	disqualified (oversize wing) at Detroit
				28	Randy Lewis	not competing at Nazareth, start at Indianapolis 500 with TeamKar
				17	Joe Sposato	Laguna Seca only but did not qualify
Doug Shierson Racing	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	30	Raul Boesel
Raynor Racing	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	10	Derek Daly
Machinists Union Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	11	Kevin Cogan	not competing at Nazareth
	March			11	Johnny Rutherford	Nazareth only but did not qualify
	Lola			29/24	Pancho Carter	start at Indianapolis 500 with Leader Card Racing
Protofab Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	15	James Weaver	Long Beach, Detroit & Cleveland only
Protofab Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	65	John Jones	not competing at Nazareth
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	14	A. J. Foyt	withdrew (electrical) at Portland, not competing at Cleveland & Laguna Seca
	Lola			14	Rocky Moran	Laguna Seca only
	March			29	Rich Vogler	Indianapolis 500 only
Bayside Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	86	Dominic Dobson	Phoenix, Long Beach, Indianapolis 500, Detroit, Portland, Meadowlands, Toronto & Laguna Seca only
Andale Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	69	Bernard Jourdain	not competing at Road America
Andale Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	69	Johnny Parsons	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
Euromotorsport	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	50/16	Jean-Pierre Frey	Phoenix & Portland only, did not qualify at Milwaukee & Detroit, entry declined (not enough experience) at Indianapolis 500
				50	Davy Jones	Indianapolis 500 only
					Scott Atchison	Portland, Cleveland & Meadowlands only
					Tero Palmroth	Pocono only
					Guido Daccò	Michigan, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Nazareth & Laguna Seca only
Alex Morales Motorsports	March	Alfa Romeo	Goodyear	21	Roberto Guerrero	not competing at Phoenix, Long Beach, Indianapolis 500 & Milwaukee
Arciero Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	12	Didier Theys	Phoenix, Long Beach, Indianapolis 500 & Milwaukee only
					Fabrizio Barbazza	Detroit, Portland, Cleveland, Meadowlands, Toronto, Mid-Ohio, Road America & Laguna Seca only
					Rich Vogler	Michigan only
Hemelgarn Racing	Lola	Judd/Buick	Goodyear	71	Ludwig Heimrath	Phoenix, Long Beach, Indianapolis 500, Toronto, Mid-Ohio, Road America & Nazareth only, did not start at Milwaukee, did not qualify at Michigan & Laguna Seca
				71	Tero Palmroth	Detroit only
				71/91	Didier Theys	Detroit, Portland, Cleveland & Meadowlands only
				91	Gordon Johncock	Indianapolis 500, Michigan & Pocono only
					Scott Goodyear	Toronto & Road America only
					Robby Unser	Laguna Seca only but did not qualify
				81	Billy Vukovich III	Indianapolis 500 only
Granatelli Racing	Lola/March	Buick/Cosworth	Goodyear	9	Didier Theys	Mid-Ohio, Road America, Nazareth & Laguna Seca only
				9/70	John Andretti	Indianapolis 500, Toronto, Michigan, Pocono, Nazareth & Laguna Seca only
				9/7	Tom Sneva	Long Beach, Indianapolis 500, [ABC Supply Wisconsin 250\|Milwaukee]], Detroit, Portland, Cleveland & Meadowlands only, did not start (wrecked after qualifying) at Phoenix
Dale Coyne Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	19	Guido Daccò	Phoenix, Long Beach, Milwaukee, Detroit, Portland & Cleveland only, did not qualify at Indianapolis 500 & Meadowlands
					Dale Coyne	Pocono only
					Fulvio Ballabio	Mid-Ohio only, did not qualify at Road America
					Ken Johnson	Laguna Seca only
					John Paul, Jr.	Michigan only but did not qualify
ATEC Environmental	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	96	Guido Daccò	Toronto only
Bernstein Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	15	Jim Crawford	Indianapolis 500 only
Saleen	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	59	Steve Saleen	Long Beach, Detroit, Cleveland, Toronto, Mid-Ohio, Road America & Laguna Seca only, did not qualify at Indianapolis 500
Gohr Racing	Lola/March	Cosworth	Goodyear	56	Jeff Wood	Cleveland, Meadowlands, Michigan, Mid-Ohio & Road America only, did not qualify at Toronto, Nazareth & Laguna Seca
Gohr Racing	Lola/March	Cosworth	Goodyear	56	Tero Palmroth	Long Beach & Indianapolis 500 only
Bettenhausen Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	16	Jon Beekhuis	Toronto, Road America & Laguna Seca only
					Steve Chassey	Meadowlands & Michigan only
					Michael Greenfield	Pocono only but did not qualify
					Dennis Vitolo	Detroit & Mid-Ohio only but did not qualify
				15/16	John Paul, Jr.	Cleveland & Meadowlands only
				27	Fulvio Ballabio	Long Beach only
				27	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	Pocono only
Mann Motorsports	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	99	Gary Bettenhausen	Indianapolis 500 only
				96	John Paul, Jr.	Detroit only, did not qualify at Laguna Seca
				96	Mark Dismore	Mid-Ohio only
Stoops Freightliner	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	17	Johnny Rutherford	Michigan & Pocono only
Stoops Freightliner	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	17	Steve Butler	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
U.S. Engineering	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	44	Scott Harrington	Road America only, did not qualify at Indianapolis 500 & Laguna Seca
U.S. Engineering	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	44	Phil Krueger	Michigan only
Team Lazier	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	35	Buddy Lazier	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
Curb Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	33	Rocky Moran	Indianapolis 500 only

Season Summary

Race results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	TV Network	Pole position	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	April 9	Checker Autoworks 200	Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	ABC	Rick Mears	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Report
2	April 16	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	ABC	Al Unser, Jr.	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles Racing	Report
3	May 28	73rd Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	ABC	Rick Mears	Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	Report
4	June 4	Miller High Life 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	ABC	Rick Mears	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Report
5	June 18	Valvoline Detroit Grand Prix	Streets of Detroit	Detroit, Michigan	CBS	Michael Andretti	Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	Report
6	June 25	Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	ESPN	Teo Fabi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	Report
7	July 2	Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	ESPN	Michael Andretti	Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	Report
8	July 16	Marlboro Grand Prix	Meadowlands Sports Complex	East Rutherford, New Jersey	NBC	Emerson Fittipaldi	Bobby Rahal	Kraco Racing	Report
9	July 23	Molson Indy	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	NBC	Emerson Fittipaldi	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
10	August 6	Marlboro 500	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	ABC	Emerson Fittipaldi	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
11	August 20	Quaker State 500	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	NBC	Emerson Fittipaldi	Danny Sullivan	Team Penske	Report
12	September 3	Red Roof Inns 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	ESPN	Teo Fabi	Teo Fabi	Porsche North America	Report
13	September 10	Texaco/Havoline 200	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	ESPN	Danny Sullivan	Danny Sullivan	Team Penske	Report
14	September 24	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	ESPN	Rick Mears	Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	Report
NC	October 14	Marlboro Challenge	Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California	ESPN	Emerson Fittipaldi	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles Racing	Report
15	October 15	Toyota Monterey Grand Prix Featuring the Champion Spark Plug 300	Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California	ESPN	Rick Mears	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Report

Oval/Speedway

Road Course/Street Circuit

Non-championship race

Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the CART title.

Final driver standings

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

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	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	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	24	22	DNQ	14	12	12	21	DNQ	21	13		26	26	12	26	3
30	James Weaver		11			22		24									2
31	Steve Saleen		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	Billy 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									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			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												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 & 5th place
Light Blue	6th-10th place
Dark Blue	Finished (Outside Top 10)
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)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position
*	Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
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		12			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.

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.

American Championship car racing (IndyCar) seasons

AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

NASCAR	1952 1953

USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95

CART / CCWS	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~

INDYCAR	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

CART / Champ Car seasons (1979–2008)

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~

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