1989 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

Template:American Championship Car season 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.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Car #	Drivers	Rounds
Full-time
Template:Flagicon Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	5	Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti	All
			6	Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti	All
Template:Flagicon Patrick Racing	Penske	Chevrolet	20	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	All
Template:Flagicon Galles Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	2	Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr.	All
Template:Flagicon Team Penske	Penske	Chevrolet	1	Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan	All except 6-7
				Template:Flagicon Geoff Brabham	6
				Template:Flagicon Al Unser	7
			4	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	All
			25	Template:Flagicon Al Unser	3, 10-11
Template:Flagicon Porsche North America	March	Porsche	8	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	All
Template:Flagicon Truesports	Lola	Judd	3	Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett	All
Template:Flagicon Kraco Racing	Lola	Cosworth	18	Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal	All
Template:Flagicon Dick Simon Racing	Lola	Cosworth/Buick	7/9	Template:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk	All
			22	Template:Flagicon Scott Brayton	All
			28	Template:Flagicon Randy Lewis	All except 14
			17	Template:Flagicon Joe Sposato	15
Template:Flagicon Doug Shierson Racing	Lola	Judd	30	Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel	All
Template:Flagicon Raynor Racing	Lola	Judd	10	Template:Flagicon Derek Daly	All
Template:Flagicon Machinists Union Racing	March	Cosworth	11	Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan	All except 14
				Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford	14
	Lola		29/24	Template:Flagicon Pancho Carter	All
Template:Flagicon Protofab Racing	Lola	Cosworth	15	Template:Flagicon James Weaver	2, 5, 7
			65	Template:Flagicon John Jones	All except 14
Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Lola	Cosworth	14	Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt	All except 7 and 15
				Template:Flagicon Rocky Moran	15
	March		29	Template:Flagicon Rich Vogler	3
Template:Flagicon Andale Racing	Lola	Cosworth	69	Template:Flagicon Bernard Jourdain	All except 13
Template:Flagicon Euromotorsport	Lola	Cosworth	50/16	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Frey	1, 4-6
			50	Template:Flagicon Davy Jones	3
				Template:Flagicon Scott Atchison	6-8
				Template:Flagicon Tero Palmroth	11
				Template:Flagicon Guido Daccò	10, 12-15
Template:Flagicon Alex Morales Motorsports	March	Alfa Romeo	21	Template:Flagicon Roberto Guerrero	5-15
Template:Flagicon Arciero Racing	Penske	Cosworth	12	Template:Flagicon Didier Theys	1-4
				Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Barbazza	5-9, 12-13, 15
				Template:Flagicon Rich Vogler	10
Template:Flagicon Hemelgarn Racing	Lola	Judd/Buick	71	Template:Flagicon Ludwig Heimrath Jr.	1-4, 9-10, 12-15
				Template:Flagicon Tero Palmroth	5
			71/91	Template:Flagicon Didier Theys	5-8
			91	Template:Flagicon Gordon Johncock	3, 10-11
				Template:Flagicon Scott Goodyear	9, 13
				Template:Flagicon Robby Unser	15
			81	Template:Flagicon Bill Vukovich III	3
Template:Flagicon Vince Granatelli Racing	Lola/March	Buick/Cosworth	9	Template:Flagicon Didier Theys	12-15
			9/70	Template:Flagicon John Andretti	3, 9-11, 14-15
			9/7	Template:Flagicon Tom Sneva	1-8
Part-time
Template:Flagicon Bayside Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth	86	Template:Flagicon Dominic Dobson	1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 15
Template:Flagicon Dale Coyne Racing	Lola	Cosworth	19	Template:Flagicon Guido Daccò	1-8
				Template:Flagicon Dale Coyne	11
				Template:Flagicon Fulvio Ballabio	12-13
				Template:Flagicon Ken Johnson	15
				Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.	10
Template:Flagicon ATEC Environmental	Lola	Cosworth	96	Template:Flagicon Guido Daccò	9
Template:Flagicon Bernstein Racing	Lola	Buick	15	Template:Flagicon Jim Crawford	3
Template:Flagicon Saleen	March	Cosworth	59	Template:Flagicon Steve Saleen	2-3, 5, 7, 9, 12-13, 15
Template:Flagicon Gohr Racing	Lola/March	Cosworth	56	Template:Flagicon Jeff Wood	7-10, 12-15
				Template:Flagicon Tero Palmroth	2-3
Template:Flagicon Bettenhausen Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth	16	Template:Flagicon Jon Beekhuis	9, 13, 15
				Template:Flagicon Steve Chassey	8, 10
				Template:Flagicon Michael Greenfield	11
				Template:Flagicon Dennis Vitolo	5, 12
			15/16	Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.	7-8
			27	Template:Flagicon Fulvio Ballabio	2
				Template:Flagicon Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	11
Template:Flagicon Mann Motorsports	Lola	Buick	99	Template:Flagicon Gary Bettenhausen	3
			96	Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.	5, 15
				Template:Flagicon Mark Dismore	12
Template:Flagicon Stoops Freightliner	Lola	Cosworth	17	Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford	10-11
				Template:Flagicon Steve Butler	3
Template:Flagicon U.S. Engineering	Lola	Cosworth	44	Template:Flagicon Scott Harrington	3, 13, 15
				Template:Flagicon Phil Krueger	10
Template:Flagicon Team Lazier	March	Cosworth	35	Template:Flagicon Buddy Lazier	3
Template:Flagicon Curb Racing	March	Cosworth	33	Template:Flagicon 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. A race at Fuji Speedway in Japan was originally scheduled for March 26, but was eventually cancelled.

Rd	Date	Race Name	Track	City
1	April 9	Checker Autoworks 200 Presented by Phoenix International Raceway and the Fiesta Bowl	O  Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona
2	April 16	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	R  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	R  Streets of Detroit	Detroit, Michigan
6	June 25	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	R  Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
7	July 2	Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix	R  Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio
8	July 16	Marlboro Grand Prix	R  Meadowlands Street Circuit	East Rutherford, New Jersey
9	July 23	Molson Indy Toronto	R  Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario
10	August 6	Marlboro 500	O  Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan
11	August 20	Quaker State 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	Texaco/Havoline 200	R  Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
14	September 24	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	O  Pennsylvania International Raceway	Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
NC	October 14	Marlboro Challenge	R  Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California
15	October 15	Toyota Monterey Grand Prix Featuring the Champion Spark Plug 300	R  Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California

- Meadowlands was supposed to run for 183 miles (295 kilometers) but was shortened due to rain.
 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road/Street course
  Non-championship event

Race results

Rnd	Race Name	Pole position	Winning driver	Winning team	Race time
1	Checker Autoworks 200	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Team Penske	1:35:09
2	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr.	Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr.	Galles Racing	1:51:19
3	Indianapolis 500	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	2:59:01
4	Miller High Life 200	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Team Penske	1:32:11
5	Valvoline Detroit Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	2:02:11
6	Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	1:55:20
7	Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	1:32:56
8	Marlboro Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal	Kraco Racing	2:09:20
9	Molson Indy Toronto	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	2:01:00
10	Marlboro 500	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	3:07:15
11	Pocono 500	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan	Team Penske	2:55:43
12	Red Roof Inns 200	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	Porsche North America	1:54:46
13	Texaco/Havoline 200	Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan	Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan	Team Penske	1:37:43
14	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	1:29:02
NC	Marlboro Challenge	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr.	Galles Racing	0:56:37
15	Champion Spark Plug 300K	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon 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 MIS POC MOH ROA NAZ MAR LAG Pts 1 Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi 5 3 1* 16 1 1* 1* 2 2 14 19 4 5 1* 8 5 196 2 Template:Flagicon Rick Mears 1* 5 23 1* 5 8 5 4 5 7 2* 6 3 2 9 1* 186 3 Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti 4 2 17 2 13* 6 18 18* 1 1* 3 3 6* 5 7 7 150 4 Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi 6 27 30 3 4 4 4 9 4 2 4 1* 2 16 4 19 141 5 Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr. 2 1* 2 8 21 10 7 5 20 4 9 2 20 4 1* 3 136 6 Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti 8 18 4 7 3 25 2 20 26 3 5 7 7 8 5 2 110 7 Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan 3 8 28 10 24 8 3* 23 1 5 1 3 2 14 107 8 Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett 11 DNS 10 5 2 5 6 3 6 17 8 19 8 6 6 4 101 9 Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal 18 4 26 13 18 2 3 1 19 9 6 22 28 7 3 6 88 10 Template:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk 17 7 21 6 6 3 9 7 24 6 23 8 4 13 10 9 75 11 Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel 14 6 3 4 28 7 8 6 7 20 20 23 9 11 10 68 12 Template:Flagicon Derek Daly 12 9 15 21 25 11 22 25 16 5 24 9 27 9 18 25 13 Template:Flagicon Pancho Carter 7 17 22 9 10 9 14 13 27 26 12 28 19 18 24 18 14 Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan 10 26 32 19 17 24 11 12 9 25 22 10 18 8 18 15 Template:Flagicon Scott Brayton 15 12 6 18 DNQ 13 28 10 14 11 14 15 13 10 20 17 16 Template:Flagicon Al Unser 24 10 8 7 14 17 Template:Flagicon John Jones 16 20 11 11 11 19 25 11 18 16 10 13 10 22 14 18 Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt 22 25 5 20 26 DNS 23 17 18 21 21 22 14 10 19 Template:Flagicon Dominic Dobson 23 19 18 7 18 17 11 11 10 20 Template:Flagicon Bernard Jourdain  RY  19 13 9 12 15 22 19 19 10 19 11 27 15 23 10 21 Template:Flagicon Didier Theys 20 23 20 17 9 20 12 26 11 11 21 17 9 22 Template:Flagicon Davy Jones 7 6 23 Template:Flagicon Roberto Guerrero 8 23 13 22 28 22 16 12 21 20 25 6 24 Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Barbazza 20 21 26 24 8 20 12 21 6 25 Template:Flagicon Rich Vogler 8 28 5 26 Template:Flagicon Ludwig Heimrath Jr. 9 24 13 DNS 22 DNQ 25 17 17 DNQ 4 27 Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford DNQ 10 13 DNS 3 28 Template:Flagicon Tom Sneva DNS 10 27 22 23 26 20 27 3 29 Template:Flagicon Guido Daccò  R  24 22 DNQ 14 12 12 21 DNQ 21 13 26 26 12 26 3 30 Template:Flagicon James Weaver  R  11 22 24 2 31 Template:Flagicon Steve Saleen  R  14 DNQ 14 17 12 14 25 13 1 32 Template:Flagicon Jeff Wood 15 15 DNQ 12 16 15 DNQ DNQ 1 33 Template:Flagicon John Andretti 25 25 24 17 19 12 1 34 Template:Flagicon Bill Vukovich III 12 1 35 Template:Flagicon Randy Lewis 13 15 29 15 16 16 23 16 15 27 18 17 14 16 0 36 Template:Flagicon Jon Beekhuis  R  13 24 15 0 37 Template:Flagicon Scott Atchison 17 27 14 0 38 Template:Flagicon Rocky Moran 14 28 0 39 Template:Flagicon Geoff Brabham Wth 14 0 40 Template:Flagicon Gordon Johncock 31 21 15 0 41 Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Frey 21 Wth DNQ DNQ 15 0 42 Template:Flagicon Phil Krueger DNQ 15 0 43 Template:Flagicon Tero Palmroth 16 16 27 25 0 44 Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr. DNQ 19 16 21 DNQ DNQ 0 45 Template:Flagicon Scott Harrington  R  DNQ 16 DNQ 0 46 Template:Flagicon Fulvio Ballabio 21 18 DNQ 0 47 Template:Flagicon Jim Crawford 19 0 48 Template:Flagicon Scott Goodyear 23 23 0 49 Template:Flagicon Mark Dismore  R  24 0 50 Template:Flagicon Tony Bettenhausen Jr. DNQ 26 0 51 Template:Flagicon Dale Coyne DNQ 27 0 52 Template:Flagicon Ken Johnson 27 0 53 Template:Flagicon Steve Chassey DNQ 28 29 0 54 Template:Flagicon Gary Bettenhausen 33 0 Template:Flagicon Tom Bigelow DNQ 0 Template:Flagicon Steve Butler DNQ 0 Template:Flagicon Dick Ferguson DNQ 0 Template:Flagicon Stan Fox DNQ 0 Template:Flagicon Michael Greenfield DNQ Wth 0 Template:Flagicon Andy Hillenburg Wth 0 Template:Flagicon Buddy Lazier DNQ DNQ 0 Template:Flagicon Bobby Olivero DNQ 0 Template:Flagicon Johnny Parsons DNQ 0 Template:Flagicon Joe Sposato DNQ 0 Template:Flagicon Robby Unser DNQ 0 Template:Flagicon Dennis Vitolo DNQ DNQ 0 Template:Flagicon Kevin Whitesides DNQ 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 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

Nations' Cup

• Top result per race counts towards Nations' Cup.

Pos	Country	PHX Template:Flagicon	LBH Template:Flagicon	INDY Template:Flagicon	MIL Template:Flagicon	DET Template:Flagicon	POR Template:Flagicon	CLE Template:Flagicon	MEA Template:Flagicon	TOR Template:Flagicon	MIS Template:Flagicon	POC Template:Flagicon	MOH Template:Flagicon	ROA Template:Flagicon	NAZ Template:Flagicon	LAG Template:Flagicon	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon United States	1*	1*	2	1*	2*	2	2	1*	1*	1*	1	2	1*	2	1*	276
2	Template:Flagicon Brazil	5	3	1*	4	1	1*	1*	2	2	14	19	4	5	1*	5	200
3	Template:Flagicon Italy	6	22	30	3	4	4	4	9	4	2	4	1*	2	12	21	139
4	Template:Flagicon Netherlands	17	7	21	6	6	3	9	7	24	6	23	8	4	13	9	75
5	Template:Flagicon Ireland	12	9	15	21	25	11	22	25	16	5	24	9	27	9	18	25
6	Template:Flagicon Canada	10	20	11	11	11	19	25	11	13	16	10	13	10	17	15	18
7	Template:Flagicon Mexico	19	13	9	12	15	22	19	19	10	19	11	27		15	23	10
8	Template:Flagicon Belgium	20	23	20	17	9	20	12	26				11	11	21	17	9
9	Template:Flagicon Colombia					8	23	13	22	28	22	16	12	21	20	25	6
10	Template:Flagicon England		11			22		24									2
11	Template:Flagicon Australia						14										0
12	Template:Flagicon Switzerland	21		Wth	DNQ	DNQ	15										0
13	Template:Flagicon Finland		16	16		27						25					0
14	Template:Flagicon Scotland			19													0
Pos	Country	PHX Template:Flagicon	LBH Template:Flagicon	INDY Template:Flagicon	MIL Template:Flagicon	DET Template:Flagicon	POR Template:Flagicon	CLE Template:Flagicon	MEA Template:Flagicon	TOR Template:Flagicon	MIS Template:Flagicon	POC Template:Flagicon	MOH Template:Flagicon	ROA Template:Flagicon	NAZ Template:Flagicon	LAG Template:Flagicon	Pts

Chassis Constructors' Cup

Pos	Chassis	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon Penske PC-18/PC-17	283
2	Template:Flagicon Lola T8900/T8800/T8700	254
3	Template:Flagicon March 89CE/89P/88C/86C	149
Pos	Chassis	Pts

Engine Manufacturers' Cup

Pos	Engine	Pts
1	Template:Flagicon Chevrolet A	319
2	Template:Flagicon Cosworth	146
3	Template:Flagicon Porsche	141
4	Template:Flagicon Judd	138
5	Template:Flagicon Buick	16
6	Template:Flagicon Alfa Romeo	6
Pos	Engine	Pts.

See also

• 1989 Indianapolis 500
• 1989 American Racing Series season