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1989 Indianapolis 500

1989 Indianapolis 500 is 143rd CART race. Passed at the Indianapolis circuit. Rick Mears won the pole position, Emerson Fittipaldi won this race. Al Unser, Jr. and Raul Boesel also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 1989 Long Beach Grand Prix
Next race: 1989 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Race Start: 28th May 1989

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1989 Indianapolis 500

14th victory for the Patrick Racing team
7th victory for the Emerson Fittipaldi
19th podium for the Emerson Fittipaldi
29th podium for the Al Unser, Jr.
1st podium for the Raul Boesel

1989 Indianapolis 500

Penske PC18 #20 - 1989 Indianapolis 500 winner

1989 Indianapolis 500 results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC18, #20	21	2h 59m 1.04s	Patrick Racing
2	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T89/00, #2	16	198 laps Accident	Galles Racing
3	Raul Boesel	Lola T89/00, #30	14	194 laps	Shierson Racing
4	Mario Andretti	Lola T89/00, #5	12	193 laps	Newman-Haas Racing
5	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T89/00, #14	10	193 laps	Gilmore Racing Team
6	Scott Brayton	Lola T89/00, #22	8	193 laps	Dick Simon Racing
7	Davy Jones	Lola T88/00, #50	6	192 laps	Euromotorsport
8	Rich Vogler	March 88C, #29	5	192 laps	Machinists Union Racing
9	Bernard Jourdain	Lola T89/00, #69	4	191 laps	Andale Racing
10	Scott Pruett	Lola T89/00, #3	3	190 laps	Truesports
11	John Jones	Lola T89/00, #65	2	189 laps	Protofab Racing
12	Bill Vukovich III	Lola T88/00, #81	1	186 laps	Hemelgarn Racing
13	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T88/00, #71	0	185 laps	Hemelgarn Racing
14	Rocky Moran	March 86C, #33	0	181 laps	Gilmore Racing Team
15	Derek Daly	Lola T89/00, #10	0	167 laps	Raynor Motorsports
16	Tero Palmroth	Lola T88/00, #56	0	165 laps Spindle	Gohr Racing
17	Michael Andretti	Lola T89/00, #6	0	163 laps Engine	Newman-Haas Racing
18	Dominic Dobson	Lola T88/00, #86	0	161 laps	Bayside Motorsports
19	Jim Crawford	Lola T87/00, #15	0	135 laps Drive train	King Racing
20	Didier Theys	Penske PC17, #12	0	131 laps Engine	Arciero Racing
21	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T89/00, #9	0	123 laps Engine	Dick Simon Racing
22	Pancho Carter	Lola T89/00, #24	0	121 laps Electrics	Leader Card Racers
23	Rick Mears	Penske PC18, #4	1	113 laps Engine	Penske Racing
24	Al Unser	Penske PC18, #25	0	68 laps Clutch	Penske Racing
25	John Andretti	Lola T88/00, #70	0	61 laps Engine	Vince Granatelli Racing
26	Bobby Rahal	Lola T89/00, #18	0	58 laps Engine	Kraco Racing
27	Tom Sneva	Lola T88/00, #7	0	55 laps Fire	Vince Granatelli Racing
28	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC18, #1	0	41 laps Clutch	Penske Racing
29	Randy Lewis	Lola T89/00, #28	0	24 laps Wheel bearing	Teamkar International
30	Teo Fabi	March 89P, #8	0	23 laps Ignition	Porsche Motorsports
31	Gordon Johncock	Lola T88/00, #91	0	19 laps Engine	Hemelgarn Racing
32	Kevin Cogan	March 88C, #11	0	2 laps Accident	Machinists Union Racing
33	Gary Bettenhausen	Lola T87/00, #99	0	Valve	Mann Motorsports
0	Johnny Rutherford	Lola T89/00, #98	0		Team Menard
0	Phil Krueger	Penske PC17, #77	0		US Engineering

Qualifying Results for the 1989 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC18, #4	2m 40.797s	Penske Racing
2	Al Unser	Penske PC18, #25	2m 41.095s	Penske Racing
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC18, #20	2m 41.922s	Patrick Racing
4	Jim Crawford	Lola T87/00, #15	2m 42.565s	King Racing
5	Mario Andretti	Lola T89/00, #5	2m 43.275s	Newman-Haas Racing
6	Scott Brayton	Lola T89/00, #22	2m 43.296s	Dick Simon Racing
7	Bobby Rahal	Lola T89/00, #18	2m 43.986s	Kraco Racing
8	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T89/00, #2	2m 44.653s	Galles Racing
9	Raul Boesel	Lola T89/00, #30	2m 44.965s	Shierson Racing
10	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T89/00, #14	2m 45.794s	Gilmore Racing Team
11	Randy Lewis	Lola T89/00, #28	2m 46.286s	Teamkar International
12	John Andretti	Lola T88/00, #70	2m 46.967s	Vince Granatelli Racing
13	Teo Fabi	March 89P, #8	2m 47.004s	Porsche Motorsports
14	Gary Bettenhausen	Lola T87/00, #99	2m 47.263s	Mann Motorsports
15	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T89/00, #9	2m 47.533s	Dick Simon Racing
16	Tero Palmroth	Lola T88/00, #56	2m 48.065s	Gohr Racing
17	Scott Pruett	Lola T89/00, #3	2m 48.26s	Truesports
18	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T88/00, #71	2m 48.32s	Hemelgarn Racing
19	Didier Theys	Penske PC17, #12	2m 48.919s	Arciero Racing
20	Bernard Jourdain	Lola T89/00, #69	2m 48.931s	Andale Racing
21	Michael Andretti	Lola T89/00, #6	2m 44.553s	Newman-Haas Racing
22	Tom Sneva	Lola T88/00, #7	2m 44.838s	Vince Granatelli Racing
23	Gordon Johncock	Lola T88/00, #91	2m 47.386s	Hemelgarn Racing
24	Derek Daly	Lola T89/00, #10	2m 49.622s	Raynor Motorsports
25	John Jones	Lola T89/00, #65	2m 48.202s	Protofab Racing
26	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC18, #1	2m 46.646s	Penske Racing
27	Kevin Cogan	March 88C, #11	2m 47.778s	Machinists Union Racing
28	Rocky Moran	March 86C, #33	2m 48.058s	Gilmore Racing Team
29	Dominic Dobson	Lola T88/00, #86	2m 48.547s	Bayside Motorsports
30	Bill Vukovich III	Lola T88/00, #81	2m 46.13s	Hemelgarn Racing
31	Davy Jones	Lola T88/00, #50	2m 48.005s	Euromotorsport
32	Pancho Carter	Lola T89/00, #24	2m 48.171s	Leader Card Racers
33	Rich Vogler	March 88C, #29	2m 48.825s	Machinists Union Racing
34	Johnny Rutherford	Lola T89/00, #98		Team Menard
35	Phil Krueger	Penske PC17, #77		US Engineering