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1989 Monterey Grand Prix in CART at the Laguna Seca circuit. Full information

1989 Monterey Grand Prix

1989 Monterey Grand Prix is 155th CART race. Passed at the Laguna Seca circuit. Rick Mears won the pole position and this race. Mario Andretti and Al Unser, Jr. also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 84 laps (299 km).

Previous race: 1989 Nazareth Champ Cars
Next race: 1990 Phoenix Champ Cars
Race Start: 15th October 1989

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1989 Monterey Grand Prix

47th victory for the Penske Racing team
22nd victory for the Rick Mears
58th podium for the Rick Mears
51st podium for the Mario Andretti
31st podium for the Al Unser, Jr.

Penske PC18 - 1989 Monterey Grand Prix winner

Penske PC18 #4 - 1989 Monterey Grand Prix winner

1989 Monterey Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC18, #4	22	1h 58m 29.341s	Penske Racing
2	Mario Andretti	Lola T89/00, #5	16	1h 58m 31.187s	Newman-Haas Racing
3	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T89/00, #2	14	84 laps	Galles Racing
4	Scott Pruett	Lola T89/00, #3	12	84 laps	Truesports
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC18, #20	10	84 laps	Patrick Racing
6	Bobby Rahal	Lola T89/00, #18	8	84 laps	Kraco Racing
7	Michael Andretti	Lola T89/00, #6	6	84 laps	Newman-Haas Racing
8	Kevin Cogan	March 88C, #11	5	84 laps	Machinists Union Racing
9	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T89/00, #7	4	83 laps	Dick Simon Racing
10	Raul Boesel	Lola T89/00, #30	3	83 laps	Shierson Racing
11	Dominic Dobson	Lola T88/00, #86	2	82 laps	Bayside Motorsports
12	John Andretti	Lola T88/00, #70	1	81 laps	Vince Granatelli Racing
13	Steve Saleen	March 88C, #59	0	79 laps	Saleen Autosport
14	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC18, #1	0	79 laps	Penske Racing
15	Jon Beekhuis	Lola T87/00, #16	0	62 laps Gearbox	Bettenhausen Motorsports
16	Randy Lewis	Lola T89/00, #28	0	58 laps Mechanical	Teamkar International
17	Didier Theys	Lola T88/00, #9	0	56 laps Clutch	Vince Granatelli Racing
18	Derek Daly	Lola T89/00, #10	0	49 laps Oil line	Raynor Motorsports
19	Teo Fabi	March 89P, #8	0	48 laps Accident	Porsche Motorsports
20	Scott Brayton	Lola T89/00, #22	0	37 laps Cv joint	Dick Simon Racing
21	Fabrizio Barbazza	Penske PC17, #12	0	34 laps Gearbox	Arciero Racing
22	John Jones	Lola T89/00, #65	0	29 laps Gearbox	Protofab Racing
23	Bernard Jourdain	Lola T89/00, #69	0	28 laps Cooling system	Andale Racing
24	Pancho Carter	Lola T89/00, #29	0	26 laps Gearbox	Leader Card Racers
25	Roberto Guerrero	March 89CE, #21	0	23 laps Spun	Alex Morales Autosports
26	Guido Dacco	Lola T88/00, #50	0	9 laps Engine	Euromotorsport
27	Ken Johnson	Lola T88/00, #19	0	6 laps Engine	Dale Coyne Racing
0	Rocky Moran	Lola T89/00, #14	0		Gilmore Racing Team

Qualifying Results for the 1989 Monterey Grand Prix on the Laguna Seca circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC18, #4	1m 12.348s	Penske Racing
2	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC18, #1	1m 12.704s	Penske Racing
3	Teo Fabi	March 89P, #8	1m 12.808s	Porsche Motorsports
4	Michael Andretti	Lola T89/00, #6	1m 12.921s	Newman-Haas Racing
5	Bobby Rahal	Lola T89/00, #18	1m 13.206s	Kraco Racing
6	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T89/00, #2	1m 13.228s	Galles Racing
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC18, #20	1m 13.277s	Patrick Racing
8	Mario Andretti	Lola T89/00, #5	1m 13.524s	Newman-Haas Racing
9	Scott Pruett	Lola T89/00, #3	1m 13.64s	Truesports
10	Derek Daly	Lola T89/00, #10	1m 14.339s	Raynor Motorsports
11	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T89/00, #7	1m 14.393s	Dick Simon Racing
12	Raul Boesel	Lola T89/00, #30	1m 14.959s	Shierson Racing
13	Didier Theys	Lola T88/00, #9	1m 15.216s	Vince Granatelli Racing
14	Scott Brayton	Lola T89/00, #22	1m 15.328s	Dick Simon Racing
15	Fabrizio Barbazza	Penske PC17, #12	1m 15.336s	Arciero Racing
16	John Jones	Lola T89/00, #65	1m 15.658s	Protofab Racing
17	Dominic Dobson	Lola T88/00, #86	1m 15.779s	Bayside Motorsports
18	Randy Lewis	Lola T89/00, #28	1m 15.832s	Teamkar International
19	Kevin Cogan	March 88C, #11	1m 15.994s	Machinists Union Racing
20	Rocky Moran	Lola T89/00, #14	1m 16.434s	Gilmore Racing Team
21	Roberto Guerrero	March 89CE, #21	1m 16.522s	Alex Morales Autosports
22	John Andretti	Lola T88/00, #70	1m 16.961s	Vince Granatelli Racing
23	Pancho Carter	Lola T89/00, #29	1m 16.999s	Leader Card Racers
24	Steve Saleen	March 88C, #59	1m 17.439s	Saleen Autosport
25	Ken Johnson	Lola T88/00, #19	1m 17.468s	Dale Coyne Racing
26	Guido Dacco	Lola T88/00, #50	1m 17.686s	Euromotorsport
27	Jon Beekhuis	Lola T87/00, #16	1m 17.839s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
28	Bernard Jourdain	Lola T89/00, #69	1m 19.651s	Andale Racing