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1989 Road America Champ Cars in CART at the Elkhart Lake circuit. Full information

1989 Road America Champ Cars

1989 Road America Champ Cars is 153rd CART race. Passed at the Elkhart Lake circuit. Danny Sullivan won the pole position and this race. Teo Fabi and Rick Mears also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 50 laps (326 km).

Previous race: 1989 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars
Next race: 1989 Nazareth Champ Cars
Race Start: 10th September 1989

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1989 Road America Champ Cars

46th victory for the Penske Racing team
13th victory for the Danny Sullivan
30th podium for the Danny Sullivan
12th podium for the Teo Fabi
56th podium for the Rick Mears

Penske PC18 - 1989 Road America Champ Cars winner

Penske PC18 #1 - 1989 Road America Champ Cars winner

1989 Road America Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC18, #1	21	1h 37m 43.06s	Penske Racing
2	Teo Fabi	March 89P, #8	16	1h 38m 24.97s	Porsche Motorsports
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC18, #4	14	50 laps	Penske Racing
4	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T89/00, #7	12	50 laps	Dick Simon Racing
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC18, #20	10	50 laps	Patrick Racing
6	Michael Andretti	Lola T89/00, #6	9	49 laps Out of fuel	Newman-Haas Racing
7	Mario Andretti	Lola T89/00, #5	6	49 laps Out of fuel	Newman-Haas Racing
8	Scott Pruett	Lola T89/00, #3	5	49 laps	Truesports
9	Raul Boesel	Lola T89/00, #30	4	49 laps	Shierson Racing
10	John Jones	Lola T89/00, #65	3	49 laps	Protofab Racing
11	Didier Theys	Lola T88/00, #9	2	48 laps	Vince Granatelli Racing
12	Fabrizio Barbazza	Penske PC17, #12	1	48 laps	Arciero Racing
13	Scott Brayton	Lola T89/00, #22	0	48 laps	Dick Simon Racing
14	Randy Lewis	Lola T89/00, #28	0	47 laps	Teamkar International
15	Jeff Wood	Lola T88/00, #56	0	46 laps Out of fuel	Gohr Racing
16	Scott Harrington	Lola T88/00, #44	0	46 laps	Todd Walther Racing
17	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T89/00, #71	0	45 laps Accident	Hemelgarn Racing
18	Kevin Cogan	March 88C, #11	0	42 laps	Machinists Union Racing
19	Pancho Carter	Lola T89/00, #29	0	42 laps	Leader Card Racers
20	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T89/00, #2	0	35 laps Engine	Galles Racing
21	Roberto Guerrero	March 89CE, #21	0	17 laps Clutch	Alex Morales Autosports
22	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T89/00, #14	0	16 laps Engine	Gilmore Racing Team
23	Scott Goodyear	Lola T89/00, #91	0	15 laps Engine	Hemelgarn Racing
24	Jon Beekhuis	Lola T88/00, #16	0	10 laps Electrics	Bettenhausen Motorsports
25	Steve Saleen	March 88C, #59	0	10 laps Electrics	Saleen Autosport
26	Guido Dacco	Lola T88/00, #50	0	9 laps Electrics	Euromotorsport
27	Derek Daly	Lola T89/00, #10	0	8 laps Engine	Raynor Motorsports
28	Bobby Rahal	Lola T89/00, #18	0	3 laps Engine	Kraco Racing
0	Fulvio Ballabio	Lola T88/00, #19	0		Dale Coyne Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1989 Road America Champ Cars on the Elkhart Lake circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Danny Sullivan	Penske PC18, #1	1m 50.367s	Penske Racing
2	Rick Mears	Penske PC18, #4	1m 50.663s	Penske Racing
3	Michael Andretti	Lola T89/00, #6	1m 51.807s	Newman-Haas Racing
4	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T89/00, #7	1m 51.961s	Dick Simon Racing
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC18, #20	1m 52.088s	Patrick Racing
6	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T89/00, #2	1m 52.244s	Galles Racing
7	Mario Andretti	Lola T89/00, #5	1m 52.367s	Newman-Haas Racing
8	Scott Pruett	Lola T89/00, #3	1m 53.07s	Truesports
9	Teo Fabi	March 89P, #8	1m 53.508s	Porsche Motorsports
10	Derek Daly	Lola T89/00, #10	1m 54.031s	Raynor Motorsports
11	John Jones	Lola T89/00, #65	1m 55.173s	Protofab Racing
12	Bobby Rahal	Lola T89/00, #18	1m 55.681s	Kraco Racing
13	Raul Boesel	Lola T89/00, #30	1m 56.238s	Shierson Racing
14	Didier Theys	Lola T88/00, #9	1m 56.648s	Vince Granatelli Racing
15	Kevin Cogan	March 88C, #11	1m 56.692s	Machinists Union Racing
16	Randy Lewis	Lola T89/00, #28	1m 56.769s	Teamkar International
17	Scott Brayton	Lola T89/00, #22	1m 56.9s	Dick Simon Racing
18	Pancho Carter	Lola T89/00, #29	1m 57.775s	Leader Card Racers
19	Fabrizio Barbazza	Penske PC17, #12	1m 57.908s	Arciero Racing
20	Roberto Guerrero	March 89CE, #21	1m 58.783s	Alex Morales Autosports
21	Ludwig Heimrath jr	Lola T89/00, #71	1m 58.878s	Hemelgarn Racing
22	Steve Saleen	March 88C, #59	1m 59.024s	Saleen Autosport
23	Scott Harrington	Lola T88/00, #44	2m 0.429s	Todd Walther Racing
24	Jeff Wood	Lola T88/00, #56	2m 0.432s	Gohr Racing
25	Guido Dacco	Lola T88/00, #50	2m 0.54s	Euromotorsport
26	Scott Goodyear	Lola T89/00, #91	2m 0.599s	Hemelgarn Racing
27	Jon Beekhuis	Lola T88/00, #16	2m 10.398s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
28	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T89/00, #14	2m 24.615s	Gilmore Racing Team
29	Fulvio Ballabio	Lola T88/00, #19		Dale Coyne Racing