1989 American Racing Series season explained

The 1989 HFC American Racing Series Championship consisted of 12 races. Mike Groff and Tommy Byrne each won 4 races and Groff edged out Byrne by 10 points for the championship.[1]

Calendar

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 April 8, 1989 65 1.6093=104.6045 km 0'44:49.340 140.026 km/h ?
2 April 16, 1989 33 2.687531=120.938895 km 0'51:21.937 141.268 km/h ?
3 June 4, 1989 100 1.6607976=166.07976 km 0'49:34.940 200.975 km/h ?
4 June 18, 1989 30 4.02325=120.6975 km 0'56:22.334 128.465 km/h ?
5 June 25, 1989 40 3.0930746=123.722984 km 0'44:07.160 168.257 km/h ?
6 July 16, 1989 63 1.9585181=123.38664 km 0'46:04.670 160.667 km/h ?
7 July 23, 1989 42 2.8709912=120.58163 km 0'49:56.568 144.864 km/h ?
8 August 19, 1989 28 4.02325=112.651 km 0'34:16.943 197.158 km/h ?
9 September 3, 1989 32 3.86232=123.59424 km 0'50:32.067 146.744 km/h ?
10 September 10, 1989 19 6.4372=122.3068 km 0'43:34.654 168.399 km/h ?
11 September 24, 1989 75 1.5223978=114.179835 km 0'59:07.610 115.866 km/h ?
12 October 15, 1989 34 3.5629902=121.1416668 km 0'46:48.277 155.294 km/h ?

Race summaries

Phoenix race

Held April 8 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mike Groff won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Mike Groff
  2. Paul Tracy
  3. Dave Kudrave
  4. Johnny O'Connell
  5. Ted Prappas

Long Beach race

Held April 16 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Tommy Byrne
  2. P. J. Jones
  3. Mitch Thieman
  4. Daniel Campeau
  5. Roberto Quintanilla

Milwaukee race

Held June 4 at The Milwaukee Mile. Mike Groff won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Mike Groff
  2. Dave Kudrave
  3. Gary Rubio
  4. Tommy Byrne
  5. Steve Shelton

Detroit race

Held June 18 at the Detroit street circuit. Johnny O'Connell won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Ted Prappas
  2. Calvin Fish
  3. Gary Rubio
  4. Mike Groff
  5. Steve Shelton

Portland race

Held June 25 at Portland International Raceway. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Tommy Byrne
  2. Paul Tracy
  3. Ted Prappas
  4. Gary Rubio
  5. Mike Groff

Meadowlands race

Held July 16 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Mike Groff won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Mike Groff
  2. Tommy Byrne
  3. Gary Rubio
  4. Paul Tracy
  5. Steve Shelton

Toronto race

Held July 23 at Exhibition Place. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Gary Rubio
  2. P. J. Jones
  3. Dave Kudrave
  4. Ted Prappas
  5. Hunter Jones

Pocono race

Held August 19 at Pocono Raceway. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Tommy Byrne
  2. Gary Rubio
  3. Ted Prappas
  4. Dave Kudrave
  5. Johnny O'Connell

Mid-Ohio race

Held September 3 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. P. J. Jones
  2. Mike Groff
  3. Paul Tracy
  4. Ted Prappas
  5. Gary Rubio

Elkhart Lake race

Held September 10 at Road America. Ted Prappas won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Tommy Byrne
  2. Johnny O'Connell
  3. Gary Rubio
  4. Mike Groff
  5. Dave Kudrave

Nazareth race

Held September 24 at Nazareth Speedway. Dave Kudrave won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Mike Groff
  2. Tommy Byrne
  3. Dave Kudrave
  4. Marty Roth
  5. Gary Rubio

Laguna Seca race

Held October 15 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Johnny O'Connell
  2. Mike Groff
  3. P. J. Jones
  4. Tommy Byrne
  5. Dave Kudrave

Final points standings

Driver

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).

Place Name Country Team Total Points
1 163 22 4 22 12 10 22 6 - 16 12 21 16
2 153 1 22 12 1 22 16 5 22 1 21 16 14
3 131 - 1 14 14 12 14 20 16 10 11 10 6
4 100 14 - 16 - 4 - 14 12 5 10 15 10
5 99 10 3 - 20
14 6 12 14 12 2 6 -
6 90 - 16 4 - 3 4 16 4 21 4 4 14
7 72 12 - - 1 5 8 - 10 - 16 - 20
8 65 16 - - 3 16 12 - 1 14 3 - -
9 58 6 - 10 10 6 10 - - 6 5 - 8
10 41 - 10 2 - - 3 4 8 - 6 8 -
11 34 - - - 6 - 5 10 5 8 - - -
34 5 6 1 4 - - 5 3 3 5 2 -
13 33 - 12 8 8 1 - 2 2 - - - -
14 23 2 - - - 8 - 1 - 1 8 1 2
15 20 4 - 5 3 2 2 - - 4 - - -
16 16 - - - 16 - - - - - - - -
17 14 - 14 - - - - - - - - - -
14 3 5 6 - - - - - - - - -
14 - - - - - 1 8 - - - 5 -
20 12 - - - - - - - - - - 12 -
21 11 - 8 3 - - - - - - - - -
22 10 8 2 - - - - - - - - - -
23 6 - - - - - - - 6 - - - -
24 5 - - - 5 - - - - - - - -
5 - - - - - - - - - - - 5
26 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
27 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3 -
3 - - - - - - - - - - - 3
3 - - - - - - - - 2 - - 1

Complete Overview

first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R9=retired, but classified NS=did not start

Place Name Country Team
1 1 1 4 R9 1 1 8 4 8 5 1 1 6 7 4 R13 5 2 3 4 2 1 8 2
2 6 12 1 1 13 4 3 R12 1 1 2 2 1 R10 1 1 1 13 2 1 4 2 1 4
3 12 R15 2 R12 2 3 5 3 4 4 4 3 5 1 2 2 7 5 8 3 7 5 10 7
4 3 3 5 R15 8 2 2 R16 5 9 5 R14 9 3 5 4 10 8 5 5 1 3 5 5
5 8 5 3 R10 - - 6 1
3 3 7 7 3 4 3 3 9 4 1 R12 10 7 6 R17
6 14 R14 12 2 7 9 11 R14 6 10 11 9 12 2 6 8 2 1 4 9 9 9 2 3
7 4 4 6 R16 3 R13 1 R13 9 8 8 6 11 R13 8 5 4 R18 7 2 5 R13 3 1
8 2 2 7 R13 4 R14 4 R11 2 2 9 4 2 R16 13 R12 3 3 9 R10 3 R15 - -
9 7 7 9 R14 5 5 7 5 10 7 6 5 4 R15 - - 8 7 6 R11 - - 4 6
10 11 R13 13 5 14 11 14 R15 - - 14 10 17 9 9 6 13 R16 11 7 12 6 13 13
11 - - - - - - 12 7 - - 10 8 13 5 7 8 6 6 10 R14 - - - -
16 8 18 7 12 12 17 9 17 R17 17 13 16 8 12 10 15 10 12 8 15 11 17 16
13 17 R17 10 4 6 6 10 6 7 12 10 R15 8 11 14 11 17 R15 - - - - - -
14 10 11 11 NS - - - - 11 6 3 R17 7 R12 - - 11 12 14 6 8 12 7 11
15 13 9 17 R17 9 8 15 10 15 11 13 11 10 R14 11 R14 14 9 13 R13 11 R14 16 15
16 - - - - - - 9 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 - - 8 3 - - - - 12 R16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 10 14 8 11 7 - - 14 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - 13 13 15 12 15 6 - - - - - - 13 8 - -
20 - - - - - - 16 NS - - 16 R16 14 R17 - - - - - -
6 4 - -
21 9 R16 15 R6 10 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 5 6 16 R11 - - - -
16 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 7 18 R17 - - - - - -
24 - - - - - - 13 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 8
26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 9
27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 10 - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 10
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 11 - - - - 15 12
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 14 - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 14

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Standings.

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