1990 American Racing Series season explained

The 1990 Firestone American Racing Series Championship consisted of 14 races. Paul Tracy won nine times and captured seven poles on his way to the championship.

Calendar

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 April 7, 1990 100 1.6093=160.93 km 1'02:25.213 154.690 km/h ?
2 April 22, 1990 43 1.834602=78.887886 km 0'51:49.703 91.326 km/h ?
3 June 3, 1990 87 1.6607976=144.489391 km 0'49:03.020 176.744 km/h ?
4 June 17, 1990 24 4.02325=96.558 km 0'58:28.764 99.069 km/h ?
5 June 24, 1990 40 3.0930746=123.722984 km 0'46:01.151 161.311 km/h ?
6 July 8, 1990 32 3.8124317=121.9978144 km 0'37:52.520 193.262 km/h ?
7 July 15, 1990 63 1.9585181=123.38664 km 0'48:32.089 152.534 km/h ?
8 July 22, 1990 42 2.8709912=120.58163 km 0'51:50.015 139.579 km/h ?
9 August 26, 1990 25 3.05767=76.44175 km 0'46:41.156 98.242 km/h ?
10 September 2, 1990 44 2.8500703=125.4030932 km 0'52:28.220 143.399 km/h ?
11 September 16, 1990 29.5 3.86232=113.45565 km 0'53:43.000 126.727 km/h ?
12 September 23, 1990 19 6.4372=122.3068 km ? ? km/h ?
13 October 7, 1990 75 1.5223978=114.179835 km 0'33:55.189 201.970 km/h ?
14 October 21, 1990 34 3.5629902=121.1416668 km 0'55:03.40 132.018 km/h ?

Race summaries

Phoenix race

Held April 7 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mark Smith won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Paul Tracy
  2. Mark Smith
  3. Éric Bachelart
  4. Ted Prappas
  5. Marty Roth

Long Beach race

Held April 22 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Paul Tracy won the pole.[1]

Top Five Results

  1. Paul Tracy
  2. Mark Smith
  3. Tommy Byrne
  4. Steve Shelton
  5. Johnny O'Connell

Milwaukee race

Held June 3 at The Milwaukee Mile. Robbie Buhl won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Paul Tracy
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. Robbie Groff
  4. Ted Prappas
  5. P. J. Jones

Detroit race

Held June 17 at the Detroit street circuit. Paul Tracy won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Tommy Byrne
  2. Éric Bachelart
  3. Mike Snow
  4. Justin Bell
  5. Ted Prappas

Portland race

Held June 24 at Portland International Raceway. Paul Tracy won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Paul Tracy
  2. P. J. Jones
  3. Mike Snow
  4. Mitch Thieman
  5. Ted Prappas

Cleveland race

Held July 8 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Paul Tracy won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Paul Tracy
  2. P. J. Jones
  3. Éric Bachelart
  4. Mark Smith
  5. Ted Prappas

Meadowlands race

Held July 15 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Paul Tracy won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Paul Tracy
  2. Ted Prappas
  3. Mike Snow
  4. Robbie Buhl
  5. Cathy Muller

Toronto race

Held July 22 at Exhibition Place. Ted Prappas won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Paul Tracy
  2. Ted Prappas
  3. P. J. Jones
  4. Vinicio Salmi
  5. Cathy Muller

Denver race

Held August 26 at the Denver, Colorado street circuit. P. J. Jones won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Mark Rodrigues
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. Vinicio Salmi
  4. Marty Roth
  5. Roberto Quintanilla

Vancouver race

Held September 2 at Pacific Place. Paul Tracy won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Vinicio Salmi
  2. Mark Smith
  3. Marty Roth
  4. Tom Christoff
  5. Paul Tracy

Mid-Ohio race

Held September 16 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Robbie Buhl won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Paul Tracy
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. Robbie Groff
  4. Tom Christoff
  5. Mark Rodrigues

Elkhart Lake race

Held September 23 at Road America. Mike Snow won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Paul Tracy
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. Mark Smith
  4. Éric Bachelart
  5. Robbie Groff

Nazareth race

Held October 7 at Nazareth Speedway. Robbie Buhl won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Robbie Groff
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. Ted Prappas
  4. Mark Rodrigues
  5. Mark Smith

Laguna Seca race

Held October 21 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Paul Tracy won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Ted Prappas
  2. Mike Snow
  3. Robbie Groff
  4. Vinicio Salmi
  5. Mark Smith

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
1 214 21 22 21 5 22 22 22 21 - 12 21 21 3 1
2 135 12 5 12 10 10 10 16 17 2 3 2 1 14 21
3 128 17 16 4 2 8 12 3 8 4 16 4 14 10 10
4 118 - - 17 - 4 8 12 2 17 8 17 16 17 -
5 104 5 8 14 6 1 4 4 - 3 - 14 10 21 14
6 89 - - 1 14 14 6 11 - 5 1 8 6 4 16
7 89 3 - 6 - - 2 5
4 20 6 10 8 12 -
8 68 - - 10 1 16 16 1 14 2 2 1 - 5 -
68 - - - - 5 - 2 12 14 20 - 3 - 12
10 63 14 2 17 16 - 14 - - - 5 - 12 - -
11 59 10 - - 8 - - 6 6 12 14 3 - - -
59 - - 3 - - 3 8 - 8 12 12 4 8 1
13 52 4 14 8 20 6 - - - - - - - - -
14 38 - - 2 - 2 - - - 10 4 6 6 - 8
15 29 - 4 - 12 - 5 - 3 - - 5 - - -
16 28 1 6
- - - 1 10 10 - - - - - -
17 21 8 12 - - - - -
1 - - - - - -
18 17 6 1 5 - - - - 5 - - - - - -
19 16 - 10 - - - - - - - - - - -
6
20 12 - - - - 12 - - - - - - - - -
21 7 - - - 4 3 - - - - - - - - -
22 6 - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - -
6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 -
24 5 2 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - -
5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5
27 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 -
4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
29 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
30 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2

Note:

Race 13 not all points were awarded (not enough competitors).

Complete Overview

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

R15=retired, but classified NS=did not start (11)=place after practice, but grid position not held free

Place Name Country Team
1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 R15 1 5 2 1 2 1 5 R10 1 R15
2 7 4 2 R8 9 4 4 5 6 5 6 5 2 2 1 2 2 R11 2 R10 3 R11 8 R12 3 3 2 1
3 1 2 4 2 12 9 14 R11 7 6 5 4 6 10 8 6 4 R9 3 2 4 R9 4 3 4 5 8 5
4 15 R22 11 13 1 2 9 R18 8 9 10 6 9 4 5 R11 6 2 4 6 1 2 5 2 1 2 3 R16
5 4 8 15 6 3 3 11 7 11 R12 7 9 8 R9 (11) NS 7 R10 - - 6 3 6 5 2 1 5 3
6 26 R20 25 21 8 12 12 3 3 3 3 7 5 3 9 R14 5 8 10 R12 9 6 1 8 6 R9 6 2
7 16 10 17 18 11 7 15 R19 14 R16 12 11 12 8
14 9 10 1 12 7 12 5 10 6 7 4 12 R14
8 11 13 6 17 5 5 2 R12 2 2 4 2 3 R12 3 3 1 R12 9 R11 7 R12 11 R13 11 8 4 R13
- - - - - - - - 12 8 - - 11 R11 4 4 8 3 6 1 - - 3 10 - - 7 4
10 6 3 14 11 4 15 6 2 - - 2 3 - - - - - - 5 R8 - - 7 4 - - - -
11 10 5 10 R24 10 16 18 6 13 14 14 14 10 7 11 7 11 4 7 3 5 10 - - - - - -
18 15 19 15 7 10 13 R13 10 13 11 10 13 6 13 R13 15 6 8 4 11 4 12 9 8 6 11 R12
13 17 9 3 3 6 6 3 1 5 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 22 16 12 14 15 11 16 R15 16 11 - - - - - - 13 5 11 9 10 7 13 7 - - 10 6
15 - - 16 9 17 13 5 4 - - 9 8 7 R13 6 10 9 R13 - - 8 8 - - - - - -
16 14 12 13 7
14 R17 7 R16 9 R15 8 12 4 5 10 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 8 6 5 4 - - - - - - - - - -
12 R12 - - - - - - - - - - - -
18 2 7 20 12 13 8 8 R17 - - - - - - 7 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 - - 9 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 7
20 20 14 8 R25 - - - - 4 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 23 18 22 16 - - 19 9 15 10 13 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 7 - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 7 17 NS
24 13 11 7 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - 17 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 8
27 - - - 23 R22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 R11 10 11 - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 9
29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 R10
30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 R11
- 21 R24 18 R23 16 14 10 R14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 R14 - - - - - - - - - -
- 24 17 24 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 19 R23 21 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 9 R19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 12 R21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Notes and References

  1. News: Tracy Starts and Stays Out Front in ARS Event. Dick. Wagner. Los Angeles Times. April 23, 1990. November 24, 2024. 58. Newspapers.com.

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