# American Racing Series 1990

De 1990 Firestone American Racing Series Kampioenschap was het vijfde kampioenschap van de Indy Lights.

## Teams en rijders

De teams reden met een March 86A-chassis en een 3.5 L Buick V6-motor.
| Team | Nr. | Rijder | Sponsor(s) | Opmerkingen |
| Leading Edge Motorsports | 1 | Peter Lockhart | Sony Audio | Reed de eerste twee races |
| Leading Edge Motorsports | 1 | John Marconi | | Reed alleen in Laguna Seca |
| Leading Edge Motorsports | 1 | Rusty Scott | Rocky Mountain Bank Note | Reed alleen Denver |
| Leading Edge Motorsports | 2 | Robbie Buhl | Copper & Brass Sales / Hoechst Celanese | |
| Leading Edge Motorsports | 88 | Mark Rodrigues | Valley Motor Center / Goodwrench | |
| Genoa Racing | 1 | Tommy Byrne | Diemme | Reed alleen in Portland |
| Genoa Racing | 36 | Tommy Byrne | Diemme | Reed de eerste vier races |
| Genoa Racing | 36 | Vinicio Salmi | Diemme | Reed in Portland, New Jersey, Toronto, Denver, Vancouver, Wisconsin en Laguna Seca |
| Stuart Moore Racing | 4 | Steve Shelton | Justin Entertainment | Reed de eerste twee races |
| Stuart Moore Racing | 4 | Cathy Muller | Rain-X | Reed in Detroit, Portland, Cleveland, New Jersey en Toronto |
| Stuart Moore Racing | 19 | Cathy Muller | Rain-X | Reed alleen in Milwaukee |
| Stuart Moore Racing | 25 | Marty Roth | Avron Group | Reed de laatste drie races niet |
| P.I.G. Racing | 5 | Ted Prappas | Say No To Drugs | |
| P.I.G. Racing | 21 | P.J. Jones | American Racing Wheels | |
| P.I.G. Racing | 77 | Mark Ritchey | Federal Truck Driving | |
| TrueSports Racing | 6 | Colin Trueman | Sisapa Records | Reed in Phoenix, Long Beach, Detroit, Portland en Cleveland |
| Ganassi-Stimola Racing ARS | 7 | Eric Bachelart | Toshiba | Reed in Phoenix, Long Beach, Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Vancouver en Wisconsin |
| Ganassi-Stimola Racing ARS | 15 | Justin Bell | Aztech Young & Co. / SRI / Hugo Boss | Reed in Long Beach, Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, New Jersey, Toronto, Denver en Mid-Ohio |
| TEAMKAR International | 8 | Kenji Momota | | Reed de eerste twee races |
| TEAMKAR International | 8 | Brian Bonner | Revo | Reed alleen in Detroit |
| Essex Racing | 9 | Jay Cochran | Body Glove | Reed de eerste vier races |
| Essex Racing | 9 | Johnny O'Connell | McNeill | Reed alleen de laatste race |
| Baci Racing | 10 | Hunter Jones | Take Care / Moison | Reed in Phoenix, Long Beach, Milwaukee, Detroit en Toronto |
| Baci Racing | 10 | John Brooks | HASA Chemicals | Reed alleen in Denver |
| Baci Racing | 10 | E.J. Lenzi | | Reed in Wisconsin en Pennsylvania |
| Baci Racing | 19 | E.J. Lenzi | | Reed alleen in Long Beach |
| Baci Racing | 19 | Arthur Abrahams | | Reed alleen in Phoenix |
| Groff Racing | 11 | Robbie Groff | Northwest Excavating / Condor | Reed niet in Vancouver |
| Evergreen Racing | 12 | Mark Smith | Evergreen Aviation | |
| Dave White Motorsports | 14 | Dave Kudrave | | Reed alleen de eerste twee races |
| Cameron-McGee Motorsports | 16 | Bob Dorricott jr. | | Reed alleen de laatste race |
| Glass Racing | 18 | Cheryl Glass | Bardahl | Reed alleen de laatste twee races |
| Landford Racing | 22 | Tom Christoff | STP | |
| Landford Racing | 90 | Paul Tracy | Penton Construction / Sherwin Williams / STP | |
| Bradley Motorsports | 26 | Mike Snow | Bradley Food Marts | |
| Bradley Motorsports | 29 | Dale Evans | Bradley Food Marts | |
| Thieman Racing | 27 | Mitch Thieman | Tecate Beer / Portland Buick Dealers | Reed in Phoenix, Long Beach en Portland |
| R & K Racing | 33 | Steve Barclay | | Reed alleen in Phoenix |
| R & K Racing | 33 | Johnny O'Connell | Glidden / Menards | Reed alleen in Long Beach |
| Roquin Motorsports | 64 | Roberto Quintanilla | Transportes Quintanille | Reed niet in Cleveland, New Jersey en Vancouver |
| McNeill Motorsports | 88 | Mark Rodrigues | Valley Motor Center / Goodwrench | Reed in Cleveland, New Jersey en Vancouver |
| McNeill Motorsports | 89 | Cathy Muller | Rain-X | Reed de eerste twee races |
| McNeill Motorsports | 89 | Steve Shelton | Justin Entertainment | Reed alleen in Toronto |

## Races

| Race | Datum | Circuit | Locatie |
| 1 | 7 April | Phoenix International Raceway | Phoenix, AZ |
| 2 | 22 April | Long Beach street circuit | Long Beach, CA |
| 3 | 3 Juni | Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, WI |
| 4 | 17 Juni | Belle Isle Raceway | Detroit, MI |
| 5 | 24 Juni | Portland International Raceway | Portland, OR |
| 6 | 8 Juli | Grand Prix of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH |
| 7 | 15 Juli | Meadowlands Sports Complex | East Rutherford, NJ |
| 8 | 22 Juli | Exhibition Place | Toronto, ON |
| 9 | 26 Augustus | Denver street circuit | Denver, CO |
| 10 | 2 September | Molson Indy Vancouver | Vancouver, BC |
| 11 | 16 September | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, OH |
| 12 | 23 September | Road America | Elkhart Lake, WI |
| 13 | 7 Oktober | Nazareth Speedway | Nazareth, PE |
| 14 | 21 Oktober | Laguna Seca Raceway | Monterey, CA |

## Race resultaten

| Race | Race naam | Pole positie | Snelste ronde | Meeste ronden aan de leiding | Winnende rijder | Winnende team |
| 1 | Phoenix | Mark Smith | ? | Paul Tracy | Paul Tracy | Landford Racing |
| 2 | Long Beach | Paul Tracy | ? | Paul Tracy | Paul Tracy | Landford Racing |
| 3 | Milwaukee | Robbie Buhl | ? | Paul Tracy | Paul Tracy | Landford Racing |
| 4 | Belle Isle | Paul Tracy | ? | Paul Tracy | Tommy Byrne | Genoa Racing |
| 5 | Portland | Paul Tracy | ? | Paul Tracy | Paul Tracy | Landford Racing |
| 6 | Cleveland | Paul Tracy | ? | Paul Tracy | Paul Tracy | Landford Racing |
| 7 | New Jersey | Paul Tracy | ? | Paul Tracy | Paul Tracy | Landford Racing |
| 8 | Toronto | Ted Prappas | ? | Paul Tracy | Paul Tracy | Landford Racing |
| 9 | Denver | P.J. Jones | ? | Robbie Buhl | Mark Rodrigues | McNeill Motorsports |
| 10 | Vancouver | Paul Tracy | ? | Paul Tracy | Vinicio Salmi | Genoa Racing |
| 11 | Ohio | Robbie Buhl | ? | Paul Tracy | Paul Tracy | Landford Racing |
| 12 | Elkhart Lake | Mike Snow | ? | Paul Tracy | Paul Tracy | Landford Racing |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | Robbie Buhl | ? | Robbie Groff | Robbie Groff | Groff Motorsports |
| 14 | Monterey | Paul Tracy | ? | Ted Prappas | Ted Prappas | P.I.G. Racing |

## Uitslagen

| Pos | Rijder | PHX | LBH | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MWL | TOR | DEN | VAN | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LS | Punten |
| 1 | Paul Tracy | 1* | 1* | 1* | 10* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 15 | 5* | 1* | 1* | 10 | 15 | 214 |
| 2 | Ted Prappas | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1* | 135 |
| 3 | Mark Smith | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 128 |
| 4 | Robbie Buhl | 22 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 2* | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 118 |
| 5 | Robbie Groff | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 9 | DNS | 10 | | 3 | 5 | 1* | 3 | 104 |
| 6 | Mike Snow | 20 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 89 |
| 7 | Mark Rodrigues | 10 | 18 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 76 |
| 8 | P.J. Jones | 13 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 68 |
| 8 | Vinicio Salmi | | | | | 8 | | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | | 10 | | 4 | 68 |
| 10 | Eric Bachelart | 3 | 11 | 15 | 2 | | 3 | | | | 8 | | 4 | | | 63 |
| 11 | Tom Christoff | 15 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 59 |
| 11 | Marty Roth | 5 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | | | | 59 |
| 13 | Tommy Byrne | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 52 |
| 14 | Roberto Quintanilla | 16 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 11 | | | | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | | 6 | 38 |
| 15 | Justin Bell | | 9 | 13 | 4 | | 8 | 13 | 10 | 13 | | 8 | | | | 29 |
| 16 | Cathy Muller | 12 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 28 |
| 17 | Steve Shelton | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 12 | | | | | | | 21 |
| 18 | Hunter Jones | 7 | 12 | 8 | 17 | | | | 8 | | | | | | | 17 |
| 19 | Johnny O'Connell | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 16 |
| 20 | Mitch Thieman | 14 | 25 | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 21 | Colin Trueman | 18 | 16 | | 9 | 10 | 13 | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 22 | John Brooks | | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 6 |
| 22 | Cheryl Glass | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | DNS | 6 |
| 24 | Brian Bonner | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 24 | Dave Kudrave | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 24 | John Marconi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 5 |
| 27 | Mark Ritchey | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 4 |
| 27 | E.J. Lenzi | | 22 | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 11 | | 4 |
| 29 | Bob Dorricott jr. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 3 |
| 30 | Dale Evans | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 2 |
| 30 | Arthur Abrahams | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | Steve Barclay | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | Jay Cochran | 24 | 23 | 14 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | Peter Lockhart | 23 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | Kenji Momota | 17 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | Rusty Scott | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rijder | PHX | LBH | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MWL | TOR | DEN | VAN | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LS | Punten |
| Kleur | Resultaat |
| Goud | Winnaar |
| Zilver | 2de plaats |
| Brons | 3de plaats |
| Groen | 4de en 5de plaats |
| Lichtblauw | 6de–10de plaats |
| Donkerblauw | Gefinisht (buiten de Top 10) |
| Paars | Niet gefinisht |
| Rood | Niet gekwalificeerd (DNQ) |
| Bruin | Teruggetrokken (Wth) |
| Zwart | Gediskwalificeerd (DSQ) |
| Wit | Niet Gestart (DNS) |
| Blank | Nam geen deel aan de race (DNP) |
| Blank | Niet geracet |
Toegevoegde info :
| vet | Pole positie (1 punt) |
| cursief | Snelste ronde |
| * | Meeste ronden aan de leiding (2 punten) |
| $^1$ | Kwalificatie geannuleerd geen bonuspunten uitgedeeld |
| Rookie van het Jaar ||
| Rookie ||
| Positie | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Punten | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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