# American Racing Series 1989

De 1989 HFC American Racing Series Kampioenschap was het vierde 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 |
| TEAMKAR International | 2 | Ted Prappas | | Reed in Phoenix, Long Beach en Detroit |
| TEAMKAR International | 2 | Brian Bonner | Espo Litho | Reed in Mid-Ohio en Laguna Seca |
| TEAMKAR International | 3 | Marty Roth | | Reed in Detroit, New Jersey en Toronto |
| Stuart Moore Racing | 4 | Steve Shelton | Justin Entertainment | Reed in Milwaukee, Detroit, Portland, New Jersey, Toronto, Mid-Ohio, Elkhart Lake en Laguna Seca |
| Stuart Moore Racing | 98 | Steve Shelton | | Reed de eerste twee races |
| Stuart Moore Racing | 99 | John Thompson | Thompson Organization | Reed in Phoenix, Long Beach, Milwaukee en Portland |
| Stuart Moore Racing | 99 | Jeff Purner | GE Plastics | Reed alleen in Detroit |
| Stuart Moore Racing | 99 | Marty Roth | Avron Group | Reed alleen in Pennsylvania |
| Leading Edge Motorsports | 5 | Mike Groff | Mitchell Hair Salon / Condor Aerial Platforms | |
| Leading Edge Motorsports | 12 | Dave Kudrave | Arciero Wines | |
| Performance Motorsports | 7 | Gary Rubio | Smithtown Nissan / Aztec Fine Printing | |
| Maple Leaf Racing | 9 | Paul Tracy | Sherman Williams | Reed de laatste race niet |
| Baci Racing | 10 | Hunter Jones | Young Drivers of America / Labatts | Reed in Detroit, New Jersey, Toronto, Pocono, Mid-Ohio en Elkhart Lake |
| Baci Racing | 10 | Jeff Andretti | | Reed alleen in Pennsylvania |
| Baci Racing | 10 | Arthur Abrahams | | Reed alleen in Laguna Seca |
| A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 14 | Tony George | Skoal Bandit | |
| C.P. Racing | 20 | Johnny O'Connell | | |
| P.I.G. Racing | 21 | P.J. Jones | American Racing Wheels | |
| P.I.G. Racing | 77 | Dean Hall | Say No To Drugs | Reed de eerste drie races |
| P.I.G. Racing | 77 | Calvin Fish | Say No To Drugs | Reed alleen in Detroit |
| P.I.G. Racing | 77 | Ted Prappas | Say No To Drugs | Reed de laatste acht races |
| Landford Racing | 22 | Tom Christoff | | |
| Landford Racing | 44 | Tommy Byrne | | |
| Thieman Racing | 27 | Mitch Thieman | Wood Air Oak Vents | Reed in Long Beach en Portland |
| R & K Racing | 33 | Steve Barclay | | Reed de eerste twee races |
| Barclay Racing | 33 | Steve Barclay | DMC Graphics | Reed alleen in Portland |
| Barclay Racing | 33 | Harry Sauce | | Reed alleen in Mid-Ohio |
| Barclay Racing | 33 | Jimmy Vasser | | Reed alleen in Laguna Seca |
| Genoa Racing | 36 | Vinicio Salmi | Diadora Diemme | Reed in Phoenix, Long Beach, Portland, New Jersey, Toronto, Mid-Ohio, Elkhart Lake, Pennsylvania en Laguna Seca |
| Walther Racing | 55 | Salt Walther | | Reed in Pocono en Laguna Seca |
| Roquin Motorsports | 64 | Roberto Quintanilla | Laredo National Bank / Transportes | Reed niet in Portland |
| Panasonic Racing | 70 | Hiro Matsushita | Panasonic | Reed in Portland, New Jersey, Toronto en Pennsylvania |
| McNeill Motorsports | 88 | Cathy Muller | New American Sound | Reed alleen de laatste race |
| McNeill Motorsports | 89 | Daniel Campeau | Federated Dept. Stores | Reed de eerste negen races |
| McNeill Motorsports | 89 | Harald Huysman | Hydro Aluminum | Reed alleen de laatste race |

## Races

| Race | Datum | Circuit | Locatie |
| 1 | 8 April | Phoenix International Raceway | Phoenix, AZ |
| 2 | 16 April | Long Beach street circuit | Long Beach, CA |
| 3 | 4 Juni | Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, WI |
| 4 | 18 Juni | Belle Isle Raceway | Detroit, MI |
| 5 | 25 Juni | Portland International Raceway | Portland, OR |
| 6 | 16 Juli | Meadowlands Sports Complex | East Rutherford, NJ |
| 7 | 23 Juli | Exhibition Place | Toronto, ON |
| 8 | 19 Augustus | Pocono Raceway | Pocono, PE |
| 9 | 3 September | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, OH |
| 10 | 10 September | Road America | Elkhart Lake, WI |
| 11 | 24 September | Nazareth Speedway | Nazareth, PE |
| 12 | 15 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 | Mike Groff | ? | Mike Groff | Mike Groff | Leading Edge Motorsports |
| 2 | Long Beach | Tommy Byrne | ? | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | Landford Racing |
| 3 | Milwaukee | Mike Groff | ? | Mike Groff | Mike Groff | Leading Edge Motorsports |
| 4 | Belle Isle | Johnny O'Connell | ? | Paul Tracy | Ted Prappas | TEAMKAR International |
| 5 | Portland | Tommy Byrne | ? | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | Landford Racing |
| 6 | New Jersey | Mike Groff | ? | Mike Groff | Mike Groff | Leading Edge Motorsports |
| 7 | Toronto | Tommy Byrne | ? | Tommy Byrne | Gary Rubio | Performance Motorsports |
| 8 | Pocono | Tommy Byrne | ? | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | Landford Racing |
| 9 | Ohio | Tommy Byrne | ? | P.J. Jones | P.J. Jones | P.I.G. Racing |
| 10 | Elkhart Lake | Ted Prappas | ? | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | Landford Racing |
| 11 | Nazareth | Dave Kudrave | ? | Mike Groff | Mike Groff | Leading Edge Motorsports |
| 12 | Monterey | Tommy Byrne | ? | Tommy Byrne | Johnny O'Connell | C.P. Racing |

## Uitslagen

| Pos | Rijder | PHX | LBH | MIL | DET | POR | MWL | TOR | POC | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LS | Punten |
| 1 | Mike Groff | 1* | 9 | 1* | 4 | 5 | 1* | 7 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1* | 2 | 163 |
| 2 | Tommy Byrne | 12 | 1* | 4 | 12 | 1* | 2 | 10* | 1* | 13 | 1* | 2 | 4* | 153 |
| 3 | Gary Rubio | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 131 |
| 4 | Dave Kudrave | 3 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 100 |
| 5 | Ted Prappas | 5 | 10 | | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 99 |
| 6 | P.J. Jones | 14 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1* | 9 | 9 | 3 | 90 |
| 7 | Johnny O'Connell | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 72 |
| 8 | Paul Tracy | 2 | 13 | 14 | 11* | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 15 | | 65 |
| 9 | Steve Shelton | 7 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 15 | | 7 | 11 | | 6 | 58 |
| 10 | Roberto Quintanilla | 13 | 5 | 11 | 15 | | 10 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 41 |
| 11 | Tony George | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 34 |
| 11 | Hunter Jones | | | | 7 | | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 14 | | | 34 |
| 13 | Daniel Campeau | 17 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 15 | | | | 33 |
| 14 | Vinicio Salmi | 11 | 18 | | | 6 | 17 | 12 | | 12 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 15 | Tom Christoff | 9 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 20 |
| 16 | Calvin Fish | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 16 |
| 17 | Hiro Matsushita | | | | | 13 | 12 | 6 | | | | 8 | | 14 |
| 17 | Mitch Thieman | | 3 | | | 16 | | | | | | | | 14 |
| 17 | John Thompson | 10 | 8 | 7 | | 15 | | | | | | | | 14 |
| 20 | Marty Roth | | | | DNS | | 16 | 17 | | | | 4 | | 12 |
| 21 | Dean Hall | 16 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 11 |
| 22 | Steve Barclay | 6 | 11 | | | 14 | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 23 | Salt Walther | | | | | | | | 7 | 17 | | | | 6 |
| 24 | Jimmy Vasser | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 5 |
| 24 | Jeff Purner | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 26 | Cathy Muller | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 4 |
| 27 | Jeff Andretti | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | 3 |
| 27 | Brian Bonner | | | | | | | | | 11 | | | 12 | 3 |
| 27 | Harald Huysman | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 3 |
| 30 | Arthur Abrahams | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Harry Sauce | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rijder | PHX | LBH | MIL | DET | POR | MWL | TOR | POC | 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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