1990 IndyCar season

1990 American Championship Car season
Series  : IndyCar
Champion : Al Unser, Jr.
Previous: 1989	Next: 1991

The 1990 IndyCar season, the twelfth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 17 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on April 8 and concluding in Monterey, California on October 21. There was one non-championship event, the Marlboro Challenge. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion was Al Unser, Jr. and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Arie Luyendyk. Rookie of the Year was Eddie Cheever. The 74th Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by the USAC, but counted in the CART points standings.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed for the 1990 Indy Car World Series.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	Drivers	Notes
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	3	Michael Andretti
				6	Mario Andretti
Doug Shierson Racing	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	11/28	Scott Goodyear
		Chevrolet		30	Arie Luyendyk
Patrick Racing	March/ Lola	Alfa Romeo	Goodyear	20	Roberto Guerrero	not competing at Toronto
				40	Al Unser	Indianapolis 500 only, did not qualify at Michigan
Porsche North America	March	Porsche	Goodyear	4	Teo Fabi
				41	John Andretti
Team Penske	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	1	Emerson Fittipaldi
				2	Rick Mears
				7	Danny Sullivan
Galles-Kraco Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	5	Al Unser, Jr.
				18	Bobby Rahal
Truesports	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	8/19	Raul Boesel
				21	Geoff Brabham	Indianapolis 500 only
Chip Ganassi Racing	Penske/Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	15/25	Eddie Cheever
Leader Card Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	29	Pancho Carter	Phoenix, Indianapolis 500, Milwaukee, Detroit, Portland, Cleveland, Meadowlands, Toronto & Michigan only
					Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Denver, Mid-Ohio & Laguna Seca only
U.S. Engineering	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	44	Jeff Wood	Phoenix, Detroit, Cleveland, Meadowlands, Toronto, Michigan, Denver, Mid-Ohio, Road America & Laguna Seca only, did not qualify at Indianapolis 500
Bettenhausen Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth/Buick	Goodyear	16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	not competing at Phoenix, Vancouver & Laguna Seca, did not qualify at Long Beach, did not start at Road America
					Guido Daccò	Long Beach only
Euromotorsport	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	50	Guido Daccò	Phoenix only
					Mike Groff	not competing at Phoenix, Long Beach & Milwaukee, did not qualify at Indianapolis 500
Greenfield Engineering	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	42	Michael Greenfield	Cleveland, Meadowlands, Toronto, Denver, Mid-Ohio, Road America & Nazareth only, did not qualify at Milwaukee
Team Menard	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	51/15	Jim Crawford	Phoenix & Indianapolis 500 only
				51	Gary Bettenhausen	Indianapolis 500 only
					George Snider	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
					Steve Barclay	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify (wrecked, rookie orientation)
Arciero Racing	Penske	Buick/Cosworth	Goodyear	12	Randy Lewis
				24	Steve Bren	Long Beach only
					Buddy Lazier	Michigan only
				8	Rich Vogler	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
Dick Simon Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	10	Hiro Matsushita	Long Beach, Detroit, Portland, Meadowlands, Denver, Vancouver, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Nazareth & Laguna Seca only, passed rookie orientation at Indianapolis 500
				22	Scott Brayton
				23/10	Tero Palmroth	Indianapolis 500, Detroit & Meadowlands only, did not qualify at Michigan
				23	Joe Sposato	Laguna Seca only
Dale Coyne Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	19/39	Dean Hall	not competing at Nazareth
Gohr Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	56	Rocky Moran	Indianapolis 500 only
					Jon Beekhuis	Michigan only
					John Morton	Detroit only but did not qualify
					Fulvio Ballabio	Laguna Seca only but did not qualify
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	14	A. J. Foyt	not competing at Nazareth & Laguna Seca
					Didier Theys	Laguna Seca only
Granatelli Racing	Lola/Penske	Buick	Goodyear	9/70	Didier Theys	Phoenix, Long Beach, Indianapolis 500, Detroit, Portland, Cleveland, Meadowlands, Toronto, Denver, Vancouver & Mid-Ohio only
				11	Kevin Cogan	Indianapolis 500 only
				9	Tom Sneva	Indianapolis 500 only
Bayside Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	86	Dominic Dobson	not competing at Milwaukee, Cleveland, Mid-Ohio, Michigan & Nazareth
P. I. G. Racing	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	31	Jon Beekhuis	Long Beach, Detroit, Toronto, Denver, Vancouver, Mid-Ohio, Road America & Laguna Seca only
Raynor Racing	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	25	Willy T. Ribbs	Long Beach, Detroit, Meadowlands, Toronto, Denver, Vancouver, Mid-Ohio & Laguna Seca only
Mann Motorsports	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	93	John Paul, Jr.	Indianapolis 500 only
					Steve Chassey	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
Hemelgarn Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	71/81	Billy Vukovich III	Indianapolis 500 & Michigan only
				71/91	Buddy Lazier	Portland, Cleveland, Vancouver, Mid-Ohio & Nazareth only, did not qualify at Indianapolis 500, Detroit & Denver, did not start at Toronto & Road America
Kent Baker Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	97	Stan Fox	Indianapolis 500 only
Andale Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	69	Bernard Jourdain	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
Burns Racing Team	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	66	Guido Daccò	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
TEAMKAR International	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	27/98	Jeff Andretti	Milwaukee only, did not qualify at Indianapolis 500
				98	Kenji Momota	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
Conseco Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	17	Kevin Cogan	Michigan only
					Johnny Rutherford	Indianapolis 500 only but did not qualify
Walther Motorsports	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	77	Salt Walther	Indianapolis 500 & Michigan only but did not qualify
Nu-Tech Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	33	Guido Daccò	Toronto, Road America, Nazareth & Laguna Seca only, did not qualify at Detroit
Spirit of Vancouver	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	27	Ross Bentley	Vancouver only

Results

Races

Date	Rnd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Pole position	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	April 8	Autoworks 200	Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	Rick Mears	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Report
2	April 22	Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Al Unser, Jr.	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
3	May 27	74th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Emerson Fittipaldi	Arie Luyendyk	Doug Shierson Racing	Report
4	June 3	Miller Genuine Draft 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Rick Mears	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
5	June 17	Valvoline Grand Prix of Detroit	Streets of Detroit	Detroit, Michigan	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
6	June 24	Budweiser/G.I.Joe´s 200	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	Danny Sullivan	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
7	July 8	Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	Rick Mears	Danny Sullivan	Team Penske	Report
8	July 15	Marlboro Grand Prix at the Meadowlands	Meadowlands Sports Complex	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
9	July 22	Molson Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	Danny Sullivan	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
10	August 5	Marlboro 500	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	Emerson Fittipaldi	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
11	August 26	Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Denver	Streets of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Teo Fabi	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
12	September 2	Molson Indy Vancouver	Streets of Vancouver	Vancouver, British Columbia	Michael Andretti	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
13	September 16	Red Roof Inns 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
14	September 23	Texaco/Havoline 200	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Danny Sullivan	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
NC	October 6	Marlboro Challenge	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	Michael Andretti	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Report
15	October 7	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	Bobby Rahal	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	Report
16	October 21	Champion Spark Plug 300K	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	Danny Sullivan	Danny Sullivan	Team Penske	Report

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course/Street Circuit

  Non-championship race

• Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the CART title.

Full Series Results

Final driver standings

Pos Driver PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MIC DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG Pts 1 Al Unser, Jr. 3 1* 4 1 27 3 15* 11 1* 1 1* 1* 3 4 16 2 210 2 Michael Andretti 20 4 20 5* 1* 1* 25 1* 2 15 5 20 1* 1 5 3 181 3 Rick Mears 1* 6 5 2 4 5 8 2 12 14 7 4 7 3 2 4 168 4 Bobby Rahal 2 12 2 4 2 11 2 25 22 2 3 8 6 7 3 5 153 5 Emerson Fittipaldi 5 2 3* 3 7 9 3 6 20 17* 18 6 12 2 1* 6 144 6 Danny Sullivan 6 3 32 8 14 4 1 14 4 21 2 2 5 16* 18 1* 139 7 Mario Andretti 4 5 27 21 25 2 4 24 6 3 4 3 2 5 4 26 136 8 Arie Luyendyk 9 7 1 19 5 6 6 4 5 19 13 26 21 6 17 9 90 9 Eddie Cheever 7 13 8 11 3 19 16 21 3 4 20 14 4 9 6 10 80 10 John Andretti 17 21 21 7 22 21 5 7 13 7 6 5 13 22 19 8 51 11 A. J. Foyt 22 24 6 9 17 10 7 5 16 6 10 13 15 20 42 12 Raul Boesel 18 8 28 6 6 18 20 13 10 9 28 19 9 10 8 11 42 13 Scott Goodyear 10 17 10 10 8 22 18 17 9 10 8 7 22 12 10 14 36 14 Teo Fabi 24 10 18 12 24 7 13 3 15 24 27 16 19 25 11 7 33 15 Scott Brayton 13 9 7 20 10 25 22 9 14 16 12 9 8 13 12 24 28 16 Roberto Guerrero 16 14 23 18 21 8 19 15 5 17 24 26 8 9 18 24 17 Mike Groff DNQ 15 23 9 26 11 11 14 22 10 17 7 15 17 18 Didier Theys 14 11 11 13 20 23 28 7 9 25 16 12 15 19 Dominic Dobson 23 15 22 26 24 8 8 25 11 19 20 12 20 Pancho Carter 8 29 15 9 15 14 18 18 18 9 21 Jon Beekhuis 16 18 25 8 22 21 24 11 27 7 22 Jeff Wood 11 DNQ 11 10 20 24 25 19 14 23 19 7 23 Kevin Cogan 9 20 4 24 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. DNQ 26 13 16 17 12 10 26 22 24 20 DNS 22 4 25 Dean Hall 15 18 17 16 23 14 11 19 19 23 23 15 11 15 21 4 26 Willy T. Ribbs 20 20 23 27 26 10 27 13 3 27 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. 11 18 25 2 28 Randy Lewis 21 22 14 14 12 16 21 22 17 12 16 17 28 21 20 22 2 29 Guido Daccò 12 23 DNQ DNQ 23 14 13 16 1 30 Buddy Lazier DNQ DNQ 13 24 DNS 26 DNQ 12 23 DNS 14 1 31 Hiro Matsushita 19 DNQ 19 12 16 15 23 17 18 21 23 1 32 Michael Greenfield DNS 17 12 21 21 25 24 15 1 33 Tero Palmroth 12 28 27 DNS 1 34 Billy Vukovich III 24 13 0 35 Al Unser 13 DNS 0 36 Jim Crawford 19 15 0 37 John Paul, Jr. 16 0 38 Jeff Andretti DNQ 17 0 39 Joe Sposato 17 0 40 Ross Bentley 18 0 41 Geoff Brabham 19 0 42 Steve Bren 25 0 43 Rocky Moran 25 0 44 Tom Sneva 30 0 45 Gary Bettenhausen 31 0 46 Stan Fox 33 0 Fulvio Ballabio DNQ 0 Steve Barclay DNQ 0 Steve Chassey DNQ 0 Bernard Jourdain DNQ 0 Kenji Momota DNQ 0 John Morton DNQ 0 Johnny Rutherford DNQ 0 George Snider DNQ 0 Rich Vogler DNQ 0 Salt Walther DNQ DNS 0 Pos Driver PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MIC DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position * Led most race laps Rookie of the Year Rookie

Point Scoring System:

• Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Points	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Bonus Points:

• 1 For Pole Position
• 1 For Leading The Most Laps Of The Race

Nation's Cup

• Top result per race counts towards Nation's Cup.

Pos	Country	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIC	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	Pts
1	United States	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	312
2	Brazil	5	2	3	3	6	9	3	6	10	9	18	6	9	2	1	6	151
3	Netherlands	9	7	1	19	5	6	6	4	5	19	13	26	21	6	17	9	90
4	Canada	10	16	10	10	8	22	18	17	9	10	8	7	22	12	10	14	39
5	Italy	12	10	18	12	24	7	13	3	15	24	27	16	19	14	11	7	33
6	Colombia	16	14	23	18	21	8	19	15		5	17	24	26	8	9	18	24
7	Belgium	14	11	11		13	20	23	28	7		9	25	16			12	15
8	Japan		19	DNQ		19	12		16			15	23	17	18	21	23	1
9	Finland			12		28			27		DNS							1
10	Scotland	19		15														0
11	Australia			19														0
	Mexico			DNQ														0
Pos	Country	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIC	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	Pts

Chassis Constructor's Cup

Pos	Chassis	Pts
1	Lola T9000/T8900/T8800/T8700	318
2	Penske PC-19/PC-18/PC-17	264
3	March 90P/90CA/89P	75
Pos	Chassis	Pts

Engine Manufacturer's Cup

Pos	Engine	Pts
1	Chevrolet A	351
2	Porsche	72
3	Judd	59
4	Cosworth DFS	44
5	Alfa Romeo	24
6	Buick	22
7	Cosworth TC	16
8	Cosworth DFX	12
Pos	Engine	Pts

References

• "1990 CART PPG IndyCar World Series standings". race-database.com. http://www.race-database.com/cc/index.php/. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 

• Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1990". Driver Database. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5-1990/. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

• "1990 PPG Indy Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. Archived

from the original on 11 May 2009. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1990.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

• "Official Box Score: 74th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. http://www.indy500.com/stats/view/boxscore/year/1990/. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

• "Standings after Laguna Seca". Champ Car World Series. http://www.champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=1990. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

See also

• 1990 Indianapolis 500
• 1990 American Racing Series season

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