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1989-01 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART American Racing Series race number 1 of 12 Saturday, April 8, 1989 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ 65 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (65.000 miles) Time of race: 0:44:49 Average speed: 87.01 mph Pole speed: 134.907 mph Cautions: 2 for 18 laps Margin of victory: .361 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1989 CART American Racing Series results   /   1989 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 5   Mike Groff Mitchell Hair Salon   (Leading Edge Racing Team) March / Buick 65 running 65 22 2 2 9   Paul Tracy Maple Leaf Racing March / Buick 65 running 0 16 3 3 12   Dave Kudrave Arciero Wines   (Leading Edge Racing Team) March / Buick 65 running 0 14 4 4 20   Johnny O'Connell C.P. Racing March / Buick 65 running 0 12 5 8 2   Ted Prappas Teamkar International March / Buick 65 running 0 10 6 5 33   Steve Barclay R & K Racing March / Buick 65 running 0 8 7 7 98   Steve Shelton Stuart Moore Racing   (Stuart Moore) March / Buick 64 running 0 6 8 16 14   Tony George Skoal Bandit   (A.J. Foyt) March / Buick 63 running 0 5 9 13 22   Tom Christoff Landford Racing March / Buick 62 running 0 4 10 15 99   John Thompson Stuart Moore Racing   (Stuart Moore) March / Buick 61 running 0 3 11 10 36   Vinicio Salmi Genoa Racing March / Buick 45 running 0 2 12 6 44   Tommy Byrne Landford Racing March / Buick 39 running 0 1 13 11 64   Roberto Quintanilla Roquin Motorsports March / Buick 27 crash 0 0 14 14 21   P.J. Jones American Racing Wheels   (PIG Enterprise Racing) March / Buick 27 crash 0 0 15 12 7   Gary Rubio Performance Motorsports March / Buick 27 crash 0 0 16 9 77   Dean Hall Say No To Drugs   (PIG Enterprise Racing) March / Buick 27 crash 0 0 17 17 89   Daniel Campeau Federated Dept. Stores   (McNeil Motorsports) March / Buick 27 crash 0 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 13 13     14 16 3   #36 accident turn 2   17 27 11     28 42 15   #64,21,89,7,77 accident frontstretch   43 65 23       Percent of race run under caution: 27.7%             Average green flag run: 15.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mike Groff 1 65 65 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Mike Groff 22     2   Paul Tracy 16   -6   3   Dave Kudrave 14   -8   4   Johnny O'Connell 12   -10   5   Ted Prappas 10   -12   6   Steve Barclay 8   -14   7   Steve Shelton 6   -16   8   Tony George 5   -17   9   Tom Christoff 4   -18   10   John Thompson 3   -19   11   Vinicio Salmi 2   -20   12   Tommy Byrne 1   -21