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1989 Checker Autoworks 200

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CART race number 1 of 15
Sunday, April 9, 1989 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ
200 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (200.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:35:09
Average speed: 126.112 mph
Pole speed: 166.536 mph

Cautions: 4 for 31 laps
Margin of victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1989 CART results / 1989 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	4	Rick Mears	Pennzoil (Roger Penske)	Penske / Chevrolet	200	53460	running	93	22
2	6	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Team Valvoline (Rick Galles)	Lola / Chevrolet	199	41030	running	0	16
3	2	1	Danny Sullivan	Miller High Life (Roger Penske)	Penske / Chevrolet	199	30750	running	53	14
4	7	6	Michael Andretti	Kmart / Havoline (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Chevrolet	199	19510	running	52	12
5	10	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro (Pat Patrick / Chip Ganassi)	Penske / Chevrolet	199	24540	running	0	10
6	8	8	Teo Fabi	Quaker State (Porsche Motorsports)	March / Porsche	198	18820	running	0	8
7	13	29	Pancho Carter	Hardee's (Leader Card)	Lola / Cosworth	195	20600	running	0	6
8	4	5	Mario Andretti	Kmart / Havoline (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Chevrolet	195	18880	running	0	5
9	21	71	Ludwig Heimrath, Jr.	Mackenzie Financial (Ron Hemelgarn)	Lola / Judd	193	17160	running	0	4
10	14	11	Kevin Cogan	Schaefer / Playboy Fashions (Andy Kenopensky)	March / Cosworth	191	20316	running	0	3
11	17	3	Scott Pruett	Budweiser (Truesports)	Lola / Judd	189	16644	running	0	2
12	16	10	Derek Daly	Raynor Garage Doors (Raynor Motorsports)	Lola / Judd	189	16300	running	0	1
13	19	28	Randy Lewis	Toshiba / Oracle (TeamKar International)	Lola / Cosworth	186	9300	running	0
14	9	30	Raul Boesel	Domino's Pizza (Douglas Shierson)	Lola / Judd	184	15440	running	0
15	11	22	Scott Brayton	Amway (Dick Simon)	Lola / Cosworth	145	15440	engine	0
16	15	65	John Jones	Labatt's Breweries (Ron Rogers)	Lola / Cosworth	135	7580	pit fire	0
17	12	7	Arie Luyendyk	Provimi Veal / Dutch Boy (Dick Simon)	Lola / Cosworth	111	14580	vibration	0
18	5	18	Bobby Rahal	Kraco (Kraco Enterprises)	Lola / Cosworth	83	14580	crash	2
19	22	69	Bernard Jourdain	Andale Racing (Andale Racing)	Lola / Cosworth	80	7580	crash	0
20	20	12	Didier Theys	Arciero-MacPherson (Frank Arciero)	Penske / Cosworth	63	14580	crash	0
21	23	50	Jean-Pierre Frey	Euromotorsport (Antonio Ferrari)	Lola / Cosworth	47	2580	black flagged	0
22	18	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen / Gilmore (A.J. Foyt)	Lola / Cosworth	42	14580	exhaust	0
23	3	86	Dominic Dobson	Texaco / Havoline (Bruce Leven)	Lola / Cosworth	30	7580	crash	0
24	24	19	Guido Dacco	Dale Coyne Racing (Dale Coyne)	Lola / Cosworth	23	9580	oil leak	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Tom Sneva	9	STP / Granatelli	Vince Granatelli

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	29	29
	30	34	5	#28,86 accident turn 3
	35	66	32
	67	76	10	#12 accident turn 4
	77	83	7
	84	96	13	#18,69 accident turn 3
	97	120	24
	121	123	3	#3 spun turn 2
	124	200	77
Percent of race run under caution: 15.5% Average green flag run: 33.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Danny Sullivan	1	26	26
Rick Mears	27	30	4
Bobby Rahal	31	32	2
Rick Mears	33	67	35
Michael Andretti	68	119	52
Rick Mears	120	156	37
Danny Sullivan	157	183	27
Rick Mears	184	200	17

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Rick Mears	22
2	Al Unser, Jr.	16	-6
3	Danny Sullivan	14	-8
4	Michael Andretti	12	-10
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	10	-12
6	Teo Fabi	8	-14
7	Pancho Carter	6	-16
8	Mario Andretti	5	-17
9	Ludwig Heimrath, Jr.	4	-18
10	Kevin Cogan	3	-19
11	Scott Pruett	2	-20
12	Derek Daly	1	-21