1990 IndyCar season

1990 IndyCar season
PPG Indy Car World Series
Season
Races	17
Start date	April 8
End date	October 21
Awards
Drivers' Championship	Al Unser, Jr.
Constructors' Cup	Lola
Manufacturers' Cup	Chevrolet
Nations' Cup	United States
Rookie of the Year	Eddie Cheever
Most Pole Positions	Michael Andretti Danny Sullivan
Indianapolis 500 winner	Arie Luyendyk
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1989	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 CART World Series.

Team Sortable Table	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No Sortable Table	Drivers
Newman-Haas Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	3	Michael Andretti
				6	Mario Andretti
Shierson	Lola	Chevrolet Judd	Goodyear	11/28	Scott Goodyear
				30	Arie Luyendyk
Patrick Racing Miller Beer	March	Alfa Romeo	Goodyear	20	Roberto Guerrero
				40	Al Unser
Porsche North America	March	Porsche	Goodyear	4	Teo Fabi
				41	John Andretti
				71	Buddy Lazier
Team Penske	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	1	Emerson Fittipaldi
				2	Rick Mears
				7	Danny Sullivan
Galles-Kraco Racing	March	Chevrolet	Goodyear	5	Al Unser Jr.
				18	Bobby Rahal
Truesports	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	8/19	Raul Boesel
Chip Ganassi Racing	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	15/25	Eddie Cheever
Leader Card Machinists Union	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	29	Pancho Carter Wally Dallenbach Jr.
U.S. Engineering	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	44	Jeff Wood
Euromotorsport Bettenhausen Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.
				16/50	Guido Daccò
				42	Michael Greenfield
				50	Mike Groff
Glidden Paints	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	51	Jim Crawford Gary Bettenhausen
Arciero Racing	Penske	Buick	Goodyear	12	Randy Lewis
				24	Buddy Lazier
Simon Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	10	Hiro Matsushita
				10/23	Tero Palmroth
				22	Scott Brayton
				23	Joe Sposato
Dale Coyne Racing Genesee Beer Wagon Gohr Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	19/39	Dean Hall
				56	Rocky Moran John Morton Jon Beekhuis Fulvio Ballabio
Gilmore Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	14	A.J. Foyt Didier Theys
Granatelli Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	9/70	Didier Theys
				11	Kevin Cogan
Bayside Disposal Racing	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	88	Dominic Dobson
P.I.G. Enterprises	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	31	Jon Beekhuis
Raynor Garage Door	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	25	Willy T. Ribbs
Contadina	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	24	Steve Bren
Menard Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	15	Jim Crawford
ATEC Environmental	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	93	John Paul Jr. Steve Chassey
MAX Tools	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	21	Geoff Brabham
Hemelgarn Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	71/81	Billy Vukovich III
				71/91	Buddy Lazier
RCA	Penske	Buick	Goodyear	9	Tom Sneva
Miyano America	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	97	Stan Fox
Andale Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	69	Bernard Jourdain
Bums Racing	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	66	Guido Daccò
Amoco Swan St.	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	27/98	Jeff Andretti
Conseco Stoops Freightliner	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	17	Johnny Rutherford Kevin Cogan
Byrd's KFC	Penske	Buick	Goodyear	8	Rich Vogler
Walmotor	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	77	Salt Walther
Nu-Tech Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	33	Guido Daccò
Spirit of Vancouver	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	27	Ross Bentley

Results and standings

Grands Prix

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

Full Series Results

Drivers

Pos Driver PIR LGB IND MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MIC DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG Pts 1 Unser Jr. 3 1 4 1 Ret 3 Ret 11 1 1 1 1 3 4 Ret 2 210 2 Mi. Andretti Ret 4 Ret 5 1 1 Ret 1 2 Ret 5 Ret 1 1 5 3 181 3 Mears 1 6 5 2 4 5 8 2 12 Ret 7 4 7 3 2 4 168 4 Rahal 2 12 2 4 2 11 2 Ret Ret 2 3 8 6 7 3 5 153 5 Fittipaldi 5 2 3 3 7 9 3 6 Ret Ret Ret 6 12 2 1 6 144 6 Sullivan 6 3 Ret 8 Ret 4 1 Ret 4 Ret 2 2 5 Ret Ret 1 139 7 Ma. Andretti 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 2 4 Ret 6 3 4 3 2 5 4 Ret 136 8 Luyendyk 9 7 1 Ret 5 6 6 4 5 Ret 13 Ret Ret 6 Ret 9 90 9 Cheever (R) 7 Ret 8 11 3 Ret Ret Ret 3 4 14 Ret 4 9 6 10 80 10 Jo. Andretti Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 5 7 13 7 6 5 13 Ret Ret 8 51 11 Foyt Ret Ret 6 9 Ret 10 7 5 16 6 10 13 15 Ret 42 11 Boesel Ret 8 Ret 6 6 Ret Ret Ret 10 9 Ret 19 9 10 8 11 42 13 Goodyear 10 17 10 10 8 Ret Ret Ret 9 10 8 7 Ret 12 10 14 36 14 Fabi Ret 10 Ret 12 Ret 7 Ret 3 15 Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 7 33 15 Brayton 13 9 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 14 Ret 12 9 8 13 12 Ret 28 16 Guerrero Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 9 Ret 24 17 Groff (R) DNQ Ret Ret 9 Ret 11 11 14 Ret 10 Ret 7 15 17 18 Theys 14 11 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 9 Ret 16 12 15 19 Dobson Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 8 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret 12 20 Carter 8 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret 9 21 Beekhuis 16 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 7 21 Wood 11 DNQ Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 7 23 Bettenhausen Jr. DNQ Ret 13 Ret Ret 12 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret 4 23 Cogan 9 Ret 4 23 Hall (R) 15 18 Ret Ret Ret 14 11 Ret 19 Ret Ret 15 11 Ret Ret 4 26 Ribbs (R) Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 13 3 27 Dallenbach Jr. 11 Ret Ret 2 27 Lewis Ret Ret 14 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 12 16 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 29 Palmroth 12 Ret Ret DNS 1 29 Dacco 12 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 14 13 16 1 29 Lazier (R) DNQ DNQ 13 Ret DNS Ret DNS 12 Ret DNQ Ret 1 29 Greenfield (R) DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 29 Matsushita (R) 19 Ret 12 Ret 15 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 1 34 Crawford Ret 15 0 34 Bren Ret 0 34 Unser 13 0 34 Paul Jr. 16 0 34 Brabham Ret 0 34 Vukovich III Ret 13 0 34 Moran Ret 0 34 Sneva Ret 0 34 Bettenhausen Ret 0 34 Fox Ret 0 34 Je. Andretti (R) DNQ Ret 0 34 Bentley 18 0 34 Sposato (R) 17 0 - Jourdain DNQ - - Rutherford DNQ - - Vogler DNQ - - Walther DNQ - - Chassey DNQ - - Morton DNQ - - Ballabio DNQ - Pos Driver PIR LGB IND MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MIC DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

Nation's Cup

Best result in each race counts towards the nation's cup.

Pos	Country	PIR	LGB	IND	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIC	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	Points
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	Ret	6	9	2	1	6	151
3	The Netherlands	9	7	1	Ret	5	6	6	4	5	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	9	90
4	Canada	10	16	10	10	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	8	7	Ret	11	10	14	39
5	Italy	12	10	Ret	12	Ret	7	Ret	3	15	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	14	11	7	33
6	Colombia	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret		5	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	9	Ret	24
7	Belgium	14	11	11		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7		9	Ret	16			12	15
8	Japan		19			Ret	12		Ret			15	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
8	Finland			12		Ret			Ret		DNS							1
10	Australia			Ret														0
10	United Kingdom	Ret		15														0
Pos	Country	PIR	LGB	IND	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIC	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	Points

References

• 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. 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 in Indy Lights