1989 American Racing Series season

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The 1989 HFC American Racing Series Championship consisted of 12 races. Mike Groff and Tommy Byrne each won 4 races and Groff edged out Byrne by 10 points for the championship.^[1]

Calendar[]

Race No	Track	State	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Most Leading Laps	Fastest Race Lap
1	Phoenix	Arizona	April 8, 1989	65	1.6093=104.6045 km	0'44:49.340	140.026 km/h	Mike Groff	Mike Groff	Mike Groff	?
2	Long Beach	California	April 16, 1989	33	2.687531=120.938895 km	0'51:21.937	141.268 km/h	Tommy Byrne	Tommy Byrne	Tommy Byrne	?
3	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	June 4, 1989	100	1.6607976=166.07976 km	0'49:34.940	200.975 km/h	Mike Groff	Mike Groff	Mike Groff	?
4	Detroit	Michigan	June 18, 1989	30	4.02325=120.6975 km	0'56:22.334	128.465 km/h	Ted Prappas	Johnny O'Connell	Paul Tracy	?
5	Portland	Oregon	June 25, 1989	40	3.0930746=123.722984 km	0'44:07.160	168.257 km/h	Tommy Byrne	Tommy Byrne	Tommy Byrne	?
6	Meadowlands	New Jersey	July 16, 1989	63	1.9585181=123.38664 km	0'46:04.670	160.667 km/h	Mike Groff	Mike Groff	Mike Groff	?
7	Toronto	Canada	July 23, 1989	42	2.8709912=120.58163 km	0'49:56.568	144.864 km/h		Tommy Byrne	Tommy Byrne	?
8	Pocono	Pennsylvania	August 19, 1989	28	4.02325=112.651 km	0'34:16.943	197.158 km/h	Tommy Byrne	Tommy Byrne	Tommy Byrne	?
9	Lexington	Ohio	September 3, 1989	32	3.86232=123.59424 km	0'50:32.067	146.744 km/h	P. J. Jones	Tommy Byrne	P. J. Jones	?
10	Elkhart Lake	Wisconsin	September 10, 1989	19	6.4372=122.3068 km	0'43:34.654	168.399 km/h	Tommy Byrne	Ted Prappas	Tommy Byrne	?
11	Nazareth	Pennsylvania	September 24, 1989	75	1.5223978=114.179835 km	0'59:07.610	115.866 km/h	Mike Groff	Dave Kudrave	Mike Groff	?
12	Monterey	California	October 15, 1989	34	3.5629902=121.1416668 km	0'46:48.277	155.294 km/h	Johnny O'Connell	Tommy Byrne	Tommy Byrne	?

Race summaries[]

Phoenix race[]

Held April 8 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mike Groff won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. Mike Groff
2. Paul Tracy
3. Dave Kudrave
4. Johnny O'Connell
5. Ted Prappas

Long Beach race[]

Held April 16 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. Tommy Byrne
2. P. J. Jones

Milwaukee race[]

Held June 4 at The Milwaukee Mile. Mike Groff won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. Mike Groff
2. Dave Kudrave
4. Tommy Byrne
5. Steve Shelton

Detroit race[]

Held June 18 at the Detroit street circuit. Johnny O'Connell won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. Ted Prappas
2. Calvin Fish
4. Mike Groff
5. Steve Shelton

Portland race[]

Held June 25 at Portland International Raceway. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. Tommy Byrne
2. Paul Tracy
3. Ted Prappas
5. Mike Groff

Meadowlands race[]

Held July 16 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Mike Groff won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. Mike Groff
2. Tommy Byrne
4. Paul Tracy
5. Steve Shelton

Toronto race[]

Held July 23 at Exhibition Place. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

2. P. J. Jones
3. Dave Kudrave
4. Ted Prappas
5. Hunter Jones

Pocono race[]

Held August 19 at Pocono Raceway. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. Tommy Byrne
3. Ted Prappas
4. Dave Kudrave
5. Johnny O'Connell

Mid-Ohio race[]

Held September 3 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. P. J. Jones
2. Mike Groff
3. Paul Tracy
4. Ted Prappas

Elkhart Lake race[]

Held September 10 at Road America. Ted Prappas won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. Tommy Byrne
2. Johnny O'Connell
4. Mike Groff
5. Dave Kudrave

Nazareth race[]

Held September 24 at Nazareth Speedway. Dave Kudrave won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. Mike Groff
2. Tommy Byrne
3. Dave Kudrave
4. Marty Roth

Laguna Seca race[]

Held October 15 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. Johnny O'Connell
2. Mike Groff
3. P. J. Jones
4. Tommy Byrne
5. Dave Kudrave

Final points standings[]

Driver[]

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).

Place	Name	Country	Team	Total Points
1	Mike Groff	United States		163	22	4	22	12	10	22	6	-	16	12	21	16
2	Tommy Byrne	Ireland		153	1	22	12	1	22	16	5	22	1	21	16	14
3		United States		131	-	1	14	14	12	14	20	16	10	11	10	6
4	Dave Kudrave	United States		100	14	-	16	-	4	-	14	12	5	10	15	10
5	Ted Prappas	United States		99	10	3	-	20
									14	6	12	14	12	2	6	-
6	P. J. Jones	United States		90	-	16	4	-	3	4	16	4	21	4	4	14
7	Johnny O'Connell	United States		72	12	-	-	1	5	8	-	10	-	16	-	20
8	Paul Tracy	Canada		65	16	-	-	3	16	12	-	1	14	3	-	-
9	Steve Shelton	United States		58	6	-	10	10	6	10	-	-	6	5	-	8
10		Mexico		41	-	10	2	-	-	3	4	8	-	6	8	-
11	Hunter Jones	Canada		34	-	-	-	6	-	5	10	5	8	-	-	-
	Tony George	United States	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	34	5	6	1	4	-	-	5	3	3	5	2	-
13		Canada		33	-	12	8	8	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-
14	Vinicio Salmi	Italy	Genoa Racing	23	2	-	-	-	8	-	1	-	1	8	1	2
15		Canada		20	4	-	5	3	2	2	-	-	4	-	-	-
16	Calvin Fish	United Kingdom		16	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		United States		14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		United States		14	3	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Hiro Matsushita	Japan		14	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	5	-
20	Marty Roth	Canada		12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-
21	Dean Hall	United States		11	-	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	Steve Barclay	United States		10	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	Salt Walther	United States		6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
24		United States		5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Jimmy Vasser	United States		5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
26	Cathy Muller	France		4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
27	Jeff Andretti	United States		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
	Harald Huysman	Norway		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Brian Bonner	United States		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1

Complete Overview[]

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R9=retired, but classified NS=did not start

Place	Name	Country	Team
1	Mike Groff	United States		1	1	4	R9	1	1	8	4	8	5	1	1	6	7	4	R13	5	2	3	4	2	1	8	2
2	Tommy Byrne	Ireland		6	12	1	1	13	4	3	R12	1	1	2	2	1	R10	1	1	1	13	2	1	4	2	1	4
3		United States		12	R15	2	R12	2	3	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	1	2	2	7	5	8	3	7	5	10	7
4	Dave Kudrave	United States		3	3	5	R15	8	2	2	R16	5	9	5	R14	9	3	5	4	10	8	5	5	1	3	5	5
5	Ted Prappas	United States		8	5	3	R10	-	-	6	1
												3	3	7	7	3	4	3	3	9	4	1	R12	10	7	6	R17
6	P. J. Jones	United States		14	R14	12	2	7	9	11	R14	6	10	11	9	12	2	6	8	2	1	4	9	9	9	2	3
7	Johnny O'Connell	United States		4	4	6	R16	3	R13	1	R13	9	8	8	6	11	R13	8	5	4	R18	7	2	5	R13	3	1
8	Paul Tracy	Canada		2	2	7	R13	4	R14	4	R11	2	2	9	4	2	R16	13	R12	3	3	9	R10	3	R15	-	-
9	Steve Shelton	United States		7	7	9	R14	5	5	7	5	10	7	6	5	4	R15	-	-	8	7	6	R11	-	-	4	6
10		Mexico		11	R13	13	5	14	11	14	R15	-	-	14	10	17	9	9	6	13	R16	11	7	12	6	13	13
11	Hunter Jones	Canada		-	-	-	-	-	-	12	7	-	-	10	8	13	5	7	8	6	6	10	R14	-	-	-	-
	Tony George	United States	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	16	8	18	7	12	12	17	9	17	R17	17	13	16	8	12	10	15	10	12	8	15	11	17	16
13		Canada		17	R17	10	4	6	6	10	6	7	12	10	R15	8	11	14	11	17	R15	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	Vinicio Salmi	Italy	Genoa Racing	10	11	11	NS	-	-	-	-	11	6	3	R17	7	R12	-	-	11	12	14	6	8	12	7	11
15		Canada		13	9	17	R17	9	8	15	10	15	11	13	11	10	R14	11	R14	14	9	13	R13	11	R14	16	15
16	Calvin Fish	United Kingdom		-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		United States		-	-	8	3	-	-	-	-	12	R16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		United States		15	10	14	8	11	7	-	-	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Hiro Matsushita	Japan		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	15	12	15	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	-	-
20	Marty Roth	Canada		-	-	-	-	-	-	16	NS	-	-	16	R16	14	R17	-	-	-	-	-	-
																								6	4	-	-
21	Dean Hall	United States		9	R16	15	R6	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	Steve Barclay	United States		5	6	16	R11	-	-	-	-
												16	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	Salt Walther	United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	18	R17	-	-	-	-	-	-
24		United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	13	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Jimmy Vasser	United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8
26	Cathy Muller	France		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	9
27	Jeff Andretti	United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10	-	-
	Harald Huysman	Norway		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10
	Brian Bonner	United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	-	-	-	15	12
-	Harry Sauce	United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Arthur Abrahams	Australia		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14

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