CART-Saison 1990
| Al Unser Jr. 2011 | |
| Meister | |
|---|---|
| Fahrer: | Al Unser Jr. |
| Konstrukteur: | Lola |
| Hersteller: | Chevrolet |
| Rookie of the Year: | Eddie Cheever |
| Nationenwertung: | Vereinigte Staaten |
| Saisondaten | |
| Anzahl Rennen: | 18 |
| < Saison 1989 | Saison 1991 > |
Die CART-Saison 1990 war die 12. Saison der CART-Rennserie und die 69. Meisterschaftssaison im US-amerikanischen Formelsport.
Hintergrund
Die Saison 1990 begann am 8. April in Phoenix und endete nach 16 Rennen am 21. Oktober auf dem Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey.
Im Jahr 1990 fusionierte das Team von Rick Galles und das Kraco Team, Inhaber Maurice Kranes, zu einem Zwei-Wagen-Team mit dem Namen Galles-Kraco Racing. Die Autos fuhren Al Unser Jr. und Bobby Rahal.
Ex-Formel-1-Fahrer Emerson Fittipaldi verließ Patrick Racing um zum Team Penske zu wechseln.
Chip Ganassi kaufte Patrick Racing und wurde zu Chip Ganassi Racing, Pat Patrick seinerseits kaufte das Team von Alfa Romeo.
Am Ende der Saison zog sich March aus der CART-Serie zurück.
Saisonverlauf
Al Unser Jr. fuhr mit dem auf diese Saison hin fusionierten Galles-Kraco Racing Team zum Fahrer-Meistertitel. Er stand einmal auf der Pole-Position, gewann sechs Rennen und stand zehn Mal auf dem Siegerpodium. Michael Andretti stand vier Mal auf der Pole-Position und konnte fünf Rennen für sich entscheiden. Am Ende der Saison machten 29 Punkte den Unterschied zwischen den beiden Kontrahenten.
Der Niederländer Arie Luyendyk war beim Indianapolis 500 siegreich und war auch der bestplatzierte Europäer in der Fahrerwertung mit dem achten Rang.
Den Titel „Rookie of the Year“ ging an den Ex-Formel-1-Fahrer Eddie Cheever. Der US-Amerikaner wurde zweimal Dritter und belegte den neunten Platz in der Fahrer-Meisterschaft.
Teams und Fahrer
| Team | Chassis | Motor | Nr. | Fahrer | Rennen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newman/Haas Racing | Lola | Chevrolet | 3 | Michael Andretti | alle |
| 6 | Mario Andretti | alle | |||
| Doug Shierson Racing | Lola | Judd | 11/28 | Scott Goodyear | alle |
| Chevrolet | 30 | Arie Luyendyk | alle | ||
| Patrick Racing | March / Lola | Alfa Romeo | 20 | Roberto Guerrero | 9 |
| 40 | Al Unser | alle | |||
| Porsche North America | March | Porsche | 4 | Teo Fabi | alle |
| 41 | John Andretti | alle | |||
| Team Penske | Penske | Chevrolet | 1 | Emerson Fittipaldi | alle |
| 2 | Rick Mears | alle | |||
| 7 | Danny Sullivan | alle | |||
| Galles-Kraco Racing | Lola | Chevrolet | 5 | Al Unser Jr. | alle |
| 18 | Bobby Rahal | alle | |||
| Truesports | Lola | Judd | 8/19 | Raul Boesel | alle |
| 21 | Geoff Brabham | 3 | |||
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Penske/Lola | Chevrolet | 15/25 | Eddie Cheever | alle |
| Leader Card Racing | Lola | Cosworth | 29 | Pancho Carter | 1, 3–10 |
| Wally Dallenbach Jr. | 11, 13, 16 | ||||
| U.S. Engineering | Lola | Cosworth | 44 | Jeff Wood | 1, 3, 5, 7–11, 13–14, 16 |
| Bettenhausen Motorsports | Lola | Cosworth/Buick | 16 | Tony Bettenhausen Jr. | 1, 12, 16 |
| Guido Daccò | 2 | ||||
| Euromotorsport | Lola | Cosworth | 50 | Guido Daccò | 1 |
| Mike Groff | 3, 5–16 | ||||
| Greenfield Engineering | Lola | Cosworth | 42 | Michael Greenfield | 4, 7–9, 11, 13–15 |
| Team Menard | Lola | Buick | 51/15 | Jim Crawford | 1, 3 |
| 51 | Gary Bettenhausen | 3 | |||
| Arciero Racing | Penske | Buick/Cosworth | 12 | Randy Lewis | alle |
| 24 | Steve Bren | 2 | |||
| Buddy Lazier | 10 | ||||
| 8 | Rich Vogler | 3 | |||
| Dick Simon Racing | Lola | Cosworth | 10 | Hiro Matsushita | 2, 5–6, 8, 1alle |
| 22 | Scott Brayton | alle | |||
| 23/10 | Tero Palmroth | 3, 6, 8, 10 | |||
| 23 | Joe Sposato | 16 | |||
| Dale Coyne Racing | Lola | Cosworth | 19/39 | Dean Hall | 15 |
| Gohr Racing | Lola | Cosworth | 56 | Rocky Moran | 3 |
| Jon Beekhuis | 10 | ||||
| John Morton | 6 | ||||
| Fulvio Ballabio | 16 | ||||
| A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Lola | Chevrolet | 14 | A. J. Foyt | 15–16 |
| Didier Theys | 16 | ||||
| Vince Granatelli Racing | Lola/Penske | Buick | 9/70 | Didier Theys | 1–3, 5–9, 11–13 |
| 11 | Kevin Cogan | 3 | |||
| 9 | Tom Sneva | 3 | |||
| Bayside Motorsports | Lola | Cosworth | 86 | Dominic Dobson | 1–3, 5–6, 8–9, 11–12, 14, 16 |
| P. I. G. Racing | Lola | Judd | 31 | Jon Beekhuis | 2, 5, 9, 11–14, 16 |
| Raynor Racing | Lola | Judd | 25 | Willy T. Ribbs | 2, 5, 8–9, 11–13, 16 |
| Mann Motorsports | Lola | Buick | 93 | John Paul jr. | 3 |
| Hemelgarn Racing | Lola | Buick | 71/81 | Bill Vukovich III | 3, 10 |
| 71/91 | Buddy Lazier | 3, 5–7, 9, 11–15 | |||
| Kent Baker Racing | Lola | Buick | 97 | Stan Fox | 3 |
| Andale Racing | Lola | Buick | 69 | Bernard Jourdain | 3 |
| Burns Racing Team | Lola | Judd | 66 | Guido Daccò | 3 |
| TEAMKAR International | Lola | Cosworth | 27/98 | Jeff Andretti | 3, 4 |
| 98 | Kenji Momota | 3 | |||
| Conseco Racing | Lola | Cosworth | 17 | Kevin Cogan | 10 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 3 | ||||
| Walther Motorsports | Penske | Cosworth | 77 | Salt Walther | 3, 10 |
| Nu-Tech Motorsports | Lola | Cosworth | 33 | Guido Daccò | 5, 9, 14–16 |
| Spirit of Vancouver | Lola | Cosworth | 27 | Ross Bentley | 12 |
Anmerkung: Alle Teams starteten auf Goodyear Reifen.
Statistik
Rennergebnisse
Fahrer-Meisterschaft
| Pos. | Fahrer | PHX |
LBH |
INDY |
MIL |
DET |
POR |
CLE |
MEA |
TOR |
MIC |
DEN |
VAN |
MDO |
ROA |
MAR |
NAZ |
LAG |
Pt. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Unser Jr. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 210 | ||
| 2 | Michael Andretti | 20 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 181 | ||
| 3 | Rick Mears | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 168 | ||
| 4 | Bobby Rahal | 2 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 153 | ||
| 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 144 | ||
| 6 | Danny Sullivan | 6 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 139 | ||
| 7 | Mario Andretti | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 136 | ||
| 8 | Arie Luyendyk | 9 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 90 | ||
| 9 | Eddie Cheever (R) | 7 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 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 | 9 | 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 (R) | 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 (R) | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 4 | ||||
| 26 | Willy T. Ribbs (R) | 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 (R) | DNQ | DNQ | 13 | 24 | DNS | 26 | DNQ | 12 | 23 | DNS | 14 | 1 | ||||||||
| 31 | Hiro Matsushita (R) | 19 | DNQ | 19 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 1 | ||||||||
| 32 | Michael Greenfield (R) | DNS | 17 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 33 | Tero Palmroth | 12 | 28 | 27 | DNS | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 34 | Bill 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 (R) | DNQ | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 39 | Joe Sposato (R) | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 40 | Ross Bentley (R) | 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. | Fahrer | PHX |
LBH |
INDY |
MIL |
DET |
POR |
CLE |
MEA |
TOR |
MIC |
DEN |
VAN |
MDO |
ROA |
MAR |
NAZ |
LAG |
Pt. |
R=Rookie
Nationen-Cup
| Pos. | Land | Pt. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vereinigte Staaten | 312 |
| 2 | Brasilien | 151 |
| 3 | Niederlande | 90 |
| 4 | Kanada | 39 |
| 5 | Italien | 33 |
| 6 | Kolumbien | 24 |
| 7 | Belgien | 15 |
| 8 | Japan | 1 |
| 9 | Finnland | 1 |
| 10 | Schottland | 0 |
| 11 | Australien | 0 |
| 12 | Mexiko | 0 |
Konstrukteurs-Cup
| Pos. | Chassis | Pt. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lola | 318 |
| 2 | Penske | 264 |
| 3 | March | 75 |
Motoren-Cup
| Pos. | Motor | Pt. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevrolet | 351 |
| 2 | Porsche | 72 |
| 3 | Cosworth | 72 |
| 3 | Judd | 59 |
| 4 | Alfa Romeo | 24 |
| 5 | Buick | 22 |
Siehe auch
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ champcarstats.com: 1990 PPG Indy Car World Series, abgerufen am 6. April 2025