1989 Meadowlands Grand Prix

Race 8 of 15

Meadowlands
145 laps
Time of race: 2:09:20.210
Average speed of winner: 81.863 mph
Margin of victory: 3.820 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 31 laps
Lap leaders: Ma. Andretti 1, Fittipaldi 2-4, Mi. Andretti 5-76, Rahal 77-81, Mi. Andretti 82-89, Rahal 90-145

Race notes: Finale for Scott Atchison.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	6	Bobby Rahal	18	Kraco	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Kraco	112.694	145	2	61	flagged	20
2	1	Emerson Fittipaldi	20	Marlboro	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Patrick	113.737	145	1	3	flagged	17
3	7	Scott Pruett	3	Budweiser	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	Truesports	112.547	143	0	0	flagged	14
4	5	Rick Mears	4	Pennzoil	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Penske	112.732	143	0	0	flagged	12
5	3	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Team Valvoline	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Galles	112.874	142	0	0	flagged	10
6	16	Raul Boesel	30	Domino's Pizza	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	Shierson	109.312	141	0	0	flagged	8
7	11	Arie Luyendyk	7	Provimi Veal/Dutch Boy	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Simon	110.644	140	0	0	flagged	6
8	9	Danny Sullivan	1	Miller High Life	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Penske	111.422	140	0	0	flagged	5
9	8	Teo Fabi	8	Quaker State	March	Porsche	Goodyear	Porsche	112.082	140	0	0	flagged	4
10	15	Scott Brayton	22	Amway	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Simon	109.379	136	0	0	flagged	3
11	19	John Jones	65	Labatt's Breweries	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Protofab	108.862	135	0	0	flagged	2
12	14	Kevin Cogan	11	Schaefer/Playboy Fashions	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Machinists Union	109.545	131	0	0	accident	1
13	18	Pancho Carter	29	Hardee's	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Machinists Union	108.865	129	0	0	flagged	0
14	21	Scott Atchison	50	Euromotorsport	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Euromotorsport	108.023	127	0	0	flagged	0
15	26	Jeff Wood	56	Spirit of Wichita	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Gohr	106.634	125	0	0	accident	0
16	17	Randy Lewis	28	Toshiba/Oracle/TeamKar	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Simon	108.917	113	0	0	flagged	0
17	20	Dominic Dobson	86	Texaco Havoline	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Bayside	108.416	102	0	0	accident	0
18	4	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Havoline	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	112.809	89	2	80	suspension	1
19	22	Bernard Jourdain	69	Corona/Monarch/Andale	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Andale	107.828	84	0	0	electrical	0
20	2	Mario Andretti	5	Kmart/Havoline	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	110.043	75	1	1	suspension	0
21	18	John Paul, Jr.	15	Kendall	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	107.599	70	0	0	accident	0
22	27	Roberto Guerrero	21	Alfa Romeo	March	Alfa Romeo	Goodyear	Morales	105.262	70	0	0	suspension	0
23	25	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen/Gilmore	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Foyt	107.142	56	0	0	clutch	0
24	12	Fabrizio Barbazza	12	Arciero MacPherson	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Arciero	109.726	39	0	0	gearshift	0
25	10	Derek Daly	10	Raynor	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	Raynor	111.166	37	0	0	electrical	0
26	13	Didier Theys	71	Mackenzie Financial	Lola	Judd	Goodyear	Hemelgarn	109.568	18	0	0	fuel injector	0
27	23	Tom Sneva	9	STP/Granatelli	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	Vince Granatelli	107.801	16	0	0	turbocharger	0
28	28	Steve Chassey	16	Kasle Recycling	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	101.652	13	0	0	engine	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	124	8	1	4	6
2	Rick Mears	92	8	3	2	2
3	Al Unser, Jr.	78	8	1	1	3
4	Scott Pruett	63	7	0	0	2
5	Teo Fabi	63	8	1	0	1
6	Bobby Rahal	62	8	0	1	3
7	Michael Andretti	56	8	2	0	2
8	Mario Andretti	53	8	0	0	2
9	Raul Boesel	53	8	0	0	1
10	Arie Luyendyk	46	8	0	0	1
11	Danny Sullivan	27	6	0	0	1
12	Pancho Carter	17	8	0	0	0
13	Scott Brayton	12	7	0	0	0
14	A.J. Foyt	10	6	0	0	0
15	John Jones	8	8	0	0	0
16	Derek Daly	7	8	0	0	0
17	Dominic Dobson	6	6	0	0	0
18	Davy Jones	6	1	0	0	0
19	Kevin Cogan	6	8	0	0	0
20	Rich Vogler	5	1	0	0	0
21	Roberto Guerrero	5	4	0	0	0
22	Bernard Jourdain	5	8	0	0	0
23	Didier Theys	5	8	0	0	0
24	Ludwig Heimrath, Jr.	4	3	0	0	0
25	Tom Sneva	3	7	0	0	0