Indycar 1989 Racetracks

 

Since the 2015 Indycar schedule is not out yet, we give you

 

the C.A.R.T/PPG Indy Car World Series

1989 Schedule

 

7 of the 15 races on the schedule were in cities

they still raced at in 2014.

However, they have been to many other places over the years as documented in this

Robin Miller piece for Racer.com.

 

Photos are from

The Insider's Guide to Indy Car Racing

by Rick Amabile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Worth Noting.

 

All the races were televised on ABC, NBC or ESPN.

 

The season ran from April 9th through October 15th.

 

9 races were on street/road courses and 6 were run on ovals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indycar Champion 2014 Will Power

OK, we admit the whole 'school thing' has gotten in the way of our posting yet again. 

But we've settled into the school year now and are all set to get back to business,

even if it is the off season.

 

Will Power won the Indycar championship

with 671 points!

 

 Helio Castroneves came in second for the fourth time in his career with 609 points and Scott Dixon bumped up to third with 604 points.
After several runner up finishes in the Championship, including in 2010, 2011 and 2012 Will Power finally earned the title he deserved.

 

It was Penske's 13th championship and first since 2006 with Sam Hornish Jr.

The 2014 Indycar season stats:

*  2395 laps driven

*  66 cautions totaling 323 laps (13.5%)

*  176 lead changes

* Will Power led a total of 623 laps

After the Championship Will Power appeared on David Letterman's Late Show, discussing earthquakes and Helio's hair among other things.

 

 

 

 

He has also been a DJ on
XM Radio's Backspin
and on Sirius XM Lithium.

Seems like he may have a future outside of Indycar when he retires.

 

 

 

 

Josef Update MAVTV 500

Another top ten for Josef this year!

He finished tenth in the last race of the season.

This video is from before Fontana, so it's a little late,
but it is Josef, and this is a Josef post and so Alex insists we include it.

 
He qualified third, which made him the top Honda qualifier in the final four races of the season!
It was also his 4th front row start of the year.

Josef finished out the season with

2 Top 5's
7 Top 10
and he led 20 laps and was in a position to win several races this season!

Can't wait to see how Josef improves next year.
He'll be on the newly formed Carpenter Fisher Hartman Racing team and should be able to improve his Super Speedway results teaming with the oval master Ed Carpenter!


 
Alex is disappointed that the season in over, but we're still doing Josef updates because Alex follows along what he's up to during the whole offseason.
(and re-watches video after video after video after video....well you get the idea,  of Josef)


 

Tony Kanaan wins MAVTV 500 in Fontana

 

Congrats to Tony Kanaan!

and Chip Ganassi Racing for a 1-2 finish in the season finale at Fontana.

 

It was great to see Tony get his first win with Chip Ganassi Racing and his first win since becoming the Indy 500 champ in 2013.

Tony was the 11th different winner this season.

2nd:  Runner up was Scott Dixon.  Too bad for him that the season didn't go a little longer.  He was doing great with two wins and a second in the final three races and almost finished second in points.  Odd that the Ganassi team has had a slow start for the past two seasons.

3rd:  Ed Carpenter finished 3rd in a final great showing for Ed Carpenter Racing before they merge with Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing in 2015.

4th:  Juan Montoya  A win a 4th and a 5th in the three 500 mile events this season....not bad.

5th:  James Hinchcliffe A well deserved and welcome top five finish.

Like everyone else, we can't believe the season is over already.

The worst part is we can't even start a countdown to next season because the schedule hasn't come out yet.