1990 CART World Series Season

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The 1990 CART World Series Season was the twelfth CART World Series. It began on April 8, 1990 and it ended on October 21 after 16 races.

Contents 1 Drivers and constructors 1.1 Team changes 1.2 Driver changes 2 Results and standings 2.1 Grands Prix 3 Full Series Results 3.1 Points System 3.2 Drivers 3.3 Nation's Cup 3.4 Driver Breakdown 4 Rule changes 5 Rumours and speculation 5.1 Teams 5.2 Drivers 5.3 Tyre manufacturers 5.4 Races 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit] Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed for the 1990 CART World Series.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	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

[edit] Team changes

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[edit] Driver changes

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[edit] Results and standings

[edit] Grands Prix

Rd	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Autoworks 200	Phoenix, Arizona	April 8	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Report
2	Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix	Long Beach, California	April 22	Al Unser Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis, Indiana	May 27	Arie Luyendyk	Shierson	Report
4	Miller Genuine Draft 200	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 3	Al Unser Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
5	Valvoline Grand Prix	Detroit, Michigan	June 17	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
6	Budweiser/G.I.Joe´s 200	Portland, Oregon	June 24	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
7	Budweiser Grand Prix	Clevland, Ohio	July 9	Danny Sullivan	Team Penske	Report
8	Marlboro Grand Prix	Meadowlands, New Jersey	July 15	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
9	Molson Indy Toronto	Toronto, Canada	July 22	Al Unser Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
10	Marlboro 500	Brooklyn, Michigan	August 5	Al Unser Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
11	Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix	Denver, Colorado	August 28	Al Unser Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
12	Molson Indy Vancouver	Vancouver, Canada	September 2	Al Unser Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
13	Red Roof Inns 200	Lexington, Ohio	September 16	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
14	Texaco/Havoline 200	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	September 23	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
15	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Nazareth, Pennsylvannia	October 7	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	Report
16	Champion Spark Plug 300	Laguna Seca, California	October 21	Danny Sullivan	Team Penske	Report

[edit] Full Series Results

[edit] Points System

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[edit] 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 36 14 Fabi Ret 10 Ret 12 Ret 7 Ret 3 15 Ret 33 15 Brayton 13 9 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 14 Ret 28 16 Guerrero Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 5 24 17 Groff (R) DNQ Ret Ret 9 Ret 11 11 17 18 Theys 14 11 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 15 19 Dobson Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 8 8 12 20 Carter 8 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret 9 21 Beekhuis 16 Ret Ret 8 7 21 Wood 11 DNQ Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 7 23 Bettenhausen Jr. DNQ Ret 13 Ret Ret 12 10 Ret Ret 4 23 Cogan 9 Ret 4 23 Hall (R) 15 18 Ret Ret Ret 14 11 Ret 19 Ret 4 26 Ribbs (R) Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 27 Dallenbach Jr. 2 27 Lewis Ret Ret 14 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 12 2 29 Palmroth 12 Ret Ret DNS 1 29 Dacco 12 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 1 29 Lazier (R) DNQ DNQ 13 Ret DNS Ret 1 29 Greenfield (R) DNS Ret Ret Ret 1 29 Matsushita (R) 19 Ret 12 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 DNQ Ret 0 - Jourdain DNQ - - Rutherford DNQ - - Vogler DNQ - - Walther DNQ - - Chassey DNQ - - Morton DNQ - 40 McRae Ret 0 40 Lewis Ret DNQ Ret Ret 0 40 Chassey DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret DNQ 0 40 Alsup DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 Ret Ret 0 40 Gehlhausen DNQ Ret 0 40 Krueger Ret 0 40 Fillip Ret 15 17 0 40 Heimrath Jr. Ret 0 40 Karl Ret Ret 0 40 Coyne DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 0 40 Kuhn Ret DNQ 16 Ret 0 40 Nish Ret DNQ 0 40 Thackwell (R) Ret Ret 0 - Tempero DNQ DNQ - - Caliva DNQ - - Wilson DNQ - - Ciprich DNQ - - McElreath DNQ - - J. Sneva DNQ - - Cannon DNQ - - Bigelow DNQ - - Hostetler DNQ DNQ DNQ - - Ruble 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 Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

[edit] 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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	351
2	Australia	2	16	12	17	2	3	8	9	5	14	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	5	5	87
3	Colombia	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	5	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	6	52
4	Mexico	Ret	DNQ	10	DNS	7	Ret	Ret	11	7	Ret	11	4	10	8	13	10	42
5	Italy	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	3	Ret	13				Ret	10		6	8	Ret	31
6	Brazil	5	12	Ret			7	Ret				4	Ret	12			Ret	30
6	Canada	6	13	DNQ		6	15	9		Ret			8		9	Ret	Ret	30
8	Ireland	7	15	Ret		4	Ret	6	17	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret				26
9	United Kingdom	4		DNQ			Ret									Ret		12
10	Netherlands									8								5
11	New Zealand							Ret								Ret	Ret	0
12	Spain					Ret												0
-	South Africa	DNQ																-
Pos	Country	PIR	LGB	IND	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIC	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	Points

[edit] Driver Breakdown

Pos	Driver	Team	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Top 5's	Top 10's	Poles	Points
1	Ma. Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	16	6	8	8	10	7	176
2	T. Sneva	Mayer Racing	16	3	6	9	12	2	163
3	Rahal	Truesports	16	2	6	7	10	1	137
4	Sullivan	Shierson	16	3	5	5	9	1	110
4	Ri. Mears	Team Penske	11	1	4	7	9	2	110
6	A. Unser Jr.	Galles Racing	16	1	3	6	8	0	103
7	Mi. Andretti	Kraco Racing	16	0	5	7	9	0	102
8	Brabham	Kraco Racing	16	0	3	6	8	1	87
9	A. Unser	Team Penske	16	0	2	4	9	0	76
10	Ongais	Interscope Racing Genesee Beer Wagon	13	0	1	4	6	0	53
11	Guerrero (R)	Bignotti-Cotter	16	0	1	3	5	0	52
12	Holmes	Mayer Racing	16	0	1	1	6	0	44
13	Garza	Machinists Union	14	0	0	1	6	0	42
14	Johncock	Patrick Racing	13	0	0	1	6	0	39
15	Fittipaldi (R)	Patrick Racing	9	0	0	2	3	0	30
15	Villeneuve Sr.	Canadian Tire Racing	9	0	0	0	5	1	30
17	Paul Jr.	Racing Team VDS Primus Racing Patrick Racing Provimi Veal	7	0	1	1	3	0	28
17	Holbert (R)	Euromotorsport	14	0	0	2	3	0	28
19	Daly	Provimi Veal	11	0	0	1	3	0	26
20	Ganassi	Patrick Racing	8	0	1	1	2	0	24
21	Carter	Patrick Racing Galles Racing American Dream	5	0	0	0	3	0	22
22	Rutherford	Team Penske Gilmore Racing	6	0	0	1	2	1	20
23	Brayton	Brayton Racing	14	0	0	0	2	0	19
24	Cogan	Forsythe Racing Curb Racing	9	0	0	0	4	0	17
25	T. Fabi	Forsythe Racing	7	0	1	1	1	0	15
25	Simon	Simon Racing Break Free	14	0	0	1	1	0	15
27	Crawford (R)	United Breweries Int. HR Racing	3	0	0	1	1	0	12
28	C. Fabi (R)	Forstyhe Racing	4	0	0	0	2	0	11
29	Kneifel	Primus Racing	6	0	0	0	2	0	9
29	Halsmer	Team Losi International Sport	12	0	0	0	2	0	9
31	Foyt	Gilmore Racing	5	0	0	0	1	0	8
32	Johnson	Jet Engineering Pace Electronics Menard Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	5
32	Giacomelli (R)	Theodore Racing Team American Airlines Patrick Racing	2	0	0	0	1	0	5
32	Luyendyk (R)	Provimi Veal	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
32	Morton (R)	Jet Engineering	5	0	0	0	1	0	5
32	Pimm (R)	Jet Engineering	13	0	0	0	1	0	5
37	G. Bettenhausen	Pace Electronics Pabst Racing California Cooler	4	0	0	0	1	0	3
38	Snider	Gilmore Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
39	Firestone	Pace Electronics	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
40	Chandler	Curb Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Parsons	Wysard Motor Co. McCray Plastering	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Ro. Mears	Wolff Properties	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	T. Bettenhausen Jr.	Provimi Veal	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Gloy	Simoniz Finish	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Bedard	Escort Radar Detector	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Fox	Pabst Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Romero	W. I. T. Productions	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Atchinson	W. I. T. Productions	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Ferguson	Hess Racing Sharp Ford	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	McRae	Pace Electronics	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Lewis	Wysard Motor Co. Machinists Union	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Chassey	Interscope Racing	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Alsup	Alsup Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Gehlhausen	Little Kings Express	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Krueger	Esteban´s Restaurant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Fillip	Circle Bar Truck Corral	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Heimrath Jr.	Canadian Tire Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Karl	McCray Plastering Line Renaissance	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Coyne	Dale Coyne Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Kuhn	McCray Plastering	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Nish	Break Free	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Thackwell (R)	Penske Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Rule changes

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[edit] Rumours and speculation

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[edit] Tyre manufacturers

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