IROC XIII was the thirteenth year of IROC competition, which took place in 1989. it saw the use of the Chevrolet Camaro in all races for the final year, and continued the format introduced in IROC VIII. Race one took place on the Daytona International Speedway, race two took place at Nazareth Speedway, race three ran at Michigan International Speedway, and race four concluded the year at Watkins Glen International. Terry Labonte won the series championship and $204,900.
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The roster of drivers and final points standings were as follows: [1]
Race results
editRace One, Daytona International Speedway
editFriday, February 17, 1989
Finish | Grid | Car no. |
Driver | Car Make | Car Color | Laps | Status | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 | 12 | Rusty Wallace | Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Blue |
40 | 0:32:37 | 5 | 23 (2) |
2 | 5 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet Camaro | Aqua |
40 | Flagged | 6 | 20 (3) |
3 | 7 | 7 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet Camaro | White |
40 | Flagged | 20 | 19 (5) |
4 | 10 | 10 | Al Unser Jr. | Chevrolet Camaro | Lime |
40 | Flagged | 5 | 14 (2) |
5 | 3 | 3 | Bill Elliott | Chevrolet Camaro | Powder Blue |
40 | Flagged | 10 | |
6 | 9 | 9 | Hurley Haywood | Chevrolet Camaro | Yellow |
40 | Flagged | 9 | |
7 | 2 | 2 | A. J. Foyt | Chevrolet Camaro | Pink |
40 | Flagged | 8 | |
8 | 1 | 1 | Rick Mears | Chevrolet Camaro | Rose |
40 | Flagged | 1 | 7 |
9 | 6 | 6 | Richard Petty | Chevrolet Camaro | Orange |
40 | Flagged | 3 | 6 |
10 | 8 | 8 | Scott Pruett | Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
40 | Flagged | 5 | |
11 | 11 | 11 | Geoff Brabham | Chevrolet Camaro | Silver |
40 | Flagged | 4 | |
12 | 4 | 4 | Danny Sullivan | Chevrolet Camaro | Blue |
39 | Flagged | 3 |
(5) Indicates 5 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the most laps.
(3) Indicates 3 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 2nd most laps
(2) Indicates 2 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 3rd most laps.
Average speed: 183.955 mph (296.047 km/h)
Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 1 cl
Lead changes: 9
Race Two, Nazareth Speedway
editSaturday, April 29, 1989
Finish | Grid | Car no. |
Driver | Car Make | Car Color | Laps | Status | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 12 | Danny Sullivan | Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
75 | 0:45:40 | 14 | 23 (2) |
2 | 3 | 10 | Scott Pruett | Chevrolet Camaro | Pink |
75 | Flagged | 17 | 20 (3) |
3 | 11 | 1 | Rusty Wallace | Chevrolet Camaro | White |
75 | Flagged | 4 | 14 |
4 | 9 | 4 | Al Unser Jr. | Chevrolet Camaro | Light Blue |
75 | Flagged | 12 | |
5 | 4 | 7 | A. J. Foyt | Chevrolet Camaro | Rose |
75 | Flagged | 40 | 15 (5) |
6 | 10 | 2 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Blue |
74 | Flagged | 9 | |
7 | 8 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Orange |
74 | Flagged | 8 | |
8 | 12 | 11 | Geoff Brabham 2 | Chevrolet Camaro | Yellow |
74 | Flagged | 7 | |
9 | 7 | 6 | Hurley Haywood | Chevrolet Camaro | Light Orange |
74 | Flagged | 6 | |
10 | 5 | 8 | Rick Mears | Chevrolet Camaro | Cream |
74 | Flagged | 5 | |
11 | 6 | 5 | Bill Elliott | Chevrolet Camaro | Silver |
73 | Flagged | 4 | |
12 | 2 | 9 | Richard Petty | Chevrolet Camaro | Blue |
73 | Flagged | 3 |
(5) Indicates 5 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the most laps.
(3) Indicates 3 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 2nd most laps
(2) Indicates 2 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 3rd most laps.
Average speed: 98.54 mph (158.58 km/h)
Cautions: 3
Margin of victory: 13.45 sec
Lead changes: 6
Lap Leader Breakdown
Driver | From Lap |
To Lap |
Number of Laps |
---|---|---|---|
Danny Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Scott Pruett | 2 | 15 | 14 |
A. J. Foyt | 18 | 36 | 19 |
Rusty Wallace | 37 | 40 | 4 |
A. J. Foyt | 41 | 59 | 19 |
Scott Pruett | 60 | 62 | 3 |
Danny Sullivan | 63 | 75 | 13 |
Race Three, Michigan International Speedway
editSaturday, August 5, 1989
Finish | Grid | Car no. |
Driver | Car Make | Car Color | Laps | Status | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 | 2 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet Camaro | Light Blue |
50 | 0:37:54 | 33 | 26 (5) |
2 | 10 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet Camaro | Pink |
50 | Flagged | 9 | 20 (3) |
3 | 12 | 1 | Rusty Wallace | Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Blue |
50 | Flagged | 3 | 14 |
4 | 4 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Chevrolet Camaro | Aqua |
50 | Flagged | 12 | |
5 | 7 | 6 | Al Unser Jr. | Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
50 | Flagged | 10 | |
6 | 8 | 5 | Scott Pruett | Chevrolet Camaro | Tan |
50 | Flagged | 9 | |
7 | 6 | 7 | A. J. Foyt | Chevrolet Camaro | Orange |
50 | Flagged | 8 | |
8 | 5 | 8 | Hurley Haywood | Chevrolet Camaro | Lime |
50 | Flagged | 7 | |
9 | 3 | 10 | Rick Mears | Chevrolet Camaro | Powder Blue |
50 | Flagged | 6 | |
10 | 9 | 4 | Danny Sullivan | Chevrolet Camaro | Yellow |
50 | Flagged | 5 | |
11 | 1 | 12 | Richard Petty | Chevrolet Camaro | Silver |
50 | Flagged | 1 | 4 |
12 | 2 | 11 | Geoff Brabham | Chevrolet Camaro | White |
50 | Flagged | 4 | 5 (2) |
(5) Indicates 5 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the most laps.
(3) Indicates 3 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 2nd most laps
(2) Indicates 2 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 3rd most laps.
Average speed: 158.343 mph
Cautions: none
Margin of victory: .47 sec
Lead changes: 8
Race Four, Watkins Glen International
editSaturday, August 12, 1989
Finish | Grid | Car no. |
Driver | Car Make | Car Color | Laps | Status | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | 4 | Al Unser Jr. | Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Blue |
30 | 0:39:08 | 20 | 26 (5) |
2 | 5 | 5 | Scott Pruett | Chevrolet Camaro | Black |
30 | Flagged | 17 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet Camaro | Cream |
30 | Flagged | 10 | 17 (3) |
4 | 8 | 8 | Bill Elliott | Chevrolet Camaro | Rose |
30 | Flagged | 12 | |
5 | 3 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet Camaro | Purple |
30 | Flagged | 10 | |
6 | 9 | 9 | Hurley Haywood | Chevrolet Camaro | Yellow |
30 | Flagged | 9 | |
7 | 12 | 11 | Geoff Brabham | Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
30 | Flagged | 8 | |
8 | 2 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Chevrolet Camaro | Powder Blue |
30 | Flagged | 7 | |
9 | 10 | 10 | Rick Mears | Chevrolet Camaro | White |
29 | Flagged | 6 | |
10 | 6 | 6 | A. J. Foyt | Chevrolet Camaro | Light Blue |
28 | Flagged | 5 | |
11 | 7 | 7 | Danny Sullivan | Chevrolet Camaro | Blue |
27 | Flagged | 4 | |
12 | 11 | 12 | Richard Petty | Chevrolet Camaro | Orange |
17 | Crash | 3 |
(5) Indicates 5 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the most laps.
(3) Indicates 3 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 2nd most laps
(2) Indicates 2 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 3rd most laps (did not occur in this race so not awarded).
Average speed: 111.68 mph (179.73 km/h)
Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 1.3 sec
Lead changes: 1
Lap Leader Breakdown
Driver | From Lap |
To Lap |
Number of Laps |
---|---|---|---|
Terry Labonte | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Al Unser Jr. | 11 | 30 | 20 |
Notes
edit- Geoff Brabham and Rick Mears tied for tenth place in the championship standings, but Brabham was awarded the position due to a higher finishing position in the final race.
- Geoff Brabham started from the back of the field in a back up car after an accident on the first lap.
References
edit- ^ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info Archived 2007-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 9, 2007