1989 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Champion Spark Plug 300K Race Results

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1989 - Champion Spark Plug 300K Race Results

Race Name - Champion Spark Plug 300K
Date - 10/15/1989
Race Track - Laguna Seca Raceway
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 84
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Rick Mears / 110.168 mph
Cautions - N/A cautions for N/A laps
Average Race Speed - 94.174 mph
Lead Changes - 5 Leader(s) with 7 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Rick Mears
Race Number - 15

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Rick Mears	Pennzoil	Penske	Chevrolet	110.168
2	8	Mario Andretti	Kmart/Havoline	Lola	Chevrolet	108.405
3	6	Al Unser Jr	Team Valvoline	Lola	Chevrolet	108.844
4	9	Scott Pruett	Budweiser	Lola	Judd	108.235
5	7	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro	Penske	Chevrolet	108.771
6	5	Bobby Rahal	Kraco	Lola	Cosworth	108.876
7	4	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Havoline	Lola	Chevrolet	109.302
8	19	Kevin Cogan	Schaefer/Playboy Fashions	March	Cosworth	104.882
9	11	Arie Luyendyk	Provimi Veal/Dutch Boy	Lola	Cosworth	107.139
10	12	Raul Boesel	Dominos Pizza	Lola	Judd	106.33
11	17	Dominic Dobson	Texaco Havoline	Lola	Cosworth	105.18
12	22	John Andretti	STP/Tuneup Masters	Lola	Buick	103.564
13	24	Steve Saleen	Saleen Auto Express	March	Cosworth	102.925
14	2	Danny Sullivan	Miller High Life	Penske	Chevrolet	109.628
15	27	Jon Beekhuis	Any Mountain Ltd	Lola	Cosworth	102.396
16	18	Randy Lewis	Toshiba/Oracle/TeamKar	Lola	Cosworth	105.106
17	13	Didier Theys	STP/Tuneup Masters	Lola	Buick	105.967
18	10	Derek Daly	Raynor	Lola	Judd	107.217
19	3	Teo Fabi	Quaker State	March	Porsche	109.471
20	14	Scott Brayton	Amway	Lola	Cosworth	105.809
21	15	Fabrizio Barbazza	Arciero MacPherson	Penske	Cosworth	105.798
22	16	John Jones	Labatts Breweries	Lola	Cosworth	105.348
23	28	Bernard Jourdain	Andale Racing	Lola	Cosworth	100.067
24	23	Pancho Carter	Hardees	Lola	Cosworth	103.513
25	21	Roberto Guerrero	Alfa Romeo	March	Alfa Romeo	104.158
26	26	Guido Dacc	Sector/DeLonghi	Lola	Cosworth	102.598
27	25	Ken Johnson	RainX/Burago	Lola	Cosworth	102.886
28	20	Rocky Moran	Copenhagen/Gilmore	Lola	Cosworth	104.278