Alfa's first CA(R)Tastrophe
Appendix 1: The 1989 race results
Authors
- Henri Greuter & Aldo Canzian
Date
- May 17, 2022
Related articles
- March-Alfa Romeo 89CE - Alfa's first CA(R)Tastrophe, by Henri Greuter/Aldo Canzian
- Introduction
- Part 1: About what happened late 1988 and early 1989, as printed in the British press
- Part 2: From late January '89 to the first race
- Part 3: The hardware Alfacorse went into combat with: March 89CE and its V8
- Part 4: Alfa's 1989 CART season
- Part 5: Evaluations of the past year, closing the book and into the future
- Appendix 2: The search for the identities of the two Morales Racing March 88Cs
- March-Alfa Romeo 90CA - Fiasco Italo-Brittanico, by Henri Greuter
- March-Porsche 90P - The last oddball at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, by Henri Greuter
Who?Roberto Guerrero What?March-Alfa Romeo 89CE Where?Detroit When?1989 Valvoline Detroit GP (June 18, 1989) |
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Why?
Here is an overview of the results during the 1989 CART season. The following abbreviations were used in the table below.
To the best of our knowledge, the listed chassis type is correct. Erstwhile team owner Johnny Capels said that on one occasion the team raced with an 88C instead of an 89CE. However, we found evidence that the car was in fact an 89CE in the event that he mentioned, so it can not be excluded that Capels is correct about an 88C having been raced but perhaps at a different event. Evidence of this has not been found (yet).
date: date of event held, written in European style (day/month)
CT: chassis type
C#: chassis number, if known
S: starting position on the grid
speed: qualifying speed
F: finishing result
laps: number of laps driven in the race
status: reason of retirement, running at the finish or average race speed when full distance was covered
pts: points scored in the 1989 CART PPG Championship
| date | track | driver | CT | C# | S | speed | F | laps | status | pts |
| 18/6 | Detroit | Guerrero | 89CE | 22 | 82.855 | 8 | 61 | Running | 5 | |
| 25/6 | Portland | Guerrero | 89CE | 23 | 112.489 | 23 | 26 | Fuel injection | ||
| 2/7 | Cleveland | Guerrero | 89CE | 21 | 130.151 | 13 | 76 | Running | ||
| 16/7 | Meadowlands | Guerrero | 89CE | 27 | 106.932 | 22 | 70 | Suspension | ||
| 23/7 | Toronto | Guerrero | 89CE | 19 | 102.489 | 28 | 4 | Oil leak | ||
| 6/8 | Michigan | Guerrero | 89CE | 27 | 210.440 | 22 | 99 | Engine | ||
| 20/8 | Pocono | Guerrero | 89CE | 22 | 194.767 | 16 | 185 | Running | ||
| 3/9 | Mid-Ohio | Guerrero | 89CE | 16 | 107.364 | 12 | 81 | Running | 1 | |
| 10/9 | Elkhart Lake | Guerrero | 89CE | 20 | 121.229 | 21 | 17 | Clutch | ||
| 24/9 | Nazareth | Guerrero | 89CE | 16 | 158.737 | 20 | 0 | Contact | ||
| 15/10 | Laguna Seca | Guerrero | 89CE | 21 | 104.158 | 25 | 23 | Off course |
Note: Evidence for an 88C-Alfa (88C-009?) used in practice at both Elkhart Lake and Nazareth was found. It is possible that such a car was used in other occasions, maybe even in a race.