The 1989 HFC American Racing Series Championship consisted of 12 races. Mike Groff and Tommy Byrne each won 4 races and Groff edged out Byrne by 10 points for the championship.[1]
Calendar
| Race No | Track | State | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Most Leading Laps | Fastest Race Lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix | Arizona | April 8, 1989 | 65 | 1.6093=104.6045 km | 0'44:49.340 | 140.026 km/h | Mike Groff | Mike Groff | Mike Groff | ? |
| 2 | Long Beach | California | April 16, 1989 | 33 | 2.687531=120.938895 km | 0'51:21.937 | 141.268 km/h | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | ? |
| 3 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | June 4, 1989 | 100 | 1.6607976=166.07976 km | 0'49:34.940 | 200.975 km/h | Mike Groff | Mike Groff | Mike Groff | ? |
| 4 | Detroit | Michigan | June 18, 1989 | 30 | 4.02325=120.6975 km | 0'56:22.334 | 128.465 km/h | Ted Prappas | Johnny O'Connell | Paul Tracy | ? |
| 5 | Portland | Oregon | June 25, 1989 | 40 | 3.0930746=123.722984 km | 0'44:07.160 | 168.257 km/h | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | ? |
| 6 | Meadowlands | New Jersey | July 16, 1989 | 63 | 1.9585181=123.38664 km | 0'46:04.670 | 160.667 km/h | Mike Groff | Mike Groff | Mike Groff | ? |
| 7 | Toronto |  Canada | July 23, 1989 | 42 | 2.8709912=120.58163 km | 0'49:56.568 | 144.864 km/h | Gary Rubio | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | ? |
| 8 | Pocono | Pennsylvania | August 19, 1989 | 28 | 4.02325=112.651 km | 0'34:16.943 | 197.158 km/h | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | ? |
| 9 | Lexington | Ohio | September 3, 1989 | 32 | 3.86232=123.59424 km | 0'50:32.067 | 146.744 km/h | P. J. Jones | Tommy Byrne | P. J. Jones | ? |
| 10 | Elkhart Lake | Wisconsin | September 10, 1989 | 19 | 6.4372=122.3068 km | 0'43:34.654 | 168.399 km/h | Tommy Byrne | Ted Prappas | Tommy Byrne | ? |
| 11 | Nazareth | Pennsylvania | September 24, 1989 | 75 | 1.5223978=114.179835 km | 0'59:07.610 | 115.866 km/h | Mike Groff | Dave Kudrave | Mike Groff | ? |
| 12 | Monterey | California | October 15, 1989 | 34 | 3.5629902=121.1416668 km | 0'46:48.277 | 155.294 km/h | Johnny O'Connell | Tommy Byrne | Tommy Byrne | ? |
Race summaries
Phoenix race
Held April 8 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mike Groff won the pole.
Top Five Results
Long Beach race
Held April 16 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Tommy Byrne won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Tommy Byrne
- P. J. Jones
- Mitch Thieman
- Daniel Campeau
- Roberto Quintanilla
Milwaukee race
Held June 4 at The Milwaukee Mile. Mike Groff won the pole.
Top Five Results
Detroit race
Held June 18 at the Detroit street circuit. Johnny O'Connell won the pole.
Top Five Results
Portland race
Held June 25 at Portland International Raceway. Tommy Byrne won the pole.
Top Five Results
Meadowlands race
Held July 16 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Mike Groff won the pole.
Top Five Results
Toronto race
Held July 23 at Exhibition Place. Tommy Byrne won the pole.
Top Five Results
Pocono race
Held August 19 at Pocono Raceway. Tommy Byrne won the pole.
Top Five Results
Mid-Ohio race
Held September 3 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Tommy Byrne won the pole.
Top Five Results
Elkhart Lake race
Held September 10 at Road America. Ted Prappas won the pole.
Top Five Results
Nazareth race
Held September 24 at Nazareth Speedway. Dave Kudrave won the pole.
Top Five Results
Laguna Seca race
Held October 15 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Tommy Byrne won the pole.
Top Five Results
Final points standings
Driver
For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).
| Place | Name | Country | Team | Total Points |  | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Groff |  United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 163 | 22 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 6 | - | 16 | 12 | 21 | 16 |
| 2 | Tommy Byrne |  Ireland | Landford Racing | 153 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 14 |
| 3 | Gary Rubio | United States | Performance Motorsports | 131 | - | 1 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 |
| 4 | Dave Kudrave | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 100 | 14 | - | 16 | - | 4 | - | 14 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 |
| 5 | Ted Prappas | United States | TEAMKAR International | 99 | 10 | 3 | - | 20 | ||||||||
| P.I.G. Racing | 14 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | - | ||||||||
| 6 | P. J. Jones | United States | P.I.G. Racing | 90 | - | 16 | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Johnny O'Connell | United States | C. P. Racing | 72 | 12 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 8 | - | 10 | - | 16 | - | 20 |
| 8 | Paul Tracy | Canada | Maple Leaf Racing | 65 | 16 | - | - | 3 | 16 | 12 | - | 1 | 14 | 3 | - | - |
| 9 | Steve Shelton | United States | Stuart Moore Racing | 58 | 6 | - | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | 8 |
| 10 | Roberto Quintanilla |  Mexico | Roquin Motorsports | 41 | - | 10 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 8 | - | 6 | 8 | - |
| 11 | Hunter Jones | Canada | Baci Racing | 34 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Tony George | United States | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 34 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | |
| 13 | Daniel Campeau | Canada | McNeill Motorsports | 33 | - | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Vinicio Salmi |  Italy | Genoa Racing | 23 | 2 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Tom Christoff | Canada | Landford Racing | 20 | 4 | - | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| 16 | Calvin Fish |  United Kingdom | P.I.G. Racing | 16 | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Mitch Thieman | United States | Thieman Racing | 14 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Thompson | United States | Stuart Moore Racing | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Hiro Matsushita |  Japan | Panasonic Racing | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | 5 | - | |
| 20 | Marty Roth | Canada | Stuart Moore Racing | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - |
| 21 | Dean Hall | United States | P.I.G. Racing | 11 | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | Steve Barclay | United States | R & K Racing | 10 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 | Salt Walther | United States | Walther Racing | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 24 | Jeff Purner | United States | Stuart Moore Racing | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jimmy Vasser | United States | Barclay Racing | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 26 | Cathy Muller |  France | McNeill Motorsports | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 27 | Jeff Andretti | United States | Baci Racing | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Harald Huysman |  Norway | McNeill Motorsports | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Brian Bonner | United States | TEAMKAR International | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
Complete Overview
| first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
| second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
R9=retired, but classified NS=did not start
| Place | Name | Country | Team | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Mike Groff | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 4 | R9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | R13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 2 | Tommy Byrne | Ireland | Landford Racing | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | R12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | R10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Gary Rubio | United States | Performance Motorsports | 12 | R15 | 2 | R12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Dave Kudrave | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 3 | 3 | 5 | R15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | R16 | 5 | 9 | 5 | R14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Ted Prappas | United States | TEAMKAR International | 8 | 5 | 3 | R10 | - | - | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| P.I.G. Racing | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | R12 | 10 | 7 | 6 | R17 | |||||||||||
| 6 | P. J. Jones | United States | P.I.G. Racing | 14 | R14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | R14 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Johnny O'Connell | United States | C. P. Racing | 4 | 4 | 6 | R16 | 3 | R13 | 1 | R13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | R13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | R18 | 7 | 2 | 5 | R13 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Paul Tracy | Canada | Maple Leaf Racing | 2 | 2 | 7 | R13 | 4 | R14 | 4 | R11 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | R16 | 13 | R12 | 3 | 3 | 9 | R10 | 3 | R15 | - | - |
| 9 | Steve Shelton | United States | Stuart Moore Racing | 7 | 7 | 9 | R14 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | R15 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 6 | R11 | - | - | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Roberto Quintanilla | Mexico | Roquin Motorsports | 11 | R13 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 14 | R15 | - | - | 14 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 13 | R16 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 13 |
| 11 | Hunter Jones | Canada | Baci Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 7 | - | - | 10 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | R14 | - | - | - | - |
| Tony George | United States | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 16 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 17 | R17 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 16 | |
| 13 | Daniel Campeau | Canada | McNeill Motorsports | 17 | R17 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | R15 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 17 | R15 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Vinicio Salmi | Italy | Genoa Racing | 10 | 11 | 11 | NS | - | - | - | - | 11 | 6 | 3 | R17 | 7 | R12 | - | - | 11 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
| 15 | Tom Christoff | Canada | Landford Racing | 13 | 9 | 17 | R17 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | R14 | 11 | R14 | 14 | 9 | 13 | R13 | 11 | R14 | 16 | 15 |
| 16 | Calvin Fish | United Kingdom | P.I.G. Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Mitch Thieman | United States | Thieman Racing | - | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 12 | R16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Thompson | United States | Stuart Moore Racing | 15 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 7 | - | - | 14 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Hiro Matsushita | Japan | Panasonic Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 8 | - | - | |
| 20 | Marty Roth | Canada | TEAMKAR International | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | NS | - | - | 16 | R16 | 14 | R17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Stuart Moore Racing | 6 | 4 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Dean Hall | United States | P.I.G. Racing | 9 | R16 | 15 | R6 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | Steve Barclay | United States | R & K Racing | 5 | 6 | 16 | R11 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Barclay Racing | 16 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
| 23 | Salt Walther | United States | Walther Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | 18 | R17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 | Jeff Purner | United States | Stuart Moore Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jimmy Vasser | United States | Barclay Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 8 | |
| 26 | Cathy Muller | France | McNeill Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 9 |
| 27 | Jeff Andretti | United States | Baci Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 10 | - | - |
| Harald Huysman | Norway | McNeill Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | |
| Brian Bonner | United States | TEAMKAR International | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 12 | |
| - | Harry Sauce | United States | Barclay Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Arthur Abrahams |  Australia | Baci Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 14 |