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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.
The roster of drivers and final points standings were as follows: [1]
Race results
[edit]Race One, Daytona International Speedway
[edit]Friday, February 17, 1989
Finish | Grid | Car no. |
Driver | Car Make | Car Color | Laps | Status | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 | 12 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Blue |
40 | 0:32:37 | 5 | 23 (2) |
2 | 5 | 5 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Aqua |
40 | Flagged | 6 | 20 (3) |
3 | 7 | 7 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | White |
40 | Flagged | 20 | 19 (5) |
4 | 10 | 10 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Lime |
40 | Flagged | 5 | 14 (2) |
5 | 3 | 3 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Powder Blue |
40 | Flagged | 10 | |
6 | 9 | 9 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Yellow |
40 | Flagged | 9 | |
7 | 2 | 2 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Pink |
40 | Flagged | 8 | |
8 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Rose |
40 | Flagged | 1 | 7 |
9 | 6 | 6 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Orange |
40 | Flagged | 3 | 6 |
10 | 8 | 8 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
40 | Flagged | 5 | |
11 | 11 | 11 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Silver |
40 | Flagged | 4 | |
12 | 4 | 4 | ![]() |
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
[edit]Saturday, April 29, 1989
Finish | Grid | Car no. |
Driver | Car Make | Car Color | Laps | Status | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 12 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
75 | 0:45:40 | 14 | 23 (2) |
2 | 3 | 10 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Pink |
75 | Flagged | 17 | 20 (3) |
3 | 11 | 1 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | White |
75 | Flagged | 4 | 14 |
4 | 9 | 4 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Light Blue |
75 | Flagged | 12 | |
5 | 4 | 7 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Rose |
75 | Flagged | 40 | 15 (5) |
6 | 10 | 2 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Blue |
74 | Flagged | 9 | |
7 | 8 | 3 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Orange |
74 | Flagged | 8 | |
8 | 12 | 11 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Yellow |
74 | Flagged | 7 | |
9 | 7 | 6 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Light Orange |
74 | Flagged | 6 | |
10 | 5 | 8 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Cream |
74 | Flagged | 5 | |
11 | 6 | 5 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Silver |
73 | Flagged | 4 | |
12 | 2 | 9 | ![]() |
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
[edit]Saturday, August 5, 1989
Finish | Grid | Car no. |
Driver | Car Make | Car Color | Laps | Status | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 | 2 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Light Blue |
50 | 0:37:54 | 33 | 26 (5) |
2 | 10 | 3 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Pink |
50 | Flagged | 9 | 20 (3) |
3 | 12 | 1 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Blue |
50 | Flagged | 3 | 14 |
4 | 4 | 9 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Aqua |
50 | Flagged | 12 | |
5 | 7 | 6 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
50 | Flagged | 10 | |
6 | 8 | 5 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Tan |
50 | Flagged | 9 | |
7 | 6 | 7 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Orange |
50 | Flagged | 8 | |
8 | 5 | 8 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Lime |
50 | Flagged | 7 | |
9 | 3 | 10 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Powder Blue |
50 | Flagged | 6 | |
10 | 9 | 4 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Yellow |
50 | Flagged | 5 | |
11 | 1 | 12 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Silver |
50 | Flagged | 1 | 4 |
12 | 2 | 11 | ![]() |
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
[edit]Saturday, August 12, 1989
Finish | Grid | Car no. |
Driver | Car Make | Car Color | Laps | Status | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | 4 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Blue |
30 | 0:39:08 | 20 | 26 (5) |
2 | 5 | 5 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Black |
30 | Flagged | 17 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Cream |
30 | Flagged | 10 | 17 (3) |
4 | 8 | 8 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Rose |
30 | Flagged | 12 | |
5 | 3 | 3 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Purple |
30 | Flagged | 10 | |
6 | 9 | 9 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Yellow |
30 | Flagged | 9 | |
7 | 12 | 11 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
30 | Flagged | 8 | |
8 | 2 | 2 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Powder Blue |
30 | Flagged | 7 | |
9 | 10 | 10 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | White |
29 | Flagged | 6 | |
10 | 6 | 6 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Light Blue |
28 | Flagged | 5 | |
11 | 7 | 7 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Blue |
27 | Flagged | 4 | |
12 | 11 | 12 | ![]() |
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, Retrieved March 9, 2007