THE LOLA T89/00
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The T89/00 at the Lola factory.
Things had been going relatively well for Lola in the CART Championship, the T88/00 took thee wins following on from the Championship winning T87/00 and the race winning T86/00 but competition had been tough from Penske and March and 1989 wouldn't be any different.
Full details of the chassis can be found in the Lola Information Pack which can be downloaded in a 32 Mb zip format file HERE.
The new car was basically an evolution of the T88/00 and the two cars were visually very similar, full details of the chassis changes can be found in the Lola Press Release below.
The season turned out to be all about Penske, with just four PC-18s racing they took ten wins to the four of Lola and a single victory to March in their swan-song season as the company was in dire financial difficulties and after selling off their F1/F3000 business would shortly shut their doors for good. A sad end for one of Lola's great rivals in many classes that, just four years earlier, had seen of the thirty-three cars on the Indy 500 grid twenty-nine were the March 84C.
Of Lola's four wins two went to Michael Andretti and one each to Al Unser Jr. and Bobby Rahal with Michael, Little Al and Mario Andretti finishing third, fifth and sixth respectively in the PPG Indy Car World Series final standings. Additionally Al Unser Jr. took the non-chmpionship Marlboro Challenge race at Laguna Seca.
Other T89/00 drivers:
Jeff Andretti (1990)
John Andretti
Jon Beekhuis (1990)
Tony Bettenhausen Jr. (1989 & 1990)
Raul Boesel (1989 & 1990)
Geoff Brabham (1990)
Scott Brayton
Pancho Carter (1989, 1990 & 1991)
Jim Crawford (1990)
Guido Dacco (1990)
Derek Daly
Dominic Dobson (1989 & 1991)
A. J. Foyt
Scott Goodyear (1989 & 1990)
Mike Goff (1989 & 1990)
Roberyo Guerrero
Dean Hall (1991)
Ludwig Heimrath Jr.
Gordon Johncock (1989 & 1991)
Davy Jones
John Jones (1991)
Bernard Jourdain (1989 & 1990)
Phil Kreuger (1991)
Buddy Lazier (1991)
Randy Lewis
Arie Luyendyk
Hiro Matsushita (1990)
Rocky Moran (1989 & 1990)
John Morton (1990)
Teo Palmroth (1990)
John Paul Jr. (1990)
Ted Prapas
Scott Pruett
Willy T. Ribbs (1990)
Johnny Rutherford (1990)
Tom Sneva (1991)
Joe Sposato (1990)
Didier Theys 1989 & 1991)
Robby Unser
Dennis Vitolo (1991)
Rich Vogler (1990)
Jeff Wood (1990 & 1991)
Year(s) of Construction: 1989
Total Built: 32
T89/00 SIGNIFICANT RACE WINS
1989
DATE |
VENUE/MEETING |
DRIVER |
NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16th April | Long Beach - Toyota Grand Prix | Al Unser Jr. | Round 2 of PPG Indy Car World Series |
| 16th July | Meadowlands Sports Complex – Marlboro Grand Prix | Bobby Rahal | Round 8 of PPG Indy Car World Series |
| 23rd July | Toronto - Molson Indy Toronto | Michael Andretti | Round 9 of PPG Indy Car World Series |
| 6th August | Michigan International Speedway - Marlboro 500 | Michael Andretti | Round 10 of PPG Indy Car World Series |
| 14th October | Laguna Seca | Al Unser Jr. | Non-Championship Marlboro Challenge |
Mario Andretti in the Kmart/Havoline T89/00.
Al Unser Jr. in the Team Valvoline T89/00 and the similar Hardee's car of Pancho Carter.
Arie Luyendyk's Provimi Veal/Dutch Boy T89/00.
T89/00 at the Indianapolis 500: Scott Pruett, Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti, Tom Sneva, Arie Luyendyk, Derek Daly, A. J. Foyt, Bobby Rahal, Scott Brayton, Pancho Carter, Randy Lewis, Raul Boesel, John Jones and Bernard Jourdain. Missing is Al Unser Jr.
Click on the image to download the T89/00 Information Pack in a 62 Mb zip format file.
