Race details | |
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11th round of the 1989 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season | |
Date | August 20, 1989 |
Official name | 1989 Pocono 500 |
Location | Long Pond, Pennsylvania |
Course | Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi / 4.023 km |
Distance | 200 laps 500 mi / 804.672 km |
Weather | Temperatures up to 77 °F (25 °C); wind speeds up to 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Emerson Fittipaldi (Patrick Racing) |
Time | 211.715 mph |
Podium | |
First | Danny Sullivan (Team Penske) |
Second | Rick Mears (Team Penske) |
Third | Michael Andretti (Newman/Haas Racing) |
The 1989 Pocono 500, the 19th running of the event, was held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, August 20, 1989. The race was won by Danny Sullivan, his second Pocono 500 victory. It was the last Indy car race at Pocono until 2013.