1989 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1989 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of April 14–16, 1989 at Laguna Seca.[4]

  1989 United States Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 15 races in the
1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
DateApril 16, 1989
Official nameDunlop USGP[1][2][3]
LocationLaguna Seca Raceway
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.602 km (2.238 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Wayne Rainey
Time 1:27.120
Fastest lap
Rider Wayne Gardner
Time 1:28.000
Podium
First Wayne Rainey
Second Kevin Schwantz
Third Eddie Lawson
250 cc
Pole position
Rider John Kocinski
Time 1:30.160
Fastest lap
Rider John Kocinski
Time 1:29.190
Podium
First John Kocinski
Second Jim Filice
Third Luca Cadalora

500 cc race report

At the front of the grid, it’s Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Gardner, Kevin Magee and Christian Sarron. Eddie Lawson moves from 6th to 2nd in the first turn. Rainey begins to pull away, with Lawson and Schwantz getting into a scrap that leads Lawson into making a mistake on the entry to the Corkscrew, pushing him back into the group of Gardner, Magee and Sarron.

Gardner crashes out, breaking his leg. Lawson takes advantage of fuel-delivery problems Magee's Yamaha YZR 500 has on the last lap, making it an all-American podium with Rainey and Schwantz in first and second place.

On the cool-down lap, Magee is frustrated and starts a burnout just past turn five. Bubba Shobert is talking with Eddie Lawson as they cruise at low speed and doesn't see Magee. He accidentally clips Magee on his right side and gets slammed to the pavement. Shobert has serious head injuries that end his racing career, and Magee has a broken ankle. With Magee and Gardner both injured, Wayne Rainey’s lead in the standings can be threatened by Lawson getting the Honda set-up properly or Schwantz finishing races.

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha 40 58:56.179 1 20
2 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki 40 +6.849 2 17
3 Eddie Lawson Rothmans Kanemoto Honda Honda 40 +19.912 6 15
4 Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha 40 +23.732 4 13
5 Niall Mackenzie Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha 40 +28.223 7 11
6 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha 40 +30.595 5 10
7 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda 40 +1:29.901 11 9
8 Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 39 +1 Lap 12 8
9 Bubba Shobert Cabin Racing Team Honda 39 +1 Lap 13 7
10 Dominique Sarron Team ROC Elf Honda Honda 39 +1 Lap 15 6
11 Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Yamaha 38 +2 Laps 16 5
12 Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior 38 +2 Laps 17 4
13 Simon Buckmaster Racing Team Katayama Honda 38 +2 Laps 18 3
14 Bruno Kneubuhler Romer Racing Suisse Honda 38 +2 Laps 19 2
15 Michael Rudroff HRK Motors Honda 38 +3 Laps 21 1
16 Francisco Gonzales Club Motocross Pozuelo Honda 37 +4 Laps 23
17 Vincenzo Cascino Honda 37 +4 Laps 22
Ret Ron Haslam Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Retirement 10
Ret Tadahiko Taira Yamaha Motor Company Yamaha Retirement 8
Ret Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda Retirement 20
Ret Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement 14
Ret Eugene Brown Suzuki Retirement 24
Ret Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda Retirement 3
DNS Freddie Spencer Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Did not Start 9
DNQ David Busby Honda Did not Qualify
DNQ Michael Wild Suzuki Did not Qualify
Sources: [5][6]

References
  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1989". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1989 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". progcovers.com.
  4. "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  5. "1989 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  6. "motogp.com · UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1989". www.motogp.com.
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