1989 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

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United States  1989 United States Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 15 races in the
1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Laguna Seca.svg
Date April 16, 1989
Location Laguna Seca
Course Permanent racing facility
3.602 km (2.238 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider United States Wayne Rainey
Time 1:27.120
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Wayne Gardner
Time 1:28.000
Podium
First United States Wayne Rainey
Second United States Kevin Schwantz
Third United States Eddie Lawson
250 cc
Pole position
Rider United States John Kocinski
Time 1:30.160
Fastest lap
Rider United States John Kocinski
Time 1:29.190
Podium
First United States John Kocinski
Second United States Jim Filice
Third Italy Luca Cadalora

The 1989 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of April 14–16, 1989 at Laguna Seca.

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 fights his way past Magee on the last lap, making it an all-American podium with Rainey and Schwantz in first and second place.

In the cool-down lap, Bubba Shobert and Kevin Magee collide; 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 avoiding DNFs.

500 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 United States Wayne Rainey Yamaha 58:56.179 20
2 United States Kevin Schwantz Suzuki +6.849 17
3 United States Eddie Lawson Honda +19.912 15
4 Australia Kevin Magee Yamaha +23.732 13
5 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Yamaha +28.223 11
6 France Christian Sarron Yamaha +30.595 10
7 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Honda +1:29.901 9
8 Australia Mick Doohan Honda +1 Lap 8
9 United States Bubba Shobert Honda +1 Lap 7
10 France Dominique Sarron Honda +1 Lap 6
11 Italy Alessandro Valesi Yamaha +2 Laps 5
12 Switzerland Marco Gentile Fior +2 Laps 4
13 United Kingdom Simon Buckmaster Honda +2 Laps 3
14 Switzerland Bruno Kneubuhler Honda +2 Laps 2
15 West Germany Michael Rudroff Honda +3 Laps 1
16 Spain Francisco Gonzales Honda +4 Laps
17 Italy Vincenzo Cascino Honda +4 Laps
Ret United Kingdom Ron Haslam Suzuki Retirement
Ret Japan Tadahiko Taira Yamaha Retirement
Ret Switzerland Nicholas Schmassman Honda Retirement
Ret United States Freddie Spencer Yamaha Retirement
Ret United States Randy Mamola Cagiva Retirement
Ret United States David Busby Honda Retirement
Ret United States Eugene Brown Suzuki Retirement
Ret United States Michael Wild Suzuki Retirement
Ret Australia Wayne Gardner Honda Retirement


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1989 Australian Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1989 season
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1989 Spanish Grand Prix
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1988 United States Grand Prix
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1990 United States Grand Prix