Penske PC-18
Racing car model
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The Penske PC-18 was a CART Penske Racing car which was constructed for competition in the 1989 season. The chassis was fielded by two teams, Penske Racing and Patrick Racing.
 the Penske PC-18 driven by Emerson Fittipaldi for Patrick Racing | |||||||
| Category | CART IndyCar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constructor | Penske Cars Ltd. | ||||||
| Designer | Nigel Bennett | ||||||
| Predecessor | Penske PC-17 | ||||||
| Successor | Penske PC-19 | ||||||
| Technical specifications[citation needed] | |||||||
| Suspension (front) | pushrod | ||||||
| Suspension (rear) | pushrod | ||||||
| Engine | Ilmor-Chevrolet 265A V8 90° turbocharged Mid-engined, longitudinally mounted | ||||||
| Transmission | manual | ||||||
| Fuel | Methanol | ||||||
| Tyres | Goodyear Eagle | ||||||
| Competition history | |||||||
| Notable entrants | Penske Racing | ||||||
| Notable drivers | Rick Mears Emerson Fittipaldi Danny Sullivan Eddie Cheever Al Unser | ||||||
| Debut | 1989 Checker Autoworks 200 | ||||||
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| Teams' Championships | 1 1989 IndyCar Series | ||||||
| Constructors' Championships | 1 1989 IndyCar Series | ||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 1 1989 IndyCar Series | ||||||
Rick Mears won the pole position for the 1989 Indianapolis 500 with the car,[1] and Emerson Fittipaldi won the race itself. Fittipaldi went on to win the 1989 CART championship driving the PC-18 chassis.
Eddie Cheever fielded the PC-18 chassis during the 1990 season for the newly formed Chip Ganassi Racing.
Complete Indy Car World Series results
(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Driver | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Points | D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Team Penske | Chevrolet 265A V8t | G | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | POC | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG | ||||||
 Danny Sullivan |
1 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 3* | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 107 | 7th | ||||||||
 Geoff Brabham |
14 | 0 | 39th | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Al Unser |
10 | 14 | 16th | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | 24 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Mears |
4 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 186 | 2nd | ||||||
| Patrick Racing | Chevrolet 265A V8t | G |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
20 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 196* | 1st* | |||||
| 1990 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet 265A V8t | G | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | DEN | VAN | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG | |||||
| Eddie Cheever |
15 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 80* | 9th* | |||||||||||||||
| 25 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Granatelli Racing | Buick 3300 V6t | G | Tom Sneva |
9 | 30 | 0 | 44th | |||||||||||||||||
 Didier Theys |
13 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 16 | 15* | 18th* | ||||||||||||||
| 70 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Cogan |
11 | 9 | 4 | 23rd | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Walther Motorsports | Cosworth DFS V8t | G | SFR | LBH | PHX | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | DEN | VAN | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG | ||||
| Salt Walther |
77 | DNQ | - | NC |
*Includes points scored by other cars.