1992 Molson Indy Toronto

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Canada 1992 Toronto
Race details
Race 9 of 16 in the 1992 IndyCar season
Date19 July, 1992
Official name1992 Molson Indy Toronto
LocationExhibition Place
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CourseTemporary Street Circuit
1.780 mi / 2.781 km
Distance103 laps
183.3 mi / 286.4 km
WeatherMainly clear with temperatures reaching up to 23 °C (73 °F)[1]
Pole position
DriverBobby Rahal (Rahal-Hogan Racing)
Podium
FirstMichael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
SecondBobby Rahal (Rahal-Hogan Racing)
ThirdDanny Sullivan (Galles-Kraco Racing)

The 1992 Molson Indy Toronto was the ninth round of the 1992 CART World Series season, held on 19 July 1992 at Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2]

Results[edit]

Key Meaning
R Rookie
W Past winner

Qualifying results[edit]

Pos Nat Name Team Car Qual
1 United States Bobby Rahal W Rahal-Hogan Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 108.505
2 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi W Team Penske Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B 108.416
3 United States Michael Andretti W Newman-Haas Racing Lola T92/00 Ford XB Cosworth 108.390
4 Canada Paul Tracy Team Penske Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B 107.958
5 United States Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola T92/00 Ford XB Cosworth 107.862
6 United States Danny Sullivan Galles-Kraco Racing Galmer G92 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 107.717
7 Brazil Raul Boesel Dick Simon Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 107.519
8 United States Scott Pruett Truesports Truesports 92C Chevrolet-Ilmor A 107.509
9 United States John Andretti Racing Team VDS Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 107.368
10 United States Al Unser Jr. W Galles-Kraco Racing Galmer G92 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 107.263
11 Canada Scott Goodyear Walker Motorsport Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 107.041
12 United States Eddie Cheever Chip Ganassi Racing Lola T92/00 Ford XB Cosworth 106.814
13 Sweden Stefan Johansson R Bettenhausen Racing Penske PC20-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B 106.571
14 United States Scott Brayton Dick Simon Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 106.044
15 United States Robby Gordon R Chip Ganassi Racing Lola T92/00 Ford XB Cosworth 105.899
16 United States Brian Till R RAL Group Truesports 91C Judd 105.769
17 United States Ted Prappas P.I.G. Enterprises Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 105.646
18 Germany Christian Danner R EEI Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS 104.822
19 United States Jimmy Vasser R P.I.G. Enterprises Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS 104.521
20 United States Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing Lola T91/00 Buick 103.849
21 Switzerland Jon Beekhuis Gilmore Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 102.576
22 Canada Ross Bentley Edge Superior Lola T90/00 Buick 100.757
23 United States Jeff Wood Arciero Racing Lola T91/00 Buick 100.690
24 Italy Vinicio Salmi R Euromotorsport Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS 96.494
25 Belgium Éric Bachelart R Dale Coyne Racing Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS no speed

Starting grid[edit]

Row Inside Outside
1 United States 12Bobby Rahal W Brazil 5Emerson Fittipaldi W
2 United States 1Michael Andretti W Canada 4Paul Tracy
3 United States 2Mario Andretti United States 18Danny Sullivan
4 Brazil 23Raul Boesel United States 10Scott Pruett
5 United States 8John Andretti United States 3Al Unser Jr. W
6 Canada 15Scott Goodyear United States 9Eddie Cheever
7 Sweden 16Stefan Johansson R United States 22Scott Brayton
8 United States 6Robby Gordon R United States 24Brian Till R
9 United States 31Ted Prappas Germany 50Christian Danner R
10 United States 47Jimmy Vasser R United States 21Buddy Lazier
11 Switzerland 14Jon Beekhuis Canada 39Ross Bentley
12 United States 30Jeff Wood Italy 42Vinicio Salmi R
13 Belgium 19Éric Bachelart R

Race results[edit]

FP SP No. Driver Qual C E Laps Status Team Pts
1 3 1 United States Michael Andretti W 108.390 L F 103 97.898 mph Newman-Haas Racing 21
2 1 12 United States Bobby Rahal W 108.505 L Ch 103 +20.833 seconds Rahal-Hogan Racing 17
3 6 18 United States Danny Sullivan 107.717 G Ch 102 Flagged Galles-Kraco Racing 14
4 5 2 United States Mario Andretti 107.862 L F 102 Flagged Newman-Haas Racing 12
5 9 8 United States John Andretti 107.368 L Ch 102 Flagged Racing Team VDS 10
6 11 15 Canada Scott Goodyear 107.041 L Ch 101 Flagged Walker Motorsport 8
7 10 3 United States Al Unser Jr. W 107.263 G Ch 101 Flagged Galles-Kraco Racing 6
8 15 6 United States Robby Gordon R 105.899 L F 100 Flagged Chip Ganassi Racing 5
9 12 9 United States Eddie Cheever 106.814 L F 99 Engine Chip Ganassi Racing 4
10 16 24 United States Brian Till R 105.769 T J 99 Flagged RAL Group 3
11 13 16 Sweden Stefan Johansson R 106.571 P Ch 98 Flagged Bettenhausen Racing 2
12 19 47 United States Jimmy Vasser R 104.521 L Co 98 Flagged P.I.G. Enterprises 1
13 23 30 United States Jeff Wood 100.690 L B 95 Flagged Arciero Racing
14 22 39 Canada Ross Bentley 100.757 L B 94 Flagged Edge Superior
15 20 21 United States Buddy Lazier 103.849 L B 91 Flagged Hemelgarn Racing
16 18 50 Germany Christian Danner R 104.822 L Co 87 Engine EEI
17 14 22 United States Scott Brayton 106.044 L Ch 67 Engine Dick Simon Racing
18 21 14 Switzerland Jon Beekhuis 102.576 L Ch 64 Rear wing Gilmore Racing
19 2 5 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi W 108.416 P Ch 61 Electrical Team Penske
20 24 42 Italy Vinicio Salmi R 96.494 L Co 40 Electrical Euromotorsport
21 4 4 Canada Paul Tracy 107.958 P Ch 38 Gearbox Team Penske
22 7 23 Brazil Raul Boesel 107.519 L Ch 28 Gearbox Dick Simon Racing
23 17 31 United States Ted Prappas 105.646 L Ch 18 Engine P.I.G. Enterprises
24 25 19 Belgium Éric Bachelart R no speed L Co 8 Crash T3 Dale Coyne Racing
25 8 10 United States Scott Pruett 107.509 T Ch 3 Crash T3 Truesports

*C Chassis: G=Galmer, L=Lola, P=Penske, T=TrueSports

*E Engine: B=Buick, Ch=Ilmor-Chevrolet, Co=Cosworth, F=Ford J=Judd

All cars utilized Goodyear tires.

Race statistics[edit]

Notes
  • Time of race 1:52:21.00

Point Scoring System:

  • Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Points 20 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Bonus Points:

  • 1 For Pole Position
  • 1 For Leading The Most Laps of the Race

Championship standings after the race[edit]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Media[edit]

Television[edit]

The race was carried on same day tape delay flag-to-flag coverage in the United States on ABC Sports and live flag-to-flag coverage in Canada on CBC Sports.

ABC
Booth Announcers Pit reporters
Announcer Paul Page Jack Arute
Gary Gerould
Color Sam Posey
Bobby Unser

Radio[edit]

The race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1992 Molson Indy Toronto weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. ^ "1992 Molson Indy Toronto". racing-reference.info. racing-reference.info. 19 July 1992. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

External links[edit]


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