1991 in Indy Lights

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The 1991 Firestone Indy Lights Championship consisted of 12 races. Eric Bachelart won four races on his way to the championship. He was one of six different winners on the season.

Contents

[edit] Calendar

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 Long Beach California April 14, 1991 45 2.687531=120.938895 km 0'54:36.499 132.880 km/h Eric Bachelart Eric Bachelart Eric Bachelart ?
2 Phoenix Arizona April 21, 1991 75 1.6093=120.6975 km 0'38:59.979 185.690 km/h Robbie Groff Mark Smith Mark Smith ?
3 Milwaukee Wisconsin June 2, 1991 100 1.6607976=166.07976 km 0'54:47.080 181.890 km/h Robbie Groff John Marconi Robbie Groff ?
4 Detroit Michigan June 16, 1991 30 4.02325=120.6975 km 0'56:27.903 128.254 km/h Eric Bachelart Eric Bachelart Eric Bachelart ?
5 Portland Oregon June 23, 1991 40 3.0930746=123.722984 km 0'43:54.052 169.094 km/h Eric Bachelart P. J. Jones P. J. Jones ?
6 Cleveland Ohio July 7, 1991 32 3.8124317=121.9978144 km 0'38:06.5[1] 192.081 km/h Mark Smith Mark Smith Mark Smith ?
7 Meadowlands New Jersey July 14, 1991 63 1.9585181=123.38664 km 0'45:18.60 163.390 km/h Eric Bachelart Mark Smith P. J. Jones ?
8 Toronto Flag of Canada Canada July 21, 1991 42 2.8709912=120.58163 km 0'47:41.265 151.714 km/h P. J. Jones Eric Bachelart Robbie Buhl ?
9 Denver Colorado August 25, 1991 30 3.122042=93.66126 km 0'48:18.360 116.335 km/h P. J. Jones Robbie Groff P. J. Jones ?
10 Lexington Ohio September 15, 1991 34 3.6337994=122.004252 km 0'51:35.404 141.893 km/h Brian Till Robbie Buhl Eric Bachelart ?
11 Nazareth Pennsylvania October 6, 1991 75 1.5223978=114.179835 km 0'39:15.623 174.496 km/h Robbie Buhl Robbie Groff Robbie Groff ?
12 Monterey California October 20, 1991 34 3.5629902=121.1416668 km 0'49:32.944 146.693 km/h Mark Smith Robbie Buhl Mark Smith ?
  1. ^ time is calculated from posted speed

[edit] Race summaries

[edit] Long Beach race

Held April 14 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Eric Bachelart won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Eric Bachelart
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. Robbie Groff
  4. Mark Smith
  5. Franck Fréon

[edit] Phoenix race

Held April 21 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mark Smith won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Robbie Groff
  2. Mark Smith
  3. Eric Bachelart
  4. Tommy Byrne
  5. Johnny O'Connell

[edit] Milwaukee race

Held June 2 at The Milwaukee Mile. John Marconi won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Robbie Groff
  2. Eric Bachelart
  3. Franck Fréon
  4. P. J. Jones
  5. John Marconi

[edit] Detroit race

Held June 16 at the Detroit street circuit. Eric Bachelart won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Eric Bachelart
  2. Franck Fréon
  3. Brian Till
  4. Robbie Buhl
  5. Robbie Groff

[edit] Portland race

Held June 23 at Portland International Raceway. P. J. Jones won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Eric Bachelart
  2. Franck Fréon
  3. Mark Smith
  4. Brian Till
  5. P. J. Jones

[edit] Cleveland race

Held July 7 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Mark Smith won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Mark Smith
  2. Brian Till
  3. Robbie Groff
  4. Johnny O'Connell
  5. Robbie Buhl

[edit] Meadowlands race

Held July 14 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Mark Smith won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Eric Bachelart
  2. P. J. Jones
  3. Robbie Buhl
  4. Robbie Groff
  5. Mark Smith

[edit] Toronto race

Held July 21 at Exhibition Place. Eric Bachelart won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. P. J. Jones
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. John Marconi
  4. Franck Fréon
  5. Mark Smith

[edit] Denver race

Held August 25 at the Denver, Colorado street circuit. Robbie Groff won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. P. J. Jones
  2. Eric Bachelart
  3. Roberto Quintanilla
  4. Mark Smith
  5. Brian Till

[edit] Mid-Ohio race

Held September 15 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Robbie Buhl won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Brian Till
  2. Mark Smith
  3. Franck Fréon
  4. P. J. Jones
  5. Roberto Quintanilla

[edit] Nazareth race

Held October 6 at Nazareth Speedway. Robbie Groff won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Robbie Buhl
  2. P. J. Jones
  3. Eric Bachelart
  4. Brian Till
  5. Roberto Quintanilla

[edit] Laguna Seca race

Held October 20 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Robbie Buhl won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Mark Smith
  2. Brian Till
  3. Eric Bachelart
  4. Mike Snow
  5. P. J. Jones

[edit] Final points standings

[edit] Driver

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).

Place Name Country Team Total Points Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of Canada Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States
1 Eric Bachelart Flag of Belgium Belgium Landford Racing 174 22 14 16 22 20 6 20 9 16 1 14 14
2 Mark Smith Flag of United States United States Evergreen Racing 155 12 18 6 8 14 22 11 10 12 16 5 21
3 P. J. Jones Flag of United States United States Landford Racing 123 - 3 12 - 12 - 17 20 21 12 16 10
4 Franck Fréon Flag of France France Fréon Racing Services 121 10 6 14 16 16 8 8 12 8 14 4 5
5 Brian Till Flag of United States United States Cole Performance 120 6 - 8 14 12 16 - 6 10 20 12 16
6 Robbie Buhl Flag of United States United States Leading Edge Motorsport 110 16 5 4 12 8 10 14 17 2 1 20 1
7 Robbie Groff Flag of United States United States Groff Motorsports 107 14 20 21 10 4 14 12 3 1 - 8 -
8 John Marconi Flag of United States United States Marconi Racing/U.S. Racing 54 1 4 4 5 14 5 6 - 3
P.I.G. Racing 11 - 1
9 Roberto Quintanilla Flag of Mexico Mexico Roquin Motorsports 53 - - - 1 2 5 6 5 14 10 10 -
10 Jeff Davis Flag of United States United States Leading Edge Motorsport 39 - - 3 2 3 3 4 4 6 4 8 2
11 Johnny O'Connell Flag of United States United States Team Milkhouse 37 4 10 5 - 6 12 - - - - - -
12 Tommy Byrne Flag of Republic of Ireland Ireland P.I.G. Racing 35 5 12 - 5 5 - - - - - - 8
13 Mike Snow Flag of United States United States Bradley Motorsports 29 8 - - - - 1 - - 3 5 - 12
14 Dave Kudrave Flag of United States United States Bradley Motorsports 16 - 1 - 6 - - - - -
Regency Racing 3 - 6
15 Rob Wilson Flag of New Zealand New Zealand McNeill Motorsports 15 3 2
Stuart Moore Racing 2 - - - - - - 8 - -
16 George Sutcliffe Flag of United States United States P.I.G. Racing 9 - 8 1 - - - - - - - - -
17 Bob Reid Flag of United States United States McNeill Motorsports 8 - - - 4 - 2 - - -
Leading Edge Motorsport 2 - -
18 Scott Backman Flag of United States United States John Martin Racing 4 - - - - - - - - 4 - - -
Page Jones Flag of United States United States Bradley Motorsports 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
20 Sandy Dells Flag of United States United States Roquin Motorsports 3 - - - 3 - - - - - - - -
Wayne Cerbo Flag of United States United States Stuart Moore Racing 3 - - - - - - 3 - - - - -
22 Marty Roth Flag of Canada Canada Roquin Motorsports 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - -
Bob Doricott, Jr. Flag of United States United States Cameron-McGee Motorsports 2 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
24 Desiré Wilson South Africa Leading Edge Motorsport 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - -

Note:

Race 7, 8 and 11 not all points were awarded (not enough competitors).

[edit] Complete Overview

first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R13=retired, but classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify (6)=place after practice, but grid position not held free DIS(10)=disqualified after finishing in tenth place

Place Name Country Team Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of Canada Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States Flag of United States
1 Eric Bachelart Flag of Belgium Belgium Landford Racing 1 1 2 3 8 2 1 1 3 1 5 7 6 1 1 6 5 2 2 R13 9 3 9 3
2 Mark Smith Flag of United States United States Evergreen Racing 10 4 1 2 7 7 7 6 2 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 4 8 2 3 R8 3 1
3 P. J. Jones Flag of United States United States Landford Racing 3 R15 3 10 3 4 4 R14 1 5 7 R14 2 2 4 1 2 1 6 4 6 2 2 5
4 Franck Fréon Flag of France France Fréon Racing Services 7 5 10 7 4 3 3 2 4 2 9 6 5 6 8 4 8 6 3 3 4 R9 15 8
5 Brian Till Flag of United States United States Cole Performance 9 7 4 R15 5 6 5 3 5 4 3 2 (6) NS 7 7 10 5 4 1 7 4 4 2
6 Robbie Buhl Flag of United States United States Leading Edge Motorsport 8 2 11 8 6 9 9 4 9 6 2 5 3 3 2 2 3 R11 1 R14 2 1 1 R17
7 Robbie Groff Flag of United States United States Groff Motorsports 6 3 5 1 2 1 11 5 12 9 4 3 4 4 3 R10 1 R13 5 R15 1 R7 5 15
8 John Marconi Flag of United States United States Marconi Racing/U.S. Racing 14 12 13 9 8 9 8 8 6 3 7 8 13 7 - - 13 10
P.I.G. Racing 1 5 8 R16 6 R12
9 Roberto Quintanilla Flag of Mexico Mexico Roquin Motorsports 4 R16 - - - - 12 R12 13 11 10 8 7 7 9 8 4 3 7 5 10 5 16 14
10 Jeff Davis Flag of United States United States Leading Edge Motorsport - - - - 10 10 16 11 14 10 11 10 9 9 10 9 9 7 12 9 8 6 12 11
11 Johnny O'Connell Flag of United States United States Team Milkhouse 2 9 8 5 12 8 2 R15 11 7 6 4 - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 Tommy Byrne Flag of Republic of Ireland Ireland P.I.G. Racing 5 8 7 4 - - 6 R8 7 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 6
13 Mike Snow Flag of United States United States Bradley Motorsports 11 6 9 13 - - 13 13 10 R14 13 12 (10) NS - - 13 10 10 8 5 DIS(10) 7 4
14 Dave Kudrave Flag of United States United States Bradley Motorsports 15 R18 6 R12 - - 10 7 8 R13 - - - - - - - -
Regency Racing 11 10 - - 4 7
15 Rob Wilson Flag of New Zealand New Zealand McNeill Motorsports 12 10 12 11
Stuart Moore Racing 11 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 6 - - 14 16
16 George Sutcliffe Flag of United States United States P.I.G. Racing 16 13 15 6 9 R12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 Bob Reid Flag of United States United States McNeill Motorsports - - - - - - 14 9 - - 14 11 - - - - - -
Leading Edge Motorsport 14 11 - - - -
18 Scott Backman Flag of United States United States John Martin Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 9 - - - - - -
Page Jones Flag of United States United States Bradley Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 9
20 Sandy Dells Flag of United States United States Roquin Motorsports - - - - - - 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Wayne Cerbo Flag of United States United States Stuart Moore Racing - - - - - - - - - - 12 13 10 R10 - - - - - - - - - -
22 Marty Roth Flag of Canada Canada Roquin Motorsports 13 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bob Doricott, Jr. Flag of United States United States Cameron-McGee Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 12 - - 17 12
24 Desiré Wilson South Africa Leading Edge Motorsport - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 R12 - - - - - -
- Hugh O'Neill Flag of United States United States Sandy Dells Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 13
- Cheryl Glass Flag of United States United States Glass Racing 18 R17 14 R14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Mark Ritchey Flag of United States United States Leading Edge Motorsport 17 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Ken Murillo Flag of United States United States ? 19 NQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


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