1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix

  1992 Surfers Paradise
Race details
Race 1 of 16 in the 1992 IndyCar season

Map of the track
Date 22 March, 1992
Official name 1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix
Location Streets of Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
Course Temporary Street Circuit
2.795 mi / 4.474 km
Distance 65 laps, 181.675 mi / 290.680 km
Weather
Pole
Driver Al Unser, Jr. Newman-Haas Racing
Time 1:38.744
Podium
First Emerson Fittipaldi Marlboro Team Penske
Second Rick Mears Marlboro Team Penske
Third Bobby Rahal Rahal-Hogan Racing

The 1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix was the opening round of the 1992 CART World Series season, held on 22 March 1992 on the Streets of Surfers Paradise, Australia.

Contents

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Car Time
1 Al Unser, Jr. Galles-Kraco Racing Galmer G92 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:38.744
2 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola T91/00 Ford XB Cosworth
3 Emerson Fittipaldi Marlboro Team Penske Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B
4 Bobby Rahal Rahal-Hogan Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
5 Rick Mears Marlboro Team Penske Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B
6 Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola T91/00 Ford XB Cosworth
7 Eddie Cheever Chip Ganassi Racing Lola T91/00 Ford XB Cosworth
8 Scott Pruett Truesports Truesports 92C Chevrolet-Ilmor A
9 Scott Goodyear Walker Motorsport Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
10 Danny Sullivan Galles-Kraco Racing Galmer G92 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
11 John Andretti Racing Team VDS Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
12 Scott Brayton Dick Simon Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
13 Gregor Foitek Gilmore Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
14 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. Bettenhausen Racing Penske PC20-91 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
15 Fabrizio Barbazza Arciero Racing Lola T90/00 Buick
16 Ted Prappas P.I.G. Enterprises Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
17 Jimmy Vasser Hayhoe Racing Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
18 Eric Bachelart Dale Coyne Racing Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS
19 Jovy Marcelo Euromotorsport Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS
20 Buddy Lazier Leader Cards Racing Lola T90/00 Buick
21 Ross Bentley Dale Coyne Racing Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS
22 Nicola Marozzo Euromotorsport Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS
23 A. J. Foyt Walker Motorsport Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS
DNQ Hiro Matsushita Dick Simon Racing Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Emerson Fittipaldi Marlboro Team Penske 65 2:20:32.477 3 20
2 4 Rick Mears Marlboro Team Penske 65 +2.8 secs 5 16
3 12 Bobby Rahal Rahal-Hogan Racing 65 4 14
4 3 Al Unser, Jr. Galles-Kraco Racing 65 1 13
5 18 Danny Sullivan Galles-Kraco Racing 65 10 10
6 8 John Andretti Racing Team VDS 65 11 8
7 2 Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 65 6 6
8 9 Eddie Cheever Chip Ganassi Racing 64 + 1 lap 7 5
9 15 Scott Goodyear Walker Motorsport 63 + 2 laps 9 4
10 31 Ted Prappas P.I.G. Enterprises 62 + 3 laps 16 3
11 39 Ross Bentley Dale Coyne Racing 61 + 4 laps 21 2
12 30 Fabrizio Barbazza Arciero Racing 61 + 4 laps 15 1
13 16 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. Bettenhausen Racing 60 + 5 laps 14
14 50 Jovy Marcelo Euromotorsport 54 + 11 laps 19
15 47 Jimmy Vasser Hayhoe Racing 48 Electrical 17
16 21 Buddy Lazier Leader Cards Racing 47 + 18 laps 20
17 1 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 41 Broken header 2 1
18 10 Scott Pruett Truesports 23 Transmission 8
19 42 Nicola Marozzo Euromotorsport 22 Electrical 22
20 22 Scott Brayton Dick Simon Racing 22 Transmission 12
21 14 Gregor Foitek Gilmore Racing 19 Puncture 13
22 19 Eric Bachelart Dale Coyne Racing 16 Oil pressure 18
23 17 A. J. Foyt Walker Motorsport 2 Withdrawn 23
DNS 11 Hiro Matsushita Dick Simon Racing Wrecked in practice

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