1992 Molson Indy Toronto

1992 Toronto

Race details
Race 9 of 16 in the 1992 IndyCar season
Date	July 19, 1992
Official name	1992 Molson Indy Toronto
Location	Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 1.780 mi / 2.781 km
Distance	103 laps 183.3 mi / 286.4 km
Weather	Mainly clear; 15.7 °C (60.3 °F)
Pole position
Driver	Bobby Rahal (Rahal-Hogan Racing)
Podium
First	Michael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
Second	Bobby Rahal (Rahal-Hogan Racing)
Third	Danny Sullivan (Galles-Kraco Racing)

The 1992 Molson Indy Toronto was the ninth round of the 1992 CART World Series season, held on July 19, 1992 at Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[1]

Results

Qualifying results

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

Starting Grid

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

Race results

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

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):

Bonus Points:

• 1 For Pole Position
• 1 For Leading The Most Laps Of The Race

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Bobby Rahal 134 2 2 Michael Andretti 100 1 3 Al Unser, Jr. 91 1 4 Emerson Fittipaldi 82 5 Danny Sullivan 71

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Media

Television

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.

Radio

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

References

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results
• 1992 Molson Indy Toronto