1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix
Race details | |
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Race 1 of 16 in the 1992 IndyCar season | |
Date | 22 March, 1992 |
Official name | 1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix |
Location | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia |
Course | Temporary Street Circuit 2.794 mi / 4.496 km |
Distance | 65 laps 181.610 mi / 292.240 km |
Weather | Partly cloudy with drizzle and subsequent heavy downpours; Air temp: 27.2 °C (80.9 °F). |
Pole position | |
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 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Queensland, Australia.
Qualifying results[]
Race[]
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Team Penske | 65 | 2:20:32.477 | 3 | 20 |
2 | 4 | Rick Mears | 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 | 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 | 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 | Éric 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 |
Notes[]
- Time of race 2:20:33.00
- Average Speed 77.561 mph
External links[]
Coordinates: 27°59′17.9″S 153°25′42.1″E / 27.988306°S 153.428361°E
Categories:
- 1992 in CART
- 1992 in Australian motorsport
- Gold Coast Indy 300