1992 Indy Lights season

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The 1992 Firestone Indy Lights Championship consisted of 12 races. American Robbie Buhl captured a single victory on his way to the championship.[1] This was the last season where all chassis were supplied by March.

Calendar[]

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 Phoenix Arizona April 5, 1992 75 1.6093=120.6975 km 0'36:54.582 196.205 km/h Adrian Fernández Franck Fréon Adrian Fernández Adrian Fernández
2 Long Beach California April 12, 1992 47 2.558787=120.262989 km 0'52:08.534 138.386 km/h Franck Fréon Franck Fréon Franck Fréon Franck Fréon
3 Detroit Michigan June 7, 1992 29 3.37953=98.00637 km 0'48:14.272 121.904 km/h Adrian Fernández Adrian Fernández Adrian Fernández ?
4 Portland Oregon June 21, 1992 39 3.138135=122.387265 km 0'46:02.544 159.489 km/h Franck Fréon Franck Fréon Franck Fréon Franck Fréon
5 Milwaukee Wisconsin June 28, 1992 75 1.6607976=124.55982 km 0'36:53.309 202.600 km/h Adrian Fernández Adrian Fernández Adrian Fernández ?
6 Loudon New Hampshire July 5, 1992 71 1.7026394=120.8873974 km 0'43:54.471 165.192 km/h Adrian Fernández Adrian Fernández Adrian Fernández ?
7 Toronto  Canada July 19, 1992 42 2.8709912=120.58163 km 0'56:23.545 128.296 km/h Bryan Herta Mark Smith Robbie Buhl ?
8 Cleveland Ohio August 9, 1992 32 3.8124317=121.9978144 km 0'40:30.83 180.676 km/h Franck Fréon Robbie Buhl Franck Fréon ?
9 Vancouver  Canada August 30, 1992 45 2.6987961=121.4458245 km 0'57:37.506 126.451 km/h Mark Smith Robbie Buhl Robbie Buhl ?
10 Lexington Ohio September 13, 1992 34 3.6337994=122.004252 km 0'50:03.661 146.227 km/h Robbie Groff Franck Fréon Franck Fréon Robbie Groff
11 Nazareth Pennsylvania October 4, 1992 75 1.5223978=114.179835 km 0'37:52.115 180.910 km/h Robbie Buhl Robbie Buhl Robbie Buhl ?
12 Monterey California October 18, 1992 34 3.5629902=121.1416668 km 0'46:58.837 154.713 km/h Robbie Groff Robbie Groff Robbie Groff ?

Race summaries[]

Phoenix race[]

Held April 5 at Phoenix International Raceway. Franck Fréon won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Adrian Fernández
  2. Robbie Groff
  3. Robbie Buhl
  4. Marco Greco
  5. Tommy Byrne

Long Beach race[]

Held April 12 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Franck Fréon won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Franck Fréon
  2. Robbie Groff
  3. Robbie Buhl
  4. Marco Greco
  5. Sandy Brody

Detroit race[]

Held June 7 at Belle Isle Raceway. Adrian Fernández won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Adrian Fernández
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. Mark Smith
  4. Tommy Byrne
  5. Franck Fréon

Portland race[]

Held June 21 at Portland International Raceway. Franck Fréon won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Franck Fréon
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. Tommy Byrne
  4. Robbie Groff
  5. Sandy Brody

Milwaukee race[]

Held June 28 at The Milwaukee Mile. Adrian Fernández won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Adrian Fernández
  2. Robbie Groff
  3. Robbie Buhl
  4. Franck Fréon
  5. Mark Smith

Loudon race[]

Held July 5 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Adrian Fernández won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Adrian Fernández
  2. Franck Fréon
  3. Robbie Buhl
  4. Bryan Herta
  5. Dave Kudrave

Toronto race[]

Held July 19 at Exhibition Place. Mark Smith won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Bryan Herta
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. Marco Greco
  4. Sandy Brody
  5. Robbie Groff

Cleveland race[]

Held August 9 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Robbie Buhl won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Franck Fréon
  2. Bryan Herta
  3. Robbie Buhl
  5. Sandy Brody

Vancouver race[]

Held August 30 at Pacific Place. Robbie Buhl won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Mark Smith
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. Sandy Brody
  4. Franck Fréon
  5. Bryan Herta

Mid-Ohio race[]

Held September 13 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Franck Fréon won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Robbie Groff
  2. Fredrik Ekblom
  3. Robbie Buhl
  4. Bryan Herta
  5. Adrian Fernández

Nazareth race[]

Held October 4 at Nazareth Speedway. Robbie Buhl won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Robbie Buhl
  2. Franck Fréon
  3. Bryan Herta
  4. Robbie Groff
  5. Mark Smith

Laguna Seca race[]

Held October 18 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Robbie Groff won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Robbie Groff
  2. Bryan Herta
  3. Franck Fréon
  4. Robbie Buhl
  5. Adrian Fernández

Final points standings[]

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 United States United States United States United States United States United States Canada United States Canada United States United States United States
1 Robbie Buhl  United States 186 14 14 16 16 14 14 17 15 18 14 22 12
2 Franck Fréon  France 159 3 22 10 22 12 16 1 21 12 10 16 14
3 Adrian Fernández  Mexico John Martin Racing 134 21 1 22 8 22 22 8 3 4 10 3 10
4 Robbie Groff  United States 128 16 16 - 12 16 1 10 - 3 20 12 22
5 Bryan Herta  United States 120 - - 6 6 8 12 20 16 10 12 14 16
6 Sandy Brody  United States 85 5 10 5 10 4 6 12 10 14 5 4 -
7 Mark Smith  United States 74 6 2 14 - 10 2 4 - 20 6 10 -
Marco Greco  Brazil 74 12 12 8 - 5 8 14 4 - 3 8 -
9 Dave Kudrave  United States 49 8 - 4 4 6 10 6 - 6 - 5 -
10 Tommy Byrne  Ireland 44 10 8 12 14 - - - - - - - -
11 Fredrik Ekblom  Sweden Bradley Motorsports 24 - - - - - - - - - 16 - 8
12 George Sutcliffe  United States 17 - - 2 - 2 4 4 5 - - - -
13  United States Bradley Motorsports 16 - - - 2 - - - 12 2 - - -
 United States 16 - 4 - - 1 - 5 1 1 4 - -
15 Bruce Feldman  United States 12 4 - 3 - - 5 - - - - - -
 United States 12 3 5 - 3 - - - - - - - 1
17  United States 11 - - 1 - - - - 8 - 2 - -
Philippe Favre   Switzerland 11 - - - - - - - - - - 6 5
19 Elton Julian  United States 8 - - - - - - - - 8 - - -
 United States 8 - 6 - - - - - - - - - 2
21  United States Bradley Motorsports 6 - - - - - - - 6 - - - -
Jeff Ward  United States 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 6
23 Vince Neil  United States 5 1 - - 1 3 - - - - - - -
 United States 5 - 3 - - - -
2 - - - - -
Alex Padilla  United States 5 - - - 5 - - - - - - - -
Scott Maxwell  Canada 5 - - - - - - - - 5 - - -
Billy Roe  United States 5 - - - - - 3 - - - -
2 -
28  Sweden 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
 United States 4 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 3
30 Jack Miller  United States 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - - -

Complete Overview[]

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

R12=retired, but classified NS=did not start

Place Name Country Team United States United States United States United States United States United States Canada United States Canada United States United States United States
1 Robbie Buhl  United States 3 3 2 3 6 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 5 2 1 3 1 2 6 3 1 1 7 4
2 Franck Fréon  France 1 11 1 1 5 5 1 1 13 4 3 2 2 R12 3 1 3 4 1 6 2 2 3 3
3 Adrian Fernández  Mexico John Martin Racing 2 1 5 R12 1 1 5 6 1 1 1 1 6 6 7 10 5 9 5 5 4 R10 4 5
4 Robbie Groff  United States 6 2 3 2 4 R15 4 4 4 2 5 R12 7 5 - - 2 10 4 1 6 4 1 1
5 Bryan Herta  United States 8 R16 11 R13 8 7 7 7 6 6 8 4 3 1 2 2 6 5 3 4 5 3 2 2
6 Sandy Brody  United States 13 8 7 5 15 8 10 5 12 9 9 7 9 4 4 5 7 3 13 8 8 9 12 R14
7 Mark Smith  United States 5 7 4 R11 3 3 3 14 2 5 7 11 1 R10 15 R14 4 1 10 7 2 5 6 R20
Marco Greco  Brazil 4 4 8 4 10 6 9 R17 7 8 6 6 8 3 5 9 - - 11 10 9 6 - -
9 Dave Kudrave  United States 9 6 6 R15 11 9 13 9 5 7 4 5 4 7 6 R13 8 7 7 R18 7 R8 5 R16
10 Tommy Byrne  Ireland 7 5 9 6 2 4 6 3 8 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 Fredrik Ekblom  Sweden Bradley Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 - - 9 6
12 George Sutcliffe  United States - - - - 14 R11 15 15 9 11 10 9 14 9 10 8 14 13 - - - - 18 13
13  United States Bradley Motorsports 16 15 - - - - 11 11 - - - - - - 8 4 9 11 8 15 - - 10 R15
 United States - - 14 9 12 13 14 13 11 12 - - 12 8 12 12 11 12 15 9 - -
19 R19
15 Bruce Feldman  United States 12 9 13 R16 7 10 - - - - 12 8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
 United States 11 10 12 8 - - 12 10 - - - - - - - - 12 R15 - - - - 17 12
17  United States - - - - 13 12 - - - - - - 11 R13 11 6 - - 14 11 - - - -
Philippe Favre   Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 R16 10 7 15 8
19 Elton Julian  United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 6 - - - - - -
 United States - - 15 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 11
21  United States Bradley Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 7 - - - - - - - -
Jeff Ward  United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 7
23 Vince Neil  United States 14 12 17 R17 - - 16 12 10 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 United States 15 14 16 10 - -
17 R16 - - - - 10 R11 9 NS - - - - - - - -
Alex Padilla  United States - - - - - - 8 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Scott Maxwell  Canada - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 8 - - - - - -
Billy Roe  United States - - - - - - - - - - 11 10 - - - - - - - -
11 R11 - -
28  Sweden - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 9
 United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 12 - - 14 10
30 Jack Miller  United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 11 - - 18 13 - - - -
- Rupert Keegan  United Kingdom 10 13 10 R14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Kat Teasdale  Canada - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 R14 - - 13 14 - - - - - -
- Hervé Regout  Belgium - - - - 9 R14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Calvin Fish  United Kingdom - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 14 - - - -
-  Mexico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 R17 - - - -
- Mario Domínguez  Mexico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 R17
- Eddie Lawson  United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 R18

References[]

  1. ^ "1992 Firestone Indy Lights Championship | Motorsport Database".
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