1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

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1991 CART season
PPG Indy Car World Series


Michael Andretti
Season
Races18
Start dateMarch 17
End dateOctober 20
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States Michael Andretti
Constructors' CupUnited Kingdom Lola
Manufacturers' CupUnited States Chevrolet
Nations' CupUnited States United States
Rookie of the YearUnited States Jeff Andretti
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Rick Mears
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The 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 13th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART. The season consisted of 17 races, and one non-points exhibition event. Michael Andretti was the national champion, and the rookie of the year was his younger brother Jeff Andretti.

The 1991 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Rick Mears won the Indy 500, his record-tying fourth victory in the event.

Michael Andretti won a total of eight races, eight pole positions, and led more than half of the laps during the season, but the championship battle still went down to the final race of the season. Bobby Rahal won only one race, but had 11 podium finishes and 13 top tens. Rahal's consistent season put him in position to challenge Andretti for the title in the season finale at Laguna Seca. Andretti got off to a slow start to the season, dropping out of the first two races, and finished a heartbreaking second at Indianapolis. But after Indy, he shot to the top of the standings. He won four of the last five races of the season, and needed to finish 6th or better at Laguna Seca to clinch the title. When Bobby Rahal dropped out at Laguna Seca with overheating problems, Andretti cruised to the title.

Drivers and constructors[edit]

The following teams and drivers competed for the 1991 Indy Car World Series. All entrants used Goodyear tires.

Team Chassis Engine No Drivers
United States Galles-Kraco Racing Lola Chevrolet 1 United States Al Unser Jr.
18 United States Bobby Rahal
United States Newman/Haas Racing Lola Chevrolet 2 United States Michael Andretti
6 United States Mario Andretti
United States Marlboro Team Penske Penske Chevrolet 3 United States Rick Mears
5 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi
17 Canada Paul Tracy
United States Chip Ganassi Racing Lola Chevrolet 8 United States Eddie Cheever
United States Vince Granatelli Racing Lola Chevrolet 9 Netherlands Arie Luyendyk
United States Truesports Truesports Judd 11 United States Scott Pruett
United States Patrick Racing Lola Alfa Romeo 20 United States Danny Sullivan
40 Colombia Roberto Guerrero
United States Bettenhausen Motorsports Penske Chevrolet 16 United States Tony Bettenhausen Jr.
90 Netherlands Cornelius Euser
United States Walker Racing Lola Cosworth 10 United States Willy T. Ribbs
Judd 15 Canada Scott Goodyear
Italy Euromotorsports Lola Cosworth 42 Italy Franco Scapini
Italy Nicola Marozzo
50 United States Mike Groff
Colombia Roberto Guerrero
United States Dale Coyne Racing Lola Cosworth 19 United States Randy Lewis
United States Dale Coyne
Canada Ross Bentley
39 United States Dennis Vitolo
United States Jeff Wood
United States Michael Greenfield
Canada Paul Tracy
90 United States Buddy Lazier
United States P.I.G. Entreprises Lola Judd 31 United States Ted Prappas
United States Hall-VDS Racing Lola Chevrolet 4 United States John Andretti
United States Bayside Disposal Racing Lola Cosworth 86 United States Jeff Andretti
United States Dick Simon Racing Lola Cosworth 7 Japan Hiro Matsushita
Chevrolet 22 United States Scott Brayton
United States Leader Card Racing Lola Cosworth 21 United States Dean Hall
Belgium Didier Theys
United States Johnny Parsons
United States U.S. Engineering Lola Cosworth 44 United States Phil Krueger
United States Arciero Racing Penske Buick 12 United States Mark Dismore
Lola United States Pancho Carter
Canada John Jones
Italy Giochi/Preziosi Lola Cosworth 33 Italy Guido Daccò
United States A. J. Foyt Enterprises Lola Chevrolet 14 United States A. J. Foyt
Mexico Bernard Jourdain
United States Al Unser
United States Hemelgarn Racing Lola Buick 71 United States Buddy Lazier
91 United States Stan Fox
Cosworth 92 United States Gordon Johncock
United States Thom Burns Racing Lola Judd 66 United States Dominic Dobson
United States King Racing TrueSports Judd 21 Australia Geoff Brabham
Lola 26 United Kingdom Jim Crawford
United States Menard Racing Lola Buick 9 United States Kevin Cogan
51 United States Gary Bettenhausen
United States Paragon Racing Lola Cosworth 23 Finland Tero Palmroth
United States Mann Racing Lola Buick 93 United States John Paul Jr.

Season Summary[edit]

Schedule[edit]

Rd Date Race Name Track City
1 March 17 Australia Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix  R  Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Australia
2 April 14 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach  R  Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California
3 April 21 Valvoline 200  O  Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix, Arizona
4 May 26 Indianapolis 500  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
5 June 2 Miller Genuine Draft 200, in Honor of Rex Mays  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
6 June 16 Valvoline Detroit Grand Prix  R  Streets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan
7 June 23 Texaco/Havoline Presents the Budweiser/G. I.Joe's 200  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
8 July 8 Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix  R  Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
9 July 14 Marlboro Grand Prix  R  Meadowlands Street Circuit East Rutherford, New Jersey
10 July 21 Canada Molson Indy Toronto  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
11 August 4 Marlboro 500  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
12 August 25 Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Denver  R  Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado
13 September 1 Canada Molson Indy Vancouver  R  Streets of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia
14 September 15 Pioneer Electronics 200 Presented by Budweiser  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
15 September 22 The Chicago Tribune Presents the Texaco/Havoline 200  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
16 October 6 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix  O  Pennsylvania International Raceway Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
NC October 19 Marlboro Challenge  R  Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California
17 October 20 Toyota Monterey Grand Prix Featuring the Champion Spark Plug 300  R  Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road/Street course
  Non-championship event

  • Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the PPG Indy Car title.

Race results[edit]

Rnd Race Name Pole position Winning driver Winning team Race time
1 Australia Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix United States Michael Andretti United States John Andretti United States Hall-VDS Racing 2:12:54
2 United States Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach United States Michael Andretti United States Al Unser Jr. United States Galles-Kraco Racing 1:57:14
3 United States Valvoline 200 United States Rick Mears Netherlands Arie Luyendyk United States Vince Granatelli Racing 1:32:18
4 United States 75th Indianapolis 500 United States Rick Mears United States Rick Mears United States Marlboro Team Penske 2:50:00
5 United States Miller Genuine Draft 200, in Honor of Rex Mays United States Rick Mears United States Michael Andretti United States Newman/Haas Racing 1:29:10
6 United States Valvoline Detroit Grand Prix United States Michael Andretti Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi United States Marlboro Team Penske 1:57:19
7 United States Texaco/Havoline Presents the Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi United States Michael Andretti United States Newman/Haas Racing 1:44:06
8 United States Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi United States Michael Andretti United States Newman/Haas Racing 1:42:47
9 United States Marlboro Grand Prix United States Rick Mears United States Bobby Rahal United States Galles-Kraco Racing 1:54:37
10 Canada Molson Indy Toronto United States Michael Andretti United States Michael Andretti United States Newman/Haas Racing 1:50:57
11 United States Marlboro 500 United States Rick Mears United States Rick Mears United States Marlboro Team Penske 2:59:23
12 United States Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Denver United States Michael Andretti United States Al Unser Jr. United States Galles-Kraco Racing 1:57:06
13 Canada Molson Indy Vancouver United States Michael Andretti United States Michael Andretti United States Newman/Haas Racing 1:47:10
14 United States Pioneer Electronics 200 Presented by Budweiser United States Michael Andretti United States Michael Andretti United States Newman/Haas Racing 1:59:49
15 United States The Chicago Tribune Presents the Texaco/Havoline 200 United States Bobby Rahal United States Michael Andretti United States Newman/Haas Racing 1:35:05
16 United States Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix United States Rick Mears Netherlands Arie Luyendyk United States Vince Granatelli Racing 1:31:23
NC United States Marlboro Challenge United States Michael Andretti United States Michael Andretti United States Newman/Haas Racing 0:56:41
17 United States Toyota Monterey Grand Prix Featuring the Champion Spark Plug 300 United States Michael Andretti United States Michael Andretti United States Newman/Haas Racing 1:47:42

Final driver standings[edit]

Pos Driver SUR Australia LBH United States PHX United States INDY United States MIL United States DET United States POR United States CLE United States MEA United States TOR Canada MIC United States DEN United States VAN Canada MDO United States ROA United States NAZ United States MAR United States LAG United States Pts
1 United States Michael Andretti 14 16 4 2* 1* 19 1* 1 16 1* 14* 3 1* 1* 1* 3* 1 1* 234
2 United States Bobby Rahal 2 2 2 19 4 2 3 3 1* 3 11 20 2 3 4 2 7 24 200
3 United States Al Unser Jr. 16* 1* 6 4 19 4 4 4 2 23 3 1* 3 5 2 4 4 2 197
4 United States Rick Mears 3 4 5 1 15 5 6 17 3 20 1 8 6 6 15 15 2* 5 145
5 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 19 17 3 11 8 1* 2 2* 7 21 20 2 17 2 6 8 3 4 140
6 Netherlands Arie Luyendyk 9 5 1* 3 17 3 7 5 18 19 2 22 19 9 5 1 8 8 134
7 United States Mario Andretti 17 19 9 7 3 7 5 6 15 2 4 15 4 7 3 5 5 3 132
8 United States John Andretti 1 18 11 5 2 6 19 15 4 5 6 7 7 10 19 9 6 19 105
9 United States Eddie Cheever 15 3 8 31 7 12 9 8 5 17 7 4 12 8 7 6 10 6 91
10 United States Scott Pruett 5 24 12 12 13 17 8 23 17 4 13 5 5 4 17 18 7 67
11 United States Danny Sullivan 4 11 7 10 5 10 21 9 6 14 18 18 9 17 16 20 9 9 56
12 United States Scott Brayton 6 8 13 17 6 9 15 7 9 6 9 16 10 13 11 19 27 52
13 Canada Scott Goodyear 23 7 21 27 9 8 10 19 8 7 15 24 8 11 9 21 11 42
14 United States Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 10 12 18 9 12 13 13 13 21 11 5 10 18 18 13 10 16 27
15 United States Jeff Andretti  RY  7 9 10 15 11 16 12 16 23 9 12 12 11 22 18 11 13 26
16 United States Mike Groff 8 23 16 24 18 22 11 10 11 8 DNS 20 8 15 22
17 United States Willy T. Ribbs 32 11 22 10 6 21 10 17 12 17
18 Canada John Jones 21 19 10 8 11 15 21 21 13 21 10
19 United States Ted Prappas  R  22 6 DNQ 25 17 18 22 16 21 14 12 23 23 9
20 United States Gordon Johncock 6 8
21 Canada Paul Tracy  R  22 21 7 25 6
22 United States Buddy Lazier 25 25 33 DNQ 18 11 22 9 24 24 22 6
23 Japan Hiro Matsushita 21 13 14 16 10 14 14 14 12 15 19 14 16 14 12 12 20 6
24 United States Stan Fox 8 5
25 Belgium Didier Theys  R  10 DNQ DNQ 22 12 20 13 23 23 25 14 4
26 United States Pancho Carter 21 14 10 3
27 Netherlands Cornelius Euser  R  10 3
28 Italy Franco Scapini  R  11 2
29 United States Gary Bettenhausen 22 1
30 United States Randy Lewis 13 15 19 14 14 12 16 17 15 22 26 1
31 United States Dean Hall 12 DNQ 1
32 United States Jeff Wood 22 24 20 13 20 19 14 DNS 17 0
33 United States A. J. Foyt 28 16 23 16 20 13 17 16 0
34 Canada Ross Bentley  R  13 0
35 United States Dominic Dobson 13 0
36 Italy Guido Daccò 14 20 Wth 21 18 0
37 United States Dennis Vitolo 24 26 20 14 0
38 Colombia Roberto Guerrero 30 15 18 19 18 0
39 United States Mark Dismore  R  20 21 15 Wth 0
40 United States Michael Greenfield 16 20 0
41 United States Al Unser 17 0
42 Mexico Bernard Jourdain 20 18 0
43 United States Phil Krueger 18 0
44 United States Johnny Parsons DNQ 20 0
45 Australia Geoff Brabham 20 0
46 United States Dale Coyne 21 DNQ 23 0
47 Italy Nicola Marozzo  R  22 DNS DNQ 0
48 Finland Tero Palmroth 23 0
49 United States John Paul Jr. 25 0
50 United Kingdom Jim Crawford 26 0
51 United States Kevin Cogan 29 0
United States Tom Sneva DNQ 0
United States Salt Walther DNQ 0
United States Jon Beekhuis Wth 0
Italy Tony de Tommaso DNQ 0
Pos Driver SUR Australia LBH United States PHX United States INDY United States MIL United States DET United States POR United States CLE United States MEA United States TOR Canada MIC United States DEN United States VAN Canada MDO United States ROA United States NAZ United States MAR United States LAG United States Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th-6th place
Light Blue 7th-12th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 12)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

Nations' Cup[edit]

  • Top result per race counts towards Nations' Cup.
Pos Country Pts
1 United States United States 328
2 Brazil Brazil 136
3 Netherlands Netherlands 133
4 Canada Canada 55
5 Japan Japan 6
6 Belgium Belgium 4
7 Italy Italy 2
8 Colombia Colombia 0
9 Mexico Mexico 0
10 Australia Australia 0
11 Finland Finland 0
12 United Kingdom United Kingdom 0
Pos Country Pts

Chassis Constructors' Cup[edit]

Pos Chassis Pts
1 United Kingdom Lola T9100/T9000/T8900/T8800 352
2 United States Penske PC-20/PC-19/PC-17 229
3 United States Truesports 91 67
Pos Chassis Pts

Engine Manufacturers' Cup[edit]

Pos Engine Pts
1 United States Chevrolet A 374
2 United Kingdom Judd 93
3 United Kingdom Cosworth DFS/DFX 57
4 Italy Alfa Romeo 56
5 United States Buick 15
Pos Engine Pts

References[edit]

  • "1991 CART PPG IndyCar World Series standings". race-database.com. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  • Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1991". Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  • "1991 PPG Indy Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  • "Official Box Score: 75th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  • "Standings after Laguna Seca". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008. Retrieved 2015-12-07.

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