1992 Molson Indy Toronto

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

1992 Toronto

Race details
Race 9 of 16 in the 1992 IndyCar season
Date	19 July, 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 with temperatures reaching up to 23 °C (73 °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)

Results

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

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

Lap Leaders
Laps	Leader
1–103	Michael Andretti

Total laps led
Laps	Leader
Michael Andretti	103

Cautions: 1 for 8 laps
Laps	Reason
9–16	Crash turn 3 – Bachelart

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):

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Points	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

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.

ABC
Booth Announcers		Pit reporters
Announcer	Paul Page	Jack Arute Gary Gerould
Color	Sam Posey Bobby Unser

Radio

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

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results
• 1992 Molson Indy Toronto