1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix


The 1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix was the opening round of the 1992 CART World Series season, held on March 22, 1992 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Queensland, Australia.

Qualifying results

PosNatNameTeamCarTime
1Al Unser, Jr.Galles-Kraco RacingGalmer G92 Chevrolet-Ilmor A1:38.744
2Michael AndrettiNewman-Haas RacingLola T91/00 Ford XB Cosworth
3Emerson FittipaldiTeam PenskePenske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B
4Bobby RahalRahal-Hogan RacingLola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
5Rick MearsTeam PenskePenske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B
6Mario AndrettiNewman-Haas RacingLola T91/00 Ford XB Cosworth
7Eddie CheeverChip Ganassi RacingLola T91/00 Ford XB Cosworth
8Scott PruettTruesportsTruesports 92C Chevrolet-Ilmor A
9Scott GoodyearWalker MotorsportLola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
10Danny SullivanGalles-Kraco RacingGalmer G92 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
11John AndrettiRacing Team VDSLola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
12Scott BraytonDick Simon RacingLola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
13Gregor FoitekGilmore RacingLola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
14Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.Bettenhausen RacingPenske PC20-91 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
15Fabrizio BarbazzaArciero RacingLola T90/00 Buick
16Ted PrappasP.I.G. EnterprisesLola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
17Jimmy VasserHayhoe RacingLola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A
18Éric BachelartDale Coyne RacingLola T90/00 Cosworth DFS
19Jovy MarceloEuromotorsportLola T91/00 Cosworth DFS
20Buddy LazierLeader Cards RacingLola T90/00 Buick
21Ross BentleyDale Coyne RacingLola T90/00 Cosworth DFS
22Nicola MarozzoEuromotorsportLola T91/00 Cosworth DFS
23A. J. FoytWalker MotorsportLola T90/00 Cosworth DFS
DNQHiro MatsushitaDick Simon RacingLola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Emerson FittipaldiTeam Penske652:20:32.477320
24 Rick MearsTeam Penske65+2.8 secs516
312 Bobby RahalRahal-Hogan Racing65414
43 Al Unser, Jr.Galles-Kraco Racing65113
518 Danny SullivanGalles-Kraco Racing651010
68 John AndrettiRacing Team VDS65118
72 Mario AndrettiNewman-Haas Racing6566
89 Eddie CheeverChip Ganassi Racing64+ 1 lap75
915 Scott GoodyearWalker Motorsport63+ 2 laps94
1031 Ted PrappasP.I.G. Enterprises62+ 3 laps163
1139 Ross BentleyDale Coyne Racing61+ 4 laps212
1230 Fabrizio BarbazzaArciero Racing61+ 4 laps151
1316 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.Bettenhausen Racing60+ 5 laps14
1450 Jovy MarceloEuromotorsport54+ 11 laps19
1547 Jimmy VasserHayhoe Racing48Electrical17
1621 Buddy LazierLeader Cards Racing47+ 18 laps20
171 Michael AndrettiNewman-Haas Racing41Broken header21
1810 Scott PruettTruesports23Transmission8
1942 Nicola MarozzoEuromotorsport22Electrical22
2022 Scott BraytonDick Simon Racing22Transmission12
2114 Gregor FoitekGilmore Racing19Puncture13
2219 Éric BachelartDale Coyne Racing16Oil pressure18
2317 A. J. FoytWalker Motorsport2Withdrawn23
DNS11 Hiro MatsushitaDick Simon RacingWrecked in practice