1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

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.

1991 CART season
PPG Indy Car World Series

Michael Andretti
Season
Races18
Start dateMarch 17
End dateOctober 20
Awards
Drivers' champion Michael Andretti
Constructors' Cup Lola
Manufacturers' Cup Chevrolet
Nations' Cup United States
Rookie of the Year Jeff Andretti
Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears

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

The following teams and drivers competed for the 1991 Indy Car World Series.

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

Season Summary

Schedule
Rd Date Race Name Track City
1 March 17 Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix  S  Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Australia
2 April 14 Grand Prix of Long Beach  S  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  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
6 June 16 Valvoline Detroit Grand Prix  S  Streets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan
7 June 23 Budweiser/G.I.Joe's 200  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
8 July 8 Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland  S  Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
9 July 14 Marlboro Grand Prix  S  Meadowlands Street Circuit East Rutherford, New Jersey
10 July 21 Molson Indy Toronto  S  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  S  Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado
13 September 1 Molson Indy Vancouver  S  Streets of Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia
14 September 15 Pioneer Electronics 200  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
15 September 22 Texaco-Havoline 200  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
16 October 6 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix  O  Nazareth Speedway Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
NC October 19 Marlboro Challenge  R  Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
17 October 20 Toyota Monterey Grand Prix  R  Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Dedicated road course
 S  Temporary street circuit
NC Non-championship event

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

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

    Final driver standings
    Pos Driver SUR LBH PHX INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MIC DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG Pts
    1 Michael Andretti 14 16 4 2* 1* 19 1* 1 16 1* 14* 3 1* 1* 1* 3* 1* 234
    2 Bobby Rahal 2 2 2 19 4 2 3 3 1* 3 11 20 2 3 4 2 24 200
    3 Al Unser Jr. 16* 1* 6 4 19 4 4 4 2 23 3 1* 3 5 2 4 2 197
    4 Rick Mears 3 4 5 1 15 5 6 17 3 20 1 8 6 6 15 15 5 145
    5 Emerson Fittipaldi 19 17 3 11 8 1* 2 2* 7 21 20 2 17 2 6 8 4 140
    6 Arie Luyendyk 9 5 1* 3 17 3 7 5 18 19 2 22 19 9 5 1 8 134
    7 Mario Andretti 17 19 9 7 3 7 5 6 15 2 4 15 4 7 3 5 3 132
    8 John Andretti 1 18 11 5 2 6 19 15 4 5 6 7 7 10 19 9 19 105
    9 Eddie Cheever 15 3 8 31 7 12 9 8 5 17 7 4 12 8 7 6 6 91
    10 Scott Pruett 5 24 12 12 13 17 8 23 17 4 13 5 5 4 17 18 7 67
    11 Danny Sullivan 4 11 7 10 5 10 21 9 6 14 18 18 9 17 16 20 9 56
    12 Scott Brayton 6 8 13 17 6 9 15 7 9 6 9 16 10 13 11 19 27 52
    13 Scott Goodyear 23 7 21 27 9 8 10 19 8 7 15 24 8 11 9 21 11 42
    14 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 10 12 18 9 12 13 13 13 21 11 5 10 18 18 13 10 16 27
    15 Jeff Andretti  RY  7 9 10 15 11 16 12 16 23 9 12 12 11 22 18 11 13 26
    16 Mike Groff 8 23 16 24 18 22 11 10 11 8 DNS 20 8 15 22
    17 Willy T. Ribbs 32 11 22 10 6 21 10 17 12 17
    18 John Jones 21 19 10 8 11 15 21 21 13 21 10
    19 Ted Prappas  R  22 6 DNQ 25 17 18 22 16 21 14 12 23 23 9
    20 Gordon Johncock 6 8
    21 Paul Tracy  R  22 Wth 21 7 25 6
    22 Buddy Lazier 25 25 33 DNQ 18 11 22 9 24 24 22 6
    23 Hiro Matsushita 21 13 14 16 10 14 14 14 12 15 19 14 16 14 12 12 20 6
    24 Stan Fox 8 5
    25 Didier Theys  R  10 DNQ DNQ 22 12 20 13 23 23 25 14 4
    26 Pancho Carter 21 14 10 3
    27 Cornelius Euser  R  10 3
    28 Franco Scapini  R  11 2
    29 Randy Lewis 13 15 19 14 14 12 16 17 15 22 26 1
    30 Dean Hall 12 DNQ 1
    31 Jeff Wood 22 DNQ 24 20 13 20 19 14 DNS 17 0
    32 A. J. Foyt 28 16 23 16 20 13 17 16 0
    33 Ross Bentley  R  13 0
    34 Dominic Dobson 13 0
    35 Guido Daccò 14 20 DNQ 21 18 0
    36 Dennis Vitolo 24 26 20 14 0
    37 Roberto Guerrero 30 15 18 19 18 0
    38 Mark Dismore  R  20 21 15 DNQ 0
    39 Michael Greenfield DNQ 16 20 0
    40 Al Unser 17 0
    41 Bernard Jourdain 20 18 0
    42 Phil Krueger 18 DNQ 0
    43 Johnny Parsons DNQ 20 0
    44 Geoff Brabham 20 0
    45 Dale Coyne 21 DNQ 23 0
    46 Gary Bettenhausen 22 0
    47 Nicola Marozzo  R  22 DNS DNQ 0
    48 Tero Palmroth 23 0
    49 John Paul Jr. 25 0
    50 Jim Crawford 26 0
    51 Kevin Cogan 29 0
    Jon Beekhuis DNQ 0
    Tony de Tommaso DNQ 0
    Davey Hamilton DNQ 0
    Vinicio Salmi DNQ 0
    Tom Sneva DNQ 0
    Salt Walther DNQ 0
    Pos Driver SUR LBH PHX INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MIC DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG 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

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

    Chassis Constructor's Cup
    Pos Chassis Pts
    1 Lola T9100/T9000/T8900/T8800 352
    2 Penske PC-20/PC-19/PC-17 229
    3 Truesports 91 67
    Pos Chassis Pts

    Engine Manufacturer's Cup
    Pos Engine Pts
    1 Chevrolet A 374
    2 Judd 93
    3 Cosworth DFS/DFX 57
    4 Alfa Romeo 56
    5 Buick 15
    Pos Engine Pts

    References
    • "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. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
    • "Standings after Laguna Seca". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008. Retrieved 2015-12-07.

    See also
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