1992 Molson Indy Toronto
# 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.

## Results

| Key | Meaning |
| - | - |
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |

### Qualifying results

| Pos | 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 |

**Race statistics**

**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

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

### Radio

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

