The 1991 Firestone Indy Lights Championship consisted of 12 races. Eric Bachelart won four races on his way to the championship. He was one of six different winners on the season.
Calendar[]
Race No | Track | State | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Most Leading Laps | Fastest Race Lap |
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1 | Long Beach | California | April 14, 1991 | 45 | 2.687531=120.938895 km | 0'54:36.499 | 132.880 km/h | Eric Bachelart | Eric Bachelart | Eric Bachelart | ? |
2 | Phoenix | Arizona | April 21, 1991 | 75 | 1.6093=120.6975 km | 0'38:59.979 | 185.690 km/h | Robbie Groff | Mark Smith | Mark Smith | ? |
3 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | June 2, 1991 | 100 | 1.6607976=166.07976 km | 0'54:47.080 | 181.890 km/h | Robbie Groff | John Marconi | Robbie Groff | ? |
4 | Detroit | Michigan | June 16, 1991 | 30 | 4.02325=120.6975 km | 0'56:27.903 | 128.254 km/h | Eric Bachelart | Eric Bachelart | Eric Bachelart | ? |
5 | Portland | Oregon | June 23, 1991 | 40 | 3.0930746=123.722984 km | 0'43:54.052 | 169.094 km/h | Eric Bachelart | P. J. Jones | P. J. Jones | ? |
6 | Cleveland | Ohio | July 7, 1991 | 32 | 3.8124317=121.9978144 km | 0'38:06.5[1] | 192.081 km/h | Mark Smith | Mark Smith | Mark Smith | ? |
7 | Meadowlands | New Jersey | July 14, 1991 | 63 | 1.9585181=123.38664 km | 0'45:18.60 | 163.390 km/h | Eric Bachelart | Mark Smith | P. J. Jones | ? |
8 | Toronto | July 21, 1991 | 42 | 2.8709912=120.58163 km | 0'47:41.265 | 151.714 km/h | P. J. Jones | Eric Bachelart | Robbie Buhl | ? | |
9 | Denver | Colorado | August 25, 1991 | 30 | 3.122042=93.66126 km | 0'48:18.360 | 116.335 km/h | P. J. Jones | Robbie Groff | P. J. Jones | ? |
10 | Lexington | Ohio | September 15, 1991 | 34 | 3.6337994=122.004252 km | 0'51:35.404 | 141.893 km/h | Brian Till | Robbie Buhl | Eric Bachelart | ? |
11 | Nazareth | Pennsylvania | October 6, 1991 | 75 | 1.5223978=114.179835 km | 0'39:15.623 | 174.496 km/h | Robbie Buhl | Robbie Groff | Robbie Groff | ? |
12 | Monterey | California | October 20, 1991 | 34 | 3.5629902=121.1416668 km | 0'49:32.944 | 146.693 km/h | Mark Smith | Robbie Buhl | Mark Smith | ? |
- ↑ time is calculated from posted speed
Race summaries[]
Long Beach race[]
Held April 14 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Eric Bachelart won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Eric Bachelart
- Robbie Buhl
- Robbie Groff
- Mark Smith
- Franck Fréon
Phoenix race[]
Held April 21 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mark Smith won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Robbie Groff
- Mark Smith
- Eric Bachelart
- Tommy Byrne
- Johnny O'Connell
Milwaukee race[]
Held June 2 at The Milwaukee Mile. John Marconi won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Robbie Groff
- Eric Bachelart
- Franck Fréon
- P. J. Jones
- John Marconi
Detroit race[]
Held June 16 at the Detroit street circuit. Eric Bachelart won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Eric Bachelart
- Franck Fréon
- Brian Till
- Robbie Buhl
- Robbie Groff
Portland race[]
Held June 23 at Portland International Raceway. P. J. Jones won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Eric Bachelart
- Franck Fréon
- Mark Smith
- Brian Till
- P. J. Jones
Cleveland race[]
Held July 7 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Mark Smith won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Mark Smith
- Brian Till
- Robbie Groff
- Johnny O'Connell
- Robbie Buhl
Meadowlands race[]
Held July 14 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Mark Smith won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Eric Bachelart
- P. J. Jones
- Robbie Buhl
- Robbie Groff
- Mark Smith
Toronto race[]
Held July 21 at Exhibition Place. Eric Bachelart won the pole.
Top Five Results
- P. J. Jones
- Robbie Buhl
- John Marconi
- Franck Fréon
- Mark Smith
Denver race[]
Held August 25 at the Denver, Colorado street circuit. Robbie Groff won the pole.
Top Five Results
- P. J. Jones
- Eric Bachelart
- Roberto Quintanilla
- Mark Smith
- Brian Till
Mid-Ohio race[]
Held September 15 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Robbie Buhl won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Brian Till
- Mark Smith
- Franck Fréon
- P. J. Jones
- Roberto Quintanilla
Nazareth race[]
Held October 6 at Nazareth Speedway. Robbie Groff won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Robbie Buhl
- P. J. Jones
- Eric Bachelart
- Brian Till
- Roberto Quintanilla
Laguna Seca race[]
Held October 20 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Robbie Buhl won the pole.
Top Five Results
- Mark Smith
- Brian Till
- Eric Bachelart
- Mike Snow
- P. J. Jones
Final points standings[]
Driver[]
For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).
Place | Name | Country | Team | Total Points | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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1 | Eric Bachelart | Template:BEL | Landford Racing | 174 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
2 | Mark Smith | Evergreen Racing | 155 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 21 | |
3 | P. J. Jones | Landford Racing | 123 | - | 3 | 12 | - | 12 | - | 17 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 10 | |
4 | Franck Fréon | Template:FRA | Fréon Racing Services | 121 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 5 |
5 | Brian Till | Cole Performance | 120 | 6 | - | 8 | 14 | 12 | 16 | - | 6 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 16 | |
6 | Robbie Buhl | Leading Edge Motorsport | 110 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 | |
7 | Robbie Groff | Groff Motorsports | 107 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 | - | |
8 | John Marconi | Marconi Racing/U.S. Racing | 54 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 6 | - | 3 | ||||
P.I.G. Racing | 11 | - | 1 | |||||||||||||
9 | Roberto Quintanilla | Template:MEX | Roquin Motorsports | 53 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 | - |
10 | Jeff Davis | Leading Edge Motorsport | 39 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
11 | Johnny O'Connell | Team Milkhouse | 37 | 4 | 10 | 5 | - | 6 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
12 | Tommy Byrne | Template:IRL | P.I.G. Racing | 35 | 5 | 12 | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
13 | Mike Snow | Bradley Motorsports | 29 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | 12 | |
14 | Dave Kudrave | Bradley Motorsports | 16 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Regency Racing | 3 | - | 6 | |||||||||||||
15 | Rob Wilson | Template:NZL | McNeill Motorsports | 15 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
Stuart Moore Racing | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | ||||||
16 | George Sutcliffe | P.I.G. Racing | 9 | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
17 | Bob Reid | McNeill Motorsports | 8 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | ||||
Leading Edge Motorsport | 2 | - | - | |||||||||||||
18 | Scott Backman | John Martin Racing | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | |
Page Jones | Bradley Motorsports | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||
20 | Sandy Dells | Roquin Motorsports | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Wayne Cerbo | Stuart Moore Racing | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
22 | Marty Roth | Roquin Motorsports | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Bob Doricott, Jr. | Cameron-McGee Motorsports | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
24 | Desiré Wilson | Template:Country data South Africa | Leading Edge Motorsport | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Note:
Race 7, 8 and 11 not all points were awarded (not enough competitors).
Complete Overview[]
first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
R13=retired, but classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify (6)=place after practice, but grid position not held free DIS(10)=disqualified after finishing in tenth place
Place | Name | Country | Team | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Eric Bachelart | Template:BEL | Landford Racing | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | R13 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
2 | Mark Smith | Evergreen Racing | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | R8 | 3 | 1 | |
3 | P. J. Jones | Landford Racing | 3 | R15 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | R14 | 1 | 5 | 7 | R14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
4 | Franck Fréon | Template:FRA | Fréon Racing Services | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | R9 | 15 | 8 |
5 | Brian Till | Cole Performance | 9 | 7 | 4 | R15 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | (6) | NS | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
6 | Robbie Buhl | Leading Edge Motorsport | 8 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | R11 | 1 | R14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | R17 | |
7 | Robbie Groff | Groff Motorsports | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | R10 | 1 | R13 | 5 | R15 | 1 | R7 | 5 | 15 | |
8 | John Marconi | Marconi Racing/U.S. Racing | 14 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | - | - | 13 | 10 | |||||||
P.I.G. Racing | 1 | 5 | 8 | R16 | 6 | R12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Roberto Quintanilla | Template:MEX | Roquin Motorsports | 4 | R16 | - | - | - | - | 12 | R12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 14 |
10 | Jeff Davis | Leading Edge Motorsport | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 11 | |
11 | Johnny O'Connell | Team Milkhouse | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | R15 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
12 | Tommy Byrne | Template:IRL | P.I.G. Racing | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 6 | R8 | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 6 |
13 | Mike Snow | Bradley Motorsports | 11 | 6 | 9 | 13 | - | - | 13 | 13 | 10 | R14 | 13 | 12 | (10) | NS | - | - | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | DIS(10) | 7 | 4 | |
14 | Dave Kudrave | Bradley Motorsports | 15 | R18 | 6 | R12 | - | - | 10 | 7 | 8 | R13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
Regency Racing | 11 | 10 | - | - | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Rob Wilson | Template:NZL | McNeill Motorsports | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stuart Moore Racing | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6 | - | - | 14 | 16 | |||||||
16 | George Sutcliffe | P.I.G. Racing | 16 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 9 | R12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
17 | Bob Reid | McNeill Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 9 | - | - | 14 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
Leading Edge Motorsport | 14 | 11 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Scott Backman | John Martin Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Page Jones | Bradley Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 9 | ||
20 | Sandy Dells | Roquin Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Wayne Cerbo | Stuart Moore Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 13 | 10 | R10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
22 | Marty Roth | Roquin Motorsports | 13 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Bob Doricott, Jr. | Cameron-McGee Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 12 | - | - | 17 | 12 | ||
24 | Desiré Wilson | Template:Country data South Africa | Leading Edge Motorsport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | R12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | Hugh O'Neill | Sandy Dells Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 13 | |
- | Cheryl Glass | Glass Racing | 18 | R17 | 14 | R14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | Mark Ritchey | Leading Edge Motorsport | 17 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | Ken Murillo | ? | 19 | NQ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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