1992 IndyCar season

1992 American Championship Car season
Series  : IndyCar
Champion : Bobby Rahal
Previous: 1991	Next: 1993

The 1992 IndyCar season, the fourteenth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 17 races, beginning in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia on March 22 and concluding in Monterey, California on October 18, in which it was marred by the death of Jovy Marcelo. There was one non-championship event, the Marlboro Challenge. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion was Bobby Rahal and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Al Unser, Jr. The Rookie of the Year was Stefan Johansson. The 76th Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted in the CART points standings.

The circuit welcomed a new venue in 1992, New Hampshire International Speedway.

Bobby Rahal, who was in his first season as an owner/driver, won four races and three poles en route to the title. Rahal's three oval wins included a dominating wire-to-wire victory at Phoenix, where he led all 200 laps. Rahal fielded the "tried and true" Lola/Ilmor Chevrolet "A" combination. It was the final championship for the Ilmor Chevy A engine. Rahal managed to outperform the newer engines that joined the series in 1992, the Ford/Cosworth XB, as well as the Ilmor Chevy "B" engine, which was used by the Penske team. For the third time, Michael Andretti finished runner-up to Rahal in the points.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1992 Indy Car World Series season.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	Drivers
Newman-Haas Racing	Lola	FordXB	Goodyear	1	Michael Andretti
				2	Mario Andretti Teo Fabi
Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola	FordXB	Goodyear	6	Arie Luyendyk Robby Gordon
				9	Eddie Cheever
Marlboro Team Penske	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	4	Rick Mears Al Unser
				4/7	Paul Tracy
				5	Emerson Fittipaldi
Galles-Kraco Racing	Galmer	Chevrolet	Goodyear	3	Al Unser, Jr.
				18	Danny Sullivan
Walker Motorsport MacKenzie Financial	Lola	FordXB Chevrolet	Goodyear	15	Scott Goodyear
				17	A. J. Foyt Tero Palmroth Johnny Rutherford Mike Groff Jon Beekhuis Willy T. Ribbs
Rahal-Hogan Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	12	Bobby Rahal
Simon Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	11	Hiro Matsushita
				11/22	Raul Boesel
				22	Scott Brayton
				90	Lyn St. James
Racing Team VDS	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	8	John Andretti
Dale Coyne Racing Edge Superior	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	19	Eric Bachelart Dennis Vitolo
				39	Ross Bentley Brian Bonner
Bettenhausen Racing	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. Stefan Johansson
Arciero Racing Alfa-Laval Team Losi	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	30	Fabrizio Barbazza Johnny Parsons Jacques Villeneuve Sr. John Jones Tero Palmroth
				30/34	Jeff Wood
Euromotorsport Suntory Foods Fendi Diemme Group EEI	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	42	Vinicio Salmi Steve Chassey Tero Palmroth Jeff Wood Guido Daccò
				42/50	Nicola Marozzo
				50	Jovy Marcelo Christian Danner Mike Groff George Snider
Leadercard Hemelgarn Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	21	Buddy Lazier
				81	Pancho Carter
Hayhoe Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	17/47	Jimmy Vasser
P.I.G. Enterprises	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	31	Ted Prappas
Truesports	Truesports	Chevrolet	Goodyear	10	Scott Pruett
Gilmore Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	14	Gregor Foitek Brian Bonner Ross Cheever Pancho Carter Jon Beekhuis Mike Groff
				14/24	A.J. Foyt
RAL Group	Truesports	Judd	Goodyear	24	Brian Till
Quaker State	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	26	Roberto Guerrero Jim Crawford
Menard Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	27	Al Unser
				59	Tom Sneva
D.B. Mann Development	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	93	John Paul, Jr.
Burns Racing Coca-Cola Collex	Lola	Chevrolet Buick Cosworth	Goodyear	28	Dominic Dobson Jay Hill Tony de Tommaso
Menard Racing/Glidden Paints	Lola	Chevrolet Buick	Goodyear	27	Nelson Piquet
				51	Gary Bettenhausen
Gilmore Racing/Gilette	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	48	Jeff Andretti
Hemelgarn Racing/ Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria/KFC	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	91	Stan Fox
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	44	Philippe Gache
Patrick Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	92	Gordon Johncock
King Racing	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	36	Roberto Guerrero
Pennzoil/Quaker State/G-Force	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	38	Didier Theys
Teamkar	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	88	Kenji Momota
Concept Motorsports	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	66	Mark Dismore

Results

Races

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	March 22	Dailkyo IndyCar Grand Prix	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Australia	Al Unser, Jr.	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro Team Penske	Report
2	April 5	Valvoline 200	Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	Michael Andretti	Rick Mears	Bobby Rahal	Rahal-Hogan Racing	Report
3	April 12	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Michael Andretti	Unknown	Danny Sullivan	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
4	May 24	76th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Roberto Guerrero	Michael Andretti	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
5	June 7	ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit	The Raceway on Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	Michael Andretti	Unknown	Bobby Rahal	Rahal-Hogan Racing	Report
6	June 21	Budweiser/G.I.Joe´s 200	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	Emerson Fittipaldi	Unknown	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
7	June 28	Miller Genuine Draft 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Bobby Rahal	Unknown	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
8	July 5	New England 200	New Hampshire International Speedway	Loudon, New Hampshire	Bobby Rahal	Michael Andretti	Bobby Rahal	Rahal-Hogan Racing	Report
9	July 19	Molson Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	Bobby Rahal	Unknown	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
10	August 2	Marlboro 500	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	Mario Andretti	Unknown	Scott Goodyear	Walker Motorsport	Report
11	August 9	Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	Emerson Fittipaldi	Unknown	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro Team Penske	Report
12	August 23	Texaco/Havoline 200	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Paul Tracy	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro Team Penske	Report
13	August 30	Molson Indy Vancouver	Streets of Vancouver	Vancouver, British Columbia	Michael Andretti	Emerson Fittipaldi	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
14	September 13	Pioneer Electronics 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Michael Andretti	Unknown	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro Team Penske	Report
NC	October 3	Marlboro Challenge	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	Michael Andretti	Unknown	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro Team Penske	Report
15	October 4	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	Michael Andretti	Bobby Rahal	Bobby Rahal	Rahal-Hogan Racing	Report
16	October 18	Toyota Monterey Grand Prix	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	Michael Andretti	Unknown	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course/Street Circuit

  Non-championship race

• Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the CART title.

Full Series Results

Final driver standings

Pos Driver SUR PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL LOU TOR MIC CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG Pts 1 Bobby Rahal 3 1* 2 6 1 14 2 1* 2 11 4 3 22 24 1 3 196 2 Michael Andretti 17* 10 16 13* 4* 1* 1* 2 1* 18 2 4 1* 21* 2* 1* 192 3 Al Unser, Jr. 4 5 4* 1 9 3 7 8 7 4 3 2 2 3 11 9 169 4 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 3 3 24 8 2 4 21 19 13 1* 1* 19 1 7 19 151 5 Scott Goodyear 9 18 5 2 22 8 8 3 6 1* 10 20 5 16 4 26 108 6 Mario Andretti 7 17 23 23 6 6 7 4 15 5 5 6 5 5 2 105 7 Danny Sullivan 5 12 1 5 5 12 12 9 3 8 20 7 7 8 17 7 99 8 John Andretti 6 6 20 8 21 5 9 5 5 6 12 6 15 4 18 5 94 9 Raul Boesel 7 2 9 10 18 22 3 6 8 11 7 6 6 80 10 Eddie Cheever 8 2 22 4 11 4 5 16 9 20 11 23 16 12 9 4 80 11 Scott Pruett 18 7 9 30 19 10 11 6 25 5 7 9 4 9 10 14 62 12 Paul Tracy 4 20 16 21 2 19 17 23 2 3 16 59 13 Rick Mears 2 8 6 26 7 16 4 16 47 14 Stefan Johansson 3 10 11 9 19 3 6 21 11 47 15 Scott Brayton 20 9 17 22 12 22 3 17 17 10 21 12 8 10 8 10 39 16 Al Unser 3 12 15 17 Ted Prappas 10 14 16 14 15 15 20 23 13 10 9 11 19 18 12 18 Eric Bachelart 22 13 8 32 7 16 13 24 22 17 21 DNS 20 DNQ 23 11 19 Buddy Lazier 16 14 12 14 24 25 17 15 7 23 13 10 22 15 21 10 20 Robby Gordon 17 13 21 8 8 18 17 10 21 Teo Fabi 6 8 22 Jimmy Vasser 15 15 7 21 23 12 14 18 25 DNQ 12 8 23 Brian Till 11 23 20 12 10 15 11 14 27 8 24 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 13 11 15 DNQ 21 18 9 6 25 Mike Groff DNQ DNS 14 13 24 15 16 8 5 26 A. J. Foyt 23 DNQ 9 4 27 Hiro Matsushita DNQ 16 10 DNQ 24 14 13 18 14 15 3 28 Brian Bonner 19 10 DNQ DNQ 17 3 29 John Paul, Jr. 10 3 30 Ross Bentley 11 20 17 14 23 18 DNQ 14 2 31 Pancho Carter DNQ 11 17 2 32 Ross Cheever 11 20 25 25 DNQ 2 33 Lyn St. James 11 2 34 Jeff Wood DNQ 13 19 19 15 13 12 13 1 35 Fabrizio Barbazza 12 20 21 DNQ 1 36 John Jones 12 23 22 1 37 Dominic Dobson 12 1 38 Roberto Guerrero 13 33 1 39 Christian Danner 18 16 16 16 21 19 13 20 0 40 Didier Theys DNQ 13 0 41 Arie Luyendyk 15 14 0 42 Dennis Vitolo 21 14 DNS 20 17 0 43 Jovy Marcelo 14 19 19 DNQ 1 0 44 Vinicio Salmi 18 20 15 20 24 0 45 Jay Hill 15 0 46 Gary Bettenhausen 17 0 47 Gregor Foitek 21 18 Wth 0 48 Jon Beekhuis 18 21 0 49 Jeff Andretti 18 0 50 Steve Chassey 22 19 19 0 51 Nicola Marozzo 19 24 0 52 Jacques Villeneuve Sr. 22 22 0 53 George Snider 22 24 0 54 Tony de Tommaso 22 0 55 Guido Daccò 23 0 56 Jim Crawford 25 0 57 Willy T. Ribbs 25 0 58 Tero Palmroth DNQ 26 28 0 59 Stan Fox 27 0 60 Philippe Gache 28 0 61 Gordon Johncock 29 0 62 Tom Sneva 31 0 Mark Dismore DNQ 0 Kenji Momota DNQ 0 Rocky Moran DNQ 0 Johnny Parsons DNQ 0 Nelson Piquet DNQ 0 Johnny Rutherford DNQ 0 Pos Driver SUR PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL LOU TOR MIC CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) 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 Rookie of the Year Rookie

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

Note

¹ Jovy Marcelo was killed in practice for the 1992 Indianapolis 500. He was 26 years old.

Nation's Cup

• Top result per race counts towards Nation's Cup.

Pos	Country	Pts
1	United States	294
2	Brazil	190
3	Canada	137
4	Sweden	47
5	Belgium	11
6	Italy	9
7	Japan	3
8	Colombia	1
9	Germany	0
10	Netherlands	0
11	Philippines	0
12	Switzerland	0
13	Scotland	0
14	Finland	0
15	France	0
Pos	Country	Pts

Chassis Constructor's Cup

Pos	Chassis	Pts
1	Lola T9200/T9100/T9000	311
2	Penske PC-21/PC-20	218
3	Galmer G92	170
4	Truesports 92C/91C	68
Pos	Chassis	Pts

Engine Manufacturer's Cup

Pos	Engine	Pts
1	Chevrolet A	282
2	Ford XB	232
3	Chevrolet B	190
4	Buick	24
5	Judd	8
6	Cosworth DFS	2
Pos	Engine	Pts

References

• "1992 CART PPG IndyCar World Series standings". race-database.com. http://www.race-database.com/cc/index.php/. Retrieved 2010-12-07. 

• Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1992". Driver Database. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5-1992/. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

• "1992 PPG Indy Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1992.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

• "Official Box Score: 76th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. http://www.indy500.com/stats/view/boxscore/year/1992/. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

• "Standings after Laguna Seca". Champ Car World Series. http://www.champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=1992. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

See also

• 1992 Indianapolis 500
• 1992 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
• 1992 Indy Lights season
• 1992 Formula One season