1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

1991 CART season
Michael Andretti
PPG Indy Car World Series
Season
Races	18
Start date	March 17
End date	October 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
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1990	1992

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.

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
Granatelli Racing Team	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

Race results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	TV Network	Pole position	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	17 March	Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Australia	ESPN	Michael Andretti	John Andretti	Hall-VDS Racing	Report
2	14 April	Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	ABC Sports	Michael Andretti	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
3	21 April	Valvoline 200	Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	ABC Sports	Rick Mears	Arie Luyendyk	Granatelli Racing Team	Report
4	26 May	75th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	ABC Sports	Rick Mears	Rick Mears	Marlboro Team Penske	Report
5	2 June	Miller Genuine Draft 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	ABC Sports	Rick Mears	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
6	16 June	Valvoline Grand Prix of Detroit	Streets of Detroit	Detroit, Michigan	CBS Sports	Michael Andretti	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro Team Penske	Report
7	23 June	Budweiser/G.I.Joe´s 200	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	ESPN	Emerson Fittipaldi	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
8	7 July	Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	ESPN	Emerson Fittipaldi	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
9	14 July	Marlboro Grand Prix Meadowlands	Meadowlands Sports Complex	East Rutherford, New Jersey	ESPN	Rick Mears	Bobby Rahal	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
10	21 July	Molson Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	ESPN	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
11	4 August	Marlboro 500	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	ABC Sports	Rick Mears	Rick Mears	Marlboro Team Penske	Report
12	25 August	Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Denver	Streets of Denver	Denver, Colorado	ABC Sports	Michael Andretti	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Report
13	1 September	Molson Indy Vancouver	Streets of Vancouver	Vancouver, British Columbia	ESPN	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
14	15 September	Pioneer Electronics 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	ESPN	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
15	22 September	Texaco/Havoline 200	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	ESPN	Bobby Rahal	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
16	6 October	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	ESPN	Rick Mears	Arie Luyendyk	Granatelli Racing Team	Report
NC	19 October	Marlboro Challenge	Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California	ESPN	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
17	20 October	Toyota Monterey Grand Prix	Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California	ESPN	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report

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

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 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 22 6 DNQ 25 17 18 22 16 21 14 12 23 23 9 20 Gordon Johncock 6 8 21 Paul Tracy 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 10 DNQ DNQ 22 12 20 13 23 23 25 14 4 26 Pancho Carter 21 14 10 3 27 Cornelius Euser 10 3 28 Franco Scapini 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 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 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 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 & 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 * Led most race laps Rookie of the Year 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	Scotland	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	57
4	Alfa Romeo	56
5	Buick	15
6	Cosworth DFX	0
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

• 1991 Indianapolis 500
• 1991 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
• 1991 Indy Lights season