From: bradley@reed.edu (Ben Bradley)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport
Subject: Re: Vancouver IndyCar Results, PPG IndyCar World Series Standings
Date: 31 Aug 92 19:57:56 GMT
Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon

In article <715277710942@c00474-224wi.eos.ncsu.edu> jcsmith@eos.ncsu.edu (Jay C. Smith) writes:
>
>SPOILERS
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>                        Vancouver Molson-Indy Results
>                     Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
>
> 1.  (1) Michael Andretti (Lola T92-Ford/Cosworth XB), 100 laps, 98.796 mph
> 2.  (5) Al Unser, Jr. (Galmer G92-Chevrolet/A), 100
> 3.  (8) Stefan Johansson (Penske 91-Chevrolet/A), 99
> 4.  (9) Scott Pruett (Truesports 92C-Chevrolet/A), 99
> 5. (14) Scott Goodyear (Lola T91-Chevrolet/A), 97
> 6.  (4) Mario Andretti (Lola T92-Ford/Cosworth XB), 97
> 7. (12) Danny Sullivan (Galmer G92-Chevrolet/A), 97
> 8. (16) Scott Brayton (Lola T92-Chevrolet/A), 97
> 9. (18) Ted Prappas (Lola T91-Chevrolet/A), 96
>10. (19) Buddy Lazier (Lola T91-Chevrolet/A), 95
>11. (11) Raul Boesel (Lola T92-Chevrolet/A), 93 (engine failure)
>12. (22) John Jones (Lola T91-Buick), 93
>13. (20) Hiro Matsushita (Lola T92-Chevrolet/A), 92
>14. (21) Ross Bentley (Lola T90-Cosworth DFS), 64 (engine failure)
>15. (10) John Andretti (Lola T92-Chevrolet/A), 62 (transmission)
>16.  (6) Eddie Cheever (Lola T92-Ford/Cosworth XB), 58 (engine failure)
>17.  (7) Robby Gordon (Lola T91-Ford/Cosworth XB), 55 (crash)
>18. (17) Jimmy Vasser (Lola T91-Chevrolet/A), 54 (vibration)
>19.  (2) Emerson Fittipaldi (Penske 92-Chevrolet/B), 51 (transmission)
>20. (23) Vinicio Salmi (Lola T90-Cosworth DFS), 50 (electrical)
>21. (15) Christian Danner (Lola T91-Cosworth DFS), 48 (engine failure)
>22.  (3) Bobby Rahal (Lola T92-Chevrolet/A), 29 (crash)
>23. (13) Paul Tracy (Penske 92-Chevrolet/B), 8 (crash)
>
>Fast qualifier:  Michael Andretti, 110.746 mph
>Led most laps:  Michael Andretti
>Time:  1:41:50.788
>Margin of Victory:  54.558s
>
>Michael Andretti's winning average speed of 98.796 mph breaks the record
>of 93.888 he set last year.
>Michael Andretti's qualifying speed of 110.746 mph breaks the record of
>105.205 he set last year (which broke the inaugural record he set the
>year before).
>
>Next Race:  Mid-Ohio, September 13
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>                       PPG IndyCar World Series Standings
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>Driver                  | A| X| H| S| T| D| E| E| O| N| D| A| R| O| H| A|  L
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> 1. Bobby Rahal         |14|21|16| 8|20|  |17|21|17| 2|12|14|  |  |  |  |162
> 2. Michael Andretti    | 1| 4| 1| 1|14|21|21|16|21|  |16|12|22|  |  |  |150
> 3. Al Unser, Jr.       |13|10|13|20| 4|14| 6| 5| 6|12|14|16|16|  |  |  |149
> 4. Emerson Fittipaldi  |20|14|14|  | 5|17|12|  |  |  |22|21|  |  |  |  |125
> 5. Scott Goodyear      | 4|  |10|16|  | 5| 5|14| 8|21| 3|  |10|  |  |  | 96
> 6. Danny Sullivan      |10| 1|20|10|10| 1| 1| 4|14| 5|  | 6| 6|  |  |  | 88
> 7. John Andretti       | 8| 8|  | 5|  |10| 4|10|10| 8| 1| 8|  |  |  |  | 72
> 9. Mario Andretti      | 6|  |  |  |  | 8| 8| 6|12| 1|10|10| 8|  |  |  | 69
> 8. Eddie Cheever       | 5|16|  |12| 2|12|10|  | 4|  | 2|  |  |  |  |  | 63
>10. Raul Boesel         |  |  |  | 6|16| 4| 3|  |  |14| 8| 5| 2|  |  |  | 58
>11. Scott Pruett        |  | 6| 4|  |  | 3| 2| 8|  |10| 6| 4|12|  |  |  | 55
>12. Rick Mears          |16| 5| 8|  |  | 6|  |12|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 47
>13. Stefan Johansson    |  |  |  |  |14|  |  | 3| 2|  | 4|  |14|  |  |  | 37
>14. Paul Tracy          |  |12|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |16|  | 1|  |  |  |  | 29
>15. Scott Brayton       |  | 4|  |  | 1|  |14|  |  | 3|  | 1| 5|  |  |  | 28
>16. Al Unser            |  |  |  |14|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14
>17. Eric Bachelart      |  |  | 5|  | 6|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11
>18= Robby Gordon        |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5|  | 5|  |  |  |  |  | 10
>18= Buddy Lazier        |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  | 6|  |  | 3|  |  |  | 10
>18= Ted Prappas         | 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3| 4|  |  |  | 10
>21= Teo Fabi            |  |  |  |  | 8|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  8
>21= Brian Till          |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  | 1| 3|  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  8
>23. Jimmy Vasser        |  |  | 6|  |  |  |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  7
>24. Tony Bettenhausen   |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4|  |  |  |  |  |  |  6
>25. A. J. Foyt          |  |  |  | 4|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  4
>26= Brian Bonner        |  |  |  |  | 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  3
>26= Hiro Matsushita     |  |  | 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  3
>26= John Paul, Jr.      |  |  |  | 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  3
>29= Ross Bentley        | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  2
>29= Pancho Carter       |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  2
>29= Ross Cheever        |  |  |  |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  2
>29= Lyn St. James       |  |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  2
>33= Fabrizio Barbazza   | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
>33= Dominic Dobson      |  |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
>33= Roberto Guerrero    |  |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
>33= John Jones          |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  1
>33= Jeff Wood           |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
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>
>Why was Scott Goodyear in a '91 car?
>
>Michael now has more wins (4) than anyone else this season.  But I still
>think Bobby Rahal is going to win the championship.  It was at this point
>last year that Michael first took the points lead from Bobby, and this
>year Bobby has a 12-point lead.  But his DNF here does make things a bit
>more interesting.
>
>--
>Jay C. Smith
>Domain/internet: jcsmith@eos.ncsu.edu  uucp: ...!mcnc!ncsuvx!eos!jcsmith
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>"Good.  For a minute I thought we were in trouble."

Goodyear was in a '91 'cause he crashed the '92 at Elkhart.

I'd argue that Bobby's crash has profound implications on his
'92 title hopes.  I think that Ford reliability problems aside
Michael has them momentum.  I think Bobby has a right to be
concerned, but I don't think his Vancouver incident is as much
Johansson's fault as Bobby would like us to believe.  True Stefan
was a bit aggressive, but Bobby should have let him go for precisely
the reasons he stated in his interview.  Of course Stefan is racing
for the win; he'd be a fool to do otherwise.  And Bobby should have
been more concerned about the season's points battle.  He didn't have
to win Vancouver.

And I'd like to be (hopefully) the first to bash Mario for punting
Tracy out of the race.  What was he doing??  I want to hear how he
could blame somebody else for that one.

This is the first Vancouver race I've missed (too broke).  Does
anybody have results from the Atlantics, ACRL, and perhaps the
Indy Lights?

Ben
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Ben Bradley                                 Rally Drivers Do It Sideways!!
Reed College
Portland, OR                                RIP CITY!!!
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