From: jcsmith@eos.ncsu.edu (Jay C. Smith)
Subject: Grand Prix of Long Beach Results, PPG IndyCar Points Standings
Summary: SPOILERS
Organization: NCSU Project Eos
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 19:59:31 GMT


SPOILERS

I'm including the qualifying positions this time....

                   Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Results
                           Long Beach, California

 1.  (2) Danny Sullivan (Galmer G92-Chevrolet), 105 laps, 91.945 mph
 2.  (8) Bobby Rahal (Lola T92-Chevrolet), 105
 3.  (5) Emerson Fittipaldi (Penske 92-Chevrolet/B), 105
 4.  (4) Al Unser, Jr. (Galmer G92-Chevrolet), 105
 5. (17) Scott Goodyear (Lola T92-Chevrolet), 104
 6.  (9) Rick Mears (Penske 92-Chevrolet/B), 103
 7. (13) Jim Vasser (Lola T91-Chevrolet), 102
 8. (19) Eric Bachelart (Lola T90-Cosworth DFS), 102
 9.  (3) Scott Pruett (Truesports 92C-Chevrolet), 102
10. (21) Hiro Matsushita (Lola T92-Chevrolet), 100
11. (18) Brian Till (Truesports 91C-Judd), 92 (engine failure)
12. (23) Buddy Lazier (Lola T90-Buick), 80 (fuel pump)
13. (14) Roberto Guerrero (Lola T91-Buick), 69 (electrical)
14. (16) Ted Prappas (Lola T91-Chevrolet), 62 (water hose)
15. (15) Tony Bettenhausen (Penske 91-Chevrolet), 47 (gearbox)
16.  (1) Michael Andretti (Lola T92-Ford/Cosworth XB), 46 (gearbox)
17. (11) Scott Brayton (Lola T92-Chevrolet), 39 (gearbox)
18. (12) Gregor Foitek (Lola T92-Chevrolet), 32 (exhaust header)
19. (22) Jovy Marcelo (Lola T91-Cosworth DFS), 31 (transmission)
20. (10) John Andretti (Lola T92-Chevrolet), 13 (transmission)
21. (20) Fabrizio Barbazza (Lola T90-Buick), 8 (brakes)
22.  (6) Eddie Cheever (Lola T92-Ford/Cosworth XB), 1 (crash)
23.  (7) Mario Andretti (Lola T92-Ford/Cosworth XB), 0 (crash)
24. (24) Tero Palmroth (Lola T90-Cosworth DFS), 0 (did not start)

(Ross Bentley and Tero Palmroth were respectively slotted in the 24th and 
25th qualifying positions with no qualifying speed, but Bentley did not even 
show up in the reported race results.)

Fast qualifier:  Michael Andretti, 106.251 mph
Led most laps:  Al Unser, Jr.
Time:  1:48:56.715
Margin of Victory:  0.596s

Michael Andretti's qualifying speed of 106.825 mph and Danny Sullivan's
winning average speed of 91.945 mph both establish new records for the
new layout of the Long Beach track.

Next Race:  Indianapolis, May 24

                       PPG IndyCar World Series Standings

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 1. Bobby Rahal         |14|21|16|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 51
 2. Emerson Fittipaldi  |20|14|14|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 48
 3. Al Unser, Jr.       |13|10|13|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36
 4. Danny Sullivan      |10| 1|20|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 31
 5. Rick Mears          |16| 5| 8|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 29
 6. Eddie Cheever       | 5|16|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21
 7. John Andretti       | 8| 8|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16
 8. Scott Goodyear      | 4|  |10|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14
 9. Paul Tracy          |  |12|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12
10. Scott Pruett        |  | 6| 4|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10
11= Mario Andretti      | 6|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  6
11= Jim Vasser          |  |  | 6|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  6
13= Michael Andretti    | 1| 4|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  5
13= Eric Bachelart      |  |  | 5|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  5
15. Scott Brayton       |  | 4|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  4
16= Hiro Matsushita     |  |  | 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  3
16= Ted Prappas         | 3|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  3
18= Ross Bentley        | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  2
18= Tony Bettenhausen   |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  2
18= Brian Till          |  |  | 2|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  2
21= Fabrizio Barbazza   | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1
21= Buddy Lazier        |  |  | 1|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  1


Okay, Mario-bashing comes up in this newsgroup again, with recounting of
last year's Detroit incident and the one at Toronto a few years back.  So
what does Mario do?  He runs right over Eddie Cheever's right rear tire on
the first lap, taking both cars out of the race.  Sheesh!

I'm glad to see Danny Sullivan back in the winner's circle.

On to Indy....

And now some corrections:

IndyCar Racing magazine reports that A. J. Foyt was indeed in a Lola T90-
Cosworth DFS in Australia, as initially reported and not as AutoWeek said.
And while AutoWeek reported that A. J.'s "T92-Chevrolet" was one of Derrick 
Walker's cars, IndyCar had the entry as a Leader Cards/Walker car--it was 
Leader Cards' Buddy Lazier's backup.  A. J. took a tour of the course in a 
pace car, Lazier shook the backup car down on race morning, and A. J. climbed 
in it for the first time during the race, only to retire after 2 laps with 
transmission trouble.  I would guess that Leader Cards was just trying to get 
the maximum exposure for their local sponsor, Project Pacific.

Also, while Scott Goodyear had qualified in a T92 in Australia, he had to go 
to his backup T91 after the race warm-up.

And I had Bobby Rahal's winning average speed at Phoenix wrong--it was 
130.526 mph rather than 120.526.

AutoWeek says that A. J. Foyt replacement George Snider raced a T92 at 
Phoenix.  I thought he was in a T91.  A. J. Foyt was reported as crashing in 
a T91 during practice, so was he in his backup car at the time?

--
Jay C. Smith
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