# 1991 Indy Lights season

The 1991 Firestone Indy Lights Championship consisted of 12 races. Éric 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 |
| 1 | Long Beach | California | April 14, 1991 | 45 | 2.687531=120.938895 km | 0'54:36.499 | 132.880 km/h | Éric Bachelart | Éric Bachelart | Éric 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 | Éric Bachelart | Éric Bachelart | Éric Bachelart | ? |
| 5 | Portland | Oregon | June 23, 1991 | 40 | 3.0930746=123.722984 km | 0'43:54.052 | 169.094 km/h | Éric Bachelart | P. J. Jones | P. J. Jones | ? |
| 6 | Cleveland | Ohio | July 7, 1991 | 32 | 3.8124317=121.9978144 km | 0'38:06.5 | 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 | Éric Bachelart | Mark Smith | P. J. Jones | ? |
| 8 | Toronto | Canada | July 21, 1991 | 42 | 2.8709912=120.58163 km | 0'47:41.265 | 151.714 km/h | P. J. Jones | Éric 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 | Éric 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. Éric Bachelart won the pole.
Top Five Results
* Éric 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
* Éric 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
* Éric Bachelart
* Franck Fréon
* P. J. Jones
* John Marconi

### Detroit race

Held June 16 at the Detroit street circuit. Éric Bachelart won the pole.
Top Five Results
* Éric 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
* Éric 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
* Éric Bachelart
* P. J. Jones
* Robbie Buhl
* Robbie Groff
* Mark Smith

### Toronto race

Held July 21 at Exhibition Place. Éric 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
* Éric 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. After a full-course caution to clean up the crash of Robbie Groff on lap 27 (of 34), the race went back to green on lap 30. Eric Bachelart and Robbie Buhl were running 1st-2nd. Going into turn one, Buhl got a jump on the restart, and dove inside. But Bachelart closed the door, and the two cars tangled. Brian Till, running third, slipped by to take the lead. The caution came out and the race finished under yellow. Hometown driver Brian Till won his first career Indy Lights race, with Mark Smith second.
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
* Éric 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
* Éric 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Éric Bachelart | Belgium | Landford Racing | 174 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Mark Smith | United States | Evergreen Racing | 155 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | P. J. Jones | United States | Landford Racing | 123 | - | 3 | 12 | - | 12 | - | 17 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 10 |
| 4 | Franck Fréon | France | Fréon Racing Services | 121 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Brian Till | United States | Cole Performance | 120 | 6 | - | 8 | 14 | 12 | 16 | - | 6 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 16 |
| 6 | Robbie Buhl | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 110 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| 7 | Robbie Groff | United States | Groff Motorsports | 107 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 | - |
| 8 | John Marconi | United States | Marconi Racing/U.S. Racing | 54 | 1 | 4 | | | | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 6 | - | 3 |
| 8 | John Marconi | United States | P.I.G. Racing | 54 | | | 11 | - | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Roberto Quintanilla | Mexico | Roquin Motorsports | 53 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 | - |
| 10 | Jeff Davis | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 39 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 11 | Johnny O'Connell | United States | Team Milkhouse | 37 | 4 | 10 | 5 | - | 6 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Tommy Byrne | Ireland | P.I.G. Racing | 35 | 5 | 12 | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 13 | Mike Snow | United States | Bradley Motorsports | 29 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | 12 |
| 14 | Dave Kudrave | United States | Bradley Motorsports | 16 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | | | |
| 14 | Dave Kudrave | United States | Regency Racing | 16 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | - | 6 |
| 15 | Rob Wilson | New Zealand | McNeill Motorsports | 15 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Rob Wilson | New Zealand | Stuart Moore Racing | 15 | | | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| 16 | George Sutcliffe | United States | P.I.G. Racing | 9 | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Bob Reid | United States | McNeill Motorsports | 8 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | | | |
| 17 | Bob Reid | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | - | - |
| 18 | Scott Backman | United States | John Martin Racing | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| | Page Jones | United States | Bradley Motorsports | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 20 | Sandy Dells | United States | Roquin Motorsports | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Wayne Cerbo | United States | Stuart Moore Racing | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | Marty Roth | Canada | Roquin Motorsports | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Bob Doricott, Jr. | United States | Cameron-McGee Motorsports | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 24 | Desiré Wilson | 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 | Éric Bachelart | Belgium | 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 | United States | 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 | United States | 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 | France | 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 | United States | 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 | United States | 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 | United States | 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 | United States | Marconi Racing/U.S. Racing | 14 | 12 | 13 | 9 | | | | | | | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | - | - | 13 | 10 |
| 8 | John Marconi | United States | P.I.G. Racing | | | | | 1 | 5 | 8 | R16 | 6 | R12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Roberto Quintanilla | Mexico | 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 | United States | 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 | United States | Team Milkhouse | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | R15 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Tommy Byrne | Ireland | P.I.G. Racing | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 6 | R8 | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 6 |
| 13 | Mike Snow | United States | 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 | United States | Bradley Motorsports | 15 | R18 | 6 | R12 | - | - | 10 | 7 | 8 | R13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | |
| 14 | Dave Kudrave | United States | Regency Racing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 10 | - | - | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | Rob Wilson | New Zealand | McNeill Motorsports | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Rob Wilson | New Zealand | Stuart Moore Racing | | | | | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6 | - | - | 14 | 16 |
| 16 | George Sutcliffe | United States | P.I.G. Racing | 16 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 9 | R12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Bob Reid | United States | McNeill Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 9 | - | - | 14 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | |
| 17 | Bob Reid | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Scott Backman | United States | John Martin Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Page Jones | United States | Bradley Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 9 |
| 20 | Sandy Dells | United States | Roquin Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Wayne Cerbo | United States | Stuart Moore Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 13 | 10 | R10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | Marty Roth | Canada | Roquin Motorsports | 13 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Bob Doricott, Jr. | United States | Cameron-McGee Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 12 | - | - | 17 | 12 |
| 24 | Desiré Wilson | South Africa | Leading Edge Motorsport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | R12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Hugh O'Neill | United States | Sandy Dells Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 13 |
| - | Cheryl Glass | United States | Glass Racing | 18 | R17 | 14 | R14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Mark Ritchey | United States | Leading Edge Motorsport | 17 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Ken Murillo | United States | ? | 19 | NQ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
* ↑ McHale, T.E. (September 16, 1991). "Collision spices up Indy Lights race". Mansfield News-Journal. p. 15. Retrieved September 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.