# 1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix

The 1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix was the opening round of the 1992 PPG Indy Car World Series, held on 22 March 1992 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Queensland, Australia.
The race was won by Emerson Fittipaldi driving a Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B for Team Penske.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Car | Time |
| 1 | Al Unser Jr. | Galles-Kraco Racing | Galmer G92 Chevrolet-Ilmor A | 1:38.744 |
| 2 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | Lola T91/00 Ford XB Cosworth | |
| 3 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Team Penske | Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B | |
| 4 | Bobby Rahal | Rahal-Hogan Racing | Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A | |
| 5 | Rick Mears | Team Penske | Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B | |
| 6 | Mario Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | Lola T91/00 Ford XB Cosworth | |
| 7 | Eddie Cheever | Chip Ganassi Racing | Lola T91/00 Ford XB Cosworth | |
| 8 | Scott Pruett | Truesports | Truesports 92C Chevrolet-Ilmor A | |
| 9 | Scott Goodyear | Walker Motorsport | Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A | |
| 10 | Danny Sullivan | Galles-Kraco Racing | Galmer G92 Chevrolet-Ilmor A | |
| 11 | John Andretti | Racing Team VDS | Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A | |
| 12 | Scott Brayton | Dick Simon Racing | Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A | |
| 13 | Gregor Foitek | Gilmore Racing | Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A | |
| 14 | Tony Bettenhausen Jr. | Bettenhausen Racing | Penske PC20-91 Chevrolet-Ilmor A | |
| 15 | Fabrizio Barbazza | Arciero Racing | Lola T90/00 Buick | |
| 16 | Ted Prappas | P.I.G. Enterprises | Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A | |
| 17 | Jimmy Vasser | Hayhoe Racing | Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A | |
| 18 | Éric Bachelart | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS | |
| 19 | Jovy Marcelo | Euromotorsport | Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS | |
| 20 | Buddy Lazier | Leader Cards Racing | Lola T90/00 Buick | |
| 21 | Ross Bentley | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS | |
| 22 | Nicola Marozzo | Euromotorsport | Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS | |
| 23 | A. J. Foyt | Walker Motorsport | Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS | |
| DNQ | Hiro Matsushita | Dick Simon Racing | Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A | |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Team Penske | 65 | 2:20:32.477 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | 4 | Rick Mears | Team Penske | 65 | +2.8 secs | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | 12 | Bobby Rahal | Rahal-Hogan Racing | 65 | | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | Al Unser Jr. | Galles-Kraco Racing | 65 | | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 18 | Danny Sullivan | Galles-Kraco Racing | 65 | | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | John Andretti | Racing Team VDS | 65 | | 11 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | Mario Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 65 | | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | 9 | Eddie Cheever | Chip Ganassi Racing | 64 | + 1 lap | 7 | 5 |
| 9 | 15 | Scott Goodyear | Walker Motorsport | 63 | + 2 laps | 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 31 | Ted Prappas | P.I.G. Enterprises | 62 | + 3 laps | 16 | 3 |
| 11 | 39 | Ross Bentley | Dale Coyne Racing | 61 | + 4 laps | 21 | 2 |
| 12 | 30 | Fabrizio Barbazza | Arciero Racing | 61 | + 4 laps | 15 | 1 |
| 13 | 16 | Tony Bettenhausen Jr. | Bettenhausen Racing | 60 | + 5 laps | 14 | |
| 14 | 50 | Jovy Marcelo | Euromotorsport | 54 | + 11 laps | 19 | |
| 15 | 47 | Jimmy Vasser | Hayhoe Racing | 48 | Electrical | 17 | |
| 16 | 21 | Buddy Lazier | Leader Cards Racing | 47 | + 18 laps | 20 | |
| 17 | 1 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 41 | Broken header | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | 10 | Scott Pruett | Truesports | 23 | Transmission | 8 | |
| 19 | 42 | Nicola Marozzo | Euromotorsport | 22 | Electrical | 22 | |
| 20 | 22 | Scott Brayton | Dick Simon Racing | 22 | Transmission | 12 | |
| 21 | 14 | Gregor Foitek | Gilmore Racing | 19 | Puncture | 13 | |
| 22 | 19 | Éric Bachelart | Dale Coyne Racing | 16 | Oil pressure | 18 | |
| 23 | 17 | A. J. Foyt | Walker Motorsport | 2 | Withdrawn | 23 | |
| DNS | 11 | Hiro Matsushita | Dick Simon Racing | | Wrecked in practice | | |