1991 Indy Lights season explained

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 April 14, 1991 45 2.687531=120.938895 km 0'54:36.499 132.880 km/h ?
2 April 21, 1991 75 1.6093=120.6975 km 0'38:59.979 185.690 km/h ?
3 June 2, 1991 100 1.6607976=166.07976 km 0'54:47.080 181.890 km/h ?
4 June 16, 1991 30 4.02325=120.6975 km 0'56:27.903 128.254 km/h ?
5 June 23, 1991 40 3.0930746=123.722984 km 0'43:54.052 169.094 km/h ?
6 July 7, 1991 32 3.8124317=121.9978144 km 0'38:06.5[1] 192.081 km/h ?
7 July 14, 1991 63 1.9585181=123.38664 km 0'45:18.60 163.390 km/h ?
8 July 21, 1991 42 2.8709912=120.58163 km 0'47:41.265 151.714 km/h ?
9 August 25, 1991 30 3.122042=93.66126 km 0'48:18.360 116.335 km/h ?
10 September 15, 1991 34 3.6337994=122.004252 km 0'51:35.404 141.893 km/h ?
11 October 6, 1991 75 1.5223978=114.179835 km 0'39:15.623 174.496 km/h ?
12 October 20, 1991 34 3.5629902=121.1416668 km 0'49:32.944 146.693 km/h ?
  1. 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

  1. Éric Bachelart
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. Robbie Groff
  4. Mark Smith
  5. Franck Fréon

Phoenix race

Held April 21 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mark Smith won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Robbie Groff
  2. Mark Smith
  3. Éric Bachelart
  4. Tommy Byrne
  5. Johnny O'Connell

Milwaukee race

Held June 2 at The Milwaukee Mile. John Marconi won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Robbie Groff
  2. Éric Bachelart
  3. Franck Fréon
  4. P. J. Jones
  5. John Marconi

Detroit race

Held June 16 at the Detroit street circuit. Éric Bachelart won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Éric Bachelart
  2. Franck Fréon
  3. Brian Till
  4. Robbie Buhl
  5. Robbie Groff

Portland race

Held June 23 at Portland International Raceway. P. J. Jones won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Éric Bachelart
  2. Franck Fréon
  3. Mark Smith
  4. Brian Till
  5. P. J. Jones

Cleveland race

Held July 7 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Mark Smith won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Mark Smith
  2. Brian Till
  3. Robbie Groff
  4. Johnny O'Connell
  5. Robbie Buhl

Meadowlands race

Held July 14 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Mark Smith won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Éric Bachelart
  2. P. J. Jones
  3. Robbie Buhl
  4. Robbie Groff
  5. Mark Smith

Toronto race

Held July 21 at Exhibition Place. Éric Bachelart won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. P. J. Jones
  2. Robbie Buhl
  3. John Marconi
  4. Franck Fréon
  5. Mark Smith

Denver race

Held August 25 at the Denver, Colorado street circuit. Robbie Groff won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. P. J. Jones
  2. Éric Bachelart
  3. Roberto Quintanilla
  4. Mark Smith
  5. 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.[2]

Top Five Results

  1. Brian Till
  2. Mark Smith
  3. Franck Fréon
  4. P. J. Jones
  5. Roberto Quintanilla

Nazareth race

Held October 6 at Nazareth Speedway. Robbie Groff won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Robbie Buhl
  2. P. J. Jones
  3. Éric Bachelart
  4. Brian Till
  5. Roberto Quintanilla

Laguna Seca race

Held October 20 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Robbie Buhl won the pole.

Top Five Results

  1. Mark Smith
  2. Brian Till
  3. Éric Bachelart
  4. Mike Snow
  5. 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
1 174 22 14 16 22 20 6 20 9 16 1 14 14
2 155 12 18 6 8 14 22 11 10 12 16 5 21
3 123 - 3 12 - 12 - 17 20 21 12 16 10
4 121 10 6 14 16 16 8 8 12 8 14 4 5
5 120 6 - 8 14 12 16 - 6 10 20 12 16
6 110 16 5 4 12 8 10 14 17 2 1 20 1
7 107 14 20 21 10 4 14 12 3 1 - 8 -
8 54 1 4 4 5 14 5 6 - 3
11 - 1
9 53 - - - 1 2 5 6 5 14 10 10 -
10 39 - - 3 2 3 3 4 4 6 4 8 2
11 37 4 10 5 - 6 12 - - - - - -
12 35 5 12 - 5 5 - - - - - - 8
13 29 8 - - - - 1 - - 3 5 - 12
14 16 - 1 - 6 - - - - -
3 - 6
15 15 3 2
2 - - - - - - 8 - -
16 George Sutcliffe 9 - 8 1 - - - - - - - - -
17 8 - - - 4 - 2 - - -
2 - -
18 4 - - - - - - - - 4 - - -
4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
20 3 - - - 3 - - - - - - - -
3 - - - - - - 3 - - - - -
22 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - -
2 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
24 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 14 12 13 9 8 9 8 8 6 3 7 8 13 7 - - 13 10
1 5 8 R16 6 R12
9 4 R16 - - - - 12 R12 13 11 10 8 7 7 9 8 4 3 7 5 10 5 16 14
10 - - - - 10 10 16 11 14 10 11 10 9 9 10 9 9 7 12 9 8 6 12 11
11 2 9 8 5 12 8 2 R15 11 7 6 4 - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 5 8 7 4 - - 6 R8 7 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 6
13 11 6 9 13 - - 13 13 10 R14 13 12 (10) NS - - 13 10 10 8 5 DIS(10) 7 4
14 15 R18 6 R12 - - 10 7 8 R13 - - - - - - - -
11 10 - - 4 7
15 12 10 12 11
11 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 6 - - 14 16
16 George Sutcliffe 16 13 15 6 9 R12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 - - - - - - 14 9 - - 14 11 - - - - - -
14 11 - - - -
18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 9 - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 9
20 - - - - - - 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - 12 13 10 R10 - - - - - - - - - -
22 13 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 12 - - 17 12
24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 R12 - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 13
- 18 R17 14 R14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 17 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- ? 19 NQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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