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

Race

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

Notes

• Time of race 2:20:33.00
• Average Speed 77.561 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results
• 1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix