1991 Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix

1991 Surfers Paradise
Race details
Race 1 of 17 in the 1991 IndyCar season
	Map of the track
Date	17 March, 1991
Official name	1991 Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix
Location	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit; Queensland, Australia
Course	Temporary Street Circuit; 2.794 mi / 4.496 km
Distance	65 laps; 181.610 mi / 292.240 km
Pole position
Driver	Michael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
Time	1:40.047
Driver
Podium
First	John Andretti (Racing Team VDS)
Second	Bobby Rahal (Galles-Kraco Racing)
Third	Rick Mears (Marlboro Team Penske)

The 1991 Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix was the opening round of the 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series, held on 17 March 1991 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Queensland, Australia. This was the first ever race for the North American–based Champ Car World Series held in the Southern Hemisphere.

Date17 March, 1991

Official name1991 Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix

LocationSurfers Paradise Street Circuit
Queensland, Australia

CourseTemporary Street Circuit
2.794 mi / 4.496 km

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Pos	No	Name	Team	Car	Time
1	2	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.047
2	8	Eddie Cheever	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.090
3	1	Al Unser Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.149
4	18	Bobby Rahal	Galles-Kraco Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.330
5	6	Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.566
6	5	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	Penske PC-20 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.774
7	3	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Penske PC-20 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.998
8	9	Arie Luyendyk	Granatelli Racing Team	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:42.125
9	4	John Andretti	Racing Team VDS	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:42.353
10	20	Danny Sullivan	Patrick Racing	Lola T91/00 Alfa Romeo	1:42.392
11	11	Scott Pruett	Truesports	Truesports 91C Judd	1:43.229
12	16	Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	Bettenhausen Racing	Penske PC-19 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:43.700
13	15	Scott Goodyear	Walker Motorsport	Lola T91/00 Judd	1:44.006
14	22	Scott Brayton	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:44.188
15	31	Ted Prappas	P.I.G. Enterprises	Lola T89/00 Judd	1:45.377
16	86	Jeff Andretti	Bayside Disposal Racing	Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS	1:45.396
17	50	Mike Groff	Euromotorsport	Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS	1:45.506
18	42	Franco Scapini	Euromotorsport	Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS	1:45.839
19	7	Hiro Matsushita	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS	1:46.086
20	19	Randy Lewis	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS	1:47.686
21	39	Dennis Vitolo	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T89/00 Cosworth DFS	1:48.103
22	21	Dean Hall	Leader Cards Racing	Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS	1:48.410
23	12	Mark Dismore	Arciero Racing	Penske PC-17 Buick V-6	1:48.518
24	90	Buddy Lazier	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T88/00 Cosworth DFX	1:49.930
25	44	Phil Krueger	U. S. Engineering	Lola T89/00 Cosworth DFS	1:52.902

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	4	John Andretti	Racing Team VDS	65	2:12:54.820	9	20
2	18	Bobby Rahal	Galles-Kraco Racing	65	+12.7 secs	4	16
3	3	Rick Mears	Team Penske	65		7	14
4	20	Danny Sullivan	Patrick Racing	65		10	12
5	11	Scott Pruett	Truesports	65		11	10
6	22	Scott Brayton	Dick Simon Racing	65		14	8
7	86	Jeff Andretti	Bayside Disposal Racing	65		16	6
8	50	Mike Groff	Euromotorsport	64	+ 1 lap	17	5
9	9	Arie Luyendyk	Granatelli Racing Team	64	+ 1 lap	8	4
10	16	Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	Bettenhausen Racing	62	+ 3 laps	12	3
11	42	Franco Scapini	Euromotorsport	59	+ 6 laps	18	2
12	21	Dean Hall	Leader Cards Racing	58	Contact	22	1
13	19	Randy Lewis	Dale Coyne Racing	58	Contact	20
14	2	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	57	Brakes	1	1
15	8	Eddie Cheever	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	Contact	2
16	1	Al Unser Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	41	Contact	3	1
17	6	Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	41	Contact	5
18	44	Phil Krueger	U. S. Engineering	32	Overheated	5
19	5	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	27	Driveshaft	6
20	12	Mark Dismore	Arciero Racing	22	Engine	23
21	7	Hiro Matsushita	Dick Simon Racing	13	Contact	19
22	31	Ted Prappas	P.I.G. Enterprises	8	Engine	15
23	15	Scott Goodyear	Walker Motorsport	5	Engine	13
24	39	Dennis Vitolo	Dale Coyne Racing	5	Engine	13
25	90	Buddy Lazier	Dale Coyne Racing	1	Suspension	24

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