1992 PPG Indy Car World Series

1992 CART season
PPG Indy Car World Series
Bobby Rahal
Season
Races	17
Start date	March 22
End date	October 18
Awards
Drivers' champion	Bobby Rahal
Constructors' Cup	Lola
Manufacturers' Cup	Chevrolet
Nations' Cup	United States
Rookie of the Year	Stefan Johansson
Indianapolis 500 winner	Al Unser Jr.
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The 1992 PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 14th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART (d.b.a "IndyCar"). The season consisted of 16 races. Bobby Rahal was the national champion, his third and final career CART title. Stefan Johansson was named the Rookie of the Year. The 1992 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Al Unser Jr. won the Indy 500 in the closest finish in the history of that event.

Starting in 1992, and continuing through 1996, the CART organization began operating under the name IndyCar. The term IndyCar was a registered trademark of IMS, Inc., and was licensed to CART from 1992 to 1996. The use of the term "CART" was curtailed in the series and in the media in favor of IndyCar during this period.

The circuit welcomed a new venue in 1992, New Hampshire International Speedway.

Bobby Rahal, who was in his first season as an owner/driver, won four races and three poles en route to the title. Rahal's three oval wins included a dominating wire-to-wire victory at Phoenix, where he led all 200 laps. Rahal fielded the "tried and true" Lola/Ilmor Chevrolet "A" combination. It was the final championship for the Ilmor Chevy A engine. Rahal managed to outperform the newer engines that joined the series in 1992, the Ford/Cosworth XB, as well as the Ilmor Chevy "B" engine, which was used by the Penske team. For the third time, Michael Andretti finished runner-up to Rahal in the points. Andretti promptly left Indy car racing the following year to race in Formula One.

A bevy of crashes, some serious, at the 1992 Indianapolis 500 injured several drivers, and shook up the driver lineup during parts of the season. Jovy Marcelo was fatally injured in a practice crash, while Nelson Piquet suffered devastating leg injures in another practice crash. Hiro Matsushita suffered a fractured leg and missed several races over the summer. Mario Andretti, Rick Mears, and Jimmy Vasser all sat out the race at Detroit while they recovered from injuries. In July, Mears dropped out of the Michigan 500 with nagging injuries, and ultimately sat out the rest of the season. Mears then unexpectedly retired from racing in December.

Drivers and constructors

All entries utilized Goodyear tires. The following teams and drivers competed in the 1992 Indy Car World Series season.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver(s)	Status	Round(s)	Ref(s)
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Lola T91/00 Lola T92/00 [N 1]	Chevrolet V8/A	14	Gregor Foitek	R	1, 3	[1]
				A. J. Foyt		2, 4	[1] [2]
				George Snider		2	[3]
				Brian Bonner	R	5
				Ross Cheever	R	6–7, 11–13
				Pancho Carter		8, 10
				Jon Beekhuis		9
				Mike Groff		14–16
			48	Jeff Andretti		4
Bettenhausen Motorsports	Penske PC-20	Chevrolet V8/A	16	Tony Bettenhausen Jr.		1–4, 6–7, 10	[4] [5]
				Stefan Johansson	R	5, 8–9, 11–16	[6] [7]
Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola T92/00	Ford-Cosworth XB	6	Arie Luyendyk		4, 10	[8]
				Robby Gordon	R	5–7, 9, 11–13	[8]
	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet V8/A		Didier Theys		16 [N 2]
		Ford-Cosworth XB	9	Eddie Cheever		1	[9]
	Lola T92/00					2–17
Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T90/00 Lola T91/00 [N 3]	Cosworth Buick [N 4]	19	Éric Bachelart	R	1–7, 9–14	[10]
				Dennis Vitolo		8, 15–16
	Lola T90/00		39	Ross Bentley	R	1, 3, 5–6, 9–13	[11]
				Dennis Vitolo		2
				Brian Bonner	R	4, 7–8, 14
				Éric Bachelart	R	16
D.B. Mann Motorsports	Lola T90/00	Buick	93	John Paul Jr.		4
			93T	Mark Dismore	R	4
Dick Simon Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A Buick [N 5]	11	Hiro Matsushita		1–4, 9, 11–16	[12]
				Raul Boesel		4–8, 10
			23			9, 11–16
			22	Scott Brayton		All	[13]
	Lola T91/00		44	Philippe Gache	R	4
			90	Lyn St. James	R	4
Euromotorsport	Lola T90/00	Cosworth	42	Nicola Marozzo	R	1
				Fabrizio Barbazza		4
				Vinicio Salmi	R	6, 9, 12–13, 16
				Steve Chassey		7–8, 10
				Tero Palmroth		11
				Jeff Wood		14
				Guido Daccò		15
	Lola T91/00		50	Jovy Marcelo	R	1–4
				Christian Danner	R	5, 9, 11–16
				Nicola Marozzo	R	6
				Mike Groff		7–8
				George Snider		10
Galles-Kraco Racing	Galmer G92 Galmer G92B [N 6]	Chevrolet V8/A	3	Al Unser Jr.		All	[14]
			18	Danny Sullivan		All	[15]
Hall-VDS Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A	8	John Andretti		All	[16]
			38	Didier Theys		4
Hayhoe-Cole Racing	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet V8/A	17	Jimmy Vasser	R	6, 11, 13	[17]
			47			1–4, 9, 14, 16
Hemelgarn Racing	Lola T91/00	Buick	81	Pancho Carter		4
			91	Stan Fox		4	[18]
			92	Gordon Johncock		4	[19]
King Racing	Lola T91/00	Buick	26	Roberto Guerrero		3	[20]
	Lola T92/00			Jim Crawford		4	[20]
			36	Roberto Guerrero		4	[20]
Leader Card Racing [N 7]	Lola T91/00	Buick	21	Buddy Lazier		1–7, 9–10	[21]
		Chevrolet V8/A				11–16
McCormack Motorsports-Arciero Racing McCormack Motorsports	Lola T90/00	Buick	30	Fabrizio Barbazza		1–4	[22] [23]
				Johnny Parsons		4	[24]
	Lola T91/00			Jeff Wood		5–10	[25]
				Jacques Villeneuve Sr.		11–12	[26]
				John Jones		13–15	[27]
				Tero Palmroth		16
			34	Jeff Wood		4	[28]
Menard Racing	Lola T92/00	Buick	27	Nelson Piquet	R	4	[29]
				Al Unser		4
			51	Gary Bettenhausen		4	[29]
	Lola T91/00		59	Rocky Moran		4
				Tom Sneva		4
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T92/00 Lola T91/00 [N 8]	Ford-Cosworth XB	1	Michael Andretti		All	[30]
			2	Mario Andretti		1–4, 6–16	[30]
				Teo Fabi		5
Nu-Tech Racing	Lola T91/00	Cosworth	28	Jay Hill	R	5
				Tony de Tommaso	R	16
Penske Racing	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet V8/B	4	Rick Mears		1–4, 6–8, 10	[31]
				Paul Tracy	R	5, 9, 11–13, 16, NC
				Al Unser		15
			5	Emerson Fittipaldi		All	[32]
	Penske PC-20		7	Paul Tracy	R	2, 4	[33] [34]
	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet V8/A				10, 14–15
P.I.G. Enterprises	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet V8/A	31	Ted Prappas		1, 3–9, 11–16	[35]
Rahal-Hogan Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A	12	Bobby Rahal		All	[36] [37]
RAL Group Robco Racing	Truesports 91C	Judd	24	Brian Till	R	3, 5–6, 8–9, 11–12, 14, 16	[38]
TEAMKAR International	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet V8/A	88	Kenji Momota	R	4
Thom Burns Racing	Lola T90/00	Buick	66	Mark Dismore	R	4
	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet V8/A	68	Dominic Dobson		4
Truesports	Truesports 92C	Chevrolet V8/A	10	Scott Pruett		All	[39]
Walker Motorsport	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A	15	Scott Goodyear		All	[40]
				Mike Groff		4
	Lola T90/00	Cosworth	17	A. J. Foyt		1 [N 9]	[41]
	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet V8/A		Johnny Rutherford		4
				Mike Groff		5, 12
				Jon Beekhuis		10
				Dennis Vitolo		14
				Willy T. Ribbs		16

Driver changes

Preseason

• On September 5, 1991, Patrick Racing announced that Bobby Rahal would leave Galles-Kraco Racing to drive the No. 20 car in 1992, replacing Danny Sullivan. ^[36] One day later, Galles-Kraco Racing announced the opposite move by signing Sullivan to drive the No. 18 car vacated by Rahal in a three-year deal. ^[15]
• On October 23, 1991, the newly reformed Hayhoe-Cole Racing announced that Jimmy Vasser would drive "as many (races) as we can afford" for the team in 1992, with the aim of competing the full season. Vasser had won six races on route to a second place finish in the Atlantic Championship behind Jovy Marcelo, being hampered by a lack of reliability. ^[17]

• On November 21, 1991, A. J. Foyt expressed an intention to postpone his retirement and compete in the 1992 Indianapolis 500, which was confirmed on January 24, 1992. ^{[42] [2]}
• On January 4, 1992, the RAL Group announced that Brian Till would drive the No. 24 car in at least eight events, starting at the Grand Prix of Long Beach and competing in every subsequent road course event except for Vancouver. His limited schedule went on to include an additional race at the New Hampshire oval. Till finished fifth in Indy Lights points in 1991, a year after winning the Atlantic Championship driving for Robco. ^{[38] [43]}
• On January 24, 1992, Hemelgarn-Byrd Racing announced that Stan Fox would return as the driver of the No. 91 car, with updated Buick engines on the same Lola T91/00 chassis. ^[18]
• On February 4, 1992, King Racing announced an expansion of its Indianapolis 500 program to two cars, to be driven by Roberto Guerrero and Jim Crawford, having both raced for the team in 1991 and served as test drivers during the winter. It was also announced that Guerrero would drive at Long Beach as a warm-up for the 500, with no further races planned despite the increased manifold pressure for Buick engines at CART-sanctioned races. ^[20]
• On February 13, 1992, Hemelgarn Racing announced that Gordon Johncock would return to drive the No. 92 car, this time around on the same Lola T91/00 machinery as the rest of the team. ^[19]
• On February 14, 1992, Chip Ganassi Racing announced it would field a second car on a part-time basis for Arie Luyendyk and rookie Robby Gordon. Luyendyk would drive the No. 6 car at the Indianapolis 500, with the possibility of other oval races subject to additional funding. ^[8] Gordon, a Ford-backed competitor with multiple wins in the IMSA GT series and off-road racing, was slated to drive at least six of the eight road course races after the Indianapolis 500. ^{[44] [45]}
• On February 17, 1992, Menard Racing announced that the former three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet would drive the No. 27 car at the Indianapolis 500, making his Indy Car debut. ^{[29] [46]} Piquet had retired from Formula One in January, after finishing sixth in the last of his 14 seasons. ^[47] Piquet took the place intended for Kevin Cogan, who was due to have reconstructive surgery on the shoulder injury he suffered in the 1991 edition. ^[48] In the same announcement, Gary Bettenhausen was confirmed to return to the No. 51 for the third straight year. ^[29]
• On March 6, 1992, Dale Coyne Racing announced that Ross Bentley would drive the No. 39 car at six events, starting with the season opener at Surfers Paradise and including the Vancouver event he had raced in 1990 and 1991. ^{[33] [11]}
• On March 11, 1992, A. J. Foyt Enterprises announced that rookie Gregor Foitek would drive the No. 14 car at Surfers Paradise and Long Beach, being slated to contest the rest of the road course races and, potentially, the Indianapolis 500. It also confirmed that team owner A. J. Foyt would drive at Phoenix to prepare for the Indianapolis 500. Foitek, who had no family connection to Foyt despite the similar surnames, was a former Formula One driver with the Brabham and Onyx teams in 1990, and had contested a partial schedule in the World Sportscar Championship in 1991 with a privateer Porsche 962. ^{[1] [49]}
• On March 13, 1992, Arciero Racing announced the signing of Fabrizio Barbazza, who returned for his third stint with the team after the 1987 and 1989 seasons, to drive the No. 30 car. Barbazza switched from Formula 1, where he failed at all of his 12 attempts to qualify for a Grand Prix with the AGS team during his rookie season. ^[22]
• As a part of his role as Penske Racing's test driver, Paul Tracy was scheduled to compete again in a third car at selected events, including the Indianapolis 500, driving the Penske PC-20 chassis from 1991 instead of the new PC-21 model. ^{[33] [50]} None of his races were formally announced beforehand, being entered for the Indianapolis 500 on March 20 and also racing at Phoenix. ^[34]
• The following drivers were entered for the Surfers Paradise race and other events without a prior announcement:
  • Dale Coyne Racing signed reigning Indy Lights champion Éric Bachelart to drive the No. 19 car. Bachelart had been reported in February to have signed an eight-race deal for an unnamed team, but he ended up contesting an almost full season. ^[10]
  • Leader Card Racing would contest the full 1992 season with Buddy Lazier, who had raced for various outfits in 1991. His sponsorship package prevented the team from downsizing to an Indy 500-only program. ^[21]
  • Euromotorsport Racing fielded Nicola Marozzo in the No. 42 car on a one-race deal. He would also race at Portland later in the year.

Mid-season

• At the season opener in Surfers Paradise, Walker Motorsport fielded its second CART franchise, as the No. 17, in a joint effort with Leader Card Motorsport, which provided their Lola T90/00-Cosworth spare car. The entry did not feature a driver until after qualifying, being included in the starting field regardless. On race day morning, March 22, 1992, A. J. Foyt was named as the driver in a start and park effort, to allow the entry to collect prize money. ^[41]
• On March 31, 1992, a number of entries were posted for the Indianapolis 500: ^[51]
  • D. B. Mann Motorsports entered John Paul Jr. to drive the No. 93 car for the third year in a row. The team entered the race one more time after they couldn't find a buyer in 1991, and announced it would shut down definetely after the race, although it would eventually return in 1993. ^{[52] [53]}
  • Truesports entered Geoff Brabham to drive the No. 21 car for the third year in a row. However, the effort was aborted on May 5 because of Scott Pruett destroying his primary car in a practice crash at Grand Prix of Long Beach, the lack of additional sponsorship to build a new model in time and Brabham suffering a minor neck injury in late April. ^{[54] [55] [56]}
  • R. Kent Baker Racing entered Steve Chassey to drive the No. 97 car, which was supposed to be a Lola T91/00 chassis. However, neither the car or the driver took part in any practice session, and the Indy-only team disappeared.
• On April 3, 1992, A. J. Foyt withdrew from the Phoenix event after injuring his shoulder blade in a practice crash. ^[57] He was replaced the following day by veteran collaborator George Snider, who also worked as a refueller for the team and agreed to start and park the No. 14 car. This became Snider's first Indy Car start since 1987, and the first at Phoenix since 1978. ^{[3] [58]}
• On April 8, 1992, further entries were posted for the Indianapolis 500:
  • TEAMKAR International entered the Indianapolis 500 as a standalone team with rookie Kenji Momota in the No. 88 car, a Lola T91/00 with Chevrolet engines. Momota had previous experience in Indy Lights and Formula Atlantic competition, although he had not taken part in a race since 1990.
  • Dick Simon Racing entered Raul Boesel in the No. 29 car and rookie Philippe Gache in the No. 44 car. Boesel returned to Indy car racing and his first CART team after a year in IMSA GT, while Gache, the first Frenchman to attempt the Indianapolis 500 since 1940, was driving in the French Supertouring Championship after low-scoring seasons in International Formula 3000. Gache's car, a Lola T91/00, was an associate effort run by Formula Project, a French Formula 3 team.
• On April 30, 1992, McCormack Motorsports-Arciero Racing announced that Jeff Wood would drive the No. 34 car, a Lola T91/00 chassis acquired to Hall-VDS Racing, for his second attempt at the Indianapolis 500. ^[28]
• On May 13, 1992, McCormack Motorsports-Arciero Racing announced that it had parted ways with Fabrizio Barbazza after crashing twice during the month. ^[23] Two days later, veteran Johnny Parsons was announced as the new driver of the No. 30 car for the Indianapolis 500. ^[24]
• On June 1, 1992, Bettenhausen Motorsports announced that Swedish driver Stefan Johansson would drive the No. 16 car at the Detroit Grand Prix. Johansson, a former driver for the McLaren and Ferrari F1 teams with 79 career starts until 1991, replaced team owner Tony Bettenhausen Jr., who elected to reduce his schedule to the oval races after failing to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, for sporting and business reasons. Bettenhausen also announced that he would drive at Portland due to Johansson's previous commitment with Mazda at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^[6] Johansson had previously reached an agreement to drive a second car for Truesports, which was never signed due to internal disagreements within the team. ^{[59] [60]}
• On June 4, 1992, McCormack Motorsports-Arciero Racing entered Jeff Wood for the Detroit Grand Prix in the No. 30 car. Wood remained in the seat for the following five races. ^[25]
• On June 31, 1992, Bettenhausen Motorsports announced that Stefan Johansson would make his oval debut at New Hampshire and complete the rest of the season in the No. 16 car, except for the Michigan 500, where Tony Bettenhausen Jr. would race instead. ^{[61] [7] [5]}
• On August 6, 1992, the newly renamed McCormack Motorsports entered Jacques Villeneuve Sr. as the driver of the No. 30 car for the Cleveland Grand Prix, a deal that was extended to Road America. Villeneuve made his first Indy Car appearance since 1986, having remained active since in snowmobile racing among occassional cameos in Formula Atlantic and IMSA. ^{[26] [62]} On August 26, 1992, it was announced that John Jones would drive at Vancouver, later remaining in the car for the following two races. ^[27] Veteran Tero Palmroth would finish the season at Laguna Seca.

Team changes

Preseason

• On January 24, 1991, Galles-Kraco Racing announced its plans to build its own car, to be named as Galmer G92, for the 1992 season. ^{[63] [64] [65]} The car was first unveiled to the public on August 24, 1991. ^[66]
• On August 2, 1991, Chevrolet announced that it would expand its engine program in 1992 to supply Dick Simon Racing's second car, with driver Hiro Matsushita switching from a Cosworth, and Bob Tezak's UNO Racing, who was using Judd engines. Vince Granatelli Racing also received their own Chevrolet contract, as the one they had was initially awarded to Doug Shierson Racing before its merger with Granatelli and Tezak's eventual departure in June 1991. ^[12] The programme would be further expanded on September 13, 1991 with Truesports, and on January 8, 1992 with P.I.G. Racing, as both teams ditched the Judd engines. ^{[67] [35]}
• On October 20, 1991, Alfa Romeo announced its withdrawal from Indy Car racing after three seasons, ending its two-year relationship with Patrick Racing. ^[68] On the same day, Patrick reported to the press that Chevrolet had denied the team an engine contract earlier in the month, because of a trangression in late 1989 when they had sent a unit to Alfa Romeo engineers, who tore it apart and studied it. ^[69] An offer to run a limited, unsupported batch of Alfa engines was rejected, ^[70] and a tentative agreement with Newman/Haas Racing to use their 1991 Chevrolet engines was discarded in November because of a lack of guarantees for rebuilds and electronics supply from Chevrolet builders Ilmor. ^{[71] [72] [73]}
• On October 23, 1991, Jim Hayhoe announced the reformation of the Hayhoe Racing team, which had fielded Indy Cars in 1967–68 and 1970. ^[74] The team reached a deal with Galles-Kraco Racing, who sold two Lola T91/00 chassis, facilitated the use of Chevrolet engines and recommended their test driver Jimmy Vasser. ^{[75] [76] [77]} In February, it was reported that race car collector Rick Cole was a co-owner in the team, which was known as Hayhoe-Cole Racing. ^[17]

• On October 30, 1991, Ford Motor Company announced its return to Indy Car racing in an official capacity for the first time since 1971, teaming up with Cosworth. The new Ford-Cosworth XB engines would be supplied to Newman/Haas Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing, with both teams switching from Chevrolet. The same day, Chevrolet announced a new version of their engine, to be used exclusively by Penske Racing in 1992. ^[78]
• On December 19, 1991, Bobby Rahal announced he had bought out Patrick Racing along with his business partner Carl Hogan, a former team owner in Can-Am and Formula 5000. The organization was renamed as Rahal-Hogan Racing, signed an engine supply deal with Chevrolet and changed numbers on the car to No. 12. Former team owner Pat Patrick claimed he felt forced to sell after being 'black-listed' by Chevrolet, so the team could receive a competitive engine, and thus retain sponsorship from the Miller Brewing Company. ^[37]
• On January 4, 1992, the provisionally named RAL Group, a team with former Indy Lights and Atlantic Championship experience under the Cole Performance banner, announced it would step up to the Indy Cars in 1992. The team became the first and only customer for the Truesports chassis, using the 91C model with Judd engines. ^[43] The name of the team waslater stablished as Robco Racing in late May.
• On January 22, 1992, Vince Granatelli Racing announced the team would be shut down after five seasons in the series due to a lack of sponsorship. Despite winning two races with Arie Luyendyk, Granatelli run half of the 1991 season without corporate support after its split with co-owner Bob Tezak. ^[79]
• On February 13, 1992, it was reported that Bayside Motorsports had shut down after three seasons in Indy Car racing, leaving Jeff Andretti without a drive. The team had lost the Texaco sponsorship, and its owner Bruce Leven had sold all of his auto franchises after a costly divorce settlement. ^{[80] [81]}
• On February 20, 1992, Walker Motorsport announced the assimilation of UNO Racing, after Derrick Walker bought a 51% controlling stake from Bob Tezak. The team inherited the last of Scott Goodyear's three-year deal, his sponsorship and the Chevrolet engine, paired with a new Lola T92/00. ^[40]
• After the Buick engines received an additional 5 inches of manifold pressure, Leader Card Racing switched engines as a result, having raced with Cosworth powerplants since 1980. ^[82]
• Walther Motorsports did not enter the Indianapolis 500 after failing to qualify in the last two editions, putting a definite end to the team after decades in Indy car racing. Driver Salt Walther was arrested in March 1992 over the theft of a golf cart owned by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after the 1991 race. ^[83]
• For the 1992 season, Arciero Racing changed names to McCormack Motorsports-Arciero Racing, reflecting the ownership change that had already taken place the previous season between team manager Dennis McCormack and franchise owner Frank Arciero. ^{[84] [85]} In August 1992, the team came to be known only as McCormack Motorsports, as both entities were set to split for 1993. ^[62]

Schedule

Rd.	Race Name	Track	Location	Date
1	Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix	S  Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Australia	March 22
2	Valvoline 200	O  Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	April 5
3	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	S  Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 12
4	Indianapolis 500	O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	May 24
5	ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix	S  The Raceway on Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	June 7
6	Texaco/Havoline Presents the Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200	R  Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	June 21
7	Miller Genuine Draft 200	O  Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 28
8	New England 200	O  New Hampshire International Speedway	Loudon, New Hampshire	July 5
9	Molson Indy Toronto	S  Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	July 19
10	Marlboro 500	O  Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	August 2
11	Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland	S  Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	August 9
12	The Chicago Tribune Presents the Texaco/Havoline 200	R  Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 23
13	Molson Indy Vancouver	S  Streets of Vancouver	Vancouver, British Columbia	August 30
14	Pioneer Electronics 200 Presented by Budweiser	R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	September 13
NC	Marlboro Challenge	O  Pennsylvania International Raceway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	October 3
15	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix			October 4
16	Toyota Monterey Grand Prix Featuring the Kodalux Processing 300	R  Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California	October 18

 O  Oval/Speedway

 R  Road/Street course

 S  Street/temporary circuit

  Non-championship event

• Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the PPG Indy Car title.

Results

Rd.	Race	Pole position	Most laps led	Race winner
				Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine
1	Surfers Paradise	Al Unser Jr.	Michael Andretti	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro Team Penske	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet V8/B
2	Phoenix	Michael Andretti	Bobby Rahal	Bobby Rahal	Rahal-Hogan Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A
3	Long Beach	Michael Andretti	Al Unser Jr.	Danny Sullivan	Galles-Kraco Racing	Galmer G92	Chevrolet V8/A
4	Indianapolis	Roberto Guerrero	Michael Andretti	Al Unser Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Galmer G92	Chevrolet V8/A
5	Belle Isle	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Bobby Rahal	Rahal-Hogan Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A
6	Portland	Emerson Fittipaldi	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T92/00	Ford-Cosworth XB
7	Milwaukee	Bobby Rahal	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T92/00	Ford-Cosworth XB
8	New Hampshire	Bobby Rahal	Bobby Rahal	Bobby Rahal	Rahal-Hogan Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A
9	Toronto	Bobby Rahal	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T92/00	Ford-Cosworth XB
10	Michigan	Mario Andretti	Scott Goodyear	Scott Goodyear	Walker Motorsport	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A
11	Cleveland	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro Team Penske	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet V8/B
12	Road America	Paul Tracy	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro Team Penske	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet V8/B
13	Vancouver	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T92/00	Ford-Cosworth XB
14	Mid-Ohio	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro Team Penske	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet V8/B
NC	Marlboro Challenge	Michael Andretti	Bobby Rahal	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro Team Penske	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet V8/B
15	Nazareth	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Bobby Rahal	Rahal-Hogan Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A
16	Laguna Seca	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T92/00	Ford-Cosworth XB

Point standings

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Driver standings

Pos Driver SUR PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL LOU TOR MIC CLE ROA VAN MDO MAR NAZ LAG Pts 1 Bobby Rahal 3 1* 2 6 1 14 2 1* 2 11 4 3 22 24 6* 1 3 196 2 Michael Andretti 17* 10 16 13* 4* 1* 1* 2 1* 18 2 4 1* 21* 2 2* 1* 192 3 Al Unser Jr. 4 5 4* 1 9 3 7 8 7 4 3 2 2 3 8 11 9 169 4 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 3 3 24 8 2 4 21 19 13 1* 1* 19 1 1 7 19 151 5 Scott Goodyear 9 18 5 2 22 8 8 3 6 1* 10 20 5 16 4 4 26 108 6 Mario Andretti 7 17 23 23 6 6 7 4 15 5 5 6 5 9 5 2 105 7 Danny Sullivan 5 12 1 5 5 12 12 9 3 8 20 7 7 8 10 17 7 99 8 John Andretti 6 6 20 8 21 5 9 5 5 6 12 6 15 4 7 18 5 94 9 Raul Boesel 7 2 9 10 18 22 3 6 8 11 7 5 6 6 80 10 Eddie Cheever 8 2 22 4 11 4 5 16 9 20 11 23 16 12 9 4 80 11 Scott Pruett 18 7 9 30 19 10 11 6 25 5 7 9 4 9 10 14 62 12 Paul Tracy 4 20 16 21 2 19 17 23 2 3 3 16 59 13 Rick Mears 2 8 6 26 7 16 4 16 47 14 Stefan Johansson  RY  3 10 11 9 19 3 6 21 11 47 15 Scott Brayton 20 9 17 22 12 22 3 17 17 10 21 12 8 10 8 10 39 16 Al Unser 3 12 15 17 Ted Prappas 10 14 16 14 15 15 20 23 13 10 9 11 19 18 12 18 Éric Bachelart  R  22 13 8 32 7 16 13 24 22 17 21 DNS 20 23 11 19 Buddy Lazier 16 14 12 14 24 25 17 15 7 23 13 10 22 15 21 10 20 Robby Gordon  R  17 13 21 8 8 18 17 10 21 Teo Fabi 6 8 22 Jimmy Vasser  R  15 15 7 21 23 12 14 18 25 12 8 23 Brian Till  R  11 23 20 12 10 15 11 14 27 8 24 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 13 11 15 DNQ 21 18 9 6 25 Mike Groff Wth DNS 14 13 24 15 16 8 5 26 A. J. Foyt 23 Wth 9 4 27 Hiro Matsushita Wth 16 10 Wth Wth 24 14 13 18 14 15 3 28 Brian Bonner  R  19 10 Wth Wth 17 3 29 John Paul Jr. 10 3 30 Ross Bentley  R  11 Wth 20 17 14 23 18 Wth 14 2 31 Pancho Carter DNQ 11 17 2 32 Ross Cheever  R  11 20 25 25 Wth 2 33 Lyn St. James  R  11 2 34 Jeff Wood DNQ 13 19 19 15 13 12 13 1 35 Fabrizio Barbazza 12 20 21 DNQ 1 36 John Jones 12 23 22 1 37 Dominic Dobson 12 1 38 Roberto Guerrero 13 33 1 39 Christian Danner  R  18 16 16 16 21 19 13 20 0 40 Didier Theys DNQ 13 0 41 Arie Luyendyk 15 14 0 42 Dennis Vitolo 21 14 DNS 20 17 0 43 Jovy Marcelo  R  14 19 19 Wth1 0 44 Vinicio Salmi  R  18 20 15 20 24 0 45 Jay Hill  R  15 0 46 Gary Bettenhausen 17 0 47 Gregor Foitek  R  21 18 0 48 Jon Beekhuis 18 21 0 49 Jeff Andretti 18 0 50 Steve Chassey 22 19 19 0 51 Nicola Marozzo  R  19 24 0 52 Jacques Villeneuve Sr. 22 22 0 53 George Snider 22 24 0 54 Tony de Tommaso  R  22 0 55 Guido Daccò 23 0 56 Jim Crawford 25 0 57 Willy T. Ribbs 25 0 58 Tero Palmroth 26 28 0 59 Stan Fox 27 0 60 Philippe Gache  R  28 0 61 Gordon Johncock 29 0 62 Tom Sneva 31 0 Mark Dismore  R  DNQ 0 Kenji Momota  R  DNQ 0 Johnny Parsons DNQ 0 Johnny Rutherford DNQ 0 Rocky Moran Wth 0 Nelson Piquet  R  Wth 0 Pos Driver SUR PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL NHA TOR MIC CLE ROA VAN MDO MAR NAZ LAG Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th-6th place Light Blue 7th-12th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 12) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps  RY  Rookie of the Year  R  Rookie

Note: ¹ Jovy Marcelo was killed in practice for the 1992 Indianapolis 500. He was 27 years old.

Chassis Constructors' Cup

Pos	Chassis	Pts
1	Lola T9200/T9100/T9000	311
2	Penske PC-21/PC-20	218
3	Galmer G92	170
4	Truesports 92C/91C	68
Pos	Chassis	Pts

Engine Manufacturers' Cup

Pos	Engine	Pts
1	Chevrolet A/B	472
2	Ford XB	232
3	Buick	24
4	Judd	8
5	Cosworth DFS	2
Pos	Engine	Pts

See also

• 1992 Indianapolis 500
• 1992 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
• 1992 Indy Lights season
• 1992 Formula One season

Footnotes

1. Used at rounds 4, 8, 10, 12–13 and 15–16
2. Entry run by P.I.G. Racing
3. Used at rounds 13–16
4. Used at round 4 (Indianapolis 500).
5. Used by Scott Brayton at round 4 (Indianapolis 500).
6. Used by Al Unser Jr. at round 15.
7. Team run by Hemelgarn Racing from round 9 onwards.
8. Used by Mario Andretti at round 1, and by Michael Andretti at rounds 1-2.
9. Driver and car were assigned after qualifying. Car provided by Leader Card Racing.

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External links

• "1992 CART Results". racing-reference.info. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
• "1992 CART PPG IndyCar World Series standings". race-database.com. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
• Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1992". Driver Database. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
• "1992 PPG Indy Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
• "Official Box Score: 76th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
• "Standings after Laguna Seca". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2009.