1993 Molson Indy Toronto

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Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1993 Toronto
Race details
Race 9 of 16 in the 1993 IndyCar season
Date18 July, 1993
Official name 1993 Molson Indy Toronto
Location Exhibition Place
Toronto, Canada
CourseTemporary Street Circuit
1.780 mi / 2.781 km
Distance103 laps
183.3 mi / 286.4 km
WeatherMostly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 23 °C (73 °F) [1]
Pole position
Driver Emerson Fittipaldi  (Team Penske)
Podium
First Paul Tracy  (Team Penske)
Second Emerson Fittipaldi  (Team Penske)
Third Danny Sullivan  (Galles Racing)

The 1993 Molson Indy Toronto was the ninth round of the 1993 CART World Series season, held on 18 July 1993 on the Exhibition Place, Toronto, Canada. [2]

Contents

Results

KeyMeaning
RRookie
WPast winner

Qualifying results

PosNatNameTeamCarQual
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi W Team Penske Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor C109.998
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team Penske Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor C109.545
3 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Rahal W Rahal-Hogan Racing Lola T93/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor C109.331
4 Flag of the United States.svg Danny Sullivan Galles Racing Lola T93/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor C109.287
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson BettenHausen Motorsport Penske PC22

Chevrolet-Ilmor C

6 Flag of Brazil.svg Raul Boesel Dick Simon Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB Cosworth 109.161
7 Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. W Galles Racing Lola T93/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor C109.034
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arie Luyendyk Chip Ganassi Racing Lola T93/00

Ford XB Cosworth

9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansel
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Goodyear Walker Motorsport Lola T93/00 Ford XB Cosworth 108.670
11 Flag of Italy.svg
12 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon A. J. Foyt Enterprises Lola T93/00 Ford XB Cosworth 108.459
13 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB Cosworth 108.204
14 Flag of Colombia.svg Roberto Guerrero Budweiser King Racing Lola T93/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor C108.006
15 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Bertrand Gachot R Dick Simon Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB Cosworth 107.959
16 Flag of Italy.svg
17 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Hayhoe Racing Lola T92/00 Ford XB Cosworth 107.555
18 Flag of the United States.svg
19 Flag of the United States.svg
20 Flag of the United States.svg
21 Flag of the United States.svg
22 Flag of the United States.svg
23 Flag of the United States.svg
24 Flag of Brazil.svg
25 Flag of the United States.svg
26 Flag of Japan.svg
27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
28 Flag of the United States.svg
29 Flag of the United States.svg

Starting grid

RowInsideOutside
1 Flag of Brazil.svg 4Emerson Fittipaldi W Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 12Paul Tracy
2 Flag of the United States.svg 1Bobby Rahal W Flag of the United States.svg 7Danny Sullivan
3 Flag of Brazil.svg 9Raul Boesel
4 Flag of the United States.svg 3Al Unser Jr. W
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2Scott Goodyear
6 Flag of the United States.svg 14Robby Gordon
7 Flag of the United States.svg 6Mario Andretti Flag of Colombia.svg 40Roberto Guerrero
8 Flag of Luxembourg.svg 90Bertrand Gachot R
9 Flag of the United States.svg 18Jimmy Vasser
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Race results

FPSPNo.DriverQualCELapsStatusTeamPts
1212 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy 109.545PC10396.510 mph Team Penske 21
214 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi W109.998PC103+13.023 seconds Team Penske 17
347 Flag of the United States.svg Danny Sullivan 109.287LC103+14.249 seconds Galles Racing 14
431 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Rahal W109.331LC103+14.800 seconds Rahal-Hogan Racing 12
573 Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. W109.034LC103+15.350 seconds Galles Racing 10
61214 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon 108.459LF103+46.770 seconds A. J. Foyt Enterprises 8
769 Flag of Brazil.svg Raul Boesel 109.161LF103+47.130 seconds Dick Simon Racing 6
8136 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti 108.204LF102Flagged Newman-Haas Racing 5
9102 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Goodyear 108.670LF102Flagged Walker Motorsport 4
101440 Flag of Colombia.svg Roberto Guerrero 108.006LC102Flagged Budweiser King Racing 3
111718 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser 107.555LF101FlaggedHayhoe Racing2
121590 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Bertrand Gachot R107.959LF101Flagged Dick Simon Racing 1
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*C Chassis: L=Lola, P=Penske

*E Engine: C=Ilmor-Chevrolet, F=Cosworth-Ford

All cars utilized Goodyear tires.

Race statistics

Notes
  • Time of race 1:53:58.00

Point Scoring System:

  • Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):
Position123456789101112
Points20 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Bonus Points:

  • 1 For Pole Position
  • 1 For Leading The Most Laps of the Race

Championship standings after the race

Media

Television

The race was carried on same day tape delay flag-to-flag coverage in the United States on ABC Sports and live flag-to-flag coverage in Canada on CBC Sports.

ABC
Booth Announcers Pit reporters
Announcer Paul Page Jack Arute
Gary Gerould
Color Sam Posey
Bobby Unser

Radio

The race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network.

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References

  1. "1993 Molson Indy Toronto weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. "1993 Molson Indy Toronto". racing-reference.info. racing-reference.info. 18 July 1993. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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