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Race 9 of 16 in the 1993 IndyCar season | |
Date | 18 July, 1993 |
Official name | 1993 Molson Indy Toronto |
Location | Exhibition Place Toronto, Canada |
Course | Temporary Street Circuit 1.780 mi / 2.781 km |
Distance | 103 laps 183.3 mi / 286.4 km |
Weather | Mostly 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]
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R | Rookie |
W | Past winner |
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1 | Emerson Fittipaldi W | Team Penske | Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor C | 109.998 | |
2 | Paul Tracy | Team Penske | Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor C | 109.545 | |
3 | Bobby Rahal W | Rahal-Hogan Racing | Lola T93/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor C | 109.331 | |
4 | Danny Sullivan | Galles Racing | Lola T93/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor C | 109.287 | |
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6 | Raul Boesel | Dick Simon Racing | Lola T93/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 109.161 | |
7 | Al Unser Jr. W | Galles Racing | Lola T93/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor C | 109.034 | |
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10 | Scott Goodyear | Walker Motorsport | Lola T93/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 108.670 | |
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12 | Robby Gordon | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Lola T93/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 108.459 | |
13 | Mario Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | Lola T93/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 108.204 | |
14 | Roberto Guerrero | Budweiser King Racing | Lola T93/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor C | 108.006 | |
15 | Bertrand Gachot R | Dick Simon Racing | Lola T93/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 107.959 | |
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17 | Jimmy Vasser | Hayhoe Racing | Lola T92/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 107.555 | |
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Row | Inside | Outside |
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1 | 4 – Emerson Fittipaldi W | 12 – Paul Tracy |
2 | 1 – Bobby Rahal W | 7 – Danny Sullivan |
3 | 9 – Raul Boesel | |
4 | 3 – Al Unser Jr. W | |
5 | 2 – Scott Goodyear | |
6 | 14 – Robby Gordon | |
7 | 6 – Mario Andretti | 40 – Roberto Guerrero |
8 | 90 – Bertrand Gachot R | |
9 | 18 – Jimmy Vasser | |
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FP | SP | No. | Driver | Qual | C | E | Laps | Status | Team | Pts |
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1 | 2 | 12 | Paul Tracy | 109.545 | P | C | 103 | 96.510 mph | Team Penske | 21 |
2 | 1 | 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi W | 109.998 | P | C | 103 | +13.023 seconds | Team Penske | 17 |
3 | 4 | 7 | Danny Sullivan | 109.287 | L | C | 103 | +14.249 seconds | Galles Racing | 14 |
4 | 3 | 1 | Bobby Rahal W | 109.331 | L | C | 103 | +14.800 seconds | Rahal-Hogan Racing | 12 |
5 | 7 | 3 | Al Unser Jr. W | 109.034 | L | C | 103 | +15.350 seconds | Galles Racing | 10 |
6 | 12 | 14 | Robby Gordon | 108.459 | L | F | 103 | +46.770 seconds | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 8 |
7 | 6 | 9 | Raul Boesel | 109.161 | L | F | 103 | +47.130 seconds | Dick Simon Racing | 6 |
8 | 13 | 6 | Mario Andretti | 108.204 | L | F | 102 | Flagged | Newman-Haas Racing | 5 |
9 | 10 | 2 | Scott Goodyear | 108.670 | L | F | 102 | Flagged | Walker Motorsport | 4 |
10 | 14 | 40 | Roberto Guerrero | 108.006 | L | C | 102 | Flagged | Budweiser King Racing | 3 |
11 | 17 | 18 | Jimmy Vasser | 107.555 | L | F | 101 | Flagged | Hayhoe Racing | 2 |
12 | 15 | 90 | Bertrand Gachot R | 107.959 | L | F | 101 | Flagged | Dick Simon Racing | 1 |
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*E Engine: C=Ilmor-Chevrolet, F=Cosworth-Ford
All cars utilized Goodyear tires.
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Point Scoring System:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Points | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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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.
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Booth Announcers | Pit reporters | |
Announcer | Paul Page | Jack Arute Gary Gerould |
Color | Sam Posey Bobby Unser |
The race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network.
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