1993 Molson Indy Toronto

1993 Toronto
Race details
Race 9 of 16 in the 1993 IndyCar season
Date18 July, 1993
Official name1993 Molson Indy Toronto
LocationExhibition 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)
Driver
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]

Results

Key Meaning
R Rookie
W Past winner

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Car Qual
1 Emerson Fittipaldi W Team Penske Penske PC-22 Chevrolet 109.998
2 Paul Tracy Team Penske Penske PC-22 Chevrolet 109.545
3 Bobby Rahal W Rahal-Hogan Racing Lola T93/00 Chevrolet 109.331
4 Danny Sullivan Galles Racing Lola T93/00 Chevrolet 109.287
5 Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Motorsports Penske PC-22 Chevrolet 109.174
6 Raul Boesel Dick Simon Racing Lola T93/00 FordXB 109.161
7 Al Unser Jr. W Galles Racing Lola T93/00 Chevrolet 109.034
8 Arie Luyendyk Chip Ganassi Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8t 109.029
9 Nigel Mansell Newman-Haas Racing Lola T93/00 FordXB 108.921
10 Scott Goodyear Walker Motorsport Lola T93/00 FordXB 108.670
11 Teo Fabi Hall/VDS Racing Lola T93/00 Chevrolet 108.600
12 Robby Gordon A. J. Foyt Enterprises Lola T93/00 FordXB 108.459
13 Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola T93/00 FordXB 108.204
14 Roberto Guerrero Budweiser King Racing Lola T93/00 Chevrolet 108.006
15 Bertrand Gachot R Dick Simon Racing Lola T93/00 FordXB 107.959
16 Andrea Montermini R Euromotorsport Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t 107.887
17 Jimmy Vasser Hayhoe Racing Lola T92/00 FordXB 107.555
18 Brian Till Turley Motorsports Penske PC-21 Chevrolet 107.475
19 Scott Brayton Dick Simon Racing Lola T93/00 FordXB 107.376
20 Scott Pruett ProFormance Motorsports Lola T91/00 Chevrolet 106.948
21 Willy T. Ribbs Walker Motorsport Lola T92/00 FordXB 105.990
22 Mark Smith R Arciero Racing Penske PC-21 Chevrolet 105.740
23 Kevin Cogan Galles Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 104.967
24 Marco Greco R International Sport Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 104.461
25 Hiro Matsushita Walker Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB 103.662
26 Ross Bentley Dale Coyne Racing Lola T91/00 Chevrolet 103.274
27 Johnny Unser R Dale Coyne Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 102.167
28 Jeff Wood Euromotorsport Lola T91/00 Cosworth 101.696

Starting grid

Row Inside Outside
1 4Emerson Fittipaldi W 12Paul Tracy
2 1Bobby Rahal W 7Danny Sullivan
3 9Raul Boesel
4 3Al Unser Jr. W
5 2Scott Goodyear
6 14Robby Gordon
7 6Mario Andretti 40Roberto Guerrero
8 90Bertrand Gachot R
9 18Jimmy Vasser
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Race results

FP SP No. Driver Qual C E Laps Status Team Pts
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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*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):
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

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.

References

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