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1991 Indianapolis 500

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CART race number 4 of 17
Sunday, May 26, 1991 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:50:00
Average speed: 176.457 mph
Pole speed: 224.113 mph

Cautions: 7 for 35 laps
Margin of victory: 3.149 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 18

Glossary 1991 CART results / 1991 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	3	Rick Mears	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Chevrolet	200	1219704	running	30	21
2	5	10	Michael Andretti	Kmart / Havoline (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Chevrolet	200	607753	running	97	17
3	14	1	Arie Luyendyk	UNO / RCA / Total (Granatelli Racing)	Lola / Chevrolet	199	317053	running	0	14
4	6	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Valvoline (Galles Kraco Racing)	Lola / Chevrolet	198	223916	running	4	12
5	7	4	John Andretti	Pennzoil Z-7 (VDS Racing)	Lola / Chevrolet	197	205153	running	0	10
6	33	92	Gordon Johncock	Jack's Tool Rental / Bryant (Ron Hemelgarn)	Lola / Cosworth	188	275690	running	0	8
7	3	6	Mario Andretti	Kmart / Havoline (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Chevrolet	187	203478	engine	22	6
8	17	91	Stan Fox	Byrd's / Bryant (Ron Hemelgarn)	Lola / Buick	185	201090	running	0	5
9	20	16	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	AMAX (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.)	Penske / Chevrolet	180	170016	running	0	4
10	9	20	Danny Sullivan	Miller Genuine Draft (Pat Patrick)	Lola / Alfa Romeo	173	194403	turbocharger	0	3
11	15	5	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	Penske / Chevrolet	171	183728	gearbox	46	2
12	27	19	Scott Pruett	Budweiser (Truesports)	TrueSport / Judd	166	159191	transmission	0	1
13	30	66	Dominic Dobson	Coors / Kroger (Thorn Burns)	Lola / Judd	164	159190	running	0
14	31	39	Randy Lewis	AMP / Orbit / Jet-Air (Dale Coyne)	Lola / Cosworth	159	150490	running	0
15	11	86	Jeff Andretti	Texaco / Havoline (Bruce Leven)	Lola / Cosworth	150	187490	engine	0
16	24	7	Hiro Matsushita	Panasonic (Dick Simon)	Lola / Buick	149	145891	running	0
17	19	22	Scott Brayton	Amway / Hoechst Celanese (Dick Simon)	Lola / Chevrolet	146	172191	engine	0
18	21	48	Bernard Jourdain	Monarch Sports Systems (A.J. Foyt)	Lola / Buick	141	140190	gearbox	0
19	4	18	Bobby Rahal	STP / Kraco (Galles Kraco Racing)	Lola / Chevrolet	130	153741	engine	1
20	22	21	Geoff Brabham	MAC Tools (Truesports)	TrueSport / Judd	109	136491	electrical	0
21	32	12	Pancho Carter	Doc's Hi Tech (Frank Arciero)	Lola / Buick	94	139703	engine	0
22	13	51	Gary Bettenhausen	Menards / Glidden Paints (John Menard)	Lola / Buick	89	177890	radiator	0	1
23	26	23	Tero Palmroth	Neste Oil / Rotator (Paragon Motorsports)	Lola / Cosworth	77	131990	engine	0
24	18	50	Mike Groff	Fendi / Hawaiian Tropic (Antonio Ferrari)	Lola / Cosworth	68	133290	water leak	0
25	25	93	John Paul, Jr.	ATEC Environmental (Mann Motorsports)	Lola / Buick	53	130690	oil leak	0
26	8	26	Jim Crawford	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Lola / Buick	40	133690	engine	0
27	12	15	Scott Goodyear	Mackenzie Financial (Derrick Walker)	Lola / Judd	38	127791	engine	0
28	2	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen (A.J. Foyt)	Lola / Chevrolet	25	153591	suspension	0
29	16	9	Kevin Cogan	Glidden Paints / Conseco (John Menard)	Lola / Buick	24	127391	crash	0
30	28	40	Roberto Guerrero	Sharp's (Pat Patrick)	Lola / Alfa Romeo	23	125203	crash	0
31	10	8	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Target / Scotch Video (Chip Ganassi)	Lola / Chevrolet	17	125591	electrical	0
32	29	17	Willy T. Ribbs	McDonald's (Derrick Walker)	Lola / Buick	5	147791	engine	0
33	23	71	Buddy Lazier	Vail-Beavercreek (Ron Hemelgarn)	Lola / Buick	1	162690	crash	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
34	Johnny Parsons	11	Leader Card Racing	Leader Card	Lola / Cosworth
35	Tom Sneva	59	Menards / Glidden Paints	John Menard	Lola / Buick
	Mark Dismore	12	Arciero Wines	Frank Arciero	Penske / Buick
	Didier Theys	17,50	Walker Motorsports, Euromotorsports
	Phil Krueger	25	Support Net
	Ted Prappas	31	Say NO to Drugs / P.I.G.	Norman Turley	Lola / Judd
	Vinicio Salmi	36	Genoa / Diemme Group
	Guido Dacco	37	Genoa Racing	Angelo Ferro	Lola / Cosworth
	Salt Walther	77	Walther	Todd Walther	Penske / Cosworth
	Dean Hall	97	CNC Systems Sales	Ken Baker	Lola / Buick

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	3	3	#51,71 accident turn 1
	4	19	16
	20	23	4	#8 stopped on track
	24	24	1
	25	33	9	#9,14,40 accident turn 1
	34	83	50
	84	89	6	#23 stopped on track
	90	147	58
	148	153	6	#22,48 stopped on track
	154	183	30
	184	186	3	#20 engine
	187	190	4
	191	194	4	#6 stopped on track
	195	200	6
Percent of race run under caution: 17.5% Average green flag run: 23.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Rick Mears	1	11	11
Mario Andretti	12	33	22
Michael Andretti	34	54	21
Al Unser, Jr.	55	55	1
Michael Andretti	56	79	24
Al Unser, Jr.	80	82	3
Michael Andretti	83	108	26
Emerson Fittipaldi	109	112	4
Bobby Rahal	113	113	1
Emerson Fittipaldi	114	138	25
Rick Mears	139	140	2
Emerson Fittipaldi	141	153	13
Michael Andretti	154	165	12
Emerson Fittipaldi	166	169	4
Rick Mears	170	170	1
Michael Andretti	171	183	13
Rick Mears	184	186	3
Michael Andretti	187	187	1
Rick Mears	188	200	13

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Rick Mears	58
2	Arie Luyendyk	49	-9
3	Bobby Rahal	48	-10
4	Al Unser, Jr.	42	-16
5	John Andretti	32	-26
6	Michael Andretti	31	-27
7	Danny Sullivan	23	-35
8	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	19	-39
9	Emerson Fittipaldi	16	-42
10	Scott Brayton	13	-45
10	Jeff Andretti	13	-45
12	Scott Pruett	12	-46
13	Mario Andretti	10	-48
14	Ted Prappas	8	-50
14	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	8	-50
14	Gordon Johncock	8	-50
17	Scott Goodyear	6	-52
18	Stan Fox	5	-53
18	Mike Groff	5	-53
20	Didier Theys	3	-55
21	Franco Scapini	2	-56