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1991 Detroit Grand Prix in CART at the Detroit circuit. Full information

1991 Detroit Grand Prix

1991 Detroit Grand Prix is 177th CART race. Passed at the Detroit circuit. Michael Andretti won the pole position, Emerson Fittipaldi won this race. Bobby Rahal and Arie Luyendyk also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 62 laps (249 km).

Previous race: 1991 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Next race: 1991 Portland Champ Cars
Race Start: 16th June 1991

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1991 Detroit Grand Prix

5th victory for the Marlboro Team Penske team
13th victory for the Emerson Fittipaldi
33rd podium for the Emerson Fittipaldi
56th podium for the Bobby Rahal
7th podium for the Arie Luyendyk

Penske PC20 - 1991 Detroit Grand Prix winner

Penske PC20 #5 - 1991 Detroit Grand Prix winner

1991 Detroit Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC20, #5	21	1h 57m 59.05s	Marlboro Team Penske
2	Bobby Rahal	Lola T91/00, #18	16	1h 57m 59.337s	Galles-Kraco Racing
3	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T91/00, #9	14	1h 58m 3.396s	Vince Granatelli Racing
4	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T91/00, #1	12	1h 58m 15.586s	Galles-Kraco Racing
5	Rick Mears	Penske PC20, #3	10	1h 58m 23.047s	Marlboro Team Penske
6	John Andretti	Lola T91/00, #4	8	1h 58m 39.39s	Hall-VDS Racing
7	Mario Andretti	Lola T91/00, #6	6	1h 58m 40.93s	Newman-Haas Racing
8	Scott Goodyear	Lola T91/00, #15	5	61 laps	Uno Racing
9	Scott Brayton	Lola T91/00, #22	4	61 laps	Dick Simon Racing
10	Danny Sullivan	Lola T91/00, #20	3	61 laps	Patrick Racing
11	Willy T. Ribbs	Lola T90/00, #10	2	61 laps	Walker Motorsport
12	Eddie Cheever	Lola T91/00, #8	1	60 laps	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
13	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Penske PC19, #16	0	60 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
14	Hiro Matsushita	Lola T90/00, #7	0	60 laps	Dick Simon Racing
15	Roberto Guerrero	Lola T91/00, #26	0	59 laps	King Racing
16	Jeff Andretti	Lola T91/00, #86	0	59 laps	Bayside Motorsports
17	Scott Pruett	Truesports 91C, #11	0	58 laps	Truesports
18	Buddy Lazier	Lola T90/00, #90	0	57 laps	Dale Coyne Racing
19	Michael Andretti	Lola T91/00, #2	1	48 laps Accident	Newman-Haas Racing
20	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T89/00, #39	0	44 laps Accident	Dale Coyne Racing
21	Guido Dacco	Lola T90/00, #33	0	31 laps Overheating	Genoa Racing
22	Michael Groff	Lola T91/00, #50	0	26 laps Mechanical	Euromotorsport
23	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T91/00, #14	0	25 laps Gearbox	Gilmore Racing Team
24	Jeff Wood	Penske PC17, #12	0	13 laps Suspension	Arciero Racing
25	Ted Prappas	Lola T89/00, #31	0	7 laps Accident	PIG Racing
0	Didier Theys	Lola T90/00, #21	0		Leader Card Racers
0	Dale Coyne	Lola T90/00, #19	0		Dale Coyne Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1991 Detroit Grand Prix on the Detroit circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Michael Andretti	Lola T91/00, #2	1m 41.442s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC20, #5	1m 42.419s	Marlboro Team Penske
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC20, #3	1m 42.915s	Marlboro Team Penske
4	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T91/00, #9	1m 42.997s	Vince Granatelli Racing
5	Mario Andretti	Lola T91/00, #6	1m 43.289s	Newman-Haas Racing
6	Scott Pruett	Truesports 91C, #11	1m 43.792s	Truesports
7	Bobby Rahal	Lola T91/00, #18	1m 43.857s	Galles-Kraco Racing
8	John Andretti	Lola T91/00, #4	1m 43.94s	Hall-VDS Racing
9	Eddie Cheever	Lola T91/00, #8	1m 44.047s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
10	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T91/00, #1	1m 44.23s	Galles-Kraco Racing
11	Scott Brayton	Lola T91/00, #22	1m 44.801s	Dick Simon Racing
12	Scott Goodyear	Lola T91/00, #15	1m 44.935s	Uno Racing
13	Danny Sullivan	Lola T91/00, #20	1m 45.536s	Patrick Racing
14	Roberto Guerrero	Lola T91/00, #26	1m 46.052s	King Racing
15	Michael Groff	Lola T91/00, #50	1m 46.101s	Euromotorsport
16	Jeff Andretti	Lola T91/00, #86	1m 46.483s	Bayside Motorsports
17	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Penske PC19, #16	1m 46.668s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
18	Hiro Matsushita	Lola T90/00, #7	1m 47.317s	Dick Simon Racing
19	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T91/00, #14	1m 47.641s	Gilmore Racing Team
20	Buddy Lazier	Lola T90/00, #90	1m 47.807s	Dale Coyne Racing
21	Willy T. Ribbs	Lola T90/00, #10	1m 47.862s	Walker Motorsport
22	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T89/00, #39	1m 48.031s	Dale Coyne Racing
23	Guido Dacco	Lola T90/00, #33	1m 49.599s	Genoa Racing
24	Jeff Wood	Penske PC17, #12	1m 51.463s	Arciero Racing
25	Ted Prappas	Lola T89/00, #31	1m 51.505s	PIG Racing
26	Didier Theys	Lola T90/00, #21		Leader Card Racers
27	Dale Coyne	Lola T90/00, #19		Dale Coyne Racing