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1991 Michigan 500 in CART at the Michigan circuit. Full information

1991 Michigan 500

1991 Michigan 500 is 182nd CART race. Passed at the Michigan circuit. Rick Mears won the pole position and this race. Arie Luyendyk and Al Unser, Jr. also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 250 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 1991 Toronto Champ Cars
Next race: 1991 Denver Champ Cars
Race Start: 4th August 1991

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1991 Michigan 500

6th victory for the Marlboro Team Penske team
25th victory for the Rick Mears
67th podium for the Rick Mears
8th podium for the Arie Luyendyk
44th podium for the Al Unser, Jr.

Penske PC20 #3 - 1991 Michigan 500 winner

1991 Michigan 500 results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC20, #3	21	2h 59m 23.65s	Marlboro Team Penske
2	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T91/00, #9	16	2h 59m 26.793s	Vince Granatelli Racing
3	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T91/00, #1	14	246 laps	Galles-Kraco Racing
4	Mario Andretti	Lola T91/00, #6	12	245 laps Engine	Newman-Haas Racing
5	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Penske PC19, #16	10	245 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
6	John Andretti	Lola T91/00, #4	8	241 laps	Hall-VDS Racing
7	Eddie Cheever	Lola T91/00, #8	6	226 laps Engine	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
8	John Jones	Lola T89/00, #12	5	220 laps	Arciero Racing
9	Scott Brayton	Lola T91/00, #22	4	219 laps	Dick Simon Racing
10	Pancho Carter	Lola T90/00, #21	3	187 laps Engine	Leader Card Racers
11	Bobby Rahal	Lola T91/00, #18	2	182 laps Engine	Galles-Kraco Racing
12	Jeff Andretti	Lola T91/00, #86	1	174 laps Oil line	Bayside Motorsports
13	Scott Pruett	Truesports 91C, #11	0	169 laps Clutch	Truesports
14	Michael Andretti	Lola T91/00, #2	1	143 laps Engine	Newman-Haas Racing
15	Scott Goodyear	Lola T91/00, #15	0	125 laps Engine	Uno Racing
16	Randy Lewis	Lola T90/00, #19	0	93 laps Engine	Dale Coyne Racing
17	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T91/00, #14	0	61 laps Engine	Gilmore Racing Team
18	Danny Sullivan	Lola T91/00, #20	0	48 laps Electrics	Patrick Racing
19	Hiro Matsushita	Lola T91/00, #7	0	41 laps Gearbox	Dick Simon Racing
20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC20, #5	0	22 laps Accident	Marlboro Team Penske
21	Paul Tracy	Penske PC19, #17	0	3 laps Accident	Penske Racing
0	Jon Beekhuis	Lola T90/00, #10	0		Walker Motorsport

Qualifying Results for the 1991 Michigan 500 on the Michigan circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC20, #3	31.976s	Marlboro Team Penske
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC20, #5	32.014s	Marlboro Team Penske
3	Mario Andretti	Lola T91/00, #6	32.119s	Newman-Haas Racing
4	Bobby Rahal	Lola T91/00, #18	32.125s	Galles-Kraco Racing
5	Michael Andretti	Lola T91/00, #2	32.166s	Newman-Haas Racing
6	John Andretti	Lola T91/00, #4	32.192s	Hall-VDS Racing
7	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Penske PC19, #16	32.333s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
8	Paul Tracy	Penske PC19, #17	32.358s	Penske Racing
9	Hiro Matsushita	Lola T91/00, #7	32.37s	Dick Simon Racing
10	Scott Brayton	Lola T91/00, #22	32.374s	Dick Simon Racing
11	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T91/00, #1	32.451s	Galles-Kraco Racing
12	Jon Beekhuis	Lola T90/00, #10	32.634s	Walker Motorsport
13	Scott Pruett	Truesports 91C, #11	32.658s	Truesports
14	Eddie Cheever	Lola T91/00, #8	32.815s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
15	Pancho Carter	Lola T90/00, #21	32.878s	Leader Card Racers
16	Scott Goodyear	Lola T91/00, #15	32.89s	Uno Racing
17	Jeff Andretti	Lola T91/00, #86	33.057s	Bayside Motorsports
18	Danny Sullivan	Lola T91/00, #20	33.09s	Patrick Racing
19	Randy Lewis	Lola T90/00, #19	33.585s	Dale Coyne Racing
20	John Jones	Lola T89/00, #12	35.964s	Arciero Racing
21	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T91/00, #9	32.3s	Vince Granatelli Racing
22	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T91/00, #14	32.4s	Gilmore Racing Team