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1991 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars in CART at the Surfers Paradise circuit. Full information

1991 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars

1991 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars is 172nd CART race. Passed at the Surfers Paradise circuit. Michael Andretti won the pole position, John Andretti won this race. Bobby Rahal and Rick Mears also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 65 laps (292 km).

Previous race: 1990 Monterey Grand Prix
Next race: 1991 Long Beach Grand Prix
Race Start: 17th March 1991

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1991 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars

1st victory for the Hall-VDS Racing team
1st victory for the John Andretti
1st podium for the John Andretti
53rd podium for the Bobby Rahal
64th podium for the Rick Mears

Lola T91/00 - 1991 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars winner

Lola T91/00 #4 - 1991 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars winner

1991 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	John Andretti	Lola T91/00, #4	20	2h 12m 54.82s	Hall-VDS Racing
2	Bobby Rahal	Lola T91/00, #18	16	2h 13m 7.524s	Galles-Kraco Racing
3	Rick Mears	Penske PC20, #3	14	65 laps	Marlboro Team Penske
4	Danny Sullivan	Lola T91/00, #20	12	65 laps	Patrick Racing
5	Scott Pruett	Truesports 91C, #11	10	65 laps	Truesports
6	Scott Brayton	Lola T91/00, #22	8	65 laps	Dick Simon Racing
7	Jeff Andretti	Lola T91/00, #86	6	65 laps	Bayside Motorsports
8	Michael Groff	Lola T91/00, #50	5	64 laps	Euromotorsport
9	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T91/00, #9	4	64 laps	Vince Granatelli Racing
10	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Penske PC19, #16	3	62 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
11	Franco Scapini	Lola T91/00, #42	2	59 laps	Euromotorsport
12	Dean Hall	Lola T90/00, #21	1	58 laps Accident	Leader Card Racers
13	Randy Lewis	Lola T90/00, #19	0	58 laps Accident	Dale Coyne Racing
14	Michael Andretti	Lola T91/00, #2	1	57 laps Brakes	Newman-Haas Racing
15	Eddie Cheever	Lola T91/00, #8	0	42 laps Accident	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
16	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T91/00, #1	1	41 laps Accident	Galles-Kraco Racing
17	Mario Andretti	Lola T91/00, #6	0	41 laps Accident	Newman-Haas Racing
18	Phil Krueger	Lola T89/00, #44	0	32 laps Overheating	US Engineering
19	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC20, #5	0	27 laps Driveshaft	Marlboro Team Penske
20	Mark Dismore	Penske PC17, #12	0	22 laps Engine	Arciero Racing
21	Hiro Matsushita	Lola T90/00, #7	0	13 laps Accident	Dick Simon Racing
22	Ted Prappas	Lola T89/00, #31	0	8 laps Engine	PIG Racing
23	Scott Goodyear	Lola T91/00, #15	0	5 laps Engine	Uno Racing
24	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T89/00, #39	0	3 laps Spun	NuTech Motorsport
25	Buddy Lazier	Lola T88/00, #90	0	1 laps Suspension	Dale Coyne Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1991 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars on the Surfers Paradise circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Michael Andretti	Lola T91/00, #2	1m 40.047s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Eddie Cheever	Lola T91/00, #8	1m 40.09s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3	Al Unser, Jr.	Lola T91/00, #1	1m 40.149s	Galles-Kraco Racing
4	Bobby Rahal	Lola T91/00, #18	1m 40.33s	Galles-Kraco Racing
5	Mario Andretti	Lola T91/00, #6	1m 40.566s	Newman-Haas Racing
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC20, #5	1m 40.774s	Marlboro Team Penske
7	Rick Mears	Penske PC20, #3	1m 40.998s	Marlboro Team Penske
8	Arie Luyendyk	Lola T91/00, #9	1m 42.125s	Vince Granatelli Racing
9	John Andretti	Lola T91/00, #4	1m 42.353s	Hall-VDS Racing
10	Danny Sullivan	Lola T91/00, #20	1m 42.392s	Patrick Racing
11	Scott Pruett	Truesports 91C, #11	1m 43.229s	Truesports
12	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Penske PC19, #16	1m 43.7s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
13	Scott Goodyear	Lola T91/00, #15	1m 44.006s	Uno Racing
14	Scott Brayton	Lola T91/00, #22	1m 44.188s	Dick Simon Racing
15	Ted Prappas	Lola T89/00, #31	1m 45.377s	PIG Racing
16	Jeff Andretti	Lola T91/00, #86	1m 45.396s	Bayside Motorsports
17	Michael Groff	Lola T91/00, #50	1m 45.506s	Euromotorsport
18	Franco Scapini	Lola T91/00, #42	1m 45.839s	Euromotorsport
19	Hiro Matsushita	Lola T90/00, #7	1m 46.086s	Dick Simon Racing
20	Randy Lewis	Lola T90/00, #19	1m 47.686s	Dale Coyne Racing
21	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T89/00, #39	1m 48.103s	NuTech Motorsport
22	Dean Hall	Lola T90/00, #21	1m 48.41s	Leader Card Racers
23	Mark Dismore	Penske PC17, #12	1m 48.518s	Arciero Racing
24	Buddy Lazier	Lola T88/00, #90	1m 49.93s	Dale Coyne Racing
25	Phil Krueger	Lola T89/00, #44	1m 52.902s	US Engineering