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1992 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars in CART at the Surfers Paradise circuit. Full information

1992 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars

1992 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars is 189th CART race. Passed at the Surfers Paradise circuit. Al Unser, Jr. won the pole position, Emerson Fittipaldi won this race. Rick Mears and Bobby Rahal also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 65 laps (292 km).

Previous race: 1991 Monterey Grand Prix
Next race: 1992 Phoenix Champ Cars
Race Start: 22nd March 1992

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1992 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars

7th victory for the Marlboro Team Penske team
14th victory for the Emerson Fittipaldi
38th podium for the Emerson Fittipaldi
68th podium for the Rick Mears
64th podium for the Bobby Rahal

Penske PC21 - 1992 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars winner

Penske PC21 #5 - 1992 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars winner

1992 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC21, #5	20	2h 20m 32.477s	Marlboro Team Penske
2	Rick Mears	Penske PC21, #4	16	2h 20m 35.81s	Marlboro Team Penske
3	Bobby Rahal	Lola T92/00, #12	14	65 laps	Rahal-Hogan Racing
4	Al Unser, Jr.	Galmer G92, #3	13	65 laps	Galles-Kraco Racing
5	Danny Sullivan	Galmer G92, #18	10	65 laps	Galles-Kraco Racing
6	John Andretti	Lola T92/00, #8	8	65 laps	Hall-VDS Racing
7	Mario Andretti	Lola T91/00, #2	6	65 laps	Newman-Haas Racing
8	Eddie Cheever	Lola T91/00, #9	5	64 laps	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
9	Scott Goodyear	Lola T91/00, #15	4	63 laps	Walker Motorsport
10	Ted Prappas	Lola T91/00, #31	3	62 laps	PIG Racing
11	Ross Bentley	Lola T90/00, #39	2	61 laps	Dale Coyne Racing
12	Fabrizio Barbazza	Lola T90/00, #30	1	61 laps	Arciero Racing
13	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Penske PC20, #16	0	60 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
14	Jovy Marcelo	Lola T91/00, #50	0	54 laps	Euromotorsport
15	Jimmy Vasser	Lola T91/00, #47	0	48 laps Electrics	Hayhoe Racing
16	Buddy Lazier	Lola T90/00, #21	0	47 laps	Leader Card Racers
17	Michael Andretti	Lola T91/00, #1	1	41 laps Header	Newman-Haas Racing
18	Scott Pruett	Truesports 92C, #10	0	23 laps Transmission	Truesports
19	Nicola Marozzo	Lola T91/00, #42	0	22 laps Electrics	Euromotorsport
20	Scott Brayton	Lola T92/00, #22	0	22 laps Transmission	Dick Simon Racing
21	Gregor Foitek	Lola T92/00, #14	0	19 laps Puncture	Gilmore Racing Team
22	Eric Bachelart	Lola T90/00, #19	0	16 laps Oil pressure	Dale Coyne Racing
23	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T90/00, #17	0	2 laps Transmission	Walker Motorsport
0	Hiro Matsushita	Lola T92/00, #11	0		Dick Simon Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1992 Surfers Paradise Champ Cars on the Surfers Paradise circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Al Unser, Jr.	Galmer G92, #3	1m 38.744s	Galles-Kraco Racing
2	Michael Andretti	Lola T91/00, #1	1m 39.024s	Newman-Haas Racing
3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC21, #5	1m 39.399s	Marlboro Team Penske
4	Bobby Rahal	Lola T92/00, #12	1m 39.594s	Rahal-Hogan Racing
5	Rick Mears	Penske PC21, #4	1m 39.608s	Marlboro Team Penske
6	Mario Andretti	Lola T91/00, #2	1m 39.645s	Newman-Haas Racing
7	Eddie Cheever	Lola T91/00, #9	1m 39.712s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
8	Scott Pruett	Truesports 92C, #10	1m 39.954s	Truesports
9	Scott Goodyear	Lola T91/00, #15	1m 40.01s	Walker Motorsport
10	Danny Sullivan	Galmer G92, #18	1m 40.344s	Galles-Kraco Racing
11	John Andretti	Lola T92/00, #8	1m 40.414s	Hall-VDS Racing
12	Scott Brayton	Lola T92/00, #22	1m 41.394s	Dick Simon Racing
13	Gregor Foitek	Lola T92/00, #14	1m 41.753s	Gilmore Racing Team
14	Tony Bettenhausen jr	Penske PC20, #16	1m 42.446s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
15	Fabrizio Barbazza	Lola T90/00, #30	1m 42.767s	Arciero Racing
16	Ted Prappas	Lola T91/00, #31	1m 43.145s	PIG Racing
17	Jimmy Vasser	Lola T91/00, #47	1m 43.542s	Hayhoe Racing
18	Eric Bachelart	Lola T90/00, #19	1m 43.583s	Dale Coyne Racing
19	Jovy Marcelo	Lola T91/00, #50	1m 44.386s	Euromotorsport
20	Buddy Lazier	Lola T90/00, #21	1m 44.565s	Leader Card Racers
21	Ross Bentley	Lola T90/00, #39	1m 47.005s	Dale Coyne Racing
22	Nicola Marozzo	Lola T91/00, #42	1m 47.009s	Euromotorsport
23	AJ Foyt jr	Lola T90/00, #17	Transmission	Walker Motorsport
24	Hiro Matsushita	Lola T92/00, #11		Dick Simon Racing