1991 Indianapolis 500

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1991 Indianapolis 500

Results of the 1991 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 race.It has existed since 1909, and is the original "Speedway," the first racing facility historically to incorporate the word....
on Sunday, May 26, 1991.
ing rains delayed the start by 55 minutes. Michael Andretti

Michael Andretti

Michael Mario Andretti is an United States retired Champ Car and Formula One driver with Italy heritage. He now co-owns the Andretti Green Racing team in the Indy Racing League....
led Rick Mears

Rick Mears

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Morning rains delayed the start by 55 minutes. Michael Andretti

Michael Andretti

Michael Mario Andretti is an United States retired Champ Car and Formula One driver with Italy heritage. He now co-owns the Andretti Green Racing team in the Indy Racing League....
led Rick Mears

Rick Mears

Rick Ravon Mears is a retired United States race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500 four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six ....
by 15 seconds when a caution flag flies on lap 182. 'Luck' appears to be going Andretti's way as he is able to make it to the pits for fuel under the yellow, while Mears lined up as the leader. Andretti then completes a daring pass around the outside of Mears into turn 1 on the restart. Exactly one lap later, Mears repeats the move on Andretti, passing him on the outside of turn one to re-take the lead. Another caution does not alter the result as Mears powers away again to his record-tying fourth Indianapolis 500 Victory, tying A.J Foyt and Al Unser, Sr. This was also Mears 4th win at the brickyard in 12 years.

Results

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	1	3	Rick Mears Rick Mears Rick Ravon Mears is a retired United States race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500 four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six ....	224.113	2	200	30	Running
2	5	10	Michael Andretti Michael Andretti Michael Mario Andretti is an United States retired Champ Car and Formula One driver with Italy heritage. He now co-owns the Andretti Green Racing team in the Indy Racing League....	220.943	9	200	97	Running
3	14	1	Arie Luyendyk Arie Luyendyk Arie Luyendyk, originally Arie Luijendijk is a Netherlands automobile racing driver, twice winner of the Indianapolis 500.Born in Sommelsdijk, Luyendyk started racing in the early 1970s, winning a number of Dutch national titles....	223.880	3	199	0	Flagged
4	6	2	Al Unser, Jr. Al Unser, Jr. Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner....	219.823	10	198	4	Flagged
5	7	4	John Andretti John Andretti John Andretti , is an United States race car driver. He currently drives the #34 Window World.Com car in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing....	219.059	12	197	0	Flagged
6	33	92	Gordon Johncock Gordon Johncock Gordon Johncock is a former racing driver, best known as a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and the 1976 United States Automobile Club Marlboro Championship Trail champion....	213.812	33	188	0	Flagged
7	3	6	Mario Andretti Mario Andretti Mario Gabriele Andretti is an Italian American former automobile auto racing driver, and one of the most successful United States in the history of the sport....	221.818	7	187	22	Engine
8	17	91	Stan Fox Stan Fox Stan Fox was a United States open wheel race car driver. Fox was one of the last links between the midget car racing and the Indianapolis 500. ...	219.501	11	185	0	Flagged
9	20	16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. was a former Champ Car team owner and driver who died in a 2000 plane crash. He was the son of former 14-time Indianapolis 500 competitor Tony Bettenhausen and the brother of 21-time Indy racer Gary Bettenhausen....	218.188	18	180	0	Flagged
10	9	20	Danny Sullivan Danny Sullivan Daniel John "Danny" Sullivan III is a former racing driver from United States. He is best known for winning the 1985 Indianapolis 500....	218.343	17	173	0	Turbo
11	15	5	Emerson Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi is a highly successful Brazilian automobile racing driver, winning championships in both Formula One and Champcars, and the Indianapolis 500 twice....	223.063	4	171	46	Gearbox
12	27	19	Scott Pruett Scott Pruett Donald Scott Pruett is an United States of America race car driver who has competed in NASCAR, Champ Car, International Motor Sports Association, Trans-Am Series and Grand-Am....	214.814	29	166	0	Transmission
13	30	66	Dominic Dobson Dominic Dobson Dominic Dobson is a Germany-born former CART and Craftsman Truck Series driver who made 7 starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 12th in 1992, over 60 starts in the CART , with a best finish of 3rd at the Michigan 500 in 1994....	215.326	27	164	0	Flagged
14	31	39	Randy Lewis Randy Lewis Randy Lewis, born John Ranson Lewis III , is a five-time starter of the Indianapolis 500 USA automobile race. His best starting position was 11th in 1988 and 1989....	214.565	30	159	0	Flagged
15	11	86	Jeff Andretti Jeff Andretti Jeff Andretti is an United States of America race car driver, with Italian heritage. He competed in Champ Car, and was the series' Rookie of the Year in 1991....	217.632	22	150	0	Engine
16	24	7	Hiro Matsushita Hiro Matsushita , is a former driver in the Champ Car series. He is the grandson of Konosuke Matsushita, founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.; as a result, he has always carried Panasonic sponsorship....	218.141	19	149	0	Flagged
17	19	22	Scott Brayton Scott Brayton Scott Brayton was a race car driver from Coldwater, Michigan, Michigan, on the American open-wheel circuit. He competed in 14 Indianapolis 500s, beginning with the 1981 Indianapolis 500 event....	218.627	16	146	0	Engine
18	21	48	Bernard Jourdain Bernard Jourdain Bernard Jourdain is a Belgian born Mexican former race car driver. He started two Indianapolis 500's . He was named the Indy 500 Co-Rookie of the Year in 1989 CART World Series season with Scott Pruett....	216.683	25	141	0	Gearbox
19	4	18	Bobby Rahal Bobby Rahal Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahal is an United States auto racing team owner and former driver, spending most of his driving career in the Champ Car open-wheel series, winning three championships there....	221.401	8	130	1	Engine
20	22	21	Geoff Brabham Geoff Brabham Geoff Brabham is an Australian racing driver. He is the son of three-time Formula One World Champion Jack Brabham. Brabham spent the majority of his racing career in the United States....	214.859	28	109	0	Electrical
21	32	12	Pancho Carter Pancho Carter Duane "Pancho" Carter, Jr. is a retired American race car driver. He is most famous for his participation in CART races....	214.012	32	94	0	Engine
22	13	51	Gary Bettenhausen Gary Bettenhausen Gary Bettenhausen is a retired American auto racing driver. He was born in Blue Island, Illinois, raised in Tinley Park, Illinois and lives in Monrovia, Indiana, Indiana....	224.468	1	89	0	Radiator
23	26	23	Tero Palmroth Tero Palmroth Tero Palmroth , is a former driver in the Champ Car Championship Car series. He raced in the 1988-1992 seasons with 12 career starts, including the 1988-1991 Indianapolis 500....	215.648	26	77	0	Engine
24	18	50	Mike Groff Mike Groff Mike Groff is a former race car driver in Champ Car and the Indy Racing League and the 1989 Indy Lights champion. He made 54 starts in CART beginning in 1990 with a best finish of 6th, occurring at Phoenix International Raceway in 1994....	219.015	13	68	0	Water leak
25	25	93	John Paul, Jr. John Paul, Jr. John Lee Paul, Jr. is a former race car driver in CART and the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series and winner of the 1982 12 Hours of Sebring while co-driving with his father John Paul, Sr....	217.952	21	53	0	Oil leak
26	8	26	Jim Crawford Jim Crawford (driver) Jim Crawford was a Scotland racing driver. He participated in 2 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on July 19, 1975.Crawford moved to the United States in the 1980s and began a career in Champ Cars....	218.947	14	49	0	Engine
27	12	15	Scott Goodyear Scott Goodyear Scott Goodyear is a former race car driver from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Goodyear ran the Indy Racing League and Champ Car series during his career from 1987, winning the Michigan 500 in 1992 and 1994....	216.751	24	38	0	Engine
28	2	14		222.443	6	25	0	Suspension
29	16	9	Kevin Cogan Kevin Cogan Kevin Cogan is a former racecar driver who drove in Formula One from to . Driving a RAM Racing Williams in the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix, he failed to qualify, suffering the same result driving for Tyrrell Racing at the 1981 United States Grand Prix West....	222.844	5	24	0	Crash T1
30	28	40	Roberto Guerrero Roberto Guerrero Roberto Jos? Guerrero Isaza is a former racing driver from Colombia. He participated in 29 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on January 23, 1982....	214.027	31	23	0	Crash T1
31	10	8	Eddie Cheever Eddie Cheever Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. is an United States racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports car racing, CART and the Indy Racing League....	218.123	20	17	0	Electrical
32	29	17	Willy T. Ribbs Willy T. Ribbs William "Willy" Theodore Ribbs, Jr. is an African-American racecar driver who competed in many forms of auto racing. After retiring, he became a sport shooting in the National Sporting Clays Association....	217.358	23	5	0	Engine Failure
33	23	71	Buddy Lazier Buddy Lazier Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....	218.692	15	1	0	Accident SC

Failed to Qualify: Guido Daccò

Guido Daccò

Guido Dacc? was an Italy race car and motocycle racer from Limbiate. He began motorcycle racing in 1969 and from 1980-1984 he raced in Formula 2....
(#37), Mark Dismore

Mark Dismore

Mark Dismore is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and the 1990 Champ Car Atlantic Championship champion as well as the winner of the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona with Dan Gurney's All American Racers in a Toyota GTP car with co-drivers Rocky Moran and P....
(#12), Dean Hall

Dean Hall

Dean Hall , is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1990, 1991, and 1995 seasons with 21 career starts, including the 1990 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500....
(#97), Davey Hamilton

Davey Hamilton

Davey Hamilton is a race car driver in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. He has made 50 series starts and while never winning a race, finished second 3 times....
(#81), Phil Krueger

Phil Krueger

Phil Krueger , is a former driver in the Champ Car Championship Car series. He raced in 9 seasons , with 23 career starts, including the 1986 and 1988 Indianapolis 500....
(#25), Johnny Parsons

Johnny Parsons

Johnny Parsons is an United States racecar driver....
(#11), Ted Prappas

Ted Prappas

Ted Prappas , is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1991-1992 seasons with 26 career starts, including the 1992 Indianapolis 500....
(#31), Vinicio Salmi

Vinicio Salmi

Vinicio Salmi is a former Italy racing driver from Genoa. He competed in the FIA European Formula Three Championship part-time from 1979 to 1981 and Italian Formula Three in 1981....
(#36), Tom Sneva

Tom Sneva

Tom Sneva is a former American Championship Car Racing driver that was named to the prestigious Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2005. Sneva is best remembered for winning the 1983 Indianapolis 500....
(#59), Didier Theys

Didier Theys

Didier Theys is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. After some success in European F-3, he raced in the 1987-1993 seasons with 47 career starts, including the 1989 Indianapolis 500, 1990 Indianapolis 500 and 1993 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500....
(#17/#50T), Paul Tracy

Paul Tracy

Paul Tracy is a professional auto racing racer who competed in CART and the Champ Car World Series from 1991 to 2007. He is nicknamed "PT" and also goes by the nickname "The Thrill from West Hill, Toronto"....
(#90), Salt Walther

Salt Walther

David "Salt" Walther , is a former driver in the United States Automobile Club and CART Championship Car series. He also drove NASCAR stock cars, unlimited hydroplane boats, and was a car owner in USAC....
(#77), Jeff Wood

Jeff Wood (auto racer)

Jeff Wood is an United States former race car driver born in Wichita, Kansas. He drove in the CanAm series for Carl Haas in 1981 and 1982, then made his Champ Car debut in 1983 at the Caesars Palace Grand Prix....