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1991 Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix

Queensland, Australia

The 1991 Gold Coast IndyCar Grand Prix was the opening round of the 1991 CART PPG Indy Car World Series, held on 17 March 1991 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Queensland, Australia. This was the first ever race for the North American–based Champ Car World Series held in the Southern Hemisphere.

Qualifying results

Pos	No	Nat	Name	Team	Car
2	USA	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.047
8	USA	Eddie Cheever	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.090
1	USA	Al Unser Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.149
18	USA	Bobby Rahal	Galles-Kraco Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.330
6	USA	Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.566
5	BRA	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	Penske PC-20-91 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.774
3	USA	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Penske PC-20-91 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.998
9	NED	Arie Luyendyk	Granatelli Racing Team	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:42.125
4	USA	John Andretti	Racing Team VDS	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:42.353
20	USA	Danny Sullivan	Patrick Racing	Lola T91/00 Alfa Romeo	1:42.392
11	USA	Scott Pruett	Truesports	Truesports 91C Judd	1:43.229
16	USA	Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	Bettenhausen Racing	Penske PC19-90 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:43.700
15	CAN	Scott Goodyear	Walker Motorsport	Lola T91/00 Judd	1:44.006
22	USA	Scott Brayton	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:44.188
31	USA	Ted Prappas	P.I.G. Enterprises	Lola T89/00 Judd	1:45.377
86	USA	Jeff Andretti	Bayside Disposal Racing	Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS	1:45.396
50	USA	Mike Groff	Euromotorsport	Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS	1:45.506
42	ITA	Franco Scapini	Euromotorsport	Lola T91/00 Cosworth DFS	1:45.839
7	JPN	Hiro Matsushita	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS	1:46.086
19	USA	Randy Lewis	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS	1:47.686
39	USA	Dennis Vitolo	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T89/00 Cosworth DFS	1:48.103
21	USA	Dean Hall	Leader Cards Racing	Lola T90/00 Cosworth DFS	1:48.410
12	USA	Mark Dismore	Arciero Racing	Penske PC17-88 Buick	1:48.518
90	USA	Buddy Lazier	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T88/00 Cosworth DFX	1:49.930
44	USA	Phil Krueger	U. S. Engineering	Lola T89/00 Cosworth DFS	1:52.902

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid
4	USA John Andretti	Racing Team VDS	65	2:12:54.820	9	20
18	USA Bobby Rahal	Galles-Kraco Racing	65	+12.7 secs	4	16
3	USA Rick Mears	Team Penske	65		7	14
20	USA Danny Sullivan	Patrick Racing	65		10	12
11	USA Scott Pruett	Truesports	65		11	10
22	USA Scott Brayton	Dick Simon Racing	65		14	8
86	USA Jeff Andretti	Bayside Disposal Racing	65		16	6
50	USA Mike Groff	Euromotorsport	64	+ 1 lap	17	5
9	NED Arie Luyendyk	Granatelli Racing Team	64	+ 1 lap	8	4
16	USA Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	Bettenhausen Racing	62	+ 3 laps	12	3
42	ITA Franco Scapini	Euromotorsport	59	+ 6 laps	18	2
21	USA Dean Hall	Leader Cards Racing	58	Contact	22	1
19	USA Randy Lewis	Dale Coyne Racing	58	Contact	20
2	USA Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	57	Brakes	1	1
8	USA Eddie Cheever	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	Contact	2
1	USA Al Unser Jr.	Galles-Kraco Racing	41	Contact	3	1
6	USA Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	41	Contact	5
44	USA Phil Krueger	U. S. Engineering	32	Overheated	5
5	BRA Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	27	Driveshaft	6
12	USA Mark Dismore	Arciero Racing	22	Engine	23
7	JPN Hiro Matsushita	Dick Simon Racing	13	Contact	19
31	USA Ted Prappas	P.I.G. Enterprises	8	Engine	15
15	CAN Scott Goodyear	Walker Motorsport	5	Engine	13
39	USA Dennis Vitolo	Dale Coyne Racing	5	Engine	13
90	USA Buddy Lazier	Dale Coyne Racing	1	Suspension	24

Notes

Average Speed 81.953 mph

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