1991 Indy Lights season

February 2025 The 1991 Firestone Indy Lights Championship consisted of 12 races. Éric Bachelart won four races on his way to the championship. He was one of six different winners on the season. Calendar Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole position Most leading laps Fastest race lap 1 Long Beach California California April 14, 1991 45 2.687531=120.938895 km 0'54:36.499 132.880 km/h Éric Bachelart Éric Bachelart Éric Bachelart ? 2 Phoenix Arizona Arizona April 21, 1991 75 1.6093=120.6975 km 0'38:59.979 185.690 km/h Robbie Groff Mark Smith Mark Smith ? 3 Milwaukee Wisconsin Wisconsin June 2, 1991 100 1.6607976=166.07976 km 0'54:47.080 181.890 km/h Robbie Groff John Marconi Robbie Groff ? 4 Detroit Michigan Michigan June 16, 1991 30 4.02325=120.6975 km 0'56:27.903 128.254 km/h Éric Bachelart Éric Bachelart Éric Bachelart ? 5 Portland Oregon Oregon June 23, 1991 40 3.0930746=123.722984 km 0'43:54.052 169.094 km/h Éric Bachelart P. J. Jones P. J. Jones ? 6 Cleveland Ohio Ohio July 7, 1991 32 3.8124317=121.9978144 km 0'38:06.5time is calculated from posted speed 192.081 km/h Mark Smith Mark Smith Mark Smith ? 7 Meadowlands New Jersey New Jersey July 14, 1991 63 1.9585181=123.38664 km 0'45:18.60 163.390 km/h Éric Bachelart Mark Smith P. J. Jones ? 8 Toronto July 21, 1991 42 2.8709912=120.58163 km 0'47:41.265 151.714 km/h P. J. Jones Éric Bachelart Robbie Buhl ? 9 Denver Colorado Colorado August 25, 1991 30 3.122042=93.66126 km 0'48:18.360 116.335 km/h P. J. Jones Robbie Groff P. J. Jones ? 10 Mid-Ohio Ohio Ohio September 15, 1991 34 3.6337994=122.004252 km 0'51:35.404 141.893 km/h Brian Till Robbie Buhl Éric Bachelart ? 11 Nazareth Pennsylvania Pennsylvania October 6, 1991 75 1.5223978=114.179835 km 0'39:15.623 174.496 km/h Robbie Buhl Robbie Groff Robbie Groff ? 12 Laguna Seca California California October 20, 1991 34 3.5629902=121.1416668 km 0'49:32.944 146.693 km/h Mark Smith Robbie Buhl Mark Smith ? Race summaries Long Beach race Held April 14 at Long Beach Street Circuit. Éric Bachelart won the pole. Top Five Results Éric Bachelart Robbie Buhl Robbie Groff Mark Smith Franck Fréon Phoenix race Held April 21 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mark Smith won the pole. Top Five Results Robbie Groff Mark Smith Éric Bachelart Tommy Byrne Johnny O'Connell Milwaukee race Held June 2 at The Milwaukee Mile. John Marconi won the pole. Top Five Results Robbie Groff Éric Bachelart Franck Fréon P. J. Jones John Marconi Detroit race Held June 16 at the Detroit Street Circuit. Éric Bachelart won the pole. Top Five Results Éric Bachelart Franck Fréon Brian Till Robbie Buhl Robbie Groff Portland race Held June 23 at Portland International Raceway. P. J. Jones won the pole. Top Five Results Éric Bachelart Franck Fréon Mark Smith Brian Till P. J. Jones Cleveland race Held July 7 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Mark Smith won the pole. Top Five Results Mark Smith Brian Till Robbie Groff Johnny O'Connell Robbie Buhl Meadowlands race Held July 14 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Mark Smith won the pole. Top Five Results Éric Bachelart P. J. Jones Robbie Buhl Robbie Groff Mark Smith Toronto race Held July 21 at Exhibition Place. Éric Bachelart won the pole. Top Five Results P. J. Jones Robbie Buhl John Marconi Franck Fréon Mark Smith Denver race Held August 25 at the Denver, Colorado street circuit. Robbie Groff won the pole. Top Five Results P. J. Jones Éric Bachelart Roberto Quintanilla Mark Smith Brian Till Mid-Ohio race Held September 15 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Robbie Buhl won the pole. After a full-course caution to clean up the crash of Robbie Groff on lap 27 (of 34), the race went back to green on lap 30. Eric Bachelart and Robbie Buhl were running 1st-2nd. Going into turn one, Buhl got a jump on the restart, and dove inside. But Bachelart closed the door, and the two cars tangled. Brian Till, running third, slipped by to take the lead. The caution came out and the race finished under yellow. Hometown driver Brian Till won his first career Indy Lights race, with Mark Smith second.Collision spices up Indy Lights race T.E. McHale https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58643277/ Mansfield News-Journal 15 Newspapers.com September 16, 1991 September 4, 2020 subscription Top Five Results Brian Till Mark Smith Franck Fréon P. J. Jones Roberto Quintanilla Nazareth race Held October 6 at Nazareth Speedway. Robbie Groff won the pole. Top Five Results Robbie Buhl P. J. Jones Éric Bachelart Brian Till Roberto Quintanilla Laguna Seca race Held October 20 at Laguna Seca Raceway. Robbie Buhl won the pole. Top Five Results Mark Smith Brian Till Éric Bachelart Mike Snow P. J. Jones Final points standings Driver For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). Place Name Country Team Total points USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA 1 Éric Bachelart Landford Racing 174 22 14 16 22 20 6 20 9 16 1 14 14 2 Mark Smith Evergreen Racing 155 12 18 6 8 14 22 11 10 12 16 5 21 3 P. J. Jones Landford Racing 123 - 3 12 - 12 - 17 20 21 12 16 10 4 Franck Fréon Fréon Racing Services 121 10 6 14 16 16 8 8 12 8 14 4 5 5 Brian Till Cole Performance 120 6 - 8 14 12 16 - 6 10 20 12 16 6 Robbie Buhl Leading Edge Motorsport 110 16 5 4 12 8 10 14 17 2 1 20 1 7 Robbie Groff Groff Motorsports 107 14 20 21 10 4 14 12 3 1 - 8 - 8 John Marconi Marconi Racing/U.S. Racing 54 1 4 4 5 14 5 6 - 3 P.I.G. Racing 11 - 1 9 Roberto Quintanilla Roquin Motorsports 53 - - - 1 2 5 6 5 14 10 10 - 10 Jeff Davis Leading Edge Motorsport 39 - - 3 2 3 3 4 4 6 4 8 2 11 Johnny O'Connell Team Milkhouse 37 4 10 5 - 6 12 - - - - - - 12 Tommy Byrne P.I.G. Racing 35 5 12 - 5 5 - - - - - - 8 13 Mike Snow Bradley Motorsports 29 8 - - - - 1 - - 3 5 - 12 14 Dave Kudrave Bradley Motorsports 16 - 1 - 6 - - - - - Regency Racing 3 - 6 15 Rob Wilson McNeill Motorsports 15 3 2 Stuart Moore Racing 2 - - - - - - 8 - - 16 George Sutcliffe P.I.G. Racing 9 - 8 1 - - - - - - - - - 17 Bob Reid McNeill Motorsports 8 - - - 4 - 2 - - - Leading Edge Motorsport 2 - - 18 Scott Backman John Martin Racing 4 - - - - - - - - 4 - - - Page Jones Bradley Motorsports 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 20 Sandy Dells Roquin Motorsports 3 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - Wayne Cerbo Stuart Moore Racing 3 - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 22 Marty Roth Roquin Motorsports 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - Bob Doricott Jr. Cameron-McGee Motorsports 2 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 24 Desiré Wilson South Africa 1928 Leading Edge Motorsport 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - Note: Race 7, 8 and 11 not all points were awarded (not enough competitors). Complete Overview first column of every race 10 = grid position second column of every race 10 = race result R13=retired, but classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify (6)=place after practice, but grid position not held free DIS(10)=disqualified after finishing in tenth place Place Name Country Team USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA 1 Éric Bachelart Landford Racing 1 1 2 3 8 2 1 1 3 1 5 7 6 1 1 6 5 2 2 R13 9 3 9 3 2 Mark Smith Evergreen Racing 10 4 1 2 7 7 7 6 2 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 4 8 2 3 R8 3 1 3 P. J. Jones Landford Racing 3 R15 3 10 3 4 4 R14 1 5 7 R14 2 2 4 1 2 1 6 4 6 2 2 5 4 Franck Fréon Fréon Racing Services 7 5 10 7 4 3 3 2 4 2 9 6 5 6 8 4 8 6 3 3 4 R9 15 8 5 Brian Till Cole Performance 9 7 4 R15 5 6 5 3 5 4 3 2 (6) NS 7 7 10 5 4 1 7 4 4 2 6 Robbie Buhl Leading Edge Motorsport 8 2 11 8 6 9 9 4 9 6 2 5 3 3 2 2 3 R11 1 R14 2 1 1 R17 7 Robbie Groff Groff Motorsports 6 3 5 1 2 1 11 5 12 9 4 3 4 4 3 R10 1 R13 5 R15 1 R7 5 15 8 John Marconi Marconi Racing/U.S. Racing 14 12 13 9 8 9 8 8 6 3 7 8 13 7 - - 13 10 P.I.G. Racing 1 5 8 R16 6 R12 9 Roberto Quintanilla Roquin Motorsports 4 R16 - - - - 12 R12 13 11 10 8 7 7 9 8 4 3 7 5 10 5 16 14 10 Jeff Davis Leading Edge Motorsport - - - - 10 10 16 11 14 10 11 10 9 9 10 9 9 7 12 9 8 6 12 11 11 Johnny O'Connell Team Milkhouse 2 9 8 5 12 8 2 R15 11 7 6 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 Tommy Byrne P.I.G. Racing 5 8 7 4 - - 6 R8 7 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 6 13 Mike Snow Bradley Motorsports 11 6 9 13 - - 13 13 10 R14 13 12 (10) NS - - 13 10 10 8 5 DIS(10) 7 4 14 Dave Kudrave Bradley Motorsports 15 R18 6 R12 - - 10 7 8 R13 - - - - - - - - Regency Racing 11 10 - - 4 7 15 Rob Wilson McNeill Motorsports 12 10 12 11 Stuart Moore Racing 11 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 6 - - 14 16 16 George Sutcliffe P.I.G. Racing 16 13 15 6 9 R12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 Bob Reid McNeill Motorsports - - - - - - 14 9 - - 14 11 - - - - - - Leading Edge Motorsport 14 11 - - - - 18 Scott Backman John Martin Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 9 - - - - - - Page Jones Bradley Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 9 20 Sandy Dells Roquin Motorsports - - - - - - 15 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wayne Cerbo Stuart Moore Racing - - - - - - - - - - 12 13 10 R10 - - - - - - - - - - 22 Marty Roth Roquin Motorsports 13 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bob Doricott Jr. Cameron-McGee Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 12 - - 17 12 24 Desiré Wilson South Africa 1928 Leading Edge Motorsport - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 R12 - - - - - - - Hugh O'Neill Sandy Dells Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 13 - Cheryl Glass Glass Racing 18 R17 14 R14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Ritchey Leading Edge Motorsport 17 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ken Murillo ? 19 NQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References 1991 Indy Lights