1995 Indy Lights season

February 2025 The 1995 PPG/Firestone Indy Lights Championship Powered By Buick consisted of 12 races. Canadian Greg Moore completely dominated the season, winning 10 times and winning the championship by over 100 points over his closest rival. Calendar Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole position Most leading laps Fastest race lap 1 Miami Florida March 5, 1995 25 2.943=73.585 km 0'47:00.675 93.316 km/h Greg Moore Greg Moore Greg Moore ? 2 Phoenix Arizona April 2, 1995 75 1.6093=120.6975 km 0'42:56.133 168.668 km/h Greg Moore Claude Bourbonnais Affonso Giaffone ? 3 Long Beach California April 9, 1995 47 2.558787=120.262989 km 0'58:23.255 123.584 km/h Greg Moore Greg Moore Greg Moore ? 4 Nazareth Pennsylvania April 23, 1995 75 1.5223978=114.179835 km 0'44:23.382 154.333 km/h Greg Moore Bob Dorricott, Jr. Greg Moore ? 5 Milwaukee Wisconsin June 4, 1995 75 1.6607976=124.55982 km 0'39:29.386 189.254 km/h Greg Moore Robbie Buhl Greg Moore ? 6 Detroit Michigan June 11, 1995 24 3.37953=81.10872 km 0'50:08.993 97.040 km/h Robbie Buhl Robbie Buhl Robbie Buhl ? 7 Portland Oregon June 25, 1995 39 3.138135=122.387265 km 0'51:19.388 143.078 km/h Greg Moore Greg Moore Greg Moore ? 8 Toronto July 16, 1995 42 2.8709912=120.58163 km 0'52:41.622 137.301 km/h Greg Moore Greg Moore Greg Moore ? 9 Cleveland Ohio July 23, 1995 32 3.8124317=121.9978144 km 0'48:37.497 150.537 km/h Greg Moore Greg Moore Greg Moore ? 10 Loudon New Hampshire August 20, 1995 71 1.7026394=120.887397 km 0'34:29.131 210.327 km/h Greg Moore Robbie Buhl Robbie Buhl ? 11 Vancouver September 3, 1995 44 2.7406379=120.588068 km 0'51:29.013 140.536 km/h Pedro Chaves Greg Moore Greg Moore ? 12 Monterey California September 10, 1995 34 3.5629902=121.141667 km 0'48:09.053 150.953 km/h Greg Moore Greg Moore Greg Moore ? Race summaries Miami race Held March 5 at Miami Bicentennial Park. Greg Moore won the pole and the bonus point for leading the most laps. Top Five Results Greg Moore Jeff Ward Pedro Chaves Robbie Buhl Doug Boyer Full Results Phoenix race Held April 2 at Phoenix International Raceway. Claude Bourbonnais won the pole. Affonso Giaffone jumped the field on the final restart and finished the race first but he was assessed a one-lap penalty for jumping the restart, handing the win to Greg Moore. Giaffone still got the bonus point for leading the most laps. Top Five Results Greg Moore Robbie Buhl Buzz Calkins Doug Boyer Affonso Giaffone Full Results Long Beach race Held April 9 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Greg Moore won the pole and got the bonus point for leading the most laps. Top Five Results Greg Moore Robbie Buhl David DeSilva Alex Padilla Pedro Chaves Full Results Nazareth race Held April 23 at Nazareth Speedway. Bob Dorricott Jr. won the pole and Greg Moore got the bonus point for leading the most laps. Originally Robbie Buhl set fastest qualifying time, but was disqualified due to underweight. Top Five Results Greg Moore Affonso Giaffone Robbie Buhl Buzz Calkins Doug Boyer Full Results Milwaukee race Held June 4 at The Milwaukee Mile. Robbie Buhl won the pole and Greg Moore got the bonus point for leading the most laps. Top Five Results Greg Moore Affonso Giaffone Buzz Calkins Robbie Buhl Mark Hotchkis Full Results Detroit race Held June 11 at Belle Isle Raceway. Robbie Buhl won the pole, got the bonus point for leading the most laps, and won the race at his home track. This race featured a huge crash on the first lap that ended with Enrique Contreras upside down. He would unbuckle while still upside down and walk away uninjured. Top Five Results Robbie Buhl Greg Moore Jeff Ward Nick Firestone Affonso Giaffone Full Results Portland race Held June 25 at Portland International Raceway. Greg Moore won the pole and got the bonus point for leading the most laps. Top Five Results Greg Moore Affonso Giaffone Nick Firestone Mike Borkowski Buzz Calkins Full Results Toronto race Held July 16 at Exhibition Place. Greg Moore won the pole and got the bonus point for leading the most laps. Top Five Results Greg Moore Robbie Buhl Doug Boyer Affonso Giaffone José Luis Di Palma Full Results Cleveland race Held July 23 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Greg Moore won the pole, got the bonus point for leading the most laps, and by winning this race he clinched the championship with three races remaining. On the last lap Trevor Seibert had a spectacular end over end accident. He was not injured. Top Five Results Greg Moore Pedro Chaves Doug Boyer Mark Hotchkis Buzz Calkins Full Results Loudon race Held August 20 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Robbie Buhl won the pole and got the bonus point for leading the most laps. Top Five Results Greg Moore Claude Bourbonnais Robbie Buhl Pedro Chaves Mark Hotchkis Full Results Vancouver race Held September 3 at Pacific Place. Greg Moore won the pole and got the bonus point for leading the most laps. Top Five Results Pedro Chaves Doug Boyer Robbie Buhl Affonso Giaffone Greg Moore Full Results Laguna Seca race Held September 10 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Greg Moore won the pole and got the bonus point for leading the most laps. This was his seventh race of the season he scored the maximum number of points available. Top Five Results Greg Moore Affonso Giaffone Doug Boyer Pedro Chaves Nick Firestone This was Greg Moores 13th and final Indy Lights victory in his final Indy Lights race. His race victory total is an all-time record which as of 2019 is still unbroken. Full Results 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 CAN USA 1 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 242 22 20 22 21 21 16 22 22 20 20 12 22 2 Robbie Buhl Dorricott Racing 140 12 16 16 14 13 22 1 16 - 16 14 - 3 Affonso Giaffone Brian Stewart Racing 122 5 11 - 16 16 10 16 12 - 8 12 16 4 Doug Boyer Summitt Motorsports 108 10 12 - 10 4 5 5 14 14 4 16 14 5 Pedro Chaves Mark Weida Leading Edge Racing 99 14 - 10 4 3 - 8 - 16 12 20 12 6 Buzz Calkins Bradley Motorsports 77 4 14 - 12 14 6 10 5 10 - 2 - 7 Mark Hotchkis Mark Weida Leading Edge Racing 57 - 6 - - 10 3 4 8 12 10 - 4 8 Jeff Ward Arizona Motorsports 56 16 1 6 6 8 14 - - 2 - - 3 9 Nick Firestone Brian Stewart Racing 52 3 2 1 - - 12 14 - 3 3 4 10 10 David DeSilva Genoa Racing 33 - - 14 - 6 2 - 4 4 2 1 - 11 Alex Padilla Mark Weida Leading Edge Racing 32 2 - 12 8 - - - - - - Team Medlin 8 2 12 Mike Borkowski Team Medlin 31 - - - 2 5 4 12 3 5 - - - 13 Claude Bourbonnais Forsythe Racing 29 6 1 - - - - - - - 16 - 6 Diego Guzman Dick Simon Racing 29 - - - 5 - 8 - - 6 - PacWest Lights 5 5 15 José Luis Di Palma McCormack Racing 24 8 - - - - - 6 10 - - - - 16 Bertrand Godin Forsythe Racing 16 - - - - - - 2 6 8 - - - Trevor Seibert Forsythe Racing 16 - - - - - - - - - 5 3 8 18 Bob Reid Derrick Walker Racing 15 - - 8 - - - - - - - 6 1 19 Jeff Andretti Canaska Racing 12 - - - 3 - 1 - 2 - 6 - - 20 Niko Palhares PacWest Lights 9 1 8 - - - - - - - - - - 21 Peter Faucetta Jr. FRE Racing 8 - - 4 - 1 - - 1 1 1 - - 22 David LaCroix Dick Simon Racing 7 - 3 - 1 - - 3 - - - - - 23 Beaux Barfield Breezley Motorsports 5 - 5 - - - - - - - - - - Enrique Contreras TransAtlantic Racing 5 - - 5 - - - - - - - - - 25 Juan Carlos Carbonell Qwik Cars 4 - 4 - - - - - - - - - - 26 Akira Ishikawa McCormack Racing 3 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - Bob Dorricott Jr. Dorricott Racing 3 - - - 1 2 - - - - - - - 28 David Donohue PacWest Lights 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - Complete Overview first column of every race 10 = grid position second column of every race 10 = race result R22=retired, but classified NS=did not start Place Name Country Team USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA CAN USA 1 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 1 1 7 1 1 1 5 1 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 5 1 1 2 Robbie Buhl Dorricott Racing 4 4 14 2 9 2 18 3 1 4 1 1 2 12 3 2 2 R22 1 3 2 3 3 21 3 Affonso Giaffone Brian Stewart Racing 8 8 2 5 12 R25 3 2 2 2 5 5 4 2 8 4 6 R23 17 6 12 4 2 2 4 Doug Boyer Summitt Motorsports 5 5 16 4 2 R22 10 5 15 9 9 8 11 8 2 3 5 3 13 9 6 2 6 3 5 Pedro Chaves Mark Weida Leading Edge Racing 3 3 8 R14 10 5 13 9 9 10 10 21 9 6 15 R19 4 2 2 4 3 1 8 4 6 Buzz Calkins Bradley Motorsports 9 9 4 3 16 16 6 4 6 3 7 7 10 5 12 8 12 5 8 R17 11 11 14 13 7 Mark Hotchkis Mark Weida Leading Edge Racing 18 R20 11 7 13 R17 4 R18 5 5 13 10 15 9 9 6 10 4 4 5 13 13 5 9 8 Jeff Ward Arizona Motorsports 2 2 19 12 5 7 7 7 10 6 3 3 16 R14 16 18 9 11 - - - - 16 10 9 Nick Firestone Brian Stewart Racing 12 10 18 11 6 12 20 R19 13 15 4 4 5 3 5 R23 13 10 14 10 4 9 7 5 10 David DeSilva Genoa Racing 10 R21 10 R16 3 3 2 15 7 7 11 11 6 R16 14 9 22 9 7 11 10 12 12 R23 11 Alex Padilla Mark Weida Leading Edge Racing 15 11 3 R15 4 4 11 R6 - - - - 7 17 - - - - Team Medlin ? NS 18 6 18 11 12 Mike Borkowski Team Medlin - - - - - - 8 11 3 8 8 9 14 4 11 10 7 8 - - - - - - 13 Claude Bourbonnais Forsythe Racing 7 7 1 R22 8 R15 ? NS - - - - - - - - - - 6 2 5 R19 11 7 Diego Guzman Dick Simon Racing 11 R22 6 R21 11 R18 9 8 16 13 6 6 8 R19 10 R22 11 7 ? NS PacWest Lights 14 8 13 8 15 José Luis Di Palma McCormack Racing 6 6 - - - - - - - - 17 13 13 7 7 5 15 15 9 13 8 R20 10 R25 16 Bertrand Godin Forsythe Racing - - - - - - - - - - 20 14 3 11 6 7 3 6 - - - - - - Trevor Seibert Forsythe Racing - - - - - - - - ? NS - - - - 13 R20 8 R18 10 8 7 10 4 6 18 Bob Reid Derrick Walker Racing 17 16 21 R19 19 6 16 14 17 14 18 16 17 13 17 14 17 13 15 14 17 7 20 12 19 Jeff Andretti Canaska Racing 16 15 9 NS 14 R20 12 10 12 R19 15 12 - - 4 11 23 R20 5 7 - - - - 20 Niko Palhares PacWest Lights 13 12 5 6 7 R24 19 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 Peter Faucetta Jr. FRE Racing 19 R23 17 R20 22 9 14 R16 11 12 16 15 18 18 18 12 14 12 12 12 19 R17 19 19 22 David LaCroix Dick Simon Racing ? NS 15 10 18 14 15 12 14 R18 19 20 19 10 21 R24 21 R21 - - 20 15 24 18 23 Beaux Barfield Breezley Motorsports - - 13 8 25 R19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Enrique Contreras TransAtlantic Racing 14 13 - - 15 8 - - - - 12 R22 - - - - 18 14 - - 15 R18 17 R26 25 Juan Carlos Carbonell Qwik Cars 20 19 12 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 26 Akira Ishikawa McCormack Racing - - - - 20 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bob Dorricott Jr. Dorricott Racing 21 R24 - - 17 R21 1 R17 8 11 14 17 12 R21 19 13 19 16 ? NS 9 16 9 20 28 David Donohue PacWest Lights - - - - 24 11 ? NS - - 21 18 - - 20 R16 16 19 11 15 - - - - - Jack Miller McCormack Racing 24 18 10 13 23 R23 17 R20 19 17 22 19 21 R20 23 15 20 17 ? NS - - - - - Rick Hill K.O.T. Racing - - 18 R18 21 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Paul Dallenbach McCormack Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 14 22 16 - Chris Simmons Sotare Motorsports 22 14 ? NS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gianfranco Cané ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 14 - Harry Puterbaugh McCormack Racing - - 22 R17 - - ? NS 18 16 - - 22 15 - - - - 16 16 - - - - - Chris Smith ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 15 - Cam Binder K.O.T. Racing 23 17 - - - - - - - - - - 20 R22 22 R21 - - - - 21 R21 23 R22 - Sohrab Amirsardari McCormack Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24 R17 - - - - - - - - - Zak Brown Sotare Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 26 17 - Aaron Hsu Summitt Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 R24 - Davey Hamilton Dick Simon Racing - - ? NS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Category:Indy Lights seasons Indy Lights Season, 1995 Indy Lights Category:1995 in formula racing