1995 Indy Lights season

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

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Race No | Track | State | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Most Leading Laps | Fastest Race Lap

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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 |  Canada | 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 |  Canada | 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

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### Miami race

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Held March 5 at Miami Bicentennial Park. Greg Moore won the pole and the bonus point for leading the most laps.

Top Five Results

1. Greg Moore
2. Jeff Ward
3. Pedro Chaves
4. Robbie Buhl
5. Doug Boyer

Full Results

### Phoenix race

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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

1. Greg Moore
2. Robbie Buhl
3. Buzz Calkins
4. Doug Boyer
5. Affonso Giaffone

Full Results

### Long Beach race

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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

1. Greg Moore
2. Robbie Buhl
3. David DeSilva
4. Alex Padilla
5. Pedro Chaves

Full Results

### Nazareth race

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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

1. Greg Moore
2. Affonso Giaffone
3. Robbie Buhl
4. Buzz Calkins
5. Doug Boyer

Full Results

### Milwaukee race

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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

1. Greg Moore
2. Affonso Giaffone
3. Buzz Calkins
4. Robbie Buhl
5. Mark Hotchkis

Full Results

### Detroit race

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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

1. Robbie Buhl
2. Greg Moore
3. Jeff Ward
4. Nick Firestone
5. Affonso Giaffone

Full Results

### Portland race

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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

1. Greg Moore
2. Affonso Giaffone
3. Nick Firestone
4. Mike Borkowski
5. Buzz Calkins

Full Results

### Toronto race

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Held July 16 at Exhibition Place. Greg Moore won the pole and got the bonus point for leading the most laps.

Top Five Results

1. Greg Moore
2. Robbie Buhl
3. Doug Boyer
4. Affonso Giaffone
5. José Luis Di Palma

Full Results

### Cleveland race

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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

1. Greg Moore
2. Pedro Chaves
3. Doug Boyer
4. Mark Hotchkis
5. Buzz Calkins

Full Results

### Loudon race

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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

1. Greg Moore
2. Claude Bourbonnais
3. Robbie Buhl
4. Pedro Chaves
5. Mark Hotchkis

Full Results

### Vancouver race

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Held September 3 at Pacific Place. Greg Moore won the pole and got the bonus point for leading the most laps.

Top Five Results

1. Pedro Chaves
2. Doug Boyer
3. Robbie Buhl
4. Affonso Giaffone
5. Greg Moore

Full Results

### Laguna Seca race

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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

1. Greg Moore
2. Affonso Giaffone
3. Doug Boyer
4. Pedro Chaves
5. 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

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### Driver

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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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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1 | Greg Moore |  Canada | Forsythe Racing | 242 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 22
2 | Robbie Buhl |  United States | Dorricott Racing | 140 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 16 | - | 16 | 14 | \-
3 | Affonso Giaffone |  Brazil | Brian Stewart Racing | 122 | 5 | 11 | - | 16 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 12 | - | 8 | 12 | 16
4 | Doug Boyer |  United States | Summitt Motorsports | 108 | 10 | 12 | - | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 14
5 | Pedro Chaves |  Portugal | Mark Weida Leading Edge Racing | 99 | 14 | - | 10 | 4 | 3 | - | 8 | - | 16 | 12 | 20 | 12
6 | Buzz Calkins |  United States | Bradley Motorsports | 77 | 4 | 14 | - | 12 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 10 | - | 2 | \-
7 | Mark Hotchkis |  United States | Mark Weida Leading Edge Racing | 57 | - | 6 | - | - | 10 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | - | 4
8 | Jeff Ward |  United States | Arizona Motorsports | 56 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 14 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3
9 | Nick Firestone |  United States | Brian Stewart Racing | 52 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 12 | 14 | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10
10 | David DeSilva |  United States | Genoa Racing | 33 | - | - | 14 | - | 6 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | \-
11 | Alex Padilla |  United States | Mark Weida Leading Edge Racing | 32 | 2 | - | 12 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |  |
Team Medlin |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 2
12 | Mike Borkowski |  United States | Team Medlin | 31 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 5 | - | - | \-
13 | Claude Bourbonnais |  Canada | Forsythe Racing | 29 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 6
| Diego Guzman |  Colombia | Dick Simon Racing | 29 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 8 | - | - | 6 | - |  |
PacWest Lights |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 | 5
15 | José Luis Di Palma |  Argentina | McCormack Racing | 24 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | - | - | - | \-
16 | Bertrand Godin |  Canada | Forsythe Racing | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 8 | - | - | \-
| Trevor Seibert |  Canada | Forsythe Racing | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 8
18 | Bob Reid |  United States | Derrick Walker Racing | 15 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1
19 | Jeff Andretti |  United States | Canaska Racing | 12 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | \-
20 | Niko Palhares |  Brazil | PacWest Lights | 9 | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
21 | Peter Faucetta, Jr. |  United States | FRE Racing | 8 | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | \-
22 | David LaCroix |  United States | Dick Simon Racing | 7 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | \-
23 | Beaux Barfield |  United States | Breezley Motorsports | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
| Enrique Contreras |  Mexico | TransAtlantic Racing | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
25 | Juan Carlos Carbonell |  Chile | Qwik Cars | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
26 | Akira Ishikawa |  Japan | McCormack Racing | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
| Bob Dorricott, Jr. |  United States | Dorricott Racing | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
28 | David Donohue |  United States | PacWest Lights | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-

## Complete Overview

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R22=retired, but classified NS=did not start

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1 | Greg Moore |  Canada | 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 |  United States | 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 |  Brazil | 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 |  United States | 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 |  Portugal | 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 |  United States | 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 |  United States | 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 |  United States | 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 |  United States | 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 |  United States | 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 |  United States | 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 |  United States | Team Medlin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | \-
13 | Claude Bourbonnais |  Canada | Forsythe Racing | 7 | 7 | 1 | R22 | 8 | R15 | ? | NS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 5 | R19 | 11 | 7
| Diego Guzman |  Colombia | 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 |  Argentina | McCormack Racing | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 8 | R20 | 10 | R25
16 | Bertrand Godin |  Canada | Forsythe Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | \-
| Trevor Seibert |  Canada | Forsythe Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | NS | - | - | - | - | 13 | R20 | 8 | R18 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 6
18 | Bob Reid |  United States | 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 |  United States | Canaska Racing | 16 | 15 | 9 | NS | 14 | R20 | 12 | 10 | 12 | R19 | 15 | 12 | - | - | 4 | 11 | 23 | R20 | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | \-
20 | Niko Palhares |  Brazil | PacWest Lights | 13 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R24 | 19 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
21 | Peter Faucetta, Jr. |  United States | 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 |  United States | 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 |  United States | Breezley Motorsports | - | - | 13 | 8 | 25 | R19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
| Enrique Contreras |  Mexico | TransAtlantic Racing | 14 | 13 | - | - | 15 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 12 | R22 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 14 | - | - | 15 | R18 | 17 | R26
25 | Juan Carlos Carbonell |  Chile | Qwik Cars | 20 | 19 | 12 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
26 | Akira Ishikawa |  Japan | McCormack Racing | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
| Bob Dorricott, Jr. |  United States | 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 |  United States | PacWest Lights | - | - | - | - | 24 | 11 | ? | NS | - | - | 21 | 18 | - | - | 20 | R16 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 15 | - | - | - | \-
- | Jack Miller |  United States | McCormack Racing | 24 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 23 | R23 | 17 | R20 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 21 | R20 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 17 | ? | NS | - | - | - | \-
- | Rick Hill |  United States | K.O.T. Racing | - | - | 18 | R18 | 21 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
- | Paul Dallenbach |  United States | McCormack Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 14 | 22 | 16
- | Chris Simmons |  United States | Sotare Motorsports | 22 | 14 | ? | NS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
- | Gianfranco Cané |  Mexico | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 14
- | Harry Puterbaugh |  United States | McCormack Racing | - | - | 22 | R17 | - | - | ? | NS | 18 | 16 | - | - | 22 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | \-
- | Chris Smith |  United States | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 15
- | Cam Binder |  Canada | K.O.T. Racing | 23 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | R22 | 22 | R21 | - | - | - | - | 21 | R21 | 23 | R22
- | Sohrab Amirsardari |  Canada | McCormack Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | R17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-
- | Zak Brown |  United States | Sotare Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 17
- | Aaron Hsu |  United States | Summitt Motorsports | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | R24
- | Davey Hamilton |  United States | Dick Simon Racing | - | - | ? | NS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | \-

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