1995 Indycar Australia

1995 Surfers ParadiseRace details

Race 2 of 17 in the 1995 IndyCar season

Map of the track

Date| 19 March, 1995
Official name| 1995 Gold Coast Indy
Location| Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Queensland, Australia
Course| Temporary Street Circuit
2.794 mi / 4.496 km
Distance| 65 laps
181.610 mi / 292.240 km
Pole position
Driver|  Michael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
Time| 1:36.770
Fastest lap
Driver|  Michael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
Time| 1:37.564 (on lap 40 of 65)
Podium
First|  Paul Tracy (Newman-Haas Racing)
Second|  Bobby Rahal (Rahal/Hogan Racing)
Third|  Scott Pruett (Patrick Racing)

Motor car race

The 1995 Indycar Australia was the second round of the 1995 CART World Series season, held on 19 March 1995 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia.

## Qualifying results

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Pos  | Nat  | Name  | Team  | Car  | Time

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1  |  | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | Lola T95/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 1:36.770
2  |  | Jacques Villeneuve | Team Green | Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth | 1:36.908
3  |  | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | Penske PC24-95 Mercedes-Benz | 1:36.975
4  |  | Emerson Fittipaldi | Team Penske | Penske PC24-95 Mercedes-Benz | 1:37.097
5  |  | Teo Fabi | Forsythe Racing | Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth | 1:37.135
6  |  | Gil de Ferran | Jim Hall Racing | Reynard 95I Mercedes-Benz | 1:37.343
7  |  | Stefan Johansson | Bettenhausen Motorsports | Penske PC23-94 Mercedes-Benz | 1:37.642
8  |  | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth | 1:37.653
9  |  | Paul Tracy | Newman-Haas Racing | Lola T95/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 1:37.700
10  |  | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing | Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth | 1:37.802
11  |  | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | Lola T95/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 1:38.057
12  |  | Adrián Fernández | Galles Racing | Lola T95/00 Mercedes-Benz | 1:38.059
13  |  | Bobby Rahal | Rahal/Hogan Racing | Lola T95/00 Mercedes-Benz | 1:38.113
14  |  | Christian Fittipaldi | Walker Racing | Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth | 1:38.180
15  |  | Robby Gordon | Walker Racing | Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth | 1:38.275
16  |  | Éric Bachelart | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola T94/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 1:38.532
17  |  | Eddie Cheever | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Lola T95/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 1:38.539
18  |  | Bryan Herta | Chip Ganassi Racing | Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth | 1:38.604
19  |  | Danny Sullivan | PacWest Racing | Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth | 1:38.738
20  |  | Alessandro Zampedri | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola T94/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 1:38.738
21  |  | Raul Boesel | Rahal/Hogan Racing | Lola T95/00 Mercedes-Benz | 1:39.313
22  |  | André Ribeiro | Tasman Motorsports | Reynard 95I Honda | 1:39.352
23  |  | Eliseo Salazar | Dick Simon Racing | Lola T95/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 1:39.881
24  |  | Buddy Lazier | Project Indy | Lola T93/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 1:40.250
25  |  | Dean Hall | Dick Simon Racing | Lola T95/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 1:41.586
26  |  | Hiro Matsushita | Arciero Racing | Reynard 94I Ford XB Cosworth | 1:42.253

## Race

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Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points

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1  | 3  |  Paul Tracy | Newman-Haas Racing | 65  | 1:58:26.054  | 9  | 20
2  | 9  |  Bobby Rahal | Rahal/Hogan Racing | 65  | +7.0 secs  | 13  | 16
3  | 20  |  Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 65  | +7.7 secs  | 11  | 14
4  | 18  |  Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing | 65  | +13.5 secs  | 10  | 12
5  | 17  |  Danny Sullivan | PacWest Racing | 65  | +19.1 secs  | 19  | 10
6  | 1  |  Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | 65  | +35.3 secs  | 3  | 8
7  | 14  |  Eddie Cheever | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 65  | +36.3 secs  | 17  | 6
8  | 11  |  Raul Boesel | Rahal/Hogan Racing | 65  | +44.5 secs  | 21  | 5
9  | 6  |  Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 64  | Contact  | 1  | 6
10  | 7  |  Eliseo Salazar | Dick Simon Racing | 64  | \+ 1 lap  | 23  | 3
11  | 25  |  Hiro Matsushita | Arciero Racing | 62  | \+ 3 laps  | 26  | 2
12  | 99  |  Dean Hall | Dick Simon Racing | 61  | \+ 4 laps  | 25  | 1
13  | 33  |  Teo Fabi | Forsythe Racing | 60  | \+ 5 laps  | 5  |
14  | 5  |  Robby Gordon | Walker Racing | 59  | Electrical  | 15  |
15  | 4  |  Bryan Herta | Chip Ganassi Racing | 58  | Contact  | 18  |
16  | 8  |  Gil de Ferran | Jim Hall Racing | 54  | Contact  | 6  |
17  | 16  |  Stefan Johansson | Bettenhausen Motorsports | 53  | Transmission  | 7  |
18  | 2  |  Emerson Fittipaldi | Team Penske | 52  | Electrical  | 4  |
19  | 34  |  Alessandro Zampedri | Dale Coyne Racing | 51  | \+ 14 laps  | 20  |
20  | 27  |  Jacques Villeneuve | Team Green | 38  | Transmission  | 2  |
21  | 64  |  Buddy Lazier | Project Indy | 32  | Transmission  | 24  |
22  | 19  |  Éric Bachelart | Dale Coyne Racing | 31  | Transmission  | 16  |
23  | 31  |  André Ribeiro | Tasman Motorsports | 23  | Transmission  | 22  |
24  | 12  |  Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 19  | Transmission  | 8  |
25  | 15  |  Christian Fittipaldi | Walker Racing | 11  | Transmission  | 14  |
26  | 10  |  Adrián Fernández | Galles Racing | 3  | Contact  | 12  |

## Notes

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* Average Speed 92.335 mph
* Michael Andretti was being chased by Bobby Rahal for second behind teammate Paul Tracy on the final lap. He caught a bit too much curb in the backstretch chicanes, inducing oversteer, and clipped the barrier.
* Tracy's victory was the fifth in a row for Canadian drivers. Tracy won the final two races of 1994, and Jacques Villeneuve won the race before those two and the 1995 season opener. The next time five or more successive races were won by drivers of the same nationality would be in 1996.

## External links

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