(82,893 bytes) in 1993 - 1 min 34.877 seconds (169.685 km/hr).
Temporary street circuit at Surfer's Paradise, Queensland.
Round two of seventeen in the 1995 PPG IndyCar World Series.
IndyCar schedule:
Friday 17th March 1995: Practice and qualifying.
Saturday 18th March 1995: Practice and qualifying.
Sunday 19th March 1995: IndyCar Australia race 2pm (65 laps - 290.68 kms).
1994 Result:
3 Mario Andretti.
Records:
Qualifying (one lap): Nigel Mansell(82,893 bytes) in 1993 - 1 min 34.877 seconds (169.685 km/hr).
(One lap: 4.472 km laid along Pacific Highway and Surfer's Paradise Esplanade linked by cross streets and three chicanes).
Race (65 laps - 290.68 kms): Nigel Mansell in 1993 - 1 hour 52 mins 02.886 seconds (155.654 km/hr).
Past Winners:
1991: John Andretti (pole Michael Andretti).
1992: Emerson Fittipaldi (pole Al Unser Jr).
1993: Nigel Mansell (pole Nigel Mansell).
1994: Michael Andretti (pole Nigel Mansell).
Five former PPG Cup Champions should take the starter's flag at Surfer's Paradise. Bobby Rahal (1986, '87 and '92); Danny Sullivan (1988); Emerson Fittipaldi (1989); Al Unser Jr (1990, '94) and Michael Andretti (1991). Between them they have earned eight of the nine past titles.
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