1994 INDIANAPOLIS 500

The 78th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 29, 1994. Al Unser, Jr. won from the pole position, his second Indy 500 victory. Much to the surprise of competitors, media, and fans, Marlboro Team Penske arrived at the Speedway with a brand new, secretly-built 209 in³ (3.42 L) displacement Mercedes-Benz pushrod engine, which was capable of nearly 1,000 horsepower (750 kW).^[1] Despite reliability issues with the engine^[1] and handling difficulties with the chassis,^[2][3] the three-car Penske team (Unser, Emerson Fittipaldi and Paul Tracy) dominated most of the month, and practically the entire race.
Though Al Unser, Jr. won the pole position, it was Emerson Fittipaldi who dominated most of the race, leading a total of 145 laps. On lap 185, Fittipaldi was leading the race, and was looking to put Unser, Jr. (who was running second) a lap down. Fittipaldi was in reach of his second-consecutive Indy 500 victory, and third overall. Shockingly, Fittipaldi tagged the wall in turn 4, handing the lead to Unser, Jr. with 15 laps to go. Little Al was able to stretch his fuel and cruise to victory over rookie Jacques Villeneuve. Al Unser, Jr. joined his father Al Sr. and uncle Bobby as winners of multiple 500s at Indy.
The race marked the final Indy 500 for Mario Andretti, who retired after the 1994 season. Indy veterans Al Unser, Sr. and Johnny Rutherford also retired in the days leading up to the race. John Andretti, who had left CART and moved to the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, became the first driver to race in both the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in the same day, an effort that has become known as "Double Duty." This was also the second and final Indy 500 for Nigel Mansell, who was knocked out of the race in a bizarre crash with Dennis Vitolo. It was not known at the time, but when Emerson Fittipaldi hit the wall on lap 185, it would conclude his final competitive lap in the Indy 500.
The race was sanctioned by USAC, and was included as part of the 1994 PPG IndyCar World Series. For the second year in a row, weather was nary a factor during the month. Only one practice day was lost to rain, and pole day was only partially halted due to scattered showers. Warm, sunny skies greeted race day. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Indianapolis_500

Starting Lineup:

Row	Inside	Middle	Outside
1	Al Unser Jr. (W)	Raul Boesel	Emerson Fittipaldi (W)
2	Jacques Villeneuve (R)	Michael Andretti	Lyn St. James
3	Nigel Mansell	Arie Luyendyk (W)	Mario Andretti (W)
4	John Andretti	Eddie Cheever	Dominic Dobson
5	Stan Fox	Hideshi Matsuda (R)	Dennis Vitolo (R)
6	Jimmy Vasser	Scott Sharp (R)	Hiro Matsushita
7	Robby Gordon	Roberto Guerrero	Brian Till (R)
8	Bryan Herta (R)	Scott Brayton	Teo Fabi
9	Paul Tracy	Adrian Fernandez (R)	Stefan Johansson
10	Bobby Rahal (W)	Maurício Gugelmin (R)	John Paul, Jr.
11	Mike Groff	Marco Greco (R)	Scott Goodyear†

Other Drivers on Entry List:

Al Unser

Alessandro Zampedri

Buddy Lazier

Davy Jones

Didier Theys

Fredrik Ekblom

Gary Bettenhausen

Geoff Brabham

Jeff Andretti

Jim Crawford

Johnny Parsons

Johnny Rutherford

Mark Smith

Michael Greenfield

Pancho Carter

Roberto Moreno

Rocky Moran

Ross Bentley

Russell Spence

Stéphan Grégoire

Tero Palmorth

Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.

Willy T. Ribbs

Lap-By-Lap Summery:

Green Flag: Al Unser Jr. Leads Lap 1

Lap 7: Caution #1 Car #79 Dennis Vitolo Spun in Turn 4

Lap 9: Green Flag 

Lap 21: Caution #2 Car #21 Roberto Guerrero Crashed in Turn 2

Lap 24: Emerson Fittipaldi Took the lead

Lap 27: Green Flag 

Lap 30: Caution #3 Car #10 Mike Groff, and Car #17 Dominic Dobson Crashed in Turn 1; Car #90 Lyn St. James made Contact with Car #40 Scott Goodyear her Left-Front to his Right-Rear in Avoidance.

Lap 40: Green Flag 

Lap 62: Jacques Villeneuve Took the lead

Lap 64: Emerson Fittipaldi Took the lead

Lap 92: Caution #4 Car #99 Hideshi Matsuda Crashed in Turn 1
LATER: Car #45 John Paul Jr. Crashed in Turn 3
LATER: Car #1 Nigel Mansell, and Car #79 Dennis Vitolo Crashed in Turn 3

Lap 100: Green Flag 

Lap 125: Jacques Villeneuve Took the lead

Lap 130: Emerson Fittipaldi Took the lead

Lap 134: Al Unser Jr. Took the lead

Lap 137: Caution #5 Debris on the Track

Lap 139: Green Flag; Emerson Fittipaldi Took the lead

Lap 165: Al Unser Jr. Took the lead

Lap 169: Emerson Fittipaldi Took the lead

Lap 185: Caution #6 Car #2 Emerson Fittipaldi Crashed out of the lead in Turn 4; Al Unser Jr. Took the lead

Lap 190: Green Flag 

Lap 197: Caution #7 Car #91 Stan Fox Crashed in Turn 1

Lap 200: Checkered Flag: Al Unser Jr. Wins his second and final Indy 500 under caution.  

Race Results: 

Finish	Driver	Laps	Status	Prize Money
1	Al Unser Jr.	200	160.872	$1,373,813
2	Jacques Villeneuve	200	160.749	$622,713
3	Bobby Rahal	199	Running	$411,163
4	Jimmy Vasser	199	Running	$295,163
5	Robby Gordon	199	Running	$227,563
6	Michael Andretti	198	Running	$245,563
7	Teo Fabi	198	Running	$216,563
8	Eddie Cheever Jr.	197	Running	$238,563
9	Bryan Herta	197	Running	$212,213
10	John Andretti	196	Running	$191,750
11	Mauricio Gugelmin	196	Running	$182,063
12	Brian Till	194	Running	$180,763
13	Stan Fox	193	Accident	$186,313
14	Hiro Matsushita	193	Running	$177,013
15	Stefan Johansson	192	Running	$164,113
16	Scott Sharp	186	Running	$161,663
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	184	Accident	$298,163
18	Arie Luyendyk	179	Engine	$161,412
19	Lyn St. James	170	Running	$161,212
20	Scott Brayton	116	Engine	$177,112
21	Raul Boesel	100	Water Pump	$173,112
22	Nigel Mansell	92	Accident	$153,312
23	Paul Tracy	92	Turbo	$151,612
24	Hideshi Matsuda	90	Accident	$150,362
25	John Paul Jr.	89	Accident	$168,812
26	Dennis Vitolo	89	Accident	$143,862
27	Marco Greco	53	Electrical	$171,762
28	Adrian Fernandez	30	Suspension	$146,612
29	Dominic Dobson	29	Accident	$139,912
30	Scott Goodyear	29	Mechanical	$159,312
31	Mike Groff	28	Accident	$138,812
32	Mario Andretti	23	Fuel System	$138,512
33	Roberto Guerrero	20	Accident	$143,912