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

Race NoTrackStateDateLapsDistanceTimeSpeedWinnerPole PositionMost Leading LapsFastest Race Lap
1MiamiFloridaMarch 5, 1995252.943=73.585 km0'47:00.67593.316 km/hGreg MooreGreg MooreGreg Moore?
2PhoenixArizonaApril 2, 1995751.6093=120.6975 km0'42:56.133168.668 km/hGreg MooreClaude BourbonnaisAffonso Giaffone?
3Long BeachCaliforniaApril 9, 1995472.558787=120.262989 km0'58:23.255123.584 km/hGreg MooreGreg MooreGreg Moore?
4NazarethPennsylvaniaApril 23, 1995751.5223978=114.179835 km0'44:23.382154.333 km/hGreg MooreBob Dorricott, Jr.Greg Moore?
5MilwaukeeWisconsinJune 4, 1995751.6607976=124.55982 km0'39:29.386189.254 km/hGreg MooreRobbie BuhlGreg Moore?
6DetroitMichiganJune 11, 1995243.37953=81.10872 km0'50:08.99397.040 km/hRobbie BuhlRobbie BuhlRobbie Buhl?
7PortlandOregonJune 25, 1995393.138135=122.387265 km0'51:19.388143.078 km/hGreg MooreGreg MooreGreg Moore?
8Toronto  CanadaJuly 16, 1995422.8709912=120.58163 km0'52:41.622137.301 km/hGreg MooreGreg MooreGreg Moore?
9ClevelandOhioJuly 23, 1995323.8124317=121.9978144 km0'48:37.497150.537 km/hGreg MooreGreg MooreGreg Moore?
10LoudonNew HampshireAugust 20, 1995711.7026394=120.887397 km0'34:29.131210.327 km/hGreg MooreRobbie BuhlRobbie Buhl?
11Vancouver  CanadaSeptember 3, 1995442.7406379=120.588068 km0'51:29.013140.536 km/hPedro ChavesGreg MooreGreg Moore?
12MontereyCaliforniaSeptember 10, 1995343.5629902=121.141667 km0'48:09.053150.953 km/hGreg MooreGreg MooreGreg 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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

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).

PlaceNameCountryTeamTotal Points
1Greg Moore  CanadaForsythe Racing242222022212116222220201222
2Robbie Buhl  United StatesDorricott Racing140121616141322116-1614-
3Affonso Giaffone  BrazilBrian Stewart Racing122511-1616101612-81216
4Doug Boyer  United StatesSummitt Motorsports1081012-10455141441614
5Pedro Chaves  PortugalMark Weida Leading Edge Racing9914-1043-8-16122012
6Buzz Calkins  United StatesBradley Motorsports77414-1214610510-2-
7Mark Hotchkis  United StatesMark Weida Leading Edge Racing57-6--103481210-4
8Jeff Ward  United StatesArizona Motorsports5616166814--2--3
9Nick Firestone  United StatesBrian Stewart Racing52321--1214-33410
10David DeSilva  United StatesGenoa Racing33--14-62-4421-
11Alex Padilla  United StatesMark Weida Leading Edge Racing322-128------
Team Medlin82
12Mike Borkowski  United StatesTeam Medlin31---2541235---
13Claude Bourbonnais  CanadaForsythe Racing2961-------16-6
Diego Guzman  ColombiaDick Simon Racing29---5-8--6-
PacWest Lights55
15José Luis Di Palma  ArgentinaMcCormack Racing248-----610----
16Bertrand Godin  CanadaForsythe Racing16------268---
Trevor Seibert  CanadaForsythe Racing16---------538
18Bob Reid  United StatesDerrick Walker Racing15--8-------61
19Jeff Andretti  United StatesCanaska Racing12---3-1-2-6--
20Niko Palhares  BrazilPacWest Lights918----------
21Peter Faucetta, Jr.  United StatesFRE Racing8--4-1--111--
22David LaCroix  United StatesDick Simon Racing7-3-1--3-----
23Beaux Barfield  United StatesBreezley Motorsports5-5----------
Enrique Contreras  MexicoTransAtlantic Racing5--5---------
25Juan Carlos Carbonell  ChileQwik Cars4-4----------
26Akira Ishikawa  JapanMcCormack Racing3--3---------
Bob Dorricott, Jr.  United StatesDorricott Racing3---12-------
28David Donohue  United StatesPacWest Lights2--2---------

Complete Overview

first column of every race10= grid position
second column of every race10= race result

R22=retired, but classified NS=did not start

PlaceNameCountryTeam
1Greg Moore  CanadaForsythe Racing117111514122111111311511
2Robbie Buhl  United StatesDorricott Racing44142921831411212322R221323321
3Affonso Giaffone  BrazilBrian Stewart Racing882512R2532225542846R2317612422
4Doug Boyer  United StatesSummitt Motorsports551642R221051599811823531396263
5Pedro Chaves  PortugalMark Weida Leading Edge Racing338R1410513991010219615R1942243184
6Buzz Calkins  United StatesBradley Motorsports994316166463771051281258R1711111413
7Mark Hotchkis  United StatesMark Weida Leading Edge Racing18R2011713R174R185513101599610445131359
8Jeff Ward  United StatesArizona Motorsports22191257771063316R141618911----1610
9Nick Firestone  United StatesBrian Stewart Racing1210181161220R19131544535R23131014104975
10David DeSilva  United StatesGenoa Racing10R2110R16332157711116R16149229711101212R23
11Alex Padilla  United StatesMark Weida Leading Edge Racing15113R154411R6----717----
Team Medlin?NS1861811
12Mike Borkowski  United StatesTeam Medlin------8113889144111078------
13Claude Bourbonnais  CanadaForsythe Racing771R228R15?NS----------625R19117
Diego Guzman  ColombiaDick Simon Racing11R226R2111R18981613668R1910R22117?NS
PacWest Lights148138
15José Luis Di Palma  ArgentinaMcCormack Racing66--------17131377515159138R2010R25
16Bertrand Godin  CanadaForsythe Racing----------20143116736------
Trevor Seibert  CanadaForsythe Racing--------?NS----13R208R1810871046
18Bob Reid  United StatesDerrick Walker Racing171621R1919616141714181617131714171315141772012
19Jeff Andretti  United StatesCanaska Racing16159NS14R20121012R191512--41123R2057----
20Niko Palhares  BrazilPacWest Lights1312567R241913----------------
21Peter Faucetta, Jr.  United StatesFRE Racing19R2317R2022914R1611121615181818121412121219R171919
22David LaCroix  United StatesDick Simon Racing?NS15101814151214R181920191021R2421R21--20152418
23Beaux Barfield  United StatesBreezley Motorsports--13825R19------------------
Enrique Contreras  MexicoTransAtlantic Racing1413--158----12R22----1814--15R1817R26
25Juan Carlos Carbonell  ChileQwik Cars2019129--------------------
26Akira Ishikawa  JapanMcCormack Racing----2010------------------
Bob Dorricott, Jr.  United StatesDorricott Racing21R24--17R211R17811141712R2119131916?NS916920
28David Donohue  United StatesPacWest Lights----2411?NS--2118--20R1616191115----
-Jack Miller  United StatesMcCormack Racing2418101323R2317R201917221921R2023152017?NS----
-Rick Hill  United StatesK.O.T. Racing--18R182113------------------
-Paul Dallenbach  United StatesMcCormack Racing--------------------16142216
-Chris Simmons  United StatesSotare Motorsports2214?NS--------------------
-Gianfranco Cané  Mexico?----------------------2514
-Harry Puterbaugh  United StatesMcCormack Racing--22R17--?NS1816--2215----1616----
-Chris Smith  United States?----------------------2115
-Cam Binder  CanadaK.O.T. Racing2317----------20R2222R21----21R2123R22
-Sohrab Amirsardari  CanadaMcCormack Racing--------------24R17--------
-Zak Brown  United StatesSotare Motorsports----------------------2617
-Aaron Hsu  United StatesSummitt Motorsports----------------------15R24
-Davey Hamilton  United StatesDick Simon Racing--?NS--------------------