Honda Indy Toronto

Honda Indy Toronto
Honda Indy Toronto
Toronto, Ontario street circuit track map.svg
IndyCar Series
Location Exhibition Place
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
43°38′14″N 79°24′56″W / 43.63722°N 79.41556°W / 43.63722; -79.41556Coordinates: 43°38′14″N 79°24′56″W / 43.63722°N 79.41556°W / 43.63722; -79.41556
Corporate sponsor Honda Canada Inc.
First race 1986
First ICS race 2009
Most wins (driver) Michael Andretti (7)
Most wins (team) Newman/Haas Racing (7)
Most wins (manufacturer) Lola (12)
Circuit information
Surface Asphalt/Concrete
Length 2.824 km (1.755 mi)
Turns 11
Lap record 57.143 (Gil de Ferran, Reynard-Honda, 1999, CART)

The Honda Indy Toronto is an annual IndyCar Series race, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally known as the Molson Indy Toronto, it was a Champ Car World Series race held annually from 1986 to 2007. The track has 11 turns, is a 2.824-kilometre (1.755 mi) street circuit, and is located at Exhibition Place.

The Toronto Indy is one of six Canadian circuits to hold an Indy/Champ Car race, the others being Mont-Tremblant, Sanair, Montreal, Vancouver, and Edmonton.

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History

In 1977 and 1978, the race, then named the Molson Diamond Indy and sanctioned by USAC was held at Mosport International Raceway in nearby Bowmanville, Ontario. The first Indy race held in Canada was the 1967 Telegram Trophy 200 race at Mosport, which was won by Bobby Unser (his first career Indy victory).

In the 1996 race, American driver Jeff Krosnoff was killed in a crash with 4 laps remaining. In that same crash, volunteer corner marshall Gary Avrin was killed, and marshall Barbara Johnston also received injuries in the crash; she was treated and released that evening. Adrián Fernández won the race.

The name of the race was changed in 2006 from the Molson Indy Toronto to the Molson Grand Prix of Toronto after it was purchased by the Champ Car World Series from Molson Sports and Entertainment. The name was also changed to distance Champ Car from the rival Indy Racing League (IRL), which had gained the exclusive right to use the "Indy" name after 2002. In 2007, after Molson dropped their title sponsorship to the race, Steelback Brewery signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal to become the event’s title sponsor, re-naming it the Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto. This marked the first title sponsorship change since the event started in 1986.

The unification of Champ Car and the Indy Racing League was announced on February 22, 2008, and the Grand Prix of Toronto's future was left in doubt. After attempts were made to preserve the race for 2008, it was confirmed on March 5, 2008 that the race had been cancelled.

On May 15, 2008, Andretti Green Racing (co-owned by Michael Andretti) purchased the assets of the former Grand Prix of Toronto.[1] On July 30, 2008, it was confirmed that the race would return to Toronto on July 12, 2009.[2] On September 18, 2008, Andretti Green Racing announced that it had signed a multi-year agreement with Honda Canada Inc. for the title sponsorship of the race, henceforth named from 2009 onward as the Honda Indy Toronto.[3]

Michael Andretti is the all-time race win leader with seven victories.

Past winners

USAC (Mosport)

Season Winning Driver Chassis Engine Team Race title
1967 United States Bobby Unser Eagle Ford Leader Cards Racing Telegram Trophy 200
1968 United States Dan Gurney Eagle Weslake-Ford Oscar Olson Telegram Trophy 200
1969–1976: Not held
1977 United States A.J. Foyt Coyote Foyt A.J. Foyt Enterprises Molson Diamond Indy
1978 United States Danny Ongais Parnelli Cosworth Interscope Racing Molson Diamond Indy

CART/Champ Car/IndyCar (Exhibition Place)

Season Winning Driver Chassis Engine Team Race title Report
CART IndyCar/Champ Car
1986 United States Bobby Rahal March Cosworth Truesports Molson Indy Toronto Report
1987 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi March Chevrolet-Ilmor Patrick Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
1988 United States Al Unser Jr. March Chevrolet-Ilmor Galles Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
1989 United States Michael Andretti Lola Chevrolet-Ilmor Newman/Haas Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
1990 United States Al Unser Jr. Lola Chevrolet-Ilmor Galles/KRACO Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
1991 United States Michael Andretti Lola Chevrolet-Ilmor Newman/Haas Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
1992 United States Michael Andretti Lola Ford-Cosworth Newman/Haas Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
1993 Canada Paul Tracy Penske Chevrolet-Ilmor Penske Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
1994 United States Michael Andretti Reynard Ford-Cosworth Chip Ganassi Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
1995 United States Michael Andretti Lola Ford-Cosworth Newman/Haas Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
1996 Mexico Adrian Fernandez Lola Honda Tasman Motorsports Molson Indy Toronto Report
1997 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Reynard Mercedes-Benz PacWest Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
1998 Italy Alex Zanardi Reynard Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
1999 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Reynard Honda Team Green Molson Indy Toronto Report
2000 United States Michael Andretti Lola Ford-Cosworth Newman/Haas Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
2001 United States Michael Andretti Reynard Honda Team Green Molson Indy Toronto Report
2002 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Lola Toyota Newman/Haas Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
2003 Canada Paul Tracy Lola Ford-Cosworth Forsythe Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
2004 France Sébastien Bourdais Lola Ford-Cosworth Newman/Haas Racing Molson Indy Toronto Report
2005 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Lola Ford-Cosworth RuSPORT Molson Indy Toronto Report
2006 United States A. J. Allmendinger Lola Ford-Cosworth Forsythe Racing Molson Grand Prix of Toronto Report
2007 Australia Will Power Panoz Cosworth Walker Racing Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto Report
2008 Not held
Izod IndyCar Series
2009 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Dallara Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Indy Toronto Report
2010 Australia Will Power Dallara Honda Penske Racing Honda Indy Toronto Report
2011 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Dallara Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Indy Toronto Report

Indy Lights/Formula Atlantic

ARS/Indy Lights   Atlantic Championship
Season Winning Driver Season Winning Driver
1986 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza 1986 Not held
1987 Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne 1987
1988 United Kingdom Calvin Fish 1988
1989 United States Gary Rubio 1989
1990 Canada Paul Tracy 1990 United States Freddy Rhemrev
1991 United States P.J. Jones 1991 United States Stuart Crow
1992 United States Bryan Herta 1992 Canada David Empringham
1993 United States Bryan Herta 1993 Canada Claude Bourbonnais
1994 United Kingdom Steve Robertson 1994 United States Richie Hearn
1995 Canada Greg Moore 1995 United States Richie Hearn
1996 Brazil Gualter Salles 1996 Canada Patrick Carpentier
1997 Brazil Hélio Castro-Neves 1997 United States Memo Gidley
1998 United Kingdom Guy Smith 1998 Canada Alex Tagliani
1999 United States Geoff Boss 1999 Not held
2000 Not held 2000 Canada Andrew Bordin
2001 United States Townsend Bell 2001 Canada David Rutledge
2002 Not held 2002 Canada Michael Valiante
2003 2003 United States A.J. Allmendinger
2004 2004 United States Jon Fogarty
2005 2005 Canada Antoine Bessette
2006 2006 United States Robbie Pecorari
2007 2007 France Franck Perera
2008 2008 Not held
2009 Colombia Sebastian Saavedra 2009
2010 France Jean-Karl Vernay 2010
2011 United Kingdom Stefan Wilson 2011

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Year Race Name Winner
2011 Streets of Toronto 100 Canada Andrew Ranger
2010 Jumpstart 100 Canada Andrew Ranger

Race day attendance

Year Attendance
1986 60,000
1987 64,000
1988 59,155
1989 61,156
1990 64,245
1991 61,264
1992 65,094
1993 66,225
1994 66,503
1995 68,238
2000 72,976
2001 73,628
2002 73,160
2003 73,255
2004 72,561
2005 73,155
2006
2007
2008 Not held
2009 15,000 est. [4]
2010
2011 25,000 est [5]

[citation needed]

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