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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 and to the driver leading the most laps.

Complete Overview

R22=retired, but classified NS=did not start