1992 Ginebra San Miguel season, Occurrences
Ginebra import Jervis Cole was suspended for one game for figuring in exchange of blows with Presto guard Onchie Dela Cruz in their game on February 27. The Gins played the San Miguel Beermen in their next outing on March 3 without the suspended Cole and they lost the match.


1992 Ginebra San Miguel season, Occurrences
Former Best Import winner Jamie Waller return to play for Ginebra in the Third Conference. The Gins were allowed to have an import standing 6-4 as the handicapping rule for being eliminated twice while the rest of the teams will have a 6-1 import. Eight games into the eliminations with Ginebra carrying a four-win, four-loss record when trouble started brewing regarding import Jamie Waller's actions, but rumors were quickly dispelled when Waller led Ginebra to the semifinals with back-to-back wins over Alaska and Shell. When Shell import Kelvin Upshaw was kick out and banned by the PBA for failing a drug test, Waller went on his way and left to sympathise with Upshaw. Ginebra decided to bring in a replacement import Danny Jones, going into their highly anticipated encounter with the Tony Harris-led Swift.


1992 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
March 15: Ginebra San Miguel overpowered their arch rivals Shell Rimula-X, 122-108, to stay alive in the battle for the last three semifinal berths of the first conference and snapped out of a five-game losing slump.


1992 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
October 6: Jamie Waller banged in 62 points, including six in overtime, to lead Ginebra to a 140-134 victory over Purefoods. The Gins are now tied with idle Alaska at second place with their third straight win after losing their first game while the Hotdogs dropped to two wins and two defeats.


1992 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
October 25: Chito Loyzaga scored his only two points in the game with 10 seconds left to lift Ginebra to a 118-115 triumph over Alaska as the Gins moved within a win of achieving their first semifinal stint in the 1992 season.


1992 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
October 27: Ginebra makes it to the semifinals of the third conference with a 112-101 victory over Shell, whose import Kelvin Upshaw was thrown out of the game halfway through the last quarter. The Gins translate Upshaw's exit into a seven-point blitz that installed them ahead at 100-94.


1992 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
November 3: New import Danny Jones debut with 59 points as Ginebra nip Swift, 146-145, to secure a solid position in second place going into the semifinal round. A last-second bankshot by Tony Harris, who scored 76 points, rolled in but was seemingly tipped out of the hoop, sending the pro-Ginebra crowd in wild frenzy as the Gins handed the Mighty Meaties only their second loss in 11 games.


1992 Ginebra San Miguel season, Roster
Assistant coaches: Arlene Rodriguez / Philip Cezar Team Manager: Bernabe Navarro


1992 Girabola
The 1992 Girabola was the 14th season of top-tier football competition in Angola. C.D. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.


1992 Girabola
The league comprised 16 teams, the bottom two of which were relegated.


1992 Girabola
Primeiro de Agosto were crowned champions, winning their 5th title, while Inter de Luanda and Benfica de Cabinda were relegated.


1992 Girabola
Amaral Aleixo of Sagrada Esperança finished as the top scorer with 20 goals.


1992 Girabola, Changes from the 1991 season
Relegated: Desportivo da Cuca, Desportivo de SaurimoPromoted: Desportivo da Nocal, Inter da Huíla


1992 Giro d'Italia
The 1992 Giro d'Italia was the 75th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in Genoa on 24 May with a 8 km (5.0 mi) individual time trial. The race concluded in Milan with an 66 km (41.0 mi) individual time trial on 14 June. Twenty teams entered the race, which was won by the Spaniard Miguel Indurain of the Banesto team. Second and third respectively were the Italians Claudio Chiappucci and Franco Chioccioli. Indurain's victory in the 1992 Giro was his first step in completing the Giro - Tour double – winning the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in one calendar year - becoming the sixth rider to accomplish this feat, with the first being Fausto Coppi in 1949.


1992 Giro d'Italia
Thierry Marie won the event's opening leg and in doing so, became the first rider to wear the race leader's maglia rosa (English: pink jersey) in this edition. He held the race lead for another stage, before he lost it to eventual winner Indurain upon the conclusion of the third stage who held it for the rest of the race's duration. Indurain built upon his advantage during the fourth and twenty-second stages, both individual time trials, and protected the lead by responding to most attacks from his rivals during the mountainous stages.


1992 Giro d'Italia
Indurain became the first Spanish rider to win the Giro d'Italia. Indurain also won the secondary intergiro classification. In the race's other classifications, Lampre–Colnago rider Pavel Tonkov of Russia finished as the best rider aged 25 or under in the general classification, finishing in seventh place overall; Mario Cipollini of the GB–MG Maglificio team was the winner of the points classification, with GB-MG Maglificio finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Teams
Twenty teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1992 edition of the Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 180 cyclists. Italy (71), France (19), Spain (19), Germany (11), and Colombia (10) all had more than 10 riders. Of these, 70 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time. The average age of riders was 27.48 years, ranging from 22–year–old Andrea Ferrigato (Ariostea) to 36–year–old Sean Kelly (Lotus–Festina). The team with the youngest average rider age was Castorama (25), while the oldest was Motorola (29). From the riders that began the race, 148 made it to the finish in Milan.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites
The starting peloton did include the previous year's winner Franco Chioccioli. According to author Bill McGann, Miguel Indurain came into the race with the aims of riding it for preparation for the Tour de France in July. Claudio Chiappucci came into the race as a contender after finishing on the podium at the previous season's Giro d'Italia and Tour de France. The Spanish newspaper El País believed Indurain to be the favorite heading into the first day of racing.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites
However, the newspaper did state that his chances were lower since his teammate Jean-François Bernard was not participating in the race due to an injury. l'Unità writer Dario Ceccarelli and Avui writer Recuero believed that Chiappucci and Indurain were the favorites to win the overall crown. Spanish newspaper Diari de Girona named Indurain, Chiappucci, Laurent Fignon, and Massimiliano Lelli the main contenders to win the race.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The route for the 1992 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano on 30 November 1991. It contained three time trial events, all of which were individual. There were eleven stages containing high mountains, of which four had summit finishes: stage 10, to Monte Terminillo; stage 14, to Monte Bondone; stage 18, to Monviso; and stage 19, to Pila. The organizers chose to include no rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 128 km (80 mi) longer and lacked an opening time trial prologue. In addition, this race contained one less of half stages.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
El País felt that the route was best suited for an all-round cyclist, while stating that final 66 km (41 mi) individual time trial would be decisive in determining the winner of the race. Avui writer Recuero believed that the course was the toughest in years, while also stating that many experts found that the race route was well balanced between the time spent in the mountains and the distance allocated to time trials. The race's nineteenth stage, which began and ended in Saluzzo, was named the queen stage for the amount of difficult mountains contained in the stage.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The Giro began with a short 8 km (5.0 mi) individual time trial that navigated through the streets of Genoa, which was won by Thierry Marie by a margin of three seconds. The next day of racing culminated with a bunch sprint that was won by Jolly Componibili-Club 88's Endrio Leoni after the leading two-man breakaway just kilometers before the finish. Banesto controlled the pace-making for most of the third stage before general classification contender Claudio Chiappucci attacked. Chiappucci attacked near the end of the stage, but was caught by his rivals. Motorola's Maximilian Sciandri edged out Massimiliano Lelli for the stage win as the race lead shifted from Marie to Miguel Indurain. Indurain increased his advantage over the rest of the competing riders by winning the stage 4 individual time trial by thirty-two seconds.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The race's sixth stage was the first stage containing several climbs of great difficulty. As the stage progressed, the general classification contenders formed a group on the road. Chiappucci and Marco Giovannetti attacked a few times, with all of their attempts being marked by the other riders. The contenders all crossed the finish line together seconds after stage winner Franco Vona, with Frenchman Laurent Fignon being the only one to lose time. The following day, sprinter Guido Bontempi and Giuseppe Petito formed a breakaway group that survived to the stage's conclusion, with Bontempi taking the stage victory. Stages 8 and 9 both came down to field sprints won by Mario Cipollini and Bontempi, respectively.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The event's tenth stage featured a summit finish to Monte Terminillo. The general classification contenders were all in a group together as they reached the final climb of the day. Piotr Ugrumov was the first of the group to attack and was joined by Roberto Conti shortly after. Behind, Indurain led a chase group that contained Andrew Hampsten, Chiappucci, Giovannetti, and Luis Herrera, while general classification hopefuls Chioccioli and Fignon dropped off the back since they could not keep pace. The group caught Conti, who was alone after Ugrumov slowed, and from there, Herrera attacked to win the stage.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The next day's route was an undulating one. Chioccioli, Roberto Pagnin, and Marco Lietti formed a breakaway group and gained an advantage of three and a half minutes over the main field which was led by Indurain's team, Banesto. The group remained in front, Pagnin took the stage victory, and Indurain finished over two minutes later. With around nine kilometers remaining in the twelfth stage, there was an accident that saw Chiappicci and Giovannetti amongst others go down. The peloton continued on, gearing up for a sprint finish that Leoni won.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The race entered the Dolomites in the thirteenth stage. Indurain was attacked several times on the final climb of the day by Chioccioli, Giovannetti, and Chiappucci; however, he was able to counter each attack and the group of main competitors finished together three after the stage winner, Vona. The next day was the most mountainous of the race, according to El Pais writer Paolo Viberti, as it contained the Passo Pordoi and twice climbed Monte Bondone, with the second being the end of the stage.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
Giorgio Furlan launched a solo attack that won him the stage as the general classification contenders attacked each other behind. Indurain marked each move that was made by his rivals, except for a last ditch effort by Chioccioli that allowed him to finish five seconds ahead of the rest of the general classification hopefuls. The next leg of the race saw a nine-man group form a breakaway after the stage started. The breakaway group was not caught and reached the finish line where Castorama's François Simon won sprint to the line. Marco Saligari won the sixteenth stage after participating in a breakaway that lasted around 146 km (90.7 mi).


1992 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The eighteenth stage featured a summit finish to the Pian del Re. After several rival riders attacked Indurain, a group of general classification riders were leading on the road going into the final climb of the day. As the climb wore on, the group thinned and Gatorade–Chateau d'Ax's Giovannetti attacked on a false flat with about 500 m (1,640.4 ft) remaining in the stage to win the day. Giancarlo Perini and Udo Bölts caught the nineteenth stage's leading rider on the road, Ramon Gonzalez. Bölts attacked with two kilometers left on the day and rode solo to stage victory. Meanwhile, race leader Indurain countered all the attacks made by his rivals and maintained his advantage.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The event's twentieth stage saw Chioccioli and Chiappucci attack Indurain several times. Chioccioli won the stage and was the first over most of the categorized climbs on the stage, but Indurain finished with the same time. The penultimate stage resulted in a field sprint that was won by Cipollini for his fourth victory of this edition. The final stage of the race was a 66 km (41.0 mi) individual time trial. Race leader Indurain won the stage by two minutes and forty-six seconds over the second-place finisher on the stage, thereby sealing his overall victory.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
Five riders achieved multiple stage victories: Cipollini (stages 5, 8, 17, and 21), Bontempi (stages 7 and 9), Leoni (stages 2 and 12), Vona (stages 6 and 13), and Indurain (stages 4 and 22). Stage wins were achieved by eleven of the twenty competing squads, six of which won multiple stages. GB-MG Maglificio collected a total of seven stage wins through three riders, Cipollini, Vona, and Chioccioli (stage 20). Carrera Jeans-Vagabond amassed a total of two stage victories through Bontempi. Jolly Componibili-Club 88 achieved the same feat through Leoni.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
Castorama earned two stage wins through Marie (stage 1) and Simon (stage 15). Ariostea gained two stage victories through Furlan (stage 14) and Saligari (stage 16). Banesto collected two stage success through Indurain. Motorola, Postobon-Manzana-Ryalcao, Lotus-Festina, Gatorade-Chateau d'Ax, and Team Telekom all won a single stage at the Giro, the first through Sciandri (stage 3), the second through Herrera (stage 10), the third with Pagnin (stage 11), the fourth with Giovannetti (stage 18), and the fifth through Bölts (stage 19).


1992 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
Five different jerseys were worn during the 1992 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15; additional points could also be won in intermediate sprints. The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo Pordoi. The first rider to cross the Pordoi Pass was Italian Claudio Chiappucci. The white jersey was worn by the leader of young rider classification, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1968 were eligible for it.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The intergiro classification was marked by a blue jersey. The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey. Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Aftermath
Miguel Indurain entered the Tour de France in July as the favorite to win the race. He would go on to win the race after taking the lead upon the finish of the thirteenth stage. By winning the Tour, he became the sixth rider to complete the Giro - Tour double in history. Indurain would go on to repeat this feat again the following calendar year. In April 2018, Indurain was placed into the Giro d'Italia Hall of Fame for his performances during the Giro d'Italia in his career. He was the sixth rider to be inducted.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11
The 1992 Giro d'Italia was the 75th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Genoa, with an individual time trial on 24 May, and Stage 11 occurred on 3 June with a stage to Imola. The race finished in Milan on 14 June.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1
24 May 1992 — Genoa, 8 km (5.0 mi) (ITT)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
25 May 1992 — Genoa to Uliveto Terme, 198 km (123 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
26 May 1992 — Uliveto Terme to Arezzo, 174 km (108 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
27 May 1992 — Arezzo to Sansepolcro, 38 km (24 mi) (ITT)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
28 May 1992 — Sansepolcro to Porto Sant'Elpidio, 198 km (123 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
29 May 1992 — Porto Sant'Elpidio to Sulmona, 223 km (139 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
30 May 1992 — Roccaraso to Melfi, 232 km (144 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
31 May 1992 — Melfi to Aversa, 184 km (114 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
1 June 1992 — Aversa to Latina, 165 km (103 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
2 June 1992 — Latina to Monte Terminillo, 196 km (122 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
3 June 1992 — Montepulciano to Imola, 233 km (145 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22
The 1992 Giro d'Italia was the 75th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Genoa, with an individual time trial on 24 May, and Stage 12 occurred on 4 June with a stage from Imola. The race finished in Milan on 14 June.


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 12
4 June 1992 — Imola to Bassano del Grappa, 214 km (133 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 13
5 June 1992 — Bassano del Grappa to Corvara, 204 km (127 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 14
6 June 1992 — Corvara to Monte Bondone, 205 km (127 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 15
7 June 1992 — Riva del Garda to Palazzolo sull'Oglio, 171 km (106 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 16
8 June 1992 — Palazzolo sull'Oglio to Sondrio, 166 km (103 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 17
9 June 1992 — Sondrio to Vercelli, 203 km (126 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 18
10 June 1992 — Vercelli to Pian del Re, 200 km (120 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 19
11 June 1992 — Saluzzo to Pila, 186 km (116 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 20
12 June 1992 — Saint Vincent to Verbania, 201 km (125 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 21
13 June 1992 — Verbania to Vigevano, 95 km (59 mi)


1992 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 22
14 June 1992 — Vigevano to Milan, 66 km (41 mi) (ITT)


1992 Giro del Trentino
The 1992 Giro del Trentino was the 16th edition of the Tour of the Alps cycle race and was held on 12 May to 15 May 1992. The race started in Arco and finished in Riva del Garda. The race was won by Claudio Chiappucci.


1992 Giro di Lombardia
The 1992 Giro di Lombardia was the 86th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 17 October 1992. The race started and finished in Monza. The race was won by Tony Rominger of the CLAS– Cajastur team.


1992 Gloucester City Council election
The 1992 Gloucester City Council election took place on 5 May 1992 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England. It was still a No Overall Control council.


1992 Gordon District Council election
Elections to the Gordon District Council took place in May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.


1992 Gordon state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Gordon on 2 May 1992 because of the resignation of Tim Moore, following the release of the findings of the Independent Commission Against Corruption into the 'Metherell Affair'.


1992 Gordon state by-election
The seat was comfortably won by Jeremy Kinross of the Liberal Party despite a 5.5% drop in the Liberal primary vote, and a 5.7% drop in their two party preferred vote.


1992 Gordon state by-election, Background
The seat of Gordon, a traditionally safe Liberal seat, was held since 1976 by Tim Moore. However, with the hung parliament result of the 1991 election, the performance of the Greiner government had become dependent on the support of the few independent members of the legislative assembly. When former minister Terry Metherell resigned in October 1991 the government's ability to command a majority became even more difficult. The government subsequently created a job for Metherell, a position with the Environment Protection Agency, which he accepted, effectively engineering a vacancy in a seat the Liberal Party would recover at a by-election.


1992 Gordon state by-election, Background
While the Liberal Party won the by-election, there was a much higher cost. Because the Greiner government was in a minority, it could not prevent the Legislative Assembly referring the matter of Metherell's appointment to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, which made findings of corruption. These findings were eventually ruled by the Supreme Court of New South Wales as being outside the powers of the ICAC to make, but by then Premier Greiner had already resigned as Premier and an MP after the four independent MPs threatened to bring down the government if Greiner stayed in office.


1992 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1992 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $10,000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.


1992 Grand National
The 1992 Grand National (officially known as the Martell Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 146th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 4 April 1992.


1992 Grand National
It was won in a time of nine minutes and 6.4 seconds and by a distance of 2+1⁄2 lengths by 14/1 shot Party Politics, ridden by Welsh jockey Carl Llewellyn. The winner was trained by Nick Gaselee of Hungerford, Berkshire, and carried the colors of owner Patricia Thompson, pink with purple crossbelts, hooped sleeves, and a purple cap. The winning owner collected £99,943 of a total prize fund shared through the first five finishers of £167,386. For safety reasons, the field was restricted to 40 runners. All of the horses returned safely to the stables.


1992 Grand National
The winner proved a very popular horse with a topical name; many of the once-a-year punters backed him because the race fell just five days before the 1992 United Kingdom general election.


1992 Grand National, Leading contenders
Docklands Express was sent off as the 15/2 favorite despite having been a first fence faller in the previous year's National. In the year since he had put together several good performances in the major chases, winning the Racing Post Chase at Kempton in February and then finishing third in the Cheltenham Gold Cup the following month. With regular rider Anthony Tory unavailable, champion jockey Peter Scudamore took the ride and gave their backers every chance jumping the Canal Turn on the second circuit among an unusually large number of runners still holding a chance of victory. Scudamore moved his mount through the field on the run back to the racecourse, turning for home a close-up third but was unable to quicken into the second-last fence and was beaten by the final flight, fading to finish over 25 lengths down in fourth.


1992 Grand National, Leading contenders
Brown Windsor was backed down to 8/1 in partnership with 1986 winning rider Richard Dunwoody despite the horse having been off the course for more than a year after finishing fourth in the 1990 race. The horse returned to the course early in 1992 in three preps for the National, winning the third and was among the leaders when falling at Becher's Brook on the first circuit. Owner Michael Buckley later said: "The form says he fell, but that's unfair to Brown Windsor. Richard Dunwoody was unseated. Albeit by a loose horse crashing into him mid-air."


1992 Grand National, Leading contenders
Twin Oaks was allocated top weight of 11 stone 7 lbs and had won two of his three prep races since pulling up in the Welsh Grand National in December, one of those being the Peter Marsh chase at Haydock in February and was sent off at 9/1 in company with regular jockey, Neale Doughty, himself the winner of the race in 1984. Doughty rode a patient waiting race towards the rear of the main pack before moving through the field three fences from home.


1992 Grand National, Leading contenders
They jumped into a distant fourth briefly at the second last flight but could make no impression from that point and finished twenty-seven and a half lengths distant in fifth. This proved to be Twin Oaks' only attempt at the National and went on to win the Tommy Whittle Chase in December before being retired after a poor run in a Greenalls Gold Cup in February 1993.


1992 Grand National, Leading contenders
Cool Ground was bidding to become only the second horse ever to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National in the same season. In the absence of regular rider, Adrian Maguire, Martin Lynch took the ride and was in contention in the first dozen at The Canal Turn but was under pressure after jumping the third last flight and never got closer than his eventual tenth-place finish.


1992 Grand National, Leading contenders
Auntie Dot proved popular with the public after her third in the previous year's National and four victories in the year since enhanced her credentials when sent off as a 12/1 shot with Mark Dwyer in the saddle. The mare was at the rear of the main pack at the Canal Turn second time around but was unable to get on terms and finished a distant sixteenth in what proved to be her final race.


1992 Grand National, Leading contenders
Laura's Beau attracted attention after winning the four-mile National handicap chase at Uttoxeter three weeks before the National and was sent off at 12/1 with Conor O'Dwyer in the saddle. Having spent the majority of the race well to the rear, Laura's Beau came through the field after the Canal Turn to take the last fence in fourth place, albeit a long way behind. he overhauled Docklands Express on the run-in to take third place.


1992 Grand National, Leading contenders
Both the eventual winner and second, Romany King were also well supported at 14/1 and 16/1 respectively while the grey, Stay on Tracks and the 1990 Midlands Grand National winner, Wilsford were both also 16/1.


1992 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
The race and its build-up were broadcast live on BBC television for the thirty-third consecutive year as part of a Grandstand Grand National special hosted by Des Lynam. The commentary team for the twenty-second consecutive year was John Hanmer who covered the first four fences, Julian Wilson who covered the fence before Becher's Brook until Valentine's Brook before handing back to Hanmer who covered the field back onto the racecourse proper, before handing over to the anchor commentator, Peter O'Sullevan who covered the start, midway point and finish of the race.


1992 Grand National, Media coverage and aftermath
This was the last year that Wilson commentated for the BBC thus bringing an end to the longest unbroken commentary team line-up in the televised history of the race. The start time of 4.00pm was slightly later than usual as The Boat Race was also shown in Grandstand earlier in the afternoon.


1992 Grand Prix (snooker)
The 1992 Rothmans Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament and the second of nine WPBSA ranking events in the 1992/1993 season, preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 12 to 25 October 1992 at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading, England. The event was the eleventh edition of the Grand Prix, first held in 1982 as the 1982 Professional Players Tournament.


1992 Grand Prix (snooker)
Stephen Hendry was the defending champion, but he lost his last 64 match against Tony Chappel. Jimmy White played Ken Doherty in the final, with the latter contesting his first ranking event final. White defeated Doherty 10–9 in the final to win his eighth ranking title. In qualifying for the event, Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Jason Curtis 5–0 in 43 minutes 36 seconds, the fastest best-of-nine-frames match to date. The event featured a prize of £80,000 for the winner of the event.


1992 Grand Prix (snooker), Tournament summary
Defending and World Champion Stephen Hendry was the number 1 seed. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.


1992 Grand Prix (snooker), Main draw
Below is the main draw for the event. Players in bold denote match winners.


1992 Grand Prix Hassan II
The 1992 Grand Prix Hassan II was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tennis tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco and played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the World Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It was the 8th edition of the tournament and was held from 16 March until 23 March 1992. Guillermo Pérez Roldán won the singles title.


1992 Grand Prix Hassan II, Finals, Doubles
Horacio de la Peña /  Jorge Lozano defeated  Ģirts Dzelde /  T. J. Middleton 2–6, 6–4, 7–6


1992 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Horacio de la Peña and Jorge Lozano won in the final 2–6, 6–4, 7–6, against Ģirts Dzelde and T.J. Middleton.


1992 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Guillermo Pérez Roldán won the title, defeating Germán López 2–6, 7–5, 6–3 in the final.


1992 Grand Prix International de Paris
The 1992 Grand Prix International de Paris was held at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1992 Grand Prix Passing Shot
The 1992 Grand Prix Passing Shot, also known as the Bordeaux Open, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at Villa Primrose in Bordeaux, France that was part of the World Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from 14 September until 20 September 1992. Unseeded Andrei Medvedev won the singles title.


1992 Grand Prix Passing Shot, Finals, Doubles
Sergio Casal /  Emilio Sánchez defeated  Arnaud Boetsch /  Guy Forget 6–1, 6–4


1992 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse
The 1992 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Toulouse, France that was part of the World Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament and was held from 5 October until 11 October 1992. Second-seeded Guy Forget won the singles title.


1992 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse, Finals, Doubles
Brad Pearce /  Byron Talbot defeated  Guy Forget /  Henri Leconte, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3


1992 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Doubles
The 1992 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on Indoor Carpet in Toulouse, France that was part of the World Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament and was held from 5 October – 11 October.


1992 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1992 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Singles
The 1992 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Toulouse, France that was part of the World Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament and was held from 5 October – 11 October.


1992 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 44th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Honda secured the constructor's title in all three categories.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 500cc summary
Wayne Rainey won the 1992 World Championship for the third consecutive year on a Kenny Roberts Marlboro Yamaha, however he was largely outshone by a dominant Michael Doohan on his Rothmans Honda, and was only prevented from winning what would have been his first world title by injury.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 500cc summary
Doohan won the first four opening rounds, the first he nearly didn't qualify for, due to tricky conditions in Suzuka, but ended up winning as Rainey crashed out in the rain. Rainey followed Doohan home in second in the following three races, still not fully fit due to a broken femur he had suffered at the end of the 1991 season. Daryl Beattie was third at his home race in Australia, riding as a replacement for Wayne Gardner, who injured himself in a crash in the opening round. There were also podiums for Crivillé on his Honda in the third round and Niall Mackenzie on his Team France Yamaha in the fourth round after Crivillé had crashed out of third from his home race at Jerez.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 500cc summary
The fifth round at Mugello saw one of the only races of the season where the three best riders of the era - Rainey, Doohan and Kevin Schwantz were fully fit and able to battle it out. Schwantz had missed the third round due to injury but was able to take the victory at Mugello on his Lucky Strike Suzuki as Rainey crashed out whilst battling for the lead. Rainey did however win his first race of the season at Catalunya in round six, passing Doohan for victory with two laps remaining. The seventh round of the season saw Doohan get back to winning ways, but Rainey had to retire due to being unable to continue after riding in pain following a heavy practice fall.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 500cc summary
The eighth round at Assen proved to be crucial to the title race. Rainey left the circuit during practice, still being unable to ride comfortably, all but conceding the title to Doohan. However Doohan was to have his own crash in practice, suffering a double-fracture of his right leg and ruling him out for five races. Gardner also injured himself in practice leaving the Rothmans Honda squad without a rider for the race. Schwantz was therefore favorite for the race, but was being heavily challenged by Cagiva's four time world champion and veteran Eddie Lawson. Lawson took both riders out of the race with a collision, which resulted in Schwantz suffering a broken arm. The series of events left a group of riders chasing a rare victory and it was Crivillé who took the win, the first of his career.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 500cc summary
Rainey was back for the following round at the Hungaroring, but changeable weather conditions allowed Lawson to take Cagiva's first ever 500cc victory, and Lawson's last in a glittering career. Rainey got back to winning ways in France for the tenth round, however Gardner took a popular win at the British round, with Rainey in second. A patch of oil into the first turn catching out several riders including high flying Schwantz, and teammate Doug Chandler.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 500cc summary
The penultimate round of the season saw the return of Doohan, however he was still not fully fit. Rainey won the race, and whilst Doohan was running in the top ten for periods, he wasn't able to maintain the pace and finished twelfth. In the final round Rainey needed to a two-point swing to win the world championship, and although Doohan managed a sterling effort to finish sixth, Rainey's third place was enough to secure him his third and final world title.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 500cc summary
John Kocinski, Rainey's teammate took his only win of the season, in his last race for Marlboro Roberts Yamaha, and promoted him to third in the world championship table, ahead of Schwantz. Chandler impressed in his first season in the series finishing fifth, whilst Gardner's strong performances when fit saw him good enough for sixth. Juan Garriga was a strong seventh on a Yamaha, with Crivillé impressing in his debut season in eighth, ahead of Lawson took ninth, ahead of Randy Mamola. At the end of 1992 several of the big names of the 80's retired - Lawson, Gardner, and Mamola all left the sport, for different reasons.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 500cc summary
The factory Honda riders debuted the "big bang" engine, with the NSR500, where the firing order of the cylinders made the power come out in pulses. The benefit to this was in traction, allowing the tires to adhere between pulses, rather than spin because of the two-stroke 500’s peaky powerband. Yamaha came up with their own version for the 9th round and Suzuki had it available by mid-season, though Schwantz didn't use it initially. The "big bang" concept is still used in today's four-stroke MotoGP bikes.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 250cc summary
Luca Cadalora claimed his second 250cc crown by a much larger margin than his previous title. He won five out of the first six races on his Rothmans Honda accumulating such a huge points lead that he could afford to be more conservative in the second half of the season. Fellow Italians Loris Reggiani and Pierfrancesco Chili provided Cadalora's strongest competition.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 250cc summary
Reggiani won two races on his factory Aprilia, whilst Chili put in a number of strong performances winning three races, but failing to finish on a number of occasions, and suffered the embarrassment of thinking he had claimed a podium in the fourth round at Jerez, only to realise he had slowed down prematurely and had in fact been warming down on the final lap.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 250cc summary
Helmut Bradl had a more disappointing 1992 season, having run Cadalora close for the title in the previous year, the German on the HB Honda failed to win a race, and was often off the pace, back in fifth in the championship standings. 1992 saw the emergence of several future 250cc stars, with Max Biaggi, Chili's teammate, winning several pole positions and winning the final round in his debut season and impressing more and more as the season progressed. Loris Capirossi made the step up from 125s to 250s for the 1992 season.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 250cc summary
He was largely off the pace at the start of the season as he wasn't given a full works Honda initially, but once provided with a Honda much closer to the performance of Cadalora's as he proved he had the speed to be a contender. Similarly, Doriano Romboni's performances improved in the final few races when his HB Honda was upgraded. Former 250 world champion Carlos Lavado retired at the end of the season having had a very low-key 1992, rarely appearing in the points.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 125cc summary
Alessandro Gramigni won the first ever 125cc championship for Aprilia, in a tight championship. This was despite Gramigni suffering a broken leg in a road bike accident midway through the season and missing a couple of rounds. Former double 125 champion Fausto Gresini had been consistent throughout the season on his Marlboro Honda, but only won one race, finishing second in the championship. Gresini was looking in serious contention for the championship, but had a critical crash when running in second place in the French round.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 125cc summary
Honda's Ralf Waldmann finished third in the championship, but had led the series for most of the year having won three of the first four races. His dip in form after that saw him rarely finish on the podium in the second half of the season. Ezio Gianola won the most races in the class - four, yet a number of crashes and low finishes meant he finished fourth in the championship on his Honda, this was a marked up-turn in fortune for Gianola who had considered retiring after a disappointing 1991 season.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summaries, 125cc summary
Aprilia's Bruno Casanova also had a much better 1992 than the previous season, finishing fifth in the championship. His only win coming in the closest race of the season at Hockenheim, where the super fast slipstreaming circuit provided a classic 125 race with the lead changing hands almost every lap. Up and coming Dirk Raudies ended the season well with a victory in the penultimate round in Brazil, and 125 veteran Jorge Martinez became the seventh different winner of the season when he won the final round of the season in South Africa.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Rule changes and off track events
During 1992 Rainey created the International Motorcycle Racers’ Association (IMRA) to pressure track organizers for safety improvements. Michelin came back from a semi-withdrawal and supplied tires to the Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha teams. The points system was revised to award points to the top 10 finishers only, instead of the top 15. This system would last for only the 1992 season, a slightly modified version being brought in for 1993, that is still used today.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Rule changes and off track events
The calendar was shortened to 13 rounds, with the United States, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Austria losing their races. The South African Grand Prix was added and the European Grand Prix continued for another year.


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1992 Grand Prix season calendar
The official 1992 calendar was approved on 28 February 1992. The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1992:


1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Results and standings, 500cc riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia
The 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia was a tour by the Great Britain national rugby league team, nicknamed the 'Lions', of Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand which took place between May and July 1992. The tour was the last of such length undertaken by the Great Britain team, and included a test match against Papua New Guinea, a three-test series against Australia for The Ashes, and a two-test series against New Zealand for the Baskerville Shield, all interspersed with matches against local club and representative teams.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia
Taking place following the conclusion of England's 1991–92 Rugby Football League season and during Australia's 1992 Winfield Cup premiership season, the tour led to friction between the Great Britain team's management and the Australian Rugby League over match scheduling and promotion. For the first time ever, a Lions tour was shown live on television in the United Kingdom through Sky Sports.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia
The commentators for the tour were Eddie Hemmings and former Lions World Cup hooker Mike Stephenson who had a greater insight into the Australian game having spent most of the 1970s and 1980s, playing, coaching and commentating in the Sydney premiership. The Lions finished the tour with thirteen wins and four losses and a profit of £244,645. Unfortunately for the Lions, three of their losses came in the Test matches, two against Australia and one against New Zealand with the other loss coming against Sydney club side Parramatta.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Touring squad
Leeds halfback Bobbie Goulding and Widnes' Welsh dual-international Jonathan Davies (who had spent part of 1991 playing with Sydney club Canterbury-Bankstown) were originally selected but did not tour due to suspension and injury respectively. Aston, Hulme, Sampson, McNamara, Myers and Harrison were called up during the tour to replace injured players.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Touring squad
Hull F.C. winger Paul Eastwood was the leading point scorer on tour with 58 from 3 tries and 23 goals (he was also the leading goal kicker on tour). Wigan winger Martin Offiah, who before the tour was the undisputed "fastest player in rugby league", was the leading try scorer with 7.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Touring squad
The coach was former Great Britain international Mal Reilly, marking his fourth Lions tour after appearing as a player on the successful 1970 tour and coaching the 1988 and 1990 touring teams. The assistant coach was Widnes coach and the Rugby Football League's Director of Coaching Phil Larder. The team manager was RFL and Wigan President Maurice Lindsay. Ellery Hanley was the tour captain, but due to injury only played in one game on tour. Garry Schofield was subsequently named the Test captain while Featherstone Rovers halfback Deryck Fox was the team captain when either Hanley or Schofield weren't playing.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Papua New Guinea
The first country the touring Lions visited was Papua New Guinea.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Papua New Guinea
This match saw the most points scored of any match on the tour.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia
The Lions next traveled to Australia to contest The Ashes series. The Ashes series attracted 103,419 fans across the three tests, including the first ever Ashes test played in Melbourne. This was the largest Ashes attendance in Australia since 133,791 had attended the 1974 Ashes series and easily eclipsed the 66,792 of 1979, the 75,480 of 1984 and the 67,554 who attended the 1988 series.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia
The three Ashes series tests took place at the following venues. For the first time an Ashes test was played outside of the traditional rugby league states of New South Wales and Queensland.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia
In what can only be described as bad scheduling, the Lions faced the Canberra Raiders on a Saturday night with the Raiders due to play a club game against Parramatta the next afternoon. This saw Raiders coach Tim Sheens not playing the likes of Australian test players Mal Meninga, Bradley Clyde, Steve Walters and Laurie Daley, as well as David Furner, Phil Blake, Darren Fritz, Brett Hetherington and Paul Osborne.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia
It also saw Canberra go into the match with 7 players on the bench, though Sheens would only use the regulation 4. Andy Gregory served notice of his form by leading the Lions to a 20-6 half time lead, though he aggravated a groin injury when he put in a grubber kick for one of Andy Platt's two tries late in the first half and with the first test less than a week away did not return for the second half.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia
With the first test only three days after the game, Steelers coach Graham Murray was without the services of goal kicking Australian test winger Rod Wishart. The Steelers, in their first and only game against an international touring side, almost pulled off an upset until a late Kevin Ellis field goal sealed a tense 11–10 win for the tourists.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series
The 1992 Ashes series was the final Ashes series to date played in Australia and attracted 103,459 spectators over the three tests. This compared favourably to the 75,480 aggregate of the 1984 Ashes series in Australia and the 67,554 aggregate of the 1988 series in Australia. A large number of English fans followed their team on the tour, but with Great Britain's wins in the final test of 1988 and the first test of the 1990 series, public interest had risen with Australia, although still winning, proving less dominant than during the 1980s.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series
After 4 of the previous 5 Ashes series had been controlled by French referees (Julien Rascagneres in 1982 and 1986, Francois Desplas in 1988 and Alain Sablayrolles in 1990 – none of whom spoke any English), which had brought numerous complaints from both sides regarding their incompetency, the Rugby League International Federation, ARL and RFL agreed to the use of New Zealand referee Dennis Hale (who had been a touch judge in the 1988 Rugby League World Cup Final) for all three tests.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, First Test
With Ellery Hanley out injured, Mal Reilly appointed five-eighth Garry Schofield as British captain for the first test. The Australians stuck with most of those who had won the 1991 Trans-Tasman Test series against New Zealand, with only winger Michael Hancock in for an injured Willie Carne, prop Glenn Lazarus (for Craig Salvatori) and second rowers Paul Sironen and Bob Lindner returning to the side with Newcastle Knights prop forward Paul Harragon making his test debut. Peter Jackson was also re-called to the side after Dale Shearer who had been selected in the centres had been ruled out with injury.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, First Test
Shearer, who had been widely tipped never to play test football again after a poor Game 1 against New Zealand the previous year, had starred at fullback for Queensland in the State of Origin series and was selected in the centres for all three tests, but was an injury withdrawal on each occasion. Jackson's recall at five-eighth saw Laurie Daley moved to the centres.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, First Test
Lions winger Martin Offiah made two clean breaks down his left wing in the first half after poor Australian kicks and defence had given him two opportunities to showcase his speed, but he was put into touch by Australian fullback Andrew Ettingshausen on both occasions when only about 15 metres from scoring (despite being probably the quickest player in the Australian team, ET later admitted that had he needed to chase him, Offiah would have had too much pace). The first break came from a sweeping backline movement which saw Offiah into open space.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, First Test
He easily outpaced Allan Langer, but Ettingshausen's desperate push was enough for him to put a foot into touch. On the second occasion, a poor mid-field kick from Langer and poor defence from both Mal Meninga and Rod Wishart who attempted a two-man tackle on Offiah, only to collide with each other and fall off. This again saw him into open space with again only Ettinghausen to beat, but the Australian fullback was equal to the task and easily bundled the flying winger into touch.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, First Test
Man of the match Bradley Clyde and Kangaroos captain Mal Meninga, with two tries, had a night to remember, leading the home side to a 22-6 win. The Lions only try came midway through the second half to replacement back Joe Lydon who put in a clever grubber behind Hancock who couldn't turn and chase in time which saw Lydon score in the corner.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, First Test
The attendance of 40,141 at the Football Stadium was the largest crowd for an Australia vs Great Britain test in Sydney since 55,505 saw the final test of the 1974 Ashes series at the Sydney Cricket Ground. It was also the first test match played since Australia defeated France in front of 50,077 at the Sydney Cricket Ground during 1977 Rugby League World Cup to attract a crowd of over 40,000 in Sydney.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, First Test
Lions winger Martin Offiah, generally regarded at the time as the fastest player in rugby league, participated in a highly publicised 100 metre foot race with Parramatta Eels speedster Lee Oudenryn before the tour match against the Eels. With both players decked out in their full football gear, including boots, Offiah's fastest player standing took a beating when Oudenryn (a former soccer player who had only played 5 games of first grade before the Lions game) won by a yard.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, First Test
Rumours soon surfaced (allegedly started by former Kangaroos hooker Benny Elias) that with Offiah the odds-on favourite, a few of his Lions teammates had heavily backed the Eels flyer to win and that Offiah had tanked so they could collect. Offiah would get his revenge later in the night with 2 tries, one a long range try where Oudenryn failed to make ground on him in a 50-metre chase. The match against Parramatta also saw the largest non-test crowd of the Lions tour with 18,220 in attendance. In what was another piece of bad scheduling, this game on a Friday night was played only two days before the Eels were due to play a club game against Manly Warringah.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, First Test
Against a strong Newcastle side that was missing only Australian test front rower Paul Harragon, the Lions achieved their only clean sheet of the tour with a 22–0 win at the Marathon Stadium. Winger Alan Hunte, reportedly the second fastest player in the squad behind only Martin Offiah, grabbed 2 tries in the win.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Second Test
For the second test Britain fielded an all-Wigan forward pack, and with Andy Gregory injured, Shaun Edwards came in at scrum half-back for his first start against the Australians in test football.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Second Test
The Australians went in with an almost unchanged side, though David Gillespie came into the front row with Glenn Lazarus moving to the bench and Chris Johns came into the side for Brad Fittler who was unavailable for personal reasons (Fittler's Penrith Panthers teammate Ben Alexander, the younger brother of Penrith captain and former Australian test halfback Greg Alexander, was killed in a motor vehicle accident 5 days prior to the test).


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Second Test
The match, played at the Princes Park Australian rules football ground under temporary lighting, was the first ever Ashes test in Australia played in Melbourne. The cold, wet conditions suited the Lions who levelled the series with a resounding 33-10 win after going into half-time with a 22-0 lead in front of 31,005 fans.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Second Test
The second test, played on a cold and wet night at Melbourne's Princes Park, saw Australian captain Mal Meninga equal Reg Gasnier's record of 36 tests for Australia. It turned out that the conditions (as well as the slippery surface), suited the Lions with many claiming it was more like English weather than Australian.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Second Test
The British got off to a 4 - 0 lead after some penalties kicked by Paul Eastwood early in the first half. A brawl started by Australian forward Paul Harragon got the Lions another penalty and they decided to attack the Kangaroos' line. From the resulting good field position, first receiver Philip Clarke was able to throw a dummy and make a break through the defensive line to dive over for the first try of the match. It was then converted by Eastwood, so the visitors led 10 - 0.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Second Test
The next try for Great Britain came when replacement half Shaun Edwards got the ball mid-field and made a break before kicking it ahead into Australia's in-goal area. Several players from both sides came racing through to dive on the ball but the Lions' Paul Newlove was the only one who got his hand on it.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Second Test
Next, Garry Schofield scored a brilliant individual try when he chipped ahead from about fifteen metres out and after running into Australian second rower Paul Sironon, then beat the Australian defence to dive on it after Andrew Ettingshausen went what television commentator Graeme Hughes called "ice skating" on the slippery in-goal surface. Great Britain thus went into the break leading 22 - 0.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Second Test
Schofield kicked a drop goal to open the scoring in the second half, making it 23 nil. Australia then got their first try fifteen minutes into the second half when Bob Lindner got the ball at first receiver close to the line and reached out from the tackle to touch the ball down. The next try came from Chris Johns (who had come on to the wing to replace an injured Rod Wishart) who ran onto replacement half Kevin Walters' pass from about fifteen metres out through a gap in the defence to score.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Second Test
Back in Australia's half, British fullback Graham Steadman got the ball at first receiver about twenty metres out and outpaced Andrew Ettingshausen down the right sideline to score in the corner, sealing the match for the tourists. The British then added to their score when Schofield got the ball around mid-field, chipped it over the defence and regarthered it. He found Martin Offiah in support, the speedy winger beating Australian fullback Ettingshausen in a race for the left corner. This left the final score at 33 - 10, equalling Great Britain's largest ever winning margin and Australia's second-largest ever losing margin


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Second Test
Former Australian test skipper, Gold Coast captain/coach Wally Lewis, was a late withdrawal for the Seagulls with a hamstring injury.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Third Test
The third and final test was allocated points for the 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Third Test
By playing in this, his 37th test match, Australian captain Mal Meninga became his country's most-capped test player, breaking the record of former Australian captain Reg Gasnier who was on hand to congratulate Meninga on his achievement. Meninga also equalled Keith Holman's record for most tests against Great Britain (11). His try and four goals also brought his total of points scored in Anglo-Australian test matches to 108, overtaking Neil Fox's record.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Third Test
The third test at Lang Park in Brisbane was played in warm, dry conditions in total contrast to the second test. Mal Meninga (4) and Paul Eastwood (2) traded goals for the only scores in the first half. Lions captain Garry Schofield had the best scoring opportunity of the first half when put into a gap only 10 metres out from the Australian line, but the pass from Paul Newlove was called forward by referee Dennis Hale. Late in the half a fight erupted with rival hookers Steve Walters (Aust) and Martin Dermott (GB) trading blows. Meninga then kicked a penalty goal to give the home side an 8-4 lead at half time.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Third Test
Laurie Daley scored the first try of the game midway through the second half. Andrew Ettingshausen played the ball only 5 metres out from the Lions line and Brad Fittler, back in the side after missing the Melbourne test, ran infield from dummy half. He stepped back inside and popped a pass to Daley who juggled the ball, but managed to get through the tackle of Schofield and Shaun Edwards to get it down for a try amidst howls of protests from Phil Clarke who was claiming a knock on. Meninga missed the difficult conversion but the Aussies led 12-4.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Third Test
Then with 15 minutes remaining, Meninga put the Aussies further ahead with a try from a Laurie Daley kick. Meninga won the race to the ball despite a number of Lions converging before powering through the tackle of Edwards and Denis Betts to plant the ball down and give the Aussies a match winning 16-4 lead.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Third Test
Martin Offiah finally showed his speed to give the Lions some hope in the last 5 minutes, After Dermott hit Meninga in a side on tackle which caused the Australian captain to spill the ball, Offiah toed ahead a loose ball 30 metres out from his line before regathering and racing 50 metres to score under the posts with only Kevin Walters in pursuit. Eastwood converted to see the Lions trim the lead to 16-10, but that was as close as they got as the Australian's held out Great Britain to retain The Ashes that they had held since 1974.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Third Test
Australian forward Brad Clyde was awarded with the Harry Sunderland Medal for the Player of the Series.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, Australia, The Ashes series, Third Test
The Ashes series was televised in Australia by Seven Network with commentary provided by Graeme Hughes, Pat Welsh and former Australian captain Wally Lewis.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, New Zealand
This was Great Britain's first win over the Auckland representative side since 1979, Auckland had played five with three wins, one loss and one draw against both Great Britain and Australian touring sides since then.


1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, New Zealand, Second Test
Great Britain's victory in Auckland ensured that they would face Australia in the World Cup Final in October later in the year.


1992 Greek Ice Hockey Championship season
The 1992 Greek Ice Hockey Championship season was the fourth season of the Greek Ice Hockey Championship. Iptamenoi Pagodromoi Athinai won their first league title.


1992 Green Bay Packers season
The 1992 Green Bay Packers season was their 74th season overall and their 72nd in the National Football League. The team finished with a 9–7 record under new coach Mike Holmgren, earning them a second-place finish in the NFC Central division. 1992 saw the emergence of QB Brett Favre and the start of the Packers' success of the 1990s.


1992 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Season summary, Brett Favre
In the second game of the 1992 season, the Packers played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers were leading 17–0 at half time when head coach Mike Holmgren benched starting quarterback Don Majkowski and Favre played the second half. On his first regular season play as a Packer, Favre threw a pass which was deflected and caught by himself. Favre was tackled and the completion went for −7 yards. The Packers lost the game 31–3, chalking up only 106 yards passing.


1992 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Season summary, Brett Favre
In the third game of the 1992 season, then-starting quarterback Don Majkowski injured a ligament in his ankle against the Cincinnati Bengals, an injury severe enough that he would be out for four weeks. Favre replaced Majkowski for the remainder of the contest. Favre fumbled four times during the course of the game, a performance poor enough that the crowd chanted for Favre to be removed in favor of another Packers backup quarterback at the time, Ty Detmer. However, down 23–17 with 1:07 left in the game, the Packers started an offensive series on their own 8 yard line. Still at the quarterback position, Favre completed a 42 yard pass to Sterling Sharpe. Two plays later, Favre threw the game-winning touchdown pass to Kitrick Taylor with 13 seconds remaining.


1992 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Season summary, Brett Favre
The next week's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers began the longest consecutive starts streak for a quarterback in NFL history. The game ended in a 17–3 victory and his passer rating was 144.6. During the season, Favre helped put together a six-game winning streak for the Packers, the longest winning streak for the club since 1965. They ended 9–7 that season, missing the playoffs on their last game. Favre finished his first season as a Packer with 3,227 yards and a quarterback rating of 85.3, helping him to his first Pro Bowl.


1992 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship
The 1992 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship was the 22nd edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Ilulissat. It was won by Aqigssiaq Maniitsoq for the first time in its history.


1992 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 1992 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 26th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 30 August 1992. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Hendrik Redant.


1992 Guadalajara explosions
A series of ten explosions took place on April 22, 1992, in the downtown district of Analco Colonia Atlas in Guadalajara city, Jalisco state, Mexico. Numerous gasoline explosions in the sewer system and fires over four hours destroyed 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) of streets. Gante Street was the most damaged. By the accounting of  Lloyd's of London, the reported number of people killed was about 252 people although many estimate that the catastrophe actually caused at least 1,000 deaths. About 500 to 600 people were missing, nearly 500 were injured and 15,000 were left homeless. The estimated monetary damage ranges between $300 million and $3 billion. The affected areas can be recognized by the more modern architecture in the areas that were destroyed.


1992 Guadalajara explosions
Four days before the explosion, residents started complaining of a strong gas-like smell coming from the sewers which became progressively more pungent over the course of those days. They were experiencing symptoms such as stinging in their eyes and throats; and nausea. Some residents even found gasoline coming out of their water pipes. City workers were dispatched to check the sewers and found dangerously high levels of gasoline fumes. However, the city mayor did not feel it was necessary to evacuate the city because he felt that there was no risk of an explosion.


1992 Guadalajara explosions, Chronology of events
Before the explosions, on April 19, Gante Street residents reported a strong stench of gasoline and plumes of white smoke coming out from the sewers to the City of Guadalajara. The next day, workers of the City Council and Civil Protection commenced two days of investigations in Gante Street; they found high levels of gasoline among other hydrocarbons, but announced it was not necessary to evacuate the area. At 10am on April 22, manhole covers in the street began to bounce and columns of white smoke started coming out of them.


1992 Guadalajara explosions, Chronology of events
At 10:05 on April 22, the first two explosions were recorded, the first on the corner of Calzada Independencia and Aldama Street, and the second at the intersection of Gante and 20 De Noviembre. A minute later the first call was received on the 060 Emergency Line and was forwarded to automatic voice messenger. A third explosion at 10:08 resulted in a bus, belonging to the Tuts Company, being projected through the air on the corner of Gante and Nicolas Bravo. Four minutes later another explosion was registered in Gonzalez Gallo Avenue.


1992 Guadalajara explosions, Chronology of events
At 10:15 factory workers along Gonzalez Gallo Avenue began to evacuate, just before rescue teams and volunteers began to arrive in areas affected by the explosions. At 10:23 the fifth explosion occurred, at the intersection of Gante and Calzada del Ejercito. At 10:29 evacuations began in the Mexicaltzingo neighborhood, two minutes before the sixth explosion was recorded at the intersection of 5 De Febrero and Rio Bravo.


1992 Guadalajara explosions, Chronology of events
At 10:43 the seventh explosion occurred, at the corner of Ghent Street and Silverio Garcia. Just after more rescue teams arrived in the affected areas, the eighth explosion occurred at 11:02, at the intersection of Rio Nilo Avenue and the Rio Grande. After this explosion the neighborhoods of Atlas, Alamo Industrial, El Rosario, Quinta Velarde and Fraccionamiento Revolución; and the center of the municipality of Tlaquepaque; were evacuated. The last two explosions were at 11:16, one at the intersection of Rio Alamos and Rio Pecos, and the other at González Gallo and Rio Suchiate.


1992 Guadalajara explosions, Chronology of events
In the afternoon, the fear of further tragedies made people across the Guadalajara Metro Area uncover manholes for any remaining gases to escape. Residents of neighborhoods such as Zona Industrial, 18 De marzo, Fresno, 8 De Julio, Ferrocarril, La Nogalera, Morelos, Echeverria, Polanco, 5 de mayo and Miravalle were told to be aware of any unusual events.


1992 Guadalajara explosions, Chronology of events
After the explosions, there was great panic on April 25 among residents of the neighborhoods 5 De Mayo, el Dean, Echeverría and Polanco; firefighters asked people to avoid lighting any flames, due to a strong smell of gas. It was later confirmed to be a leak in a Pemex pipe.


1992 Guadalajara explosions, Investigation
An investigation into the disaster found that there were two precipitating causes:


1992 Guadalajara explosions, Aftermath
In the aftermath, city officials and corporations blamed each other. Some people initially thought a cooking oil manufacturing company was leaking hexane, a flammable liquid similar to (and a component of) gasoline, into the sewers, but this was later found to be erroneous. Numerous arrests were made in an attempt to indict those responsible for the blasts. Four Pemex officials were indicted and charged, on the basis of negligence. Ultimately, however, these people were cleared of all charges.


1992 Guadalajara explosions, Aftermath
Many of the survivors that were affected by the explosions started a group called "La Asociacion 22 de Abril en Guadalajara" (the association of April 22 of Guadalajara). This campaign was started by a survivor of the explosions named Lilia Ruiz Chávez, who as a result of the explosions lost her leg as well as her home.


1992 Guadalajara explosions, Aftermath
She started the group that has a total of 80 members not only because no one was convicted of this preventable incident but also because the victims of this tragedy were not receiving any compensation or assistance due to injuries sustained or loss as a result of the accident. The victims of this tragedy not only lost their homes but also their health and many lost loved ones as well.


1992 Guadalajara explosions, Aftermath
Although they are aware that no amount of money will bring back their relatives as states Chavez, the tragedy left them unable to care for themselves let alone afford their medication as a consequence of the incident. Chavez as well as the other survivors have been fighting for 24 years now for justice to be served.


1992 Guadalajara explosions, Aftermath
Because of  the constant struggle and pressure from the victims toward Pemex, the company that was initially blamed for the incident, Pemex finally agreed to pay out 40 million pesos to the group, although Pemex claims this is a donation and no way does it mean they are taking blame for the incident.


1992 Guyanese general election
General elections were held in Guyana on 5 October 1992. They were the first free and fair elections since 1964. The People's Progressive Party ended the People's National Congress' 28-year rule, winning 28 of the 53 seats and 53.5% of the vote. Voter turnout was 80.4%.


1992 Görmeç avalanche
The 1992 Görmeç avalanche was an avalanche that occurred on 1 February, 1992, in Görmeç, Şırnak Province in south-east Turkey, killing 97 people including 71 soldiers.


1992 HTC Prague Open
The 1992 HTC Prague Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club in Prague in the Czech Republic that was part of Tier V of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the  tournament and was held from 20 July until 26 July 1992. First-seeded Radka Zrubáková won the singles title.


1992 HTC Prague Open, Finals, Doubles
Karin Kschwendt /  Petra Ritter defeated  Eva Švíglerová /  Noëlle van Lottum 6–4, 2–6, 7–5


1992 Hall of Fame Bowl
The 1992 Hall of Fame Bowl featured the 16th-ranked Syracuse Orangemen, and the 25th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. It was the sixth edition to the Hall of Fame Bowl.


1992 Hall of Fame Bowl
Syracuse scored first on a 50-yard touchdown pass from Marvin Graves to Shelby Hill for a 7–0 lead. Graves ran three yards for a touchdown as Syracuse led 14–0 after the first quarter. In the second quarter, Ohio State's Williams kicked a 34-yard field goal.


1992 Hall of Fame Bowl
In the third quarter, Biskup kicked a 32-yard field goal to give Syracuse a 17–3 lead. Ohio State's Carlos Snow ran two yards for a touchdown to cut the lead to 17–10. In the fourth quarter, Ohio State recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown to tie it at 17. Syracuse scored the gamewinning touchdown on a 60-yard bomb from Marvin Graves to Antonio Johnson. Syracuse won the game by a 24–17 margin.


1992 Hamilton District Council election
Elections to the Hamilton District Council took place in May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.


1992 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 1992 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 35th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 43rd overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 2nd place in the East Division with an 11–7 record. After defeating the Ottawa Rough Riders in the East Semi-Final, the team appeared in the East Final, but lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.


1992 Harlow District Council election
The 1992 Harlow District Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since the council's creation in 1973.


1992 Harlow District Council election, Election result
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1988 election.


1992 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1992 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson finished fifth in the Ivy League.


1992 Harvard Crimson football team
In their 20th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored 240 to 167. Robb Hirsch was the team captain.


1992 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard's 3–4 conference record placed fifth in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were outscored 143 to 115 by Ivy opponents.


1992 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.


1992 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
The 1992 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Bob Wagner, the Rainbow Warriors compiled a 11–2 record.


1992 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 1992 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 68th season in the Australian Football League and 91st overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending AFL Premiers.


1992 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1992 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 8th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 6 and March 14, 1992. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Maine received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1992 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being a single-elimination game. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1992 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1992 Holiday Bowl
The 1992 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 30, 1992, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the 25th ranked Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, and the unranked Illinois Fighting Illini.


1992 Holiday Bowl, Background
Hawaii was co-champion of the Western Athletic Conference (along with Fresno State and BYU), their first ever conference championship. As such, they were invited to the Holiday Bowl, their first bowl game outside of Hawaii and their second bowl in three years. Illinois was making their fifth straight bowl game.


1992 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
Illinois took an early 7–0 lead on a 14-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jason Verduzco to John Wright. Hawaii responded with a 6-yard touchdown run from running back Travis Sims, tying the game at 7. At the end of the quarter, Illinois' Chris Richardson kicked a 19-yard field goal giving the Illini a 10–7 halftime lead.


1992 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
In the third quarter, Travis Sims scored on a 1-yard touchdown run putting Hawaii up 14–10. Jason Elam added a 45-yard field goal, to make the score 17–10 at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Elam added a 37-yard field goal, and Michael Carter threw a 53-yard bomb to Darrick Branch putting Hawaii up 27–10. Verduzco and Wright connected for the second time of the game, as Illinois made the final score 27–17 Hawaii.


1992 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 1992 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Holy Cross finished second in the Patriot League.


1992 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
In their first year under head coach Peter Vaas, the Crusaders compiled a 6–5 record. Marcus Duckworth, Ron Hooey, Tom McDonald and John Powell were the team captains.


1992 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The Crusaders outscored opponents 175 to 153. Their 4–1 conference record placed second in the six-team Patriot League standings.


1992 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The Crusaders were ranked No. 18 in the preseason national Division I-AA rankings, and despite a season-opening loss rose to No. 14 in the poll released September 14, but further losses dropped them out of the top 20 for the rest of the season.


1992 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.


1992 Honduran Cup
The 1992 Honduran Cup was the third edition of the Honduran Cup and the first one since 1972. Real C.D. España won its 2nd title after beating C.D. Victoria in the final. With the win, Real España qualified to the 1993 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup.


1992 Honduran Cup, Group stage
Played in 3 groups in a home and away system qualifying the top 3 and the best runner-up.


1992 Honduran Cup, Group stage, Best losers
The fourth semifinal spot was selected from the three re-match games, the team with the least worst record.


1992 Hooters 500
The 1992 Hooters 500 was the 29th and final race of the 1992 NASCAR season. It was held on November 15, 1992, at Atlanta Motor Speedway and is widely considered the greatest NASCAR race of all time, with three stories dominating the race: the debut of Jeff Gordon in the Winston Cup Series, the final race of seven-time champion Richard Petty's thirty-five-year career, and the battle for the series points championship with six drivers mathematically eligible to win the title.


1992 Hooters 500
The race was won by Bill Elliott in the No. 11 Budweiser Ford for Junior Johnson and Associates. The championship was won by Alan Kulwicki, driving the No. 7 Hooters Ford for AK Racing, which he also owned. Kulwicki placed second in the race, and by virtue of leading one more lap than Elliott clinched the title by securing five bonus points for leading the most laps, which enabled him to maintain a ten-point cushion he had over Elliott entering the race.


1992 Hooters 500
The 1992 Hooters 500 represented the 33rd running of the Atlanta fall race, and the sixth time the event was held as the NASCAR season finale.


1992 Hooters 500, Background
In 1992 Atlanta Motor Speedway was one of eight intermediate tracks, a track between one and two miles in length, to hold a Winston Cup Series race. The layout at Atlanta Motor Speedway at the time was a four-turn traditional oval track that was 1.522 miles (2.449 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at five.


1992 Hooters 500, Background
The race, and its subsequent championship outcome, was run under the old NASCAR points system. The points system in place at the time had debuted in 1975, and the drivers would compete to accumulate the most points over the course of the entire season. The driver with the most points being awarded the series championship. This system would later be replaced by the playoff system at the start of the 2004 season.


1992 Hooters 500, Background
Since each driver's point total was cumulative, this meant that if a driver had a successful season leading up to the final race, he could have already mathematically guaranteed himself the championship either by having an insurmountable points lead or enough of a points lead that all he needed to do was start the final race to guarantee himself the title. For example, Dale Earnhardt, at that time a five-time series champion, had done this three times in his career already; his 1986 and 1987 points championships were both clinched before the season's last race and in 1991 he was only required to start the finale to win.


1992 Hooters 500, Background
Other seasons would regularly see two or three drivers mathematically eligible for the championship at the final race, as seen in  Rusty Wallace's championship in 1989 and Earnhardt's championship in 1990 which were both seasons in which the champion finished with a narrow margin over second place. Such a high number as six drivers was a rarity, and set a series record for most drivers eligible for the championship at the final race.


1992 Hooters 500, Background, Media coverage, Television
ESPN broadcast the race to a nationwide television audience as part of its Speedworld motor racing series. Bob Jenkins was the lap-by-lap commentator with Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett as analysts in the booth. Jerry Punch and John Kernan reported from pit road.


1992 Hooters 500, Background, Media coverage, Radio
The race was also carried over radio by Motor Racing Network. Barney Hall & Eli Gold manned the announce position in the booth. Joe Moore reported from turns one and two, with Allen Bestwick stationed  in turns three and four.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Coming into the race, six drivers had a mathematical chance to win the title, the most ever. The top three drivers, and thus the ones with the best chances, were Davey Allison, driving the #28 Texaco/Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing; Alan Kulwicki, driving the #7 Hooters Ford as an owner-driver for his team AK Racing; and Bill Elliott, driving the #11 Budweiser Ford for Junior Johnson & Associates.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Allison had gone through an up and down season to this point despite leading the series with five victories entering the race. He started off the season with a bang and won the season opening Daytona 500. However, his season was nearly halted on more than one occasion, after bad wrecks at Bristol in April, The Winston in May and at Pocono in June as he suffered several major injuries including a bruised lung and a severe concussion. Then, in August, he mourned the death of his brother Clifford, who was killed practicing for the Busch Series race at Michigan.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Disappointment also met Allison at Darlington in September. He had added a victory at the spring race at Talladega to his Daytona victory and if he managed to win the Southern 500, he would clinch him the coveted Winston Million. However, a crew member misread a weather radar screen, and the crew brought Allison in for a pit stop. Moments later, an approaching rain storm ended the race early, and Allison settled for 5th place.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Allison rebounded, and won the second to last race of the season at Phoenix. Allison was attempting to become the second second-generation driver to win the Winston Cup Championship - his father Bobby won the title in 1983. At the time, Lee and Richard Petty were the only father-son duo to have won the championship.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Elliott, meanwhile, was experiencing a career renaissance in his first year after departing from Melling Racing at the end of the 1991 season. He won the spring race at Atlanta earlier in the season, part of a four-race winning streak, tying a modern era NASCAR record for consecutive Cup Series wins in a single season. Altogether, he earned 16 top-ten finishes. Experiencing a generally more consistent season up to that point, Elliott led by as many as 154 points in the season championship on September 20.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
But he began to falter, and had three bad races in a row, dropping his lead to 39 points with three races left. At the second to last race of the season at Phoenix, Elliott's car suffered a cracked cylinder head and overheating problems, which relegated him to a 31st-place finish. He slipped from first to third in the points standings going into the final race.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Despite being ahead of Elliott in the points, Kulwicki was considered the underdog to win the championship. While he had only won two races in 1992 up to that point, he had 10 top-5s and 16 top-10s. He was running at the finish at all but two races so far. Despite a crash at Dover in September, he rebounded to post finishes of 12th or better in the five races leading up to Atlanta.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Kulwicki received approval from NASCAR and Ford to change the "Thunderbird" lettering on his bumper by putting two Mighty Mouse patches on the "TH" in "THUNDERBIRD" because he felt like the underdog for winning the championship, and Kulwicki admired the character, which symbolized him and his team (many of whom later became champions themselves long after his death).


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Kulwicki also had intensely personal reasons for wanting to win the championship. Specifically, those reasons were targeted not at either of the two drivers surrounding him in the points, but at one of the two owners. Two years earlier, after Terry Labonte had departed from his team, Junior Johnson came to Kulwicki and asked him to drive the #11. Kulwicki declined, choosing instead to remain as an owner-driver. The next year, Johnson relaunched his second team, which he had not fielded since 1986 when Neil Bonnett drove for him, and again offered Kulwicki a significant salary to jump ship.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
At the time, Kulwicki had been in discussions with Kraft General Foods to carry their Maxwell House Coffee brand as his primary sponsor, since Zerex Antifreeze had left AK Racing. Kulwicki again declined Johnson’s offer, which caused Johnson to retaliate by convincing Kraft to give him the Maxwell House sponsorship for his second car, signing Sterling Marlin away from Hagan Racing to take the wheel and forcing Kulwicki to scramble to find a replacement. He eventually caught a break when Hooters approached him at the 1991 Atlanta spring race, which he sat on the pole for, when the car they were sponsoring failed to qualify; Hooters agreed to back Kulwicki for the remainder of 1991 and beyond.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Despite the performances by the top three in the points in getting to this point, they each had some level of inconsistency that prevented them from pulling away from the others or asserting their own dominance. Allison’s issue was his tendency to follow up a strong performance with a poor finish or a crash, while Elliott’s fall swoon cancelled out his stellar performances earlier on. Although Kulwicki managed to perform on a more consistent basis through the entire season, his two rivals had more wins and were able to gain some separation between themselves and him.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Still, Allison entered the race in control of his own destiny. Running fifth or better would clinch the title for him outright, while leading a lap during the course of the event would require a finish of seventh or better. If Allison managed to lead the most laps, finishing eighth or better would bring him the Winston Cup. The key was to keep his championship rivals behind him regardless of the situation, as there was not much room for error.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
After the race at Phoenix, Kulwicki slid into second place in points and trailed Allison by thirty entering the Hooters 500. Elliott’s poor finish in the race not only cost him the points lead but relegated him to third place in the standings, forty points behind Allison. They both would need solid finishes to have a chance, as well as to be significantly ahead of Allison when the checkered flag dropped. Elliott’s situation was further complicated because the gap between himself and Kulwicki was only ten points; with Kulwicki’s consistency, Elliott would need to put as much distance between himself and the #7 as he could should something happen to the #28.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Because the points race had significantly tightened up in the weeks leading into the race, three more drivers had a shot at the championship entering the weekend. One was Harry Gant, driving the #33 Skoal Oldsmobile for Leo Jackson Motorsports, who sat in fourth place in the points trailing Allison by 97. Gant had already recorded two victories during the season, and would have become the oldest driver to ever win the Cup Series championship.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
One point behind Gant in fifth place was Kyle Petty, driving the #42 Mello Yello Pontiac for Team SABCO. was one point behind Gant, having also won twice. He had an opportunity to do something no driver had ever done to that point, as if he managed to become champion Kyle would join grandfather Lee and father Richard as champion and become the first third-generation driver to do so.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Sitting fifteen points behind Petty and 113 points behind Allison was Mark Martin, in the #6 Valvoline Ford for Roush Racing. Martin had also won twice during the season, as had the two drivers in front of him in the points. He had previously finished second in the championship in the 1990 season.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
While Gant, Petty, and Martin did have chances, and focus would be paid to their efforts over the course of the race, their fates were left to the other drivers in the race. All three would likely need a victory and some misfortune to befall Allison, Elliott, and Kulwicki over the course of the 500-mile event.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Of the six championship contenders, the only one that was a former Winston Cup champion was Elliott, who was the 1988 series champion. The closest former champion to Elliott in points was eighth place Darrell Waltrip, the owner-driver of the #17 Western Auto Chevrolet who was not mathematically able to win the title.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race
Bold indicates drivers mathematically eligible for the 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup championship


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race, Richard Petty's Fan Appreciation Tour
Since this was the last event of the season, it also marked the final stop on Richard Petty's "Fan Appreciation Tour." On October 1, 1991, Petty announced he would retire at the end of the 1992 season. He planned on running the entire season, not just selected events, and to that point, had managed to qualify for all 28 of the events in 1992. Media coverage of Petty's final race was extensive, and the weeks leading up to the race saw considerable pre-race hype and anticipation. Ticket sales were brisk, and a record sell-out crowd was expected at Atlanta to see "King Richard" in his final event.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race, Richard Petty's Fan Appreciation Tour
Under the spotlight of attention during the 1992 season, Petty's on-track results had been so far unimpressive. He had scored zero top tens, and had a best finish of 15th (three times). His most notable race of the season came at Daytona during the July 4 Pepsi 400. With President George H. W. Bush in attendance, Petty was honored during the pre-race ceremonies. He qualified on the outside of the front row, and led the first five laps of the race.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race, Richard Petty's Fan Appreciation Tour
At Atlanta, facing the intense pressure of a hectic schedule of appearances and honors, not to mention the actual on-track activities, Petty barely managed to qualify for the Hooters 500. He posted the 39th-fastest speed out of 41 cars. He would not have been eligible for the provisional starting position, and had to qualify on speed. Petty stood on his first round time, and sweated out second round qualifying. He slipped from 36th to 39th on the grid, but was not bumped from the lineup. With Petty safely in the field, the stage was set for a huge sendoff.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race, Richard Petty's Fan Appreciation Tour
Ceremonies to honor Petty were planned in the pre-race and post-race, and Petty was expected to take a ceremonial final lap around the track after the race to formally conclude his career. On the night before the race, Alabama held a concert honoring Petty at the Georgia Dome, with 45,000 in attendance.


1992 Hooters 500, Pre-race, Richard Petty's Fan Appreciation Tour
On the night before pole qualifying, Richard Petty's cousin and longtime crew chief and team manager Dale Inman was robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of the Atlanta airport. The robber tried to grab a necklace from Inman's neck, but failed. He pointed his gun and pulled the trigger, but it did not fire, and no one was injured.


1992 Hooters 500, Qualifying, Pole qualifying
The first round of qualifying was held on Friday November 13. Rick Mast won his first career pole position in the #1 Skoal Oldsmobile for Richard Jackson Racing, the last ever pole for Oldsmobile as General Motors was withdrawing the brand from NASCAR after the race. (Mast, Gant, and Bob Schacht fielded the only Oldsmobiles in the race.)


1992 Hooters 500, Qualifying, Pole qualifying
Mast recorded a qualifying speed of 180.183 miles per hour (289.976 km/h) was the first-ever NASCAR qualifying speed over 180 mph at an intermediate length circuit. Previously that speed had only been achieved at Daytona and Talladega. He was joined on the front row by Brett Bodine, driving the #26 Quaker State Ford for King Racing.


1992 Hooters 500, Qualifying, Pole qualifying
Under the rules at the time, the first round of qualifying locked in only the top twenty cars. In first round qualifying, all of the six championship contenders except for Harry Gant qualified. Mark Martin (4th) was the highest of the six contenders. Richard Petty was not among the top twenty. A field of 40 cars (plus at least one provisional) was expected to comprise the starting grid. With Petty sitting 36th-fastest after Friday's first round, he was precariously close to being bumped from the field on Saturday.


1992 Hooters 500, Qualifying, Second round qualifying
Second round qualifying was held on Saturday November 14. Under the rules at the time, drivers who did not qualify during the first round moved on to second round qualifying. Each driver could elect to stand on his time from the first round, or erase their time and make a new attempt. Rookie Jeff Gordon bettered his time from the day before, and became the fastest qualifier of the second round. That entered him into the wild card drawing for the 1993 Busch Clash.