The 1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 5th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART. The season consisted of 13 races. Al Unser was the national champion, and the rookie of the year was Teo Fabi. The 1983 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but an arrangement was made such that it counted towards the CART points championship. Tom Sneva won the Indy 500, after three previous runner-up finishes.
Al Unser jumped out to the early points lead, with second-place finishes in the first three races of the season. Unser finished second at Indianapolis to Tom Sneva, but not without some controversy. Rookie Al Unser Jr. was accused of blocking for his father, but Sneva prevailed, making the winning pass with ten laps to go. Unser won at Cleveland, finished second at the Michigan 500, and third at Road America. After 6 of 13 races, Unser had a 35-point lead over Tom Sneva in the standings.
Rookie Teo Fabi made headlines at Indianapolis, becoming the first rookie to win the pole since 1950. His car dropped out, however, with a failed fuel o-ring. After a mixed start to the year, Fabi's season came alive in July, winning his first career race at the Pocono 500. Fabi jumped from 8th in points to as high as second following his win at Mid-Ohio. Fabi began to whittle away at Unser's point lead. Unser was running consistently, and had no finish worse than 11th.
In the next-to-last race of the season at Laguna Seca, Fabi dominated. He won the pole position and led 95 of 98 laps, winning his third race of the season. With only one race to go, Unser's point lead was down to 15 points. At the season finale in Phoenix, Fabi put in another dominating performance. He won the pole and led 138 of 150 laps. Fabi's championship hopes, however, fell just short as Al Unser came home 4th. Al Unser won the title by a mere 5 points over Fabi.
Other top stories from 1983 included Newman/Haas Racing joining the series with driver Mario Andretti plus a new chassis from Lola, and the rookie debut of Al Unser Jr. Though Unser Jr. did not win any races, he had ten top-10 finishes en route to 7th in points.
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The 1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 5th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART The season consisted of 13 races Al Unser was the national champion and the rookie of the year was Teo Fabi The 1983 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC but an arrangement was made such that it counted towards the CART points championship Tom Sneva won the Indy 500 after three previous runner up finishes 1983 CART seasonPPG Indy Car World SeriesSeasonRaces13Start dateApril 17End dateOctober 29AwardsDrivers championAl UnserConstructors CupMarchManufacturers CupCosworthNations CupUnited StatesRookie of the YearTeo FabiIndianapolis 500 winnerTom Sneva 19821984 Al Unser jumped out to the early points lead with second place finishes in the first three races of the season Unser finished second at Indianapolis to Tom Sneva but not without some controversy Rookie Al Unser Jr was accused of blocking for his father but Sneva prevailed making the winning pass with ten laps to go Unser won at Cleveland finished second at the Michigan 500 and third at Road America After 6 of 13 races Unser had a 35 point lead over Tom Sneva in the standings Rookie Teo Fabi made headlines at Indianapolis becoming the first rookie to win the pole since 1950 His car dropped out however with a failed fuel o ring After a mixed start to the year Fabi s season came alive in July winning his first career race at the Pocono 500 Fabi jumped from 8th in points to as high as second following his win at Mid Ohio Fabi began to whittle away at Unser s point lead Unser was running consistently and had no finish worse than 11th In the next to last race of the season at Laguna Seca Fabi dominated He won the pole position and led 95 of 98 laps winning his third race of the season With only one race to go Unser s point lead was down to 15 points At the season finale in Phoenix Fabi put in another dominating performance He won the pole and led 138 of 150 laps Fabi s championship hopes however fell just short as Al Unser came home 4th Al Unser won the title by a mere 5 points over Fabi Other top stories from 1983 included Newman Haas Racing joining the series with driver Mario Andretti plus a new chassis from Lola and the rookie debut of Al Unser Jr Though Unser Jr did not win any races he had ten top 10 finishes en route to 7th in points Contents 1 Drivers and constructors 2 Schedule 3 Season Summary 3 1 Race results 3 2 Final points standings 4 See also 5 ReferencesDrivers and constructors editThe following teams and drivers competed for the 1983 CART World Series All competitors utilized Goodyear tires Team Car Owner No Drivers Rounds Alex Morales Motorsports 21 nbsp Pancho Carter All All American Racers 98 nbsp Jeff Wood 11 12 Alsup Racing 11 nbsp Bill Alsup 1 3 5 7 9 10 12 13 Arciero Racing 66 nbsp Pete Halsmer 1 3 13 nbsp Johnny Parsons 2 Armstrong Mould Racing Team 43 nbsp Steve Krisiloff 2 BC Pace Racing 36 nbsp Chuck Ciprich 7 Bettenhausen Racing 10 nbsp Tony Bettenhausen Jr All 82 nbsp Gary Bettenhausen 13 90 nbsp Derek Daly 6 9 11 13 Bignotti Cotter Racing 5 nbsp Tom Sneva All 6 nbsp Kevin Cogan 1 3 13 16 2 Bob Ward Racing 47 nbsp Bob Ward 8 Brayton Racing 35 nbsp Patrick Bedard 2 5 7 37 nbsp Scott Brayton 2 4 5 7 10 11 Circle Bar Auto Racing 38 nbsp Chet Fillip 1 2 10 Circle Bar Auto Racing w Caliva Racing nbsp Phil Caliva 8 Dick Simon Racing 32 nbsp Dick Simon 6 22 1 3 5 8 11 13 nbsp Jorge Koechlin 12 Doug Shierson Racing 30 nbsp Howdy Holmes All Douglas Schulz 48 nbsp Tom Klausler 6 8 Forsythe Racing 33 nbsp Teo Fabi All Galles Racing 17 nbsp Al Unser Jr 1 3 13 19 2 Gilmore Racing 1 nbsp George Snider 2 14 nbsp A J Foyt 2 Gohr Racing 56 nbsp Steve Chassey 1 8 11 13 GTS Racing 86 nbsp Drake Olson 6 nbsp Al Loquasto 7 H amp R Racing 28 nbsp Gary Bettenhausen 3 7 9 nbsp Herm Johnson 9 HBK Racing 70 nbsp Tom Bigelow 3 78 5 Herm Johnson Racing 42 nbsp Herm Johnson 4 5 Hoffman Racing 86 nbsp Dick Ferguson 5 Intercomp Racing 92 nbsp John Mahler 2 Interscope Racing 25 nbsp Danny Ongais 2 Jet Engineering 64 nbsp Greg Leffler 6 8 9 nbsp Tom Bigelow 12 Joel McCray Racing 46 nbsp Phil Krueger 1 3 4 9 Kraco Enterprises 18 nbsp Mike Mosley 1 8 10 13 nbsp Geoff Brabham 11 12 99 8 10 nbsp Michael Andretti 11 13 Leader Card Racers 8 nbsp Johnny Parsons 5 nbsp Tom Bagley 7 nbsp Randy Lewis 12 24 nbsp Chip Mead 9 10 Machinists Union Racing 9 nbsp Roger Mears 1 4 6 13 55 nbsp Josele Garza 2 4 12 McElreath Racing 23 nbsp Jim McElreath 1 5 7 Newman Haas Racing 3 nbsp Mario Andretti All Patrick Racing 40 nbsp Johnny Rutherford 1 7 10 11 13 nbsp Danny Ongais 4 6 60 3 20 7 9 60 nbsp Chip Ganassi 2 4 5 7 9 13 20 6 nbsp Gordon Johncock 1 5 Primus Racing 72 nbsp Chris Kneifel 2 4 13 Racing Team VDS 12 nbsp John Paul Jr 1 4 13 nbsp Geoff Brabham 2 Rattlesnake Racing w Agajanian Curb 29 nbsp Mike Chandler 2 19 5 nbsp Dick Ferguson 7 Rhoades Racing 41 nbsp Doug Heveron 1 46 nbsp Jerry Karl 7 8 61 3 5 Simpson Sports 90 nbsp Dennis Firestone 2 Team Penske 1 nbsp Rick Mears 1 3 13 2 2 7 nbsp Al Unser All Tempero Racing 15 nbsp Bill Tempero 4 9 Truesports 2 nbsp Bobby Rahal 1 3 12 4 2 Whittington Racing 91 nbsp Don Whittington 2 5 7 94 nbsp Bill Whittington 2 4 7 Wysard Racing 34 nbsp Derek Daly 1 2 nbsp Desire Wilson 3 6 9 11 13 nbsp Geoff Brabham 5Schedule edit nbsp Logo of the series for this year Of the notable changes to the schedule there were the additions of the Caesars Palace Grand Prix which was formerly a Formula One championship event and Laguna Seca Raceway The Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington Ohio returned to the schedule after a 2 year hiatus and finally starting this season there would only be one race per season at the Milwaukee Mile Rd Date Name Circuit Location TV Broadcaster March 20 nbsp Kraco Car Stereo 150 O Phoenix International Raceway Avondale Arizona N A 1 April 17 nbsp Kraco Dixie 200 O Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton Georgia NBC 2 May 29 nbsp Indianapolis 500 O Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Indiana ABC 3 June 12 nbsp Gould Rex Mays Classic O Milwaukee Mile West Allis Wisconsin ESPN 4 July 3 nbsp Budweiser Cleveland 500 R Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland Ohio ESPN 5 July 17 nbsp Norton Michigan 500 O Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn Michigan NBC 6 July 31 nbsp Provimi Veal 200 R Road America Elkhart Lake Wisconsin TNN 7 August 14 nbsp Domino s Pizza 500 O Pocono International Raceway Long Pond Pennsylvania NBC 8 August 29 nbsp Budweiser 500K R Riverside International Raceway Riverside California ESPN 9 September 11 nbsp Escort Radar Warning 200 R Mid Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington Ohio ESPN 10 September 26 nbsp Detroit News Grand Prix O Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn Michigan ESPN 11 October 8 nbsp Caesars Palace Grand Prix R Caesars Palace Las Vegas Nevada NBC 12 October 23 nbsp Cribari Wines 300k R Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey California ESPN 13 October 29 nbsp Miller High Life 150 O Phoenix International Raceway Avondale Arizona NBC O Oval Speedway R Dedicated road course The season opening Phoenix race was cancelled due to flooding The Riverside race was scheduled for August 28 but pushed a day due to rain Season Summary editRace results edit Rd Race Name Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Race time Report 1 Kraco Dixie 200 nbsp Rick Mears 26 730 nbsp Gordon Johncock Patrick Racing 1 22 29 Report 2 Indianapolis 500 nbsp Teo Fabi 2 53 582 nbsp Tom Sneva Bignotti Cotter Racing 3 05 03 Report 3 Gould Rex Mays Classic nbsp Teo Fabi 26 259 nbsp Tom Sneva Bignotti Cotter Racing 1 17 42 Report 4 Budweiser Cleveland 500 nbsp Mario Andretti 1 13 516 nbsp Al Unser Penske Racing 2 51 54 Report 5 Norton Michigan 500 nbsp Teo Fabi 35 621 nbsp John Paul Jr VDS Racing 3 42 27 Report 6 Provimi Veal 200 nbsp Mario Andretti 1 58 898 nbsp Mario Andretti Newman Haas Racing 2 00 42 Report 7 Domino s Pizza 500 nbsp Tom Sneva 46 912 nbsp Teo Fabi Forsythe Racing 3 42 28 Report 8 Budweiser 500K nbsp Teo Fabi 1 30 887 nbsp Bobby Rahal Truesports 2 45 28 Report 9 Escort Radar Warning 200 nbsp Bobby Rahal 1 21 364 nbsp Teo Fabi Forsythe Racing 2 01 49 Report 10 Detroit News Grand Prix nbsp Bobby Rahal 35 075 nbsp Rick Mears Penske Racing 1 05 49 Report 11 Caesars Palace Grand Prix nbsp John Paul Jr 34 888 nbsp Mario Andretti Newman Haas Racing 2 17 48 Report 12 Cribari Wines 300k nbsp Teo Fabi 56 920 nbsp Teo Fabi Forsythe Racing 1 44 28 Report 13 Miller High Life 150 nbsp Teo Fabi 24 947 nbsp Teo Fabi Forsythe Racing 1 11 03 Report Indianapolis was USAC sanctioned but counted towards the CART title Final points standings edit Further information List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver ATL nbsp INDY nbsp MIL nbsp CLE nbsp MIC nbsp ROA nbsp POC nbsp RIV nbsp MDO nbsp MIC nbsp CPL nbsp LAG nbsp PHX nbsp Pts 1 nbsp Al Unser 2 2 2 1 2 3 11 11 4 5 4 11 4 151 2 nbsp Teo Fabi RY 20 26 4 3 15 15 1 2 1 3 25 1 1 146 3 nbsp Mario Andretti 5 23 18 15 3 1 7 16 2 4 1 2 2 133 4 nbsp Tom Sneva 14 1 1 5 25 4 12 5 7 21 15 18 3 96 5 nbsp Bobby Rahal 21 20 6 19 5 10 5 1 3 2 9 7 DNS 94 6 nbsp Rick Mears 8 3 3 7 4 17 3 19 9 1 13 21 17 92 7 nbsp Al Unser Jr R 6 10 13 9 7 2 2 4 18 10 10 4 8 89 8 nbsp John Paul Jr R 3 DNQ 21 1 5 29 3 20 7 2 26 11 84 9 nbsp Chip Ganassi 8 13 8 21 26 25 6 3 3 5 56 10 nbsp Pancho Carter 16 7 14 8 6 7 6 7 10 15 6 25 10 53 11 nbsp Pete Halsmer 4 DNQ 9 2 33 14 14 27 24 14 5 20 7 48 12 nbsp Roger Mears 7 28 8 6 DNQ 8 16 9 12 16 7 6 16 43 13 nbsp Howdy Holmes 9 6 7 12 32 16 13 13 8 8 17 5 21 39 14 nbsp Mike Mosley 13 13 5 4 17 25 4 24 DNQ 11 24 36 15 nbsp Kevin Cogan 15 5 20 25 27 19 15 21 6 20 16 22 6 26 16 nbsp Gordon Johncock 1 14 23 26 26 20 17 nbsp Chris Kneifel R 12 27 9 26 8 22 13 24 8 9 15 19 18 nbsp Tony Bettenhausen Jr 10 17 10 18 18 12 10 8 14 9 21 14 18 19 19 nbsp Steve Chassey 17 11 19 22 10 6 25 17 12 10 19 17 20 nbsp Danny Ongais 21 12 28 23 18 24 10 5 14 21 nbsp Geoff Brabham 4 22 18 12 20 16 13 22 nbsp Josele Garza 25 17 19 11 9 20 23 17 11 12 9 23 nbsp Tom Klausler R 22 6 DNQ 8 24 nbsp Jeff Wood R 22 8 5 25 nbsp Scott Brayton 9 24 12 28 13 26 5 26 nbsp Derek Daly R 22 19 DNS 9 22 18 23 22 4 27 nbsp Michael Andretti R 19 24 9 4 28 nbsp Desire Wilson R DNQ 10 20 31 14 16 23 19 13 3 29 nbsp Dick Simon DNQ 15 11 14 13 25 15 19 14 23 2 30 nbsp Jim McElreath 11 13 23 2 31 nbsp Greg Leffler DNQ DNQ 24 15 11 2 32 nbsp Phil Krueger DNQ DNQ 17 11 27 2 33 nbsp Dick Ferguson DNQ 11 22 2 34 nbsp Jerry Karl DNQ 16 DNQ 21 32 12 1 35 nbsp Gary Bettenhausen DNQ 22 27 DNS 12 1 36 nbsp Doug Heveron R 12 DNQ 1 37 nbsp Randy Lewis R 13 0 38 nbsp Bill Alsup DNS DNQ 21 20 16 20 19 22 27 14 0 39 nbsp Tom Bigelow DNQ 15 DNQ 29 17 DNQ 0 40 nbsp Bill Whittington R 18 15 19 0 41 nbsp Jorge Koechlin R 15 0 42 nbsp Herm Johnson DNQ 16 24 DNQ 17 0 43 nbsp Mike Chandler 16 31 0 44 nbsp Patrick Bedard R 30 28 17 0 45 nbsp Chet Fillip R 19 33 DNQ 18 0 46 nbsp Johnny Rutherford 18 Wth 21 23 24 20 0 47 nbsp Al Loquasto DNQ 18 0 48 nbsp Don Whittington 27 20 33 0 49 nbsp Bill Tempero DNQ 23 DNQ 21 0 50 nbsp Johnny Parsons 22 30 0 51 nbsp Phil Caliva DNQ 23 0 52 nbsp Drake Olson R DNQ 23 0 53 nbsp Dennis Firestone 24 0 54 nbsp Chip Mead 26 25 0 55 nbsp Bob Ward R 26 DNQ DNS 0 56 nbsp Steve Krisiloff 29 DNQ 0 57 nbsp Chuck Ciprich R DNQ 30 0 58 nbsp A J Foyt 31 0 59 nbsp George Snider 32 0 60 nbsp Tom Bagley DNQ 34 0 nbsp Richard Hubbard DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Barry Ruble DNQ DNQ 0 nbsp Teddy Pilette DNQ DNS 0 nbsp Harry MacDonald DNQ 0 nbsp Mark Alderson DNQ 0 nbsp Jim Buick DNQ 0 nbsp Larry Cannon DNQ 0 nbsp Bob Frey DNQ 0 nbsp Amber Furst DNQ 0 nbsp Spike Gehlhausen DNQ 0 nbsp Bob Harkey DNQ 0 nbsp Sheldon Kinser DNQ 0 nbsp Bob Lazier DNQ 0 nbsp John Mahler DNQ 0 nbsp Mack McClellan DNQ 0 nbsp Graham McRae DNQ 0 nbsp Dave Peperak DNQ 0 nbsp Roger Rager DNQ 0 nbsp Ken Schrader DNQ 0 nbsp Jerry Sneva DNQ 0 nbsp Rich Vogler DNQ 0 nbsp Bill Vukovich II DNQ 0 nbsp John Morton DNQ 0 nbsp Lee Kunzman DNP 0 nbsp Dave McMillan DNP 0 nbsp Bobby Olivero DNP 0 nbsp Bill Puterbaugh DNP 0 nbsp Larry Rice DNP 0 nbsp Dale Whittington DNP 0 Pos Driver ATL nbsp INDY nbsp MIL nbsp CLE nbsp MIC nbsp ROA nbsp POC nbsp RIV nbsp MDO nbsp MIC nbsp CPL nbsp LAG nbsp PHX nbsp Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th 6th place Light Blue 7th 12th place Dark Blue Finished Outside Top 12 Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify DNQ Brown Withdrawn Wth Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Blank Did notparticipate DNP Not competing In line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R RookieSee also edit1982 83 USAC Championship Car season 1983 Formula Atlantic season 1983 Indianapolis 500 1983 84 USAC Championship Car season http www champcarstats com year 1983 htm http media indycar com pdf 2011 IICS 2011 Historical Record Book INT6 pdf Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine p 193 194 References editAberg Andreas PPG Indy Car World Series 1983 Driver Database Retrieved 2009 05 19 1983 PPG Indy Car World Series Champ Car Stats Retrieved 2009 05 19 Official Box Score 67th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway Archived from the original on 2008 05 14 Retrieved 2009 05 19 Standings after Phoenix Champ Car World Series Archived from the original on 22 October 2008 Retrieved 2009 05 19 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series amp oldid 1222047291, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
