The 1983–84 USAC Championship Car season consisted of two races, beginning in Du Quoin, Illinois, on September 5, 1983, and concluding in Speedway, Indiana, on May 27, 1984. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Rick Mears. This was the last year that the Championship comprised more than one race.
1983, usac, championship, season, consisted, races, beginning, quoin, illinois, september, 1983, concluding, speedway, indiana, 1984, usac, national, champion, indianapolis, winner, rick, mears, this, last, year, that, championship, comprised, more, than, race. The 1983 84 USAC Championship Car season consisted of two races beginning in Du Quoin Illinois on September 5 1983 and concluding in Speedway Indiana on May 27 1984 The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Rick Mears This was the last year that the Championship comprised more than one race 1983 84 USAC Championship Car seasonUSAC Gold Crown ChampionshipSeasonRaces2Start dateSeptember 5 1983End dateMay 27 1984AwardsNational championRick MearsIndianapolis 500 winnerRick Mears 1982 831984 85 By this time the preeminent national championship season was instead sanctioned by CART Contents 1 Schedule and results 2 Final points standings 3 References 4 See alsoSchedule and results EditAll races were run on Oval Speedway courses Rnd Date Race Name Length Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver1 September 5 1983 Ted Horn Memorial 100 mi 160 km DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin Illinois Dirt Gary Bettenhausen Gary Bettenhausen2 May 27 1984 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race 500 mi 800 km Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway Indiana Paved Tom Sneva Rick MearsFinal points standings EditNote Drivers not entered for the Indianapolis 500 were not eligible for points Further information List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver DQSF INDY Pts1 Rick Mears 1 10002 Roberto Guerrero 2 8003 Al Unser 3 7004 Al Holbert 4 6005 Michael Andretti 5 5006 Gary Bettenhausen 1 DNQ 4007 A J Foyt 6 4008 George Snider 4 11 3409 Bobby Rahal 7 30010 Ken Schrader 3 DNP 28011 Herm Johnson 8 25012 Danny Ongais 9 20013 Josele Garza 10 15014 Larry Rice 8 10015 Dennis Firestone 12 5016 Rich Vogler 11 DNP 4017 Chris Kneifel 15 2518 Tom Sneva 16 2519 Bill Vukovich II 12 DNP 2020 Mario Andretti 17 2021 Scott Brayton 18 2022 Pancho Carter 19 2023 Kevin Cogan 20 2024 Al Unser Jr 21 1525 Johnny Rutherford 22 1526 Dick Simon 23 1527 Teo Fabi 24 1528 Sheldon Kinser 16 1029 Gordon Johncock 25 1030 Tony Bettenhausen Jr 26 1031 Derek Daly 27 1032 Chip Ganassi 28 1033 Tom Bigelow 17 DNQ 834 Steve Chassey 23 DNQ 635 Danny Sullivan 29 536 Spike Gehlhausen 31 537 Emerson Fittipaldi 32 538 Geoff Brabham 33 539 Mark Alderson 26 DNP 4 Howdy Holmes 13 0 Tom Gloy 14 0 Patrick Bedard 30 0 Chuck Gurney 2 0 Bill Engelhart 5 0 Steve Kinser 6 0 Ron Shuman 7 0 Ron Burke 9 0 Gary Hieber 10 0 Jerry Nemire 13 0 Bud Wilmot 14 0 Steve Siegel 15 0 Mike Winblad 18 0 Jack Hewitt 19 0 Mike Johnson 20 0 Larry Dickson 21 0 Larry Martin 22 0 Bobby Olivero 24 0 Randy Bateman 25 0 Joe Saldana 27 0 Bob Cicconi 28 0 Jim McElreath 29 0 Rick Hood 30 0 Bill Alsup DNQ 0 Chuck Ciprich DNQ 0 Jim Crawford DNQ 0 Larry Cannon DNQ 0 Mike Chandler DNQ 0 Phil Caliva DNQ 0 Chet Fillip DNQ 0 Dick Ferguson DNQ 0 Stan Fox DNQ 0 Bruno Giacomelli DNQ 0 Pete Halsmer DNQ 0 Jerry Karl DNQ 0 Phil Krueger DNQ 0 Steve Krisiloff DNQ 0 Al Loquasto DNQ 0 Roger Mears DNQ 0 Jacques Villeneuve Sr Wth 0 Ed Primm DNQ 0 John Paul Jr DNQ 0 Johnny Parsons DNQ DNQ 0 Desire Wilson DNQ 0 Jerry Sneva DNQ 0 Terry Uehling DNQ 0 Steve Cannon DNQ 0 Gary Irvin DNQ 0 Terry Kawell DNQ 0 Larry Gates DNQ 0 Randy Kinser DNQ 0 Kevin Olson DNQ 0 Manny Rockhold DNQ 0 Ron Hughes Jr DNQ 0 Eddie Leavitt DNQ 0 Steve Long DNQ 0 Chuck Jones DNQ 0 Jerry Weeks DNQ 0 Ron Milton DNQ 0 Jim Moughan Jr DNQ 0 Rip Williams DNQ 0 Steve Ball DNQ 0 Kenny Acheson DNP 0 Price Cobb DNP 0 John Morton DNP 0 Jim Hillyer DNP 0 Steve Hostetler DNP 0 Bill Puterbaugh DNP 0 Jorge Koechlin DNP 0 Arie Luyendyk DNP 0 Willy T Ribbs DNP 0 Randy Lewis DNP 0 Paul Rochelle DNP 0 Color ResultGold WinnerSilver 2nd placeBronze 3rd placeGreen 4th amp 5th placeLight Blue 6th 10th placeDark Blue Finished Outside Top 10 Purple Did not finish Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Brown Withdrawn Wth Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Blank Did notparticipate DNP Not competingIn line notationBold Pole positionItalics Ran fastest race lap Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookieReferences EditAberg Andreas USAC National Championship 1984 Driver Database Archived from the original on 2008 03 25 Retrieved 2009 05 11 1983 84 USAC Gold Crown Championship ChampCarStats com Archived from the original on 2008 09 08 Retrieved 2009 05 11 http media indycar com pdf 2011 IICS 2011 Historical Record Book INT6 pdf Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine p 191 192 See also Edit1983 Indianapolis 500 1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series 1984 CART PPG Indy Car World Series Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1983 84 USAC Championship Car season amp oldid 1107829124, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,