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1982–83 USAC Championship Car season

Sports season


Sports season

The 1982–83 USAC Championship Car season consisted of four races, beginning in Springfield, Illinois, on August 14, 1982, and concluding in Speedway, Indiana, on May 29, 1983. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Tom Sneva.

By this time, the preeminent national championship season was instead sanctioned by CART.

Schedule and results

All races were run on Oval/Speedway courses.

RndDateRace nameLengthTrackLocationTypePole positionWinning driver1234
August 14US Tony Bettenhausen 100100 miIllinois State FairgroundsSpringfield, IllinoisDirtUS Sheldon KinserUS Bobby Olivero
September 6US Ted Horn Memorial100 miDuQuoin State FairgroundsDu Quoin, IllinoisDirtUS Gary BettenhausenUS Gary Bettenhausen
December 4US Nazareth 100100 miNazareth National SpeedwayNazareth, PennsylvaniaDirtUS Bob CicconiUS Keith Kauffman
May 29US [Indianapolis 500-Mile Race](1983-indianapolis-500)500 miIndianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, IndianaPavedItaly Teo FabiUS Tom Sneva

Final points standings

Note: Drivers who failed to enter the Indy 500 were not eligible for points.

PosDriverSPR
USADQSF
USANAZ
USA[INDY](1983-indianapolis-500)
USAPts110002800370046005560650074228406940010360113201230013296142881528416250171501810019952050212522252325242525202620272028202916301531153215331034103510366375385394-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0PosDriverSPR
USADQSF
USANAZ
USA[INDY](1983-indianapolis-500)
USAPts
USA Tom Sneva1*
USA Al Unser2
USA Rick Mears3
Australia Geoff Brabham4
USA Mark Alderson475DNQ
USA Kevin Cogan5
USA Joe Saldana2830DNP
USA Gary Bettenhausen**1**24DNQ
USA Howdy Holmes6
USA Ken Schrader8124DNQ
USA Larry Rice66DNQ
USA Pancho Carter7
USA Rich Vogler20193DNQ
USA Sheldon Kinser**3**20DNSDNQ
USA Bobby Olivero1326DNQ
USA Chip Ganassi8
USA Al Unser Jr.10
USA Steve Chassey21911
USA George Snider15932
USA Chris Kneifel12
USA Mike Mosley13
USA Gordon Johncock14
USA Dick Simon15
USA Michael Chandler16
USA Tony Bettenhausen Jr.17
USA Bill Whittington18
Ireland Derek Daly19
USA Bobby Rahal20
USA Jerry Nemire211819DNP
USA Danny Ongais21
USA Johnny Parsons22
USA Mario Andretti23
Mexico Josele Garza25
USA Don Whittington27
USA Roger Mears28
USA Gary Irvin22
USA Steve Krisiloff29
USA A. J. Foyt31
USA Roger Rager26DNQ
USA Keith Kauffman18161
USA Bill Engelhart942
USA Rick Hood75
USA Ron Shuman52412
USA Paul Koch6
USA Steve Siegel7
USA Gary Hieber8
USA Scott Brayton9
USA Mike Peters119
USA Jerry Weeks1028
USA Walt Kennedy10
USA Danny Frye Jr.10
USA Steve Kinser1117
USA Tracy Potter11
USA Dana Carter122123
USA Joe McCarthy1316
USA Ron Burke13
USA Ed Angle13
USA Bob Cicconi2314**22**
USA Doug Wolfgang14
USA Bobby Allen14
USA Larry DicksonDNQ15
USA Arnie Knepper15
USA Elvin Felty16
USA Chuck Amati1721DNS
USA Mike Gregg17
USA Smokey Snellbaker18
USA Mike Winblad19
USA Manny Rockhold20
USA Duke Cook22
USA Barry Camp23
USA Emmitt Hahn24
Australia Dennis Firestone24
USA Steve Cannon2527
USA Tom Bigelow25DNQ
USA Brian Seidel25
Italia Teo Fabi**26**
USA Patrick Bedard30
USA Chet Fillip33
USA Bill AlsupDNQ
USA Jim BuickDNQ
USA Phil CalivaDNQ
USA Larry CannonDNQ
USA Steve ChasseyDNQ
USA Chuck CiprichDNQ
USA Dick FergusonDNQ
USA Bob FreyDNQ
USA Amber FurstDNQ
USA Spike GehlhausenDNQ
USA Pete HalsmerDNQ
USA Bob HarkeyDNQ
USA Doug HeveronDNQ
USA Herm JohnsonDNQ
USA Jerry KarlDNQ
USA Phil KruegerDNQ
USA Bob LazierDNQ
USA Greg LefflerDNQ
USA Al LoquastoDNQ
CAN Harry MacDonaldDNQ
USA John MahlerDNQ
USA Mack McClellanDNQ
New Zealand Graham McRaeDNQ
USA John Paul Jr.DNQ
USA Dave PeperakDNQ
Belgium Teddy PiletteDNQ
USA Johnny RutherfordDNQ
USA Jerry SnevaDNQ
USA Bill TemperoDNQ
USA Bill Vukovich IIDNQ
South Africa Desiré WilsonDNQ
Peru Jorge KoechlinDNP
USA Lee KunzmanDNP
New Zealand Dave McMillanDNP
USA Chip MeadDNP
USA Bill PuterbaughDNP
USA Harry SauceDNP
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th-10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
(Ret)
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing

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References

  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 195-197)
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