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1982–83 USAC Championship Car 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.

Rnd	Date	Race name	Length	Track	Location	Type	Pole position
August 14	US Tony Bettenhausen 100	100 mi	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt	US Sheldon Kinser	US Bobby Olivero
September 6	US Ted Horn Memorial	100 mi	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	US Gary Bettenhausen	US Gary Bettenhausen
December 4	US Nazareth 100	100 mi	Nazareth National Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	Dirt	US Bob Cicconi	US Keith Kauffman
May 29	US [Indianapolis 500-Mile Race](1983-indianapolis-500)	500 mi	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	Italy Teo Fabi	US Tom Sneva

Final points standings

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

Pos	Driver	SPR
USA	DQSF
USA	NAZ
USA	[INDY](1983-indianapolis-500)
USA	Pts	1	1000	2	800	3	700	4	600	5	560	6	500	7	422	8	406	9	400	10	360	11	320	12	300	13	296	14	288	15	284	16	250	17	150	18	100	19	95	20	50	21	25	22	25	23	25	24	25	25	20	26	20	27	20	28	20	29	16	30	15	31	15	32	15	33	10	34	10	35	10	36	6	37	5	38	5	39	4	-	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	-	0	Pos	Driver	SPR
USA	DQSF
USA	NAZ
USA	[INDY](1983-indianapolis-500)
USA	Pts
USA Tom Sneva				1*
USA Al Unser				2
USA Rick Mears				3
Australia Geoff Brabham				4
USA Mark Alderson	4	7	5	DNQ
USA Kevin Cogan				5
USA Joe Saldana	2	8	30	DNP
USA Gary Bettenhausen		1	24	DNQ
USA Howdy Holmes				6
USA Ken Schrader	8	12	4	DNQ
USA Larry Rice	6	6		DNQ
USA Pancho Carter				7
USA Rich Vogler	20	19	3	DNQ
USA Sheldon Kinser	3	20	DNS	DNQ
USA Bobby Olivero	1	3	26	DNQ
USA Chip Ganassi				8
USA Al Unser Jr.				10
USA Steve Chassey		2	19	11
USA George Snider		15	9	32
USA Chris Kneifel				12
USA Mike Mosley				13
USA Gordon Johncock				14
USA Dick Simon				15
USA Michael Chandler				16
USA Tony Bettenhausen Jr.				17
USA Bill Whittington				18
Ireland Derek Daly				19
USA Bobby Rahal				20
USA Jerry Nemire	21	18	19	DNP
USA Danny Ongais				21
USA Johnny Parsons				22
USA Mario Andretti				23
Mexico Josele Garza				25
USA Don Whittington				27
USA Roger Mears				28
USA Gary Irvin	22
USA Steve Krisiloff				29
USA A. J. Foyt				31
USA Roger Rager	26			DNQ
USA Keith Kauffman	18	16	1
USA Bill Engelhart	9	4	2
USA Rick Hood	7	5
USA Ron Shuman	5	24	12
USA Paul Koch			6
USA Steve Siegel			7
USA Gary Hieber			8
USA Scott Brayton				9
USA Mike Peters	11	9
USA Jerry Weeks		10	28
USA Walt Kennedy	10
USA Danny Frye Jr.			10
USA Steve Kinser		11	17
USA Tracy Potter			11
USA Dana Carter	12	21	23
USA Joe McCarthy		13	16
USA Ron Burke	13
USA Ed Angle			13
USA Bob Cicconi	23	14	22
USA Doug Wolfgang	14
USA Bobby Allen			14
USA Larry Dickson	DNQ		15
USA Arnie Knepper	15
USA Elvin Felty	16
USA Chuck Amati	17	21	DNS
USA Mike Gregg		17
USA Smokey Snellbaker			18
USA Mike Winblad	19
USA Manny Rockhold			20
USA Duke Cook		22
USA Barry Camp			23
USA Emmitt Hahn	24
Australia Dennis Firestone				24
USA Steve Cannon	25		27
USA Tom Bigelow		25		DNQ
USA Brian Seidel			25
Italia Teo Fabi				26
USA Patrick Bedard				30
USA Chet Fillip				33
USA Bill Alsup				DNQ
USA Jim Buick				DNQ
USA Phil Caliva				DNQ
USA Larry Cannon				DNQ
USA Steve Chassey				DNQ
USA Chuck Ciprich				DNQ
USA Dick Ferguson				DNQ
USA Bob Frey				DNQ
USA Amber Furst				DNQ
USA Spike Gehlhausen				DNQ
USA Pete Halsmer				DNQ
USA Bob Harkey				DNQ
USA Doug Heveron				DNQ
USA Herm Johnson				DNQ
USA Jerry Karl				DNQ
USA Phil Krueger				DNQ
USA Bob Lazier				DNQ
USA Greg Leffler				DNQ
USA Al Loquasto				DNQ
CAN Harry MacDonald				DNQ
USA John Mahler				DNQ
USA Mack McClellan				DNQ
New Zealand Graham McRae				DNQ
USA John Paul Jr.				DNQ
USA Dave Peperak				DNQ
Belgium Teddy Pilette				DNQ
USA Johnny Rutherford				DNQ
USA Jerry Sneva				DNQ
USA Bill Tempero				DNQ
USA Bill Vukovich II				DNQ
South Africa Desiré Wilson				DNQ
Peru Jorge Koechlin				DNP
USA Lee Kunzman				DNP
New Zealand Dave McMillan				DNP
USA Chip Mead				DNP
USA Bill Puterbaugh				DNP
USA Harry Sauce				DNP

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th & 5th place
Light Blue	6th-10th place
Dark 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 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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