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1983–84 USAC Championship Car season

Sports season

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, and the Ted Horn Memorial was the last ever Indycar race on a dirt or clay surface.

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	Winning driver	1	2
September 5, 1983	US Ted Horn Memorial	100 mi	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt	US Gary Bettenhausen	US Gary Bettenhausen
May 27, 1984	US [Indianapolis 500-Mile Race](1984-indianapolis-500)	500 mi	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved	US Tom Sneva	US Rick Mears

Final points standings

Note: Drivers not entered for the Indianapolis 500 were not eligible for points.

Pos	Driver	DQSF
USA	[INDY](1984-indianapolis-500)
USA	Pts	1	1000	2	800	3	700	4	600	5	500	6	400	7	400	8	340	9	300	10	280	11	250	12	200	13	150	14	100	15	50	16	40	17	25	18	25	19	20	20	20	21	20	22	20	23	20	24	15	25	15	26	15	27	15	28	10	29	10	30	10	31	10	32	10	33	8	34	6	35	5	36	5	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
USA Rick Mears		1*
Colombia Roberto Guerrero		2
USA Al Unser		3
USA Al Holbert		4
USA Michael Andretti		5
USA Gary Bettenhausen	1*	DNQ
USA A. J. Foyt		6
USA George Snider	4	11
USA Bobby Rahal		7
USA Ken Schrader	3	DNP
USA Herm Johnson		8
USA Danny Ongais		9
Mexico Josele Garza		10
USA Larry Rice	8
Australia Dennis Firestone		12
USA Rich Vogler	11	DNP
USA Chris Kneifel		15
USA Tom Sneva		16
USA Bill Vukovich II	12	DNP
USA Mario Andretti		17
USA Scott Brayton		18
USA Pancho Carter		19
USA Kevin Cogan		20
USA Al Unser Jr.		21
USA Johnny Rutherford		22
USA Dick Simon		23
Italy Teo Fabi		24
USA Sheldon Kinser	16
USA Gordon Johncock		25
USA Tony Bettenhausen Jr.		26
Ireland Derek Daly		27
USA Chip Ganassi		28
USA Tom Bigelow	17	DNQ
USA Steve Chassey	23	DNQ
USA Danny Sullivan		29
USA Spike Gehlhausen		31
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi		32
Australia Geoff Brabham		33
USA Mark Alderson	26	DNP
USA Howdy Holmes		13
USA Tom Gloy		14
USA Patrick Bedard		30
USA Chuck Gurney	2
USA Bill Engelhart	5
USA Steve Kinser	6
USA Ron Shuman	7
USA Ron Burke	9
USA Gary Hieber	10
USA Jerry Nemire	13
USA Bud Wilmot	14
USA Steve Siegel	15
USA Mike Winblad	18
USA Jack Hewitt	19
USA Mike Johnson	20
USA Larry Dickson	21
USA Larry Martin	22
USA Bobby Olivero	24
USA Randy Bateman	25
USA Joe Saldana	27
USA Bob Cicconi	28
USA Jim McElreath	29
USA Rick Hood	30
USA Bill Alsup		DNQ
USA Chuck Ciprich		DNQ
UK Jim Crawford		DNQ
USA Larry Cannon		DNQ
USA Mike Chandler		DNQ
USA Phil Caliva		DNQ
USA Chet Fillip		DNQ
USA Dick Ferguson		DNQ
USA Stan Fox		DNQ
Italy Bruno Giacomelli		DNQ
USA Pete Halsmer		DNQ
USA Jerry Karl		DNQ
USA Phil Krueger		DNQ
USA Steve Krisiloff		DNQ
USA Al Loquasto		DNQ
USA Roger Mears		DNQ
CAN Jacques Villeneuve Sr.		Wth
USA Ed Primm		DNQ
USA John Paul Jr.		DNQ
USA Johnny Parsons	DNQ	DNQ
South Africa Desiré Wilson		DNQ
USA Jerry Sneva		DNQ
USA Terry Uehling	DNQ
USA Steve Cannon	DNQ
USA Gary Irvin	DNQ
USA Terry Kawell	DNQ
USA Larry Gates	DNQ
USA Randy Kinser	DNQ
USA Kevin Olson	DNQ
USA Manny Rockhold	DNQ
USA Ron Hughes Jr.	DNQ
USA Eddie Leavitt	DNQ
USA Steve Long	DNQ
USA Chuck Jones	DNQ
USA Jerry Weeks	DNQ
USA Ron Milton	DNQ
USA Jim Moughan Jr.	DNQ
USA Rip Williams	DNQ
USA Steve Ball	DNQ
UK Kenny Acheson		DNP
USA Price Cobb		DNP
USA John Morton		DNP
USA Jim Hillyer		DNP
USA Steve Hostetler		DNP
USA Bill Puterbaugh		DNP
Peru Jorge Koechlin		DNP
Netherlands Arie Luyendyk		DNP
USA Willy T. Ribbs		DNP
USA Randy Lewis		DNP
USA Paul Rochelle		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. 191-192)

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