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1983 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet CART race number 2 of 13 Sunday, May 29, 1983 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:05:03 Average speed: 162.117 mph Pole speed: 207.395 mph Cautions: 5 for 30 laps Margin of victory: 10.934 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 16 Glossary    1983 CART results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 5   Tom Sneva Texaco Star   (Bignotti-Cotter) March / Cosworth 200 385886 running 98 21 2 7 7   Al Unser Hertz   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 200 179086 running 61 16 3 3 2   Rick Mears Pennzoil   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 200 135086 running 2 14 4 26 12   Geoff Brabham UNO / British Sterling   (VDS Associates) Penske / Cosworth 199 108286 running 0 12 5 22 16   Kevin Cogan Master Mechanic   (Bignotti-Cotter) March / Cosworth 198 73856 running 0 10 6 12 30   Howdy Holmes Domino's Pizza   (Douglas Shierson) March / Cosworth 198 71696 running 0 8 7 14 21   Pancho Carter Alex Foods / Pinata   (Alex Morales) March / Cosworth 197 77491 running 0 6 8 16 60   Chip Ganassi Sea Ray Boats   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 195 60580 running 0 5 9 29 37   Scott Brayton SME Cement   (Lee Brayton) March / Cosworth 195 57085 running 0 4 10 5 19   Al Unser, Jr. Coors Light   (Rick Galles) Eagle / Chevrolet 192 59110 out of fuel 0 3 11 19 56   Steve Chassey Genesee Beer Wagon   (Gohr Distributing Co.) Eagle / Chevrolet 192 60982 running 0 2 12 25 72   Chris Kneifel Primus Racing   (Chris Kneifel) Primus / Cosworth 191 53690 running 0 1 13 2 18   Mike Mosley Kraco Car Stereo   (Kraco Enterprises) March / Cosworth 169 61484 crash 1   14 10 20   Gordon Johncock STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Wildcat / Cosworth 163 53442 gearbox 0   15 20 22   Dick Simon Vermont American   (Dick Simon) March / Cosworth 161 56758 running 0   16 30 29   Michael Chandler Agajanian- Curb   (Harry Schwartz) Rattlesnake / Cosworth 153 50610 gearbox 0   17 9 10   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Provimi Veal   (Provimi Racing) March / Cosworth 152 49998 halfshaft 0   18 15 94   Bill Whittington Whittington Brothers March / Cosworth 144 49922 bearing bolt 0   19 28 34   Derek Daly Wysard Motor Co.   (Herb Wysard) March / Cosworth 126 48882 engine 0   20 6 4   Bobby Rahal Red Roof Inns   (Jim Trueman) March / Cosworth 110 55378 radiator 15   21 21 25   Danny Ongais Interscope Racing   (Ted Field) March / Cosworth 101 48587 handling 0   22 23 66   Johnny Parsons Colonial Bread   (Frank Arciero) Penske / Cosworth 80 47478 crash 0   23 11 3   Mario Andretti Budweiser   (Newman Haas Racing) Lola / Cosworth 79 47082 crash 0   24 33 90   Dennis Firestone Simpson Sports   (Provimi Racing) March / Cosworth 77 49222 oil leak 0   25 18 55   Josele Garza Machinists Union   (Machinist Union Racing Team) Penske / Cosworth 64 59898 oil leak 0   26 1 33   Teo Fabi Skoal Bandit   (Gerry Forsythe) March / Cosworth 47 84960 fuel filter 23 1 27 27 91   Don Whittington Simoniz Finish   (Whittington Brothers) March / Cosworth 44 45858 ignition 0   28 8 9   Roger Mears Machinists Union   (Machinist Union Racing Team) Penske / Cosworth 43 45642 crash 0   29 31 43   Steve Krisiloff Armstrong Moulding   (Sherman Armstrong) Lola / Cosworth 42 45462 universal joint 0   30 17 35   Patrick Bedard Escort Radar Detectors   (Lee Brayton) March / Cosworth 25 45818 crash 0   31 24 14   A.J. Foyt Valvoline / Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) March / Cosworth 24 44887 shift linkage 0   32 13 1   George Snider Calumet Farms   (A.J. Foyt) March / Cosworth 22 45138 ignition 0   33 32 38   Chet Fillip Circle Bar Truck Corral   (Tom Mitchell) Eagle / Chevrolet 11 50102 handling 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 26 26     27 32 6   #35 accident turn 4   33 42 10     43 51 9   #9 accident turn 1   52 81 30     82 90 9   #3,66 accident turn 1   91 155 65     156 161 6   #94 stopped on track   162 171 10     172 175 4   #18 accident turn 1   176 200 25       Percent of race run under caution: 17.0%             Average green flag run: 27.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Teo Fabi 1 23 23   Mike Mosley 24 24 1   Rick Mears 25 26 2   Al Unser 27 35 9   Tom Sneva 36 46 11   Al Unser 47 52 6   Bobby Rahal 53 66 14   Tom Sneva 67 73 7   Bobby Rahal 74 74 1   Al Unser 75 80 6   Tom Sneva 81 89 9   Al Unser 90 108 19   Tom Sneva 109 143 35   Al Unser 144 146 3   Tom Sneva 147 172 26   Al Unser 173 190 18   Tom Sneva 191 200 10 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Al Unser 32     2   Tom Sneva 21   -11   2   Rick Mears 21   -11   4   Gordon Johncock 20   -12   5   John Paul, Jr. 14   -18   6   Geoff Brabham 12   -20   6   Howdy Holmes 12   -20   6   Pete Halsmer 12   -20   9   Al Unser, Jr. 11   -21   10   Kevin Cogan 10   -22   10   Mario Andretti 10   -22   12   Roger Mears 6   -26   12   Pancho Carter 6   -26   14   Chip Ganassi 5   -27   15   Scott Brayton 4   -28   16   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 3   -29   17   Jim McElreath 2   -30   17   Steve Chassey 2   -30   19   Doug Heveron 1   -31   19   Teo Fabi 1   -31