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1983 L.A. Times / Budweiser 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post CART race number 8 of 13 Monday, August 29, 1983 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 95 laps on a 3.300 mile road course (313.500 miles) Time of race: 2:45:28 Average speed: 113.678 mph Pole speed: 130.712 mph Cautions: 2 for 6 laps Margin of victory: 28 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1983 CART results   /   1983 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 2   Bobby Rahal Red Roof Inns / Cribari   (Jim Trueman) March / Cosworth 95 39380 running 21 20 2 1 33   Teo Fabi Skoal Bandit   (Gerry Forsythe) March / Cosworth 95 30780 running 26 17 3 8 12   John Paul, Jr. VDS   (VDS Associates) Penske / Cosworth 95 21980 running 3 14 4 2 17   Al Unser, Jr. Coors Light   (Rick Galles) Eagle / Cosworth 94 18180 running 27 13 5 14 5   Tom Sneva Texaco Star   (Bignotti-Cotter) March / Cosworth 93 15480 running 0 10 6 27 48   Tom Klausler Mercedes Leasing DB6 / Chevrolet 90 10200 running 0 8 7 19 21   Pancho Carter Alex Foods / Pinata   (Alex Morales) March / Cosworth 89 13880 running 0 6 8 17 10   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Provimi Veal   (Provimi Racing) March / Cosworth 88 9680 running 0 5 9 11 9   Roger Mears Machinists Union   (Machinist Union Racing Team) Penske / Cosworth 84 7980 running 0 4 10 13 20   Danny Ongais STP / Sea Ray Boats   (Pat Patrick) March / Cosworth 76 7640 engine 0 3 11 16 7   Al Unser Hertz   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 75 7470 transmission 0 2 12 26 46   Jerry Karl Refuse Fuels Penske / Cosworth 74 4250 running 0 1 13 12 30   Howdy Holmes Domino's Pizza   (Douglas Shierson) March / Cosworth 68 7130 header 0   14 24 34   Desire Wilson Wysard / Kreepy Krauly   (Herb Wysard) March / Cosworth 66 6280 transmission 0   15 21 64   Greg Leffler Jet Engineering Eagle / Chevrolet 57 6280 suspension 0   16 3 3   Mario Andretti Budweiser   (Newman Haas Racing) Lola / Cosworth 57 5430 transmission 18   17 22 56   Steve Chassey Genesee Beer Wagon   (Gohr Distributing Co.) Eagle / Chevrolet 57 5005 rear end 0   18 5 99   Geoff Brabham Kraco Car Stereo March / Cosworth 49 5005 turbocharger 0   19 9 1   Rick Mears Pennzoil   (Roger Penske) Penske / Cosworth 41 5005 transmission 0   20 10 55   Josele Garza Machinists Union / Mark C. Bloome   (Machinist Union Racing Team) Penske / Cosworth 33 5005 suspension 0   21 7 6   Kevin Cogan Master Mechanic / Caesar's   (Bignotti-Cotter) March / Cosworth 33 4580 transmission 0   22 15 72   Chris Kneifel C.F.I. Primus / Cosworth 23 4580 transmission 0   23 25 38   Phil Caliva Mitchell Engineering / John Malloy McLaren / Chevrolet 21 1700 fueling 0   24 18 18   Mike Mosley Kraco Car Stereo   (Kraco Enterprises) March / Cosworth 18 4580 clutch 0   25 20 22   Dick Simon Vermont American   (Dick Simon) Eagle / Cosworth 11 4580 crash 0   26 23 47   Bob Ward Arizona International Travel Eagle / Cosworth 7 4580 transmission 0   27 6 66   Pete Halsmer Arciero Racing   (Frank Arciero) Penske / Cosworth 6 4580 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Teo Fabi 1 3 3   Al Unser, Jr. 4 14 11   Mario Andretti 15 25 11   Teo Fabi 26 26 1   Al Unser, Jr. 27 34 8   John Paul, Jr. 35 37 3   Al Unser, Jr. 38 45 8   Mario Andretti 46 49 4   Teo Fabi 50 54 5   Mario Andretti 55 57 3   Teo Fabi 58 74 17   Bobby Rahal 75 95 21 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Al Unser 103     2   Tom Sneva 76   -27   3   Teo Fabi 67   -36   3   Rick Mears 67   -36   5   Al Unser, Jr. 66   -37   6   John Paul, Jr. 59   -44   7   Bobby Rahal 52   -51   7   Mario Andretti 52   -51   9   Pancho Carter 39   -64   10   Mike Mosley 34   -69   11   Pete Halsmer 32   -71   12   Roger Mears 28   -75   13   Gordon Johncock 20   -83   14   Howdy Holmes 19   -84   15   Tony Bettenhausen Jr 15   -88   16   Steve Chassey 13   -90   17   Geoff Brabham 12   -91   18   Kevin Cogan 10   -93   18   Chris Kneifel 10   -93   18   Chip Ganassi 10   -93   21   Tom Klausler 8   -95