CART standings for 1983Click on the Driver to see 1983 race-level statistics for that driver. Previous year Next year |
| Driver | Races | Win | Podium | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Miles | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Al Unser | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1766 | 191 | 431,625 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 11 | 3,493.53 | 6 | 151 | |
| 7 | Al Unser, Jr. | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1733 | 94 | 240,099 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 10 | 3,448.99 | 3 | 89 | -62 |
| 6 | Rick Mears | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1630 | 158 | 297,073 | 7.6 | 9.6 | 8 | 3,175.62 | 4 | 92 | -59 |
| 10 | Pancho Carter | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1618 | 26 | 199,193 | 14.5 | 10.5 | 11 | 3,261.23 | 0 | 53 | -98 |
| 3 | Mario Andretti | 13 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1484 | 214 | 320,857 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 9 | 2,905.85 | 6 | 133 | -18 |
| 17 | Tony Bettenhausen Jr | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392 | 0 | 139,131 | 17.5 | 13.8 | 6 | 2,838.26 | 0 | 19 | -132 |
| 4 | Tom Sneva | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1391 | 201 | 531,064 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 7 | 2,801.69 | 2 | 96 | -55 |
| 2 |  Teo Fabi | 13 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1355 | 521 | 385,494 | 2.3 | 9.0 | 9 | 2,795.97 | 5 | 146 | -5 |
| 5 | Bobby Rahal | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1346 | 156 | 223,502 | 3.9 | 9.0 | 8 | 2,804.82 | 3 | 94 | -57 |
| 12 | Roger Mears | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1289 | 0 | 145,584 | 17.2 | 11.6 | 10 | 2,459.25 | 0 | 43 | -108 |
| 13 | Howdy Holmes | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1288 | 3 | 174,352 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 7 | 2,613.35 | 0 | 39 | -112 |
| 17 | Chris Kneifel | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1151 | 0 | 138,384 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 5 | 2,261.22 | 0 | 19 | -132 |
| 9 | Chip Ganassi | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1115 | 0 | 179,119 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 6 | 2,123.23 | 1 | 56 | -95 |
| 11 | Pete Halsmer | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1091 | 15 | 132,776 | 10.9 | 14.4 | 6 | 1,907.39 | 1 | 48 | -103 |
| 14 | Mike Mosley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1082 | 36 | 144,959 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 4 | 2,234.82 | 0 | 36 | -115 |
| 19 | Steve Chassey | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1077 | 0 | 138,112 | 20.9 | 15.3 | 5 | 2,144.33 | 0 | 17 | -134 |
| 8 | John Paul, Jr. | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1047 | 99 | 250,494 | 8.7 | 11.6 | 7 | 1,993.17 | 3 | 84 | -67 |
| 15 | Kevin Cogan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1036 | 12 | 151,813 | 14.5 | 16.7 | 3 | 2,052.25 | 0 | 26 | -125 |
| 29 | Dick Simon | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 935 | 0 | 108,694 | 19.8 | 16.6 | 6 | 1,766.08 | 0 | 2 | -149 |
| 22 |  Josele Garza | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 912 | 4 | 128,258 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 2 | 1,964.11 | 0 | 9 | -142 |
| 20 | Danny Ongais | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 627 | 0 | 97,700 | 17.9 | 17.6 | 2 | 1,382.46 | 0 | 14 | -137 |
| 21 |  Geoff Brabham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 597 | 0 | 141,351 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 2 | 1,293.45 | 0 | 13 | -138 |
| 24 | Scott Brayton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 582 | 0 | 95,001 | 18.2 | 18.7 | 3 | 1,281.51 | 0 | 5 | -146 |
| Bill Alsup | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 580 | 0 | 47,801 | 22.9 | 19.9 | 1 | 1,084.08 | 0 | |||
| 28 |  Desire Wilson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 519 | 0 | 54,761 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 2 | 1,098.24 | 0 | 3 | -148 |
| 29 | Jim McElreath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 440 | 0 | 27,906 | 27.3 | 15.7 | 2 | 862.25 | 0 | 2 | -149 |
| 26 |  Derek Daly | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 398 | 0 | 87,424 | 10.3 | 19.3 | 0 | 807.32 | 0 | 4 | -147 |
| 34 | Jerry Karl | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 391 | 0 | 23,649 | 26.5 | 20.3 | 2 | 750.70 | 0 | 1 | -150 |
| 16 | Gordon Johncock | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 385 | 71 | 99,215 | 6.2 | 18.0 | 1 | 787.20 | 1 | 20 | -131 |
| 29 | Dick Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 0 | 19,189 | 26.0 | 16.5 | 1 | 680.00 | 0 | 2 | -149 |
| Bill Whittington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 0 | 65,621 | 13.0 | 17.3 | 0 | 771.38 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Rutherford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 271 | 6 | 29,604 | 8.0 | 21.2 | 0 | 452.17 | 0 | |||
| Tom Bigelow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 0 | 16,706 | 23.7 | 20.3 | 1 | 382.10 | 0 | |||
| 29 | Phil Krueger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 0 | 11,650 | 24.0 | 18.3 | 3 | 417.32 | 0 | 2 | -149 |
| 26 | Michael Andretti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 241 | 0 | 21,714 | 13.0 | 17.3 | 1 | 268.25 | 0 | 4 | -147 |
| Patrick Bedard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 0 | 64,213 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 516.00 | 0 | |||
| Don Whittington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 211 | 5 | 61,163 | 16.7 | 26.7 | 0 | 449.50 | 0 | |||
| Herm Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 0 | 12,786 | 28.3 | 19.0 | 1 | 465.92 | 0 | |||
| Michael Chandler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 57,232 | 27.5 | 23.5 | 0 | 476.50 | 0 | |||
| 34 | Gary Bettenhausen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 0 | 18,763 | 21.0 | 20.3 | 1 | 250.00 | 0 | 1 | -150 |
| Chet Fillip | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 0 | 57,543 | 25.3 | 23.3 | 1 | 283.69 | 0 | |||
| 29 | Greg Leffler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 15,687 | 22.0 | 16.7 | 1 | 431.30 | 0 | 2 | -149 |
| 24 | Jeff Wood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 0 | 16,391 | 19.0 | 15.0 | 1 | 229.93 | 0 | 5 | -146 |
| Johnny Parsons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 54,218 | 26.5 | 26.0 | 0 | 312.00 | 0 | |||
| 34 | Doug Heveron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 7,041 | 17.0 | 12.0 | 1 | 184.16 | 0 | 1 | -150 |
| Al Loquasto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 8,719 | 31.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 287.50 | 0 | |||
| 23 | Tom Klausler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 14,882 | 22.5 | 14.0 | 1 | 385.00 | 0 | 8 | -143 |
| Dennis Firestone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 49,222 | 33.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 192.50 | 0 | |||
| Randy Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 4,375 | 27.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 144.40 | 0 | |||
 Jorge Koechlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 3,500 | 26.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 121.60 | 0 | |||
| Bill Tempero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 9,610 | 23.5 | 22.0 | 0 | 109.28 | 0 | |||
| Steve Krisiloff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 45,462 | 31.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 105.00 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Ciprich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 7,519 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 0 | 95.00 | 0 | |||
| A.J. Foyt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 44,887 | 24.0 | 31.0 | 0 | 60.00 | 0 | |||
| George Snider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 45,138 | 13.0 | 32.0 | 0 | 55.00 | 0 | |||
| Phil Caliva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1,700 | 25.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 69.30 | 0 | |||
| Drake Olson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4,682 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 64.00 | 0 | |||
| Chip Mead | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9,058 | 21.5 | 25.5 | 0 | 20.40 | 0 | |||
| Bob Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4,580 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 23.10 | 0 | |||
| Tom Bagley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7,219 | 25.0 | 34.0 | 0 | 12.50 | 0 |