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AirCal 500

Sunday, August 29, 1982


Track:   Riverside, CA
Track Type:   Road Course Lap Distance: 3.300 Miles
Race Distance:   500 Miles Margin of Victory: 0.000 sec.
Pole Pos.:   Kevin Cogan 131.467 mph  

  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
  1   4   1   Rick Mears   PC-10/82   1:31.609   95   2:42:14 115.944
  Gould Charge   Coswth   129.682 mph  
  2   13   7   Tom Sneva   March 82C   1:35.324   95   Finished
  Texaco Star   Coswth   124.628 mph  
  3   16   5   Johnny Rutherford   March 82C   1:36.284   93   Flagged
  Pennzoil   Coswth   123.385 mph  
  4   27   31   Roger Mears   PC-7/79   1:41.862   90   Flagged
  Machinist Union   Coswth   116.828 mph  
  5   10   33   Al Unser, Jr   March 82C   1:33.655   86   Fuel feed
  Forsythe Racing   Coswth   126.849 mph  
  6   21   64   Greg Leffler   Eagle 81   1:40.001   78   Broken valve
  Jet Engineering   Chevy   118.799 mph  
  7   24   22   Dick Simon   Watson   1:41.527   66   Wrecked
  Vermont-American   Coswth   117.013 mph  
  8   28   2   Bill Alsup   PC-7/79   1:44.609   64   Engine
  AB Dick Pacemaker   Coswth   113.566 mph  
  9   9   68   Michael Chandler   Eagle 82   1:33.311   55   Engine
  Freeman   Chevy   127.316 mph  
  10   1   4   Kevin Cogan   PC-10/82   1:30.365   50   Engine
  Norton Spirit   Coswth   131.467 mph  
  11   17   47   Chris Kneifel   Eagle 82   1:36.290   50   Overheated
  Metamatrix   Coswth   123.377 mph  
  12   26   46   Jerry Karl   PC-7/79   1:41.683   46   Turbocharger
  McCray Plastering   Coswth   116.834 mph  
  13   20   55   Josele Garza   PC-9/80   1:38.908   46   Engine
  Schlitz Gusto   Coswth   120.112 mph  
  14   25   15   Bill Tempero   LR-01   1:41.681   41   Transmission
  Tempero Hi Perf   Chevy   116.836 mph  
  15   3   19   Bobby Rahal   March 82C   1:31.536   39   CV Joint
  Red Roof Inns   Coswth   129.785 mph  
  16   11   30   Howdy Holmes   March 82C   1:34.079   39   Engine
  Domino's Pizza   Coswth   126.277 mph  
  17   7   10   Al Unser   LR-03   1:32.466   39   Engine
  Coor's-Bloome   Coswth   128.480 mph  
  18   19   6   Tony, Jr Bettenhausen   March82C   1:37.623   26   Engine
  Provimi Veal   Coswth   121.693 mph  
  19   18   3   Pancho Carter   March 82X   1:37.534   25   Engine
  Alex Foods   Coswth   121.804 mph  
  20   14   32   Hector Rebaque   March 82C   1:35.341   22   Accident
  Forsythe Racing   Coswth   124.605 mph  
  21   23   89   Dick Ferguson   Eagle   1:41.327   22   Transmission
  Crysen Corp.   Chevy   117.244 mph  
  22   15   28   Herm Johnson   Eagle 82   1:35.984   15   Overheated
  Menard Lumber   Chevy   123.771 mph  
  23   2   40   Mario Andretti   Wildcat8B   1:30.963   11   Transmission
  STP - Intermedics   Coswth   130.603 mph  
  24   8   66   Pete Halsmer   Eagle 82   1:33.133   10   Engine
  Arciero Racing   Chevy   127.600 mph  
  25   22   34   Johnny Parsons   March 82C   1:40.812   8   Transmission
  Wysard Motor Co   Coswth   117.244 mph  
  26   5   20   Gordon Johncock   Wildcat8B   1:31.979   7   Transmission
  STP Oil Treatment   Coswth   129.160 mph  
  27   12   99   Vern Schuppan   March 82C   1:34.417   6   Engine
  Kraco Car Stereo   Coswth   125.825 mph  
  28   6   21   Geoff Brabham   March 82C   1:32.369   0   Engine
  Pentax Super   Coswth   128.615 mph  
          56   Gary Bettenhausen   PC-7/79   1:41.942   0   Too slow
  Genesee Beer   Chevy   116.537 mph  
          77   Tom Frantz   Phantom   1:47.090   0   Too slow
  Burger Phantom   Chevy   110.935 mph  
          38   Phil Caliva   Lightning   1:49.275   0   Too slow
  CHC   Chevy   108.716 mph  
          23   N. Denver   PC-6/78       0   Did not qualify
  McElreath   Chevy      

Race Information

1) No full course yellow flags 2) 66 second margin of victory 3) Roger Mears, Alsup, Karl and Tempero added under promoter's option.

Lap Leaders

Driver Total Laps Led Laps Led
Mario Andretti 10 1-10
Kevin Cogan 40 11-50
Rick Mears 45 51-95
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