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Sunday, May 29, 1983


Track:   Indianapolis, IN   Track Type:   Paved Oval
Race Distance:   500 Miles   Lap Distance:   2.500 Miles
Pole Pos.:   Teo Fabi 207.395 mph   Margin of Victory:   10.934 sec.
  Rank   SP   Car   Driver   Chassis   Q.Time   Laps   Reason
              Sponsor   Engine   Q.Spd.  
 
  1   4   5   Tom Sneva   March 83C   2:56.742   200   3:05:03.066 162.026
  Texaco Star   CoswTC   203.687 mph  
  2   7   7   Al Unser   PC-11   2:58.258   200   3:05:14 161.954
  Hertz   CoswTC   201.954 mph  
  3   3   2   Rick Mears   PC-11   2:56.211   200   Finished 161.799
  Pennzoil   CoswTC   204.301 mph  
  4   26   12   Geoff Brabham   PC-10   3:01.252   199   Flagged
  UNO - British Sterling   CoswTC   198.618 mph  
  5   22   16   Kevin Cogan   March 83C   2:58.635   198   Flagged
  Master Mechanic   CoswTC   201.528 mph  
  6   12   30   Howdy Holmes   March 83C   3:00.637   198   Flagged
  Domino's Pizza   CoswTC   199.295 mph  
  7   14   21   Pancho Carter   March 82C   3:01.601   197   Flagged
  Alex Foods Pinata   CoswTC   198.237 mph  
  8   16   60   Chip Ganassi   WildcatIX   3:02.179   195   Flagged
  Sea Ray Boats   CoswTC   197.608 mph  
  9   29   37   Scott Brayton   March 83C   3:03.008   195   Flagged
  SME Cement   CoswTC   196.713 mph  
  10   5   19   Al Unser, Jr   Eagle 83   2:58.089   192   Out of fuel
  Coors Light   CoswTC   202.146 mph  
  11   19   56   Steve Chassey   Eagle 82   3:04.513   192   Flagged
  Genesee Beer Wagon   Chevy   195.108 mph  
  12   25   72   Chris Kneifel   Primus 83   3:01.246   191   Flagged
  Primus Racing   CoswTC   198.625 mph  
  13   2   18   Mike Mosley   March 83C   2:55.292   169   Wrecked SW
  Kraco Car Stereo   CoswTC   205.372 mph  
  14   10   20   Gordon Johncock   Wildct9-83   3:00.227   163   Broken gearbox
  STP Oil Treatment   CoswTC   199.748 mph  
  15   20   22   Dick Simon   March 83C   3:06.535   161   Flagged
  Vermont-American   CoswTC   192.993 mph  
  16   30   29   Michael Chandler   Rattlesnak   3:04.678   153   Broken gear hold
  Agajanian/Curb   CoswTC   194.934 mph  
  17   9   10   Tony, Jr Bettenhausen   March 83C   3:00.096   152   Broken half shaft
  Provimi Veal   CoswTC   199.893 mph  
  18   15   94   Bill Whittington   March 81C   3:02.043   144   Broken bearg bolt
  Whittington Brothers   CoswTC   197.755 mph  
  19   28   34   Derek Daly   March 83C   3:02.133   126   Engine
  Wysard Motor Co   CoswTC   197.658 mph  
  20   6   55   Bobby Rahal   March 83C   2:58.213   110   Hole in radiator
  Red Roof Inns   CoswTC   202.005 mph  
  21   21   25   Danny Ongais   March 83C   2:57.936   101   Handling
  Interscope Racing   CoswTC   202.320 mph  
  22   23   66   Johnny Parsons   PC-10B   3:00.014   80   Wrecked SW
  Colonial Bread   CoswTC   199.984 mph  
  23   11   3   Mario Andretti   Lola T700   3:00.538   79   Wrecked SW
  Newman/Haas Budweiser   CoswTC   199.404 mph  
  24   33   90   Dennis Firestone   March 83C   3:08.592   77   Oil leak
  Simpson Sports   CoswTC   190.888 mph  
  25   18   55   Josele Garza   PC-10   3:03.982   64   Oil leak
  Machinist Union   CoswTC   195.671 mph  
  26   1   33   Teo Fabi   March 83C   2:53.582   47   Fuel leak
  Forsythe Bros/Skoal   CoswTC   207.395 mph  
  27   27   91   Don Whittington   March 83C   3:01.272   44   Ignition
  Simoniz   CoswTC   198.597 mph  
  28   8   9   Roger Mears   PC-10   2:59.903   43   Wrecked SW
  Machinist Union   CoswTC   200.108 mph  
  29   31   43   Steve Krisiloff   Lola T700   3:08.292   42   Brkn universal joint
  Armstrong Mold   CoswTC   191.192 mph  
  30   17   35   Patrick Bedard   March 83C   3:03.729   25   Wrecked mainstretch
  Escort Radar   CoswTC   195.941 mph  
  31   24   14   A.J. Foyt   March 83C   3:00.400   24   Broken shift link
  Valvoline-Gilmore Racing   CoswTC   199.557 mph  
  32   13   1   George Snider   March 83C   3:01.320   22   Ignition
  Calumet Farms   CoswTC   198.544 mph  
  33   32   38   Chet Fillip   Eagle 83   3:16.565   11   Blk flag, poor handl
  Circle Bar Truck Corral   CoswTC   183.146 mph  
          98   Ken Schrader   March       0   Wrecked practice
  Friendship   CoswTC      
          15   Bill Tempero   Longhorn       0   Did not qualify
  Zena Jeans   Chevy      
          66   Pete Halsmer   PC-10       0   Wrecked practice
  Colonial Bread/Arciero   CoswTC      
          40   Johnny Rutherford   Wildcat       0   Wrecked practice
  Sea Ray Boats   CoswTC      
          40   Johnny Rutherford   Wildcat       0   Wrecked pract-backup
  Sea Ray Boats   CoswTC      
          40   Don Whittington   Wildcat       0   Wrecked practice
  Sea Ray Boats   CoswTC      
          36   Chuck Ciprich   Finley       0   Did not qualify
  Pace Electronics   Chevy      
          69   Jerry Sneva   March 81       0   Wrecked practice
  Little King's Crown Ale   CoswTC      
          69   Dick Ferguson   March 81       0   Did not qualify
  Little King's Crown Ale   CoswTC      
          92   John Mahler   Lion   3:09.975   0   Did not qualify
  Intercomp   Chevy   180.022 mph  
          26   Jim Buick   PC-7       0   Did not qualify
  Pride of Allied   Chevy      
          28   Gary Bettenhausen   Lightning       0   Did not qualify
  American Spirit   ChevTC      
          46   Phil Krueger   PC-9       0   Did not qualify
  McCray Racing   CoswTC      
          41   Doug Heveron   Wildcat       0   Wrecked practice
  Andre Champagne   CoswTC      
          79   Bob Harkey   Coyote 81       0   Wrecked practice
  Spirit of Noblesville   CoswTC      
          70   Dennis Firestone   March 83C       0   Did not qualify
  Provimi Veal   CoswTC      
          54   Desiree Wilson   March 82C       0   Did not qualify
  Wysard Racing   CoswTC      
          43   Harry McDonald   Lola T-700       0   Did not qualify
  Armstrong Mold   CoswTC      
          8   Rich Vogler   Watson       0   Wrecked practice
  Leader Card   CoswTC      
          5   Tom Sneva   Thedre 83       0   Did not qualify
  Texaco Star   CoswTC      
          6   Tom Bigelow   Eagle 81       0   Did not qualify
  HBK-Lenckite   Chevy      
          11   Bill Alsup   Argo 83       0   Did not qualify
  Indy Car Magazine   CoswTC      
          12   John Paul, Jr   PC-10       0   Wrecked practice
  UNO-British Sterling   CoswTC      
          17   Mark Alderson   Volstedt77       0   Did not qualify
  Vollstedt   OffyTC      
          17   Larry Cannon   Vollstdt77       0   Did not qualify
  Vollstedt   OffyTC      
          42   Phil Caliva   March 82C       0   Did not qualify
  Mergard   Chevy      
          42   Sheldon Kinser   March 82C       0   Did not qualify
  Mergard   Chevy      
          42   Herm Johnson   March 82C       0   Did not qualify
  Mergard   Chevy      
          47   Spike Gehlhausen   Eagle 82       0   Did not qualify
  Arizona International   CoswTC      
          48   Dick Simon   Eagle 83       0   Did not qualify
  Vermont-America   CoswTC      
          54   Derek Daly   March 82C       0   Did not qualify
  Wysard Racing   CoswTC      
          61   Jerry Karl   Wildcat 81       0   Did not qualify
  Rhoades Racing   CoswTC      
          61   Doug Heveron   Wildcat 81       0   Wrecked practice
  Rhoades Racing   CoswTC      
          64   Greg Leffler   Eagle 83       0   Did not qualify
  Jet Engineering   Chevy      
          65   Danny Ongais           0   Did not qualify
  Interscope Racing   Chevy      
          73   Chris Kneifel   LR-03       0   Did not qualify
  Primus   CoswTC      
          81   Herm Johnson   Rattlesn82       0   Did not qualify
  Hubler Chevrolet   CoswTC      
          83   Billy Vukovich   Eagle 83       0   Did not qualify
  Jet Engineering   Chevy      
          86   Al Loquasto   PC-9B       0   Did not qualify
  GTS   CoswTC      
          88   Roger Rager   Lightning       0   Did not qualify
  Frito-Lay Racer   Chevy      

Race Information

  1) Yellow Flags: 27-32 Bedard wreck, T4 43-51 Roger Mears wreck, T1 82-90 Andretti-Parsons wreck, T1 156-161 Bill Whittington tow-in 172-175 Mosley wreck, T1 2) Unser, Sr & B Whittington penalized 2 laps, passing under yellow, Andretti 1 lap. 3) Fastest race and leading lap: Lap 3, Teo Fabi, 197.507 mph.

Lap Leaders

  Driver Total Laps Led
  Mike Mosley 1 24
  Rick Mears 2 25-26
  Bobby Rahal 15 53-66,74
  Teo Fabi 23 1-23
  Al Unser 61 27-35,47-52,75-80,90-108,144-146,173-190
  Tom Sneva 98 36-46,67-73,81-89,109-143,147-172,191-200
Data prepared by Phil Harms - Page created by Omega Timing - All rights reserved

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