Michigan 500 |
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Sunday, July 17, 1983 |
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| Track: | Brooklyn, MI | Track Type: | Paved Oval | |||
| Race Distance: | 500 Miles | Lap Distance: | 2.000 Miles | |||
| Pole Pos.: | Teo Fabi 202.128 mph | Margin of Victory: | 15.000 sec. | |||
| Rank | SP | Car | Driver | Chassis | Q.Time | Laps | Reason | ||||||||
| Sponsor | Engine | Q.Spd. | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 9 | 12 | John Paul, Jr | PC-10 | 0:36.456 | 250 | 3:42:27 134.862 | ||||||||
| British Sterling | CoswTC | 197.498 mph | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 7 | 7 | Al Unser | PC-11 | 0:36.083 | 250 | 3:42:42 134.710 | ||||||||
| Hertz | CoswTC | 199.540 mph | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 18 | 3 | Mario Andretti | Lola T-700 | 0:36.968 | 250 | Finished 134.660 | ||||||||
| Newman-Haas Budweiser | CoswTC | 194.761 mph | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | 1 | Rick Mears | PC-11 | 0:36.154 | 249 | Wrecked | ||||||||
| Pennzoil | CoswTC | 199.148 mph | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Bobby Rahal | March 83C | 0:35.801 | 249 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Red Roof Inns | CoswTC | 201.112 mph | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 21 | Pancho Carter | March 82C | 0:36.008 | 248 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Alex Foods Pinata | CoswTC | 199.956 mph | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 15 | 17 | Al Unser, Jr | March 83C | 0:36.827 | 248 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Coors Light | CoswTC | 195.509 mph | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 12 | 60 | Chip Ganassi | Wildcat IX | 0:36.656 | 247 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Old Milwaukee | CoswTC | 196.421 mph | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 19 | 72 | Chris Kneifel | Primus | 0:37.014 | 242 | Wrecked | ||||||||
| C. F. I. | CoswTC | 194.521 mph | |||||||||||||
| 10 | 24 | 56 | Steve Chassey | Eagle 82 | 0:37.419 | 241 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Genesee Beer Wagon | Chevy | 192.416 mph | |||||||||||||
| 11 | 29 | 86 | Dick Ferguson | March 81C | 0:38.082 | 235 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Hoffman Racing | CoswTC | 189.066 mph | |||||||||||||
| 12 | 17 | 37 | Scott Brayton | March 83C | 0:36.900 | 235 | Flagged | ||||||||
| SME Cement/Driesbach | CoswTC | 195.122 mph | |||||||||||||
| 13 | 33 | 23 | Jim McElreath | McElreath | 0:39.581 | 231 | Flagged | ||||||||
| McElreath Racing | CoswTC | 181.905 mph | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 20 | 22 | Dick Simon | March 83C | 0:37.181 | 215 | Flagged | ||||||||
| Vermont-American | CoswTC | 193.647 mph | |||||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | 33 | Teo Fabi | March 83C | 0:35.621 | 205 | Clutch | ||||||||
| Forsythe/Skoal Bandit | CoswTC | 202.128 mph | |||||||||||||
| 16 | 27 | 11 | Bill Alsup | Argo | 0:37.620 | 204 | Wrecked | ||||||||
| Crane & Shovel Sales | CoswTC | 191.388 mph | |||||||||||||
| 17 | 10 | 18 | Mike Mosley | March 83P | 0:36.570 | 196 | Engine | ||||||||
| Kraco Car Stereo | CoswTC | 196.883 mph | |||||||||||||
| 18 | 21 | 10 | Tony, Jr Bettenhausen | March 83C | 0:37.254 | 174 | Engine | ||||||||
| Provimi Veal | CoswTC | 193.268 mph | |||||||||||||
| 19 | 22 | 55 | Josele Garza | PC-10 | 0:37.288 | 159 | Gearbox | ||||||||
| Machinists Union-Caesar's | CoswTC | 193.092 mph | |||||||||||||
| 20 | 2 | 91 | Don Whittington | March | 0:35.675 | 156 | Engine | ||||||||
| Simoniz Finish | CoswTC | 201.822 mph | |||||||||||||
| 21 | 31 | 61 | Jerry Karl | Wildcat IX | 0:38.880 | 149 | Transmission | ||||||||
| Renaissance Rhoades | CoswTC | 185.185 mph | |||||||||||||
| 22 | 23 | 34 | Geoff Brabham | March 83C | 0:37.342 | 127 | Radiator | ||||||||
| Wysard Motor Co. | CoswTC | 192.812 mph | |||||||||||||
| 23 | 14 | 40 | Danny Ongais | March 83C | 0:36.777 | 124 | CV Joint | ||||||||
| Sea Ray Boats | CoswTC | 195.775 mph | |||||||||||||
| 24 | 32 | 42 | Herm Johnson | March 82C | 0:39.026 | 106 | Oil leak | ||||||||
| Mariott Inns-Kangaroos | CoswTC | 184.492 mph | |||||||||||||
| 25 | 3 | 5 | Tom Sneva | March 83C | 0:35.731 | 75 | Broken tie rod | ||||||||
| Texaco Star | CoswTC | 201.506 mph | |||||||||||||
| 26 | 5 | 20 | Gordon Johncock | March 83C | 0:35.822 | 74 | Wrecked | ||||||||
| STP Oil Treatment | CoswTC | 200.994 mph | |||||||||||||
| 27 | 11 | 6 | Kevin Cogan | March 83C | 0:36.633 | 74 | Wrecked | ||||||||
| Master Mechanic/Caesar's | CoswTC | 196.544 mph | |||||||||||||
| 28 | 13 | 35 | Patrick Bedard | March 83C | 0:36.698 | 73 | Radiator | ||||||||
| Escort Radar | CoswTC | 196.196 mph | |||||||||||||
| 29 | 28 | 78 | Tom Bigelow | Eagle 82 | 0:37.759 | 64 | Engine | ||||||||
| HBK Racing | Chevy | 190.683 mph | |||||||||||||
| 30 | 30 | 8 | Johnny Parsons | Watson | 0:38.702 | 56 | Magneto | ||||||||
| Leader Card Racing | CoswTC | 186.037 mph | |||||||||||||
| 31 | 25 | 19 | Michael Chandler | Rattlesnak | 0:37.450 | 47 | Engine | ||||||||
| Agajanian-Curb | CoswTC | 192.256 mph | |||||||||||||
| 32 | 26 | 30 | Howdy Holmes | March 83C | 0:37.561 | 18 | Wrecked | ||||||||
| Domino's Pizza | CoswTC | 191.688 mph | |||||||||||||
| 33 | 16 | 66 | Pete Halsmer | PC-10 | 0:36.844 | 11 | Engine | ||||||||
| Arciero Racing | CoswTC | 195.419 mph | |||||||||||||
Race Information |
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| 1) Yellow Flags: 5-8 Bigelow oiled track 11-14 Halsmer blew engine 19-30 Holmes wrecked, T2 48-55 Chandler blew engine 63-70 Moisture on track 74-93 Cogan-Johncock wreck 110-114 Debris T3 125-29 McElreath stall T4 158-163 Brabham tow-in 206-210 Fabi spun T4 212-217 Alsup spun T4 249-250 Mears-Kniefel wreck T4 | |||||||||||||||
Lap Leaders |
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| Driver | Total | Laps Led | |||||||||||||
| Pancho Carter | 2 | 51-52 | |||||||||||||
| Teo Fabi | 3 | 74-76 | |||||||||||||
| Don Whittington | 5 | 1,18-19,88-89 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Sneva | 9 | 2,10-17 | |||||||||||||
| Al Unser, Jr | 19 | 32-34,43,111-125 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Mears | 19 | 94-96,193-197,239-249 | |||||||||||||
| Mario Andretti | 21 | 126-146 | |||||||||||||
| Al Unser | 33 | 77-87,217-238 | |||||||||||||
| Gordon Johncock | 35 | 3-9,44-50,53-73 | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Rahal | 38 | 20-31,35-42,90-93,97-110 | |||||||||||||
| John Paul, Jr | 66 | 147-192,198-216,250 | |||||||||||||
| Data prepared by Phil Harms - Page created by Omega Timing - All rights reserved | |||||||||||||||