1982–83 USAC Championship Car season

The 1982–83 USAC Championship Car season consisted of four races, beginning in Springfield, Illinois, on August 14, 1982, and concluding in Speedway, Indiana, on May 29, 1983. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Tom Sneva.

1982-83 USAC Championship Car season
USAC Gold Crown Championship
Season
Races4
Start dateAugust 14, 1982
End dateMay 29, 1983
Awards
National champion Tom Sneva
Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva

By this time, the preeminent national championship season was instead sanctioned by CART.

Schedule and results

All races were run on Oval/Speedway courses.

Rnd Date Race Name Length Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver
1 August 14 Tony Bettenhausen 100 100 mi (160 km) Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt Sheldon Kinser Bobby Olivero
2 September 6 Ted Horn Memorial 100 mi (160 km) DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt Gary Bettenhausen Gary Bettenhausen
3 December 4 Nazareth 100 100 mi (160 km) Nazareth National Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania Dirt Bob Cicconi Keith Kauffman
4 May 29 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race 500 mi (800 km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Teo Fabi Tom Sneva

Final points standings

Note: Drivers who failed to enter the Indy 500 were not eligible for points.

Pos Driver SPR
 DQSF
 NAZ
 INDY
 Pts
1 Tom Sneva 1* 1000
2 Al Unser 2 800
3 Rick Mears 3 700
4 Geoff Brabham 4 600
5 Mark Alderson 4 7 5 DNQ 560
6 Kevin Cogan 5 500
7 Joe Saldana 2 8 30 DNP 422
8 Gary Bettenhausen 1 24 DNQ 406
9 Howdy Holmes 6 400
10 Ken Schrader 8 12 4 DNQ 360
11 Larry Rice 6 6 DNQ 320
12 Pancho Carter 7 300
13 Rich Vogler 20 19 3 DNQ 296
14 Sheldon Kinser 3 20 DNS DNQ 288
15 Bobby Olivero 1 3 26 DNQ 284
16 Chip Ganassi 8 250
17 Al Unser Jr. 10 150
18 Steve Chassey 2 19 11 100
19 George Snider 15 9 32 95
20 Chris Kneifel 12 50
21 Mike Mosley 13 25
22 Gordon Johncock 14 25
23 Dick Simon 15 25
24 Michael Chandler 16 25
25 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 17 20
26 Bill Whittington 18 20
27 Derek Daly 19 20
28 Bobby Rahal 20 20
29 Jerry Nemire 21 18 19 DNP 16
30 Danny Ongais 21 15
31 Johnny Parsons 22 15
32 Mario Andretti 23 15
33 Josele Garza 25 10
34 Don Whittington 27 10
35 Roger Mears 28 10
36 Gary Irvin 22 6
37 Steve Krisiloff 29 5
38 A. J. Foyt 31 5
39 Roger Rager 26 DNQ 4
- Keith Kauffman 18 16 1 0
- Bill Engelhart 9 4 2 0
- Rick Hood 7 5 0
- Ron Shuman 5 24 12 0
- Paul Koch 6 0
- Steve Siegel 7 0
- Gary Hieber 8 0
- Scott Brayton 9 0
- Mike Peters 11 9 0
- Jerry Weeks 10 28 0
- Walt Kennedy 10 0
- Danny Frye Jr. 10 0
- Steve Kinser 11 17 0
- Tracy Potter 11 0
- Dana Carter 12 21 23 0
- Joe McCarthy 13 16 0
- Ron Burke 13 0
- Ed Angle 13 0
- Bob Cicconi 23 14 22 0
- Doug Wolfgang 14 0
- Bobby Allen 14 0
- Larry Dickson DNQ 15 0
- Arnie Knepper 15 0
- Elvin Felty 16 0
- Chuck Amati 17 21 DNS 0
- Mike Gregg 17 0
- Smokey Snellbaker 18 0
- Mike Winblad 19 0
- Manny Rockhold 20 0
- Duke Cook 22 0
- Barry Camp 23 0
- Emmitt Hahn 24 0
- Dennis Firestone 24 0
- Steve Cannon 25 27 0
- Tom Bigelow 25 DNQ 0
- Brian Seidel 25 0
- Teo Fabi 26 0
- Patrick Bedard 30 0
- Chet Fillip 33 0
- Bill Alsup DNQ 0
- Jim Buick DNQ 0
- Phil Caliva DNQ 0
- Larry Cannon DNQ 0
- Steve Chassey DNQ 0
- Chuck Ciprich DNQ 0
- Dick Ferguson DNQ 0
- Bob Frey DNQ 0
- Amber Furst DNQ 0
- Spike Gehlhausen DNQ 0
- Pete Halsmer DNQ 0
- Bob Harkey DNQ 0
- Doug Heveron DNQ 0
- Herm Johnson DNQ 0
- Jerry Karl DNQ 0
- Phil Krueger DNQ 0
- Bob Lazier DNQ 0
- Greg Leffler DNQ 0
- Al Loquasto DNQ 0
- Harry MacDonald DNQ 0
- John Mahler DNQ 0
- Mack McClellan DNQ 0
- Graham McRae DNQ 0
- John Paul Jr. DNQ 0
- Dave Peperak DNQ 0
- Teddy Pilette DNQ 0
- Johnny Rutherford DNQ 0
- Jerry Sneva DNQ 0
- Bill Tempero DNQ 0
- Bill Vukovich II DNQ 0
- Desiré Wilson DNQ 0
- Jorge Koechlin DNP 0
- Lee Kunzman DNP 0
- Dave McMillan DNP 0
- Chip Mead DNP 0
- Bill Puterbaugh DNP 0
- Harry Sauce DNP 0
Pos Driver SPR
 DQSF
 NAZ
 INDY
 Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th-10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
(Ret)
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

References
  • Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1983". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  • "1982-83 USAC Gold Crown Championship". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 195-197)

See also
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