1983–84 USAC Championship Car season

1983-84 American Championship Car season
Series  : USAC Championship Car
Champion : Rick Mears
Previous: 1982-83	Next: 1984-85

The 1983–84 USAC Championship Car season consisted of two races, beginning in Du Quoin, Illinois on September 5, 1983 and concluding in Speedway, Indiana on May 27, 1984. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Rick Mears. This was the last year that the Championship comprised more than one race.

Schedule and results

All races running on Oval/Speedway.

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	September 5, 1983	Ted Horn Memorial	100 mi (161 km)	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Dirt	Gary Bettenhausen	Gary Bettenhausen
2	May 27, 1984	Indianapolis 500-Mile Race	500 mi (805 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Paved	Tom Sneva	Rick Mears

Final points standings

Note: Drivers not entered for the Indianapolis 500 were not eligible for points.

Pos Driver DQSF INDY Pts 1 Rick Mears 1* 1000 2 Roberto Guerrero 2 800 3 Al Unser 3 700 4 Al Holbert 4 600 5 Michael Andretti 5 500 6 Gary Bettenhausen 1* DNQ 400 7 A. J. Foyt 6 400 8 George Snider 4 11 340 9 Bobby Rahal 7 300 10 Ken Schrader 3 DNP 280 11 Herm Johnson 8 250 12 Danny Ongais 9 200 13 Josele Garza 10 150 14 Larry Rice 8 100 15 Dennis Firestone 12 50 16 Rich Vogler 11 DNP 40 17 Chris Kneifel 15 25 18 Tom Sneva 16 25 19 Bill Vukovich, Jr. 12 DNP 20 20 Mario Andretti 17 20 21 Scott Brayton 18 20 22 Pancho Carter 19 20 23 Kevin Cogan 20 20 24 Al Unser, Jr. 21 15 25 Johnny Rutherford 22 15 26 Dick Simon 23 15 27 Teo Fabi 24 15 28 Sheldon Kinser 6 10 29 Gordon Johncock 25 10 30 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 26 10 31 Derek Daly 27 10 32 Chip Ganassi 28 10 33 Tom Bigelow 17 DNQ 8 34 Steve Chassey 23 DNQ 6 35 Danny Sullivan 29 5 36 Spike Gehlhausen 31 5 37 Emerson Fittipaldi 32 5 38 Geoff Brabham 33 5 39 Mark Alderson 26 DNP 4 - Howdy Holmes 13 0 - Tom Gloy 14 0 - Patrick Bedard 30 0 - Chuck Gurney 2 0 - Bill Engelhart 5 0 - Steve Kinser 16 0 - Ron Shuman 7 0 - Ron Burke 9 0 - Gary Hieber 10 0 - Jerry Nemire 13 0 - Bud Wilmot 14 0 - Steve Siegel 15 0 - Mike Winblad 18 0 - Jack Hewitt 19 0 - Mike Johnson 20 0 - Larry Dickson 21 0 - Larry Martin 22 0 - Bobby Olivero 24 0 - Randy Bateman 25 0 - Joe Saldana 27 0 - Bob Cicconi 28 0 - Jim McElreath 29 0 - Rick Hood 30 0 - Bill Alsup DNQ 0 - Chuck Ciprich DNQ 0 - Jim Crawford DNQ 0 - Larry Cannon DNQ 0 - Mike Chandler DNQ 0 - Phil Caliva DNQ 0 - Chet Fillip DNQ 0 - Dick Ferguson DNQ 0 - Stan Fox DNQ 0 - Bruno Giacomelli DNQ 0 - Pete Halsmer DNQ 0 - Jerry Karl DNQ 0 - Phil Krueger DNQ 0 - Steve Krisiloff DNQ 0 - Al Loquasto DNQ 0 - Roger Mears DNQ 0 - Jacques Villeneuve DNQ 0 - Ed Primm DNQ 0 - John Paul, Jr. DNQ 0 - Johnny Parsons, Jr. DNQ 0 - Desiré Wilson DNQ 0 - Jerry Sneva DNQ 0 - Ken Acheson DNP 0 - Price Cobb DNP 0 - John Morton DNP 0 - Jim Hillyer DNP 0 - Steve Hostetler DNP 0 - Bill Puterbaugh DNP 0 - Jorge Koechlin DNP 0 - Arie Luyendyk DNP 0 - Willy T. Ribbs DNP 0 - Randy Lewis DNP 0 - Paul Rochelle DNP 0 Pos Driver DQSF 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 1984". Driver Database. Archived

from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1984/. Retrieved 2009-05-11. 

• "1983-84 USAC Gold Crown Championship". ChampCarStats.com. Archived

from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1983-84.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-11. 

• http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 191-192)

See also

• 1983 IndyCar season
• 1984 Indianapolis 500
• 1984 IndyCar season

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