1983 Indianapolis 500

Results of the 1983 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 29, 1983.

Recap

Three-time runner up Tom Sneva is stuck behind the lapped car of Al Unser, Jr., who is helping protect the lead of his father Al Unser despite being shown the blue "move-over" flag. Sneva takes advantage of some more slower cars to pass both Unsers in daring moves on the mainstretch and third turn on lap 190 and goes on to win. Teo Fabi joins Walt Faulkner in 1950 to become the second of to date only three rookies ever to qualify for or start on the pole-position.

Results

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	4	5	Tom Sneva	203.687	4	200	98	Running
2	7	7	Al Unser	201.954	8	200	61	Running
3	3	2	Rick Mears	204.300	3	200	2	Running
4	26	12	Geoff Brabham	198.618	18	199	0	Flagged
5	22	16	Kevin Cogan	201.528	9	198	0	Flagged
6	12	30	Howdy Holmes	199.295	16	198	0	Flagged
7	14	21	Pancho Carter	198.237	21	197	0	Flagged
8	16	60	Chip Ganassi	197.608	24	195	0	Flagged
9	29	37	Scott Brayton	196.713	25	195	0	Flagged
10	5	19	Al Unser, Jr.	202.146	6	192	0	Out of Fuel
11	19	56	Steve Chassey	195.108	28	191	0	Flagged
12	25	72	Chris Kneifel	198.625	17	191	0	Flagged
13	2	18	Mike Mosley	205.372	2	169	1	Crash T1
14	10	20	Gordon Johncock	199.748	13	163	0	Gearbox
15	20	22	Dick Simon	192.993	30	161	0	Flagged
16	30	29	Mike Chandler	194.934	29	153	0	Gearbox
17	9	10	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	199.894	12	152	0	Half Shaft
18	15	94	Bill Whittington	197.755	22	144	0	Gearbox
19	28	34	Derek Daly	197.658	23	126	0	Engine
20	6	4	Bobby Rahal	202.005	7	110	15	Radiator
21	21	25	Danny Ongais	202.320	5	101	0	Handling
22	23	66	Johnny Parsons	199.985	11	80	0	Crash T1
23	11	3	Mario Andretti	199.404	15	79	0	Crash T1
24	33	90	Dennis Firestone	190.888	32	77	0	Oil Leak
25	18	55	Josele Garza	195.671	27	64	0	Oil Leak
26	1	33	Teo Fabi	207.395	1	47	23	Fuel Gasket
27	27	91	Don Whittington	198.596	19	44	0	Ignition
28	8	9	Roger Mears	200.108	10	43	0	Crash T1
29	31	43	Steve Krisiloff	191.192	31	42	0	U-Joint
30	17	35	Patrick Bedard	195.941	26	25	0	Crash FS
31	24	14	A.J. Foyt	199.557	14	24	0	Shift Linkage
32	13	1	George Snider	198.544	20	22	0	Ignition
33	32	38	Chet Fillip	183.145	33	11	0	Black Flagged

Failed to qualify: Mark Alderson (#17), Bill Alsup (#11), Gary Bettenhausen (#28), Tom Bigelow (#6), Jim Buick (#26), Phil Caliva (#42), Larry Cannon (#17), Chuck Ciprich (#36), Dick Ferguson (#69), Spike Gehlhausen (#47), Pete Halsmer (#66), Bob Harkey (#79), Doug Heveron (#41, #61), Herm Johnson (#42, #81), Jerry Karl (#61), Sheldon Kinser (#42), Phil Krueger (#46), Greg Leffler (#64), Al Loquasto (#86), Harry MacDonald (#43), John Mahler (#92), Mack McClellan (#17), John Paul, Jr. (#12), Teddy Pilette (#42), Roger Rager (#88), Johnny Rutherford (#40), Ken Schrader (#98), Jerry Sneva (#69), Bill Tempero (#15), Rich Vogler (#8), Bill Vukovich II (#83), Desiré Wilson (#54)

See also

• 1982-83 USAC Championship Car season

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