1984 Indianapolis 500

Results of the 1984 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 27, 1984.

Recap

An exciting first half turns dull as defending champion Tom Sneva and Mario Andretti fall out late with mechanical trouble, leaving Rick Mears the winner by over two laps. Rookies Roberto Guerrero, Al Holbert, and Michael Andretti become a rare trio of first-timers to finish in the top five. Sportswriter-turned-racer Pat Bedard suffers a severe crash in the northchute, flipping and destroying his machine, though only suffering a cracked jaw from an accident appearing fatal to many. The 1984 race has the distinction of having the most entries (117), and the most cars to actually be seen in the garage (87).

Results

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	3	6	Rick Mears	207.847	3	200	119	Running
2	7	9	Roberto Guerrero	205.717	7	198	0	Flagged
3	10	2	Al Unser	204.441	10	198	0	Flagged
4	16	21	Al Holbert	203.016	19	198	0	Flagged
5	4	99	Michael Andretti	207.805	4	198	0	Flagged
6	12	14	A.J. Foyt	203.860	12	197	0	Flagged
7	18	5	Bobby Rahal	202.230	22	197	0	Flagged
8	9	28	Herm Johnson	204.618	9	194	0	Flagged
9	11	25	Danny Ongais	203.978	11	193	3	Flagged
10	24	55	Josele Garza	200.615	31	193	0	Flagged
11	31	4	George Snider	201.861	25	193	0	Flagged
12	32	50	Dennis Firestone	201.217	29	186	0	Flagged
13	2	41	Howdy Holmes	207.977	2	185	0	Flagged
14	13	77	Tom Gloy	203.758	13	179	0	Engine
15	33	73	Chris Kneifel	199.831	33	175	0	Transmission
16	1	1	Tom Sneva	210.029	1	168	31	Left CV Joint
17	6	3	Mario Andretti	207.466	6	153	29	Broken Nosecone
18	26	37	Scott Brayton	203.637	14	150	0	Transmission
19	21	10	Pancho Carter	201.820	27	141	0	Engine
20	27	98	Kevin Cogan	203.622	15	137	0	Frozen Wheel
21	15	7	Al Unser, Jr.	203.404	18	131	4	Water Pump
22	30	84	Johnny Rutherford	202.062	23	116	0	Engine
23	20	22	Dick Simon	201.835	26	112	0	In Pits
24	14	33	Teo Fabi	203.600	16	104	14	Fuel System
25	5	20	Gordon Johncock	207.545	5	103	0	Crash T4
26	17	16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	202.814	20	86	0	Piston
27	29	61	Derek Daly	202.443	21	76	0	Handling
28	22	40	Chip Ganassi	201.612	28	61	0	Engine
29	28	30	Danny Sullivan	203.567	17	57	0	Broken Wheel
30	19	35	Patrick Bedard	201.915	24	55	0	Crash NC
31	25	57	Spike Gehlhausen	200.478	32	45	0	Spun SC
32	23	47	Emerson Fittipaldi	201.078	30	37	0	Oil Pressure
33	8	18	Geoff Brabham	204.931	8	1	0	Fuel Line

Failed to qualify: Bill Alsup (#27), Gary Bettenhausen (#8, #60, #82), Tom Bigelow (#75), Phil Caliva (#69), Larry Cannon (#81), Mike Chandler (#88), Steve Chassey (#56, #65), Chuck Ciprich (#36), Jim Crawford (#68, #78), Dick Ferguson (#31, #51), Chet Fillip (#38), Stan Fox (#24), Bruno Giacomelli (#52), Pete Halsmer (#11), Jerry Karl (#59), Steve Krisiloff (#87), Phil Krueger (#85), Al Loquasto (#86), Roger Mears (#55, #76), Johnny Parsons (#34, #59), John Paul, Jr. (#12), Ed Pimm (#64), Jerry Sneva (#66), Jacques Villeneuve (#76), Desiré Wilson (#34)

See also

• 1983-84 USAC Championship Car season

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