1983–84 USAC Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 USAC Championship Car 1983–84 200px USAC Gold Crown Championship 2 September 5, 1983 May 27, 1984 National champion United States Rick Mears United States Rick Mears 1982–83 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, and the Ted Horn Memorial was the last ever Indycar race on a dirt or clay surface. 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 September 5, 1983 US Ted Horn Memorial 100 mi km on DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt US Gary Bettenhausen US Gary Bettenhausen 2 May 27, 1984 US Indianapolis 500-Mile Race 500 mi km on Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved US Tom Sneva US Rick Mears Final points standings Note: Drivers not entered for the Indianapolis 500 were not eligible for points. List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver DQSFUSA INDYUSA Pts 1USA Rick Mears 1* 1000 2Colombia Roberto Guerrero 2 800 3USA Al Unser 3 700 4USA Al Holbert 4 600 5USA Michael Andretti 5 500 6USA Gary Bettenhausen 1* DNQ 400 7USA A. J. Foyt 6 400 8USA George Snider 4 11 340 9USA Bobby Rahal 7 300 10USA Ken Schrader 3 DNP 280 11USA Herm Johnson 8 250 12USA Danny Ongais 9 200 13Mexico Josele Garza 10 150 14USA Larry Rice 8 100 15Australia Dennis Firestone 12 50 16USA Rich Vogler 11 DNP 40 17USA Chris Kneifel 15 25 18USA Tom Sneva 16 25 19USA Bill Vukovich II 12 DNP 20 20USA Mario Andretti 17 20 21USA Scott Brayton 18 20 22USA Pancho Carter 19 20 23USA Kevin Cogan 20 20 24USA Al Unser Jr. 21 15 25USA Johnny Rutherford 22 15 26USA Dick Simon 23 15 27Italy Teo Fabi 24 15 28USA Sheldon Kinser 16 10 29USA Gordon Johncock 25 10 30USA Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 26 10 31Ireland Derek Daly 27 10 32USA Chip Ganassi 28 10 33USA Tom Bigelow 17 DNQ 8 34USA Steve Chassey 23 DNQ 6 35USA Danny Sullivan 29 5 36USA Spike Gehlhausen 31 5 37Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi 32 5 38Australia Geoff Brabham 33 5 39USA Mark Alderson 26 DNP 4 -USA Howdy Holmes 13 0 -USA Tom Gloy 14 0 -USA Patrick Bedard 30 0 -USA Chuck Gurney 2 0 -USA Bill Engelhart 5 0 -USA Steve Kinser 6 0 -USA Ron Shuman 7 0 -USA Ron Burke 9 0 -USA Gary Hieber 10 0 -USA Jerry Nemire 13 0 -USA Bud Wilmot 14 0 -USA Steve Siegel 15 0 -USA Mike Winblad 18 0 -USA Jack Hewitt 19 0 -USA Mike Johnson 20 0 -USA Larry Dickson 21 0 -USA Larry Martin 22 0 -USA Bobby Olivero 24 0 -USA Randy Bateman 25 0 -USA Joe Saldana 27 0 -USA Bob Cicconi 28 0 -USA Jim McElreath 29 0 -USA Rick Hood 30 0 -USA Bill Alsup DNQ 0 -USA Chuck Ciprich DNQ 0 -UK Jim Crawford DNQ 0 -USA Larry Cannon DNQ 0 -USA Mike Chandler DNQ 0 -USA Phil Caliva DNQ 0 -USA Chet Fillip DNQ 0 -USA Dick Ferguson DNQ 0 -USA Stan Fox DNQ 0 -Italy Bruno Giacomelli DNQ 0 -USA Pete Halsmer DNQ 0 -USA Jerry Karl DNQ 0 -USA Phil Krueger DNQ 0 -USA Steve Krisiloff DNQ 0 -USA Al Loquasto DNQ 0 -USA Roger Mears DNQ 0 -CAN Jacques Villeneuve Sr. Wth 0 -USA Ed Primm DNQ 0 -USA John Paul Jr. DNQ 0 -USA Johnny Parsons DNQ DNQ 0 -South Africa 1928 Desiré Wilson DNQ 0 -USA Jerry Sneva DNQ 0 -USA Terry Uehling DNQ 0 -USA Steve Cannon DNQ 0 -USA Gary Irvin DNQ 0 -USA Terry Kawell DNQ 0 -USA Larry Gates DNQ 0 -USA Randy Kinser DNQ 0 -USA Kevin Olson DNQ 0 -USA Manny Rockhold DNQ 0 -USA Ron Hughes Jr. DNQ 0 -USA Eddie Leavitt DNQ 0 -USA Steve Long DNQ 0 -USA Chuck Jones DNQ 0 -USA Jerry Weeks DNQ 0 -USA Ron Milton DNQ 0 -USA Jim Moughan Jr. DNQ 0 -USA Rip Williams DNQ 0 -USA Steve Ball DNQ 0 -UK Kenny Acheson DNP 0 -USA Price Cobb DNP 0 -USA John Morton DNP 0 -USA Jim Hillyer DNP 0 -USA Steve Hostetler DNP 0 -USA Bill Puterbaugh DNP 0 -Peru Jorge Koechlin DNP 0 -Netherlands Arie Luyendyk DNP 0 -USA Willy T. Ribbs DNP 0 -USA Randy Lewis DNP 0 -USA Paul Rochelle DNP 0 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookie References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1984/ USAC National Championship 1984 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2009-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20080325034454/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1984/ 2008-03-25 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1983-84.htm 1983-84 USAC Gold Crown Championship ChampCarStats.com 2009-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20080908043324/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1983-84.htm 2008-09-08 live http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053905/http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf 2016-03-04 (p. 191-192) See also 1983 Indianapolis 500 1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series 1984 CART PPG Indy Car World Series USAC Championship Car season USAC Championship Car season Category:USAC Championship Car