1982–83 USAC Championship Car season

Sports season August 2023 USAC Championship Car 1982–83 USAC Gold Crown Championship 4 August 14, 1982 May 29, 1983 National champion United States Tom Sneva United States Tom Sneva 1981–82 1983–84 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. 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 US Tony Bettenhausen 100 100 mi km on Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield, Illinois Dirt US Sheldon Kinser US Bobby Olivero 2 September 6 US Ted Horn Memorial 100 mi km on DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt US Gary Bettenhausen US Gary Bettenhausen 3 December 4 US Nazareth 100 100 mi km on Nazareth National Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania Dirt US Bob Cicconi US Keith Kauffman 4 May 29 US Indianapolis 500-Mile Race 500 mi km on Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Italy Teo Fabi US Tom Sneva Final points standings Note: Drivers who failed to enter the Indy 500 were not eligible for points. List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver SPRUSA DQSFUSA NAZUSA INDYUSA Pts 1USA Tom Sneva 1* 1000 2USA Al Unser 2 800 3USA Rick Mears 3 700 4Australia Geoff Brabham 4 600 5USA Mark Alderson 4 7 5 DNQ 560 6USA Kevin Cogan 5 500 7USA Joe Saldana 2 8 30DNP 422 8USA Gary Bettenhausen 1 24 DNQ 406 9USA Howdy Holmes 6 400 10USA Ken Schrader 8 12 4 DNQ 360 11USA Larry Rice 6 6 DNQ 320 12USA Pancho Carter 7 300 13USA Rich Vogler 20 19 3 DNQ 296 14USA Sheldon Kinser 3 20 DNS DNQ 288 15USA Bobby Olivero 1 3 26 DNQ 284 16USA Chip Ganassi 8 250 17USA Al Unser Jr. 10 150 18USA Steve Chassey 2 19 11 100 19USA George Snider 15 9 32 95 20USA Chris Kneifel 12 50 21USA Mike Mosley 13 25 22USA Gordon Johncock 14 25 23USA Dick Simon 15 25 24USA Michael Chandler 16 25 25USA Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 17 20 26USA Bill Whittington 18 20 27Ireland Derek Daly 19 20 28USA Bobby Rahal 20 20 29USA Jerry Nemire 21 18 19DNP 16 30USA Danny Ongais 21 15 31USA Johnny Parsons 22 15 32USA Mario Andretti 23 15 33Mexico Josele Garza 25 10 34USA Don Whittington 27 10 35USA Roger Mears 28 10 36USA Gary Irvin 22 6 37USA Steve Krisiloff 29 5 38USA A. J. Foyt 31 5 39USA Roger Rager 26 DNQ 4 -USA Keith Kauffman 18 16 1 0 -USA Bill Engelhart 9 4 2 0 -USA Rick Hood 7 5 0 -USA Ron Shuman 5 24 12 0 -USA Paul Koch 6 0 -USA Steve Siegel 7 0 -USA Gary Hieber 8 0 -USA Scott Brayton 9 0 -USA Mike Peters 11 9 0 -USA Jerry Weeks 10 28 0 -USA Walt Kennedy 10 0 -USA Danny Frye Jr. 10 0 -USA Steve Kinser 11 17 0 -USA Tracy Potter 11 0 -USA Dana Carter 12 21 23 0 -USA Joe McCarthy 13 16 0 -USA Ron Burke 13 0 -USA Ed Angle 13 0 -USA Bob Cicconi 23 14 22 0 -USA Doug Wolfgang 14 0 -USA Bobby Allen 14 0 -USA Larry Dickson DNQ 15 0 -USA Arnie Knepper 15 0 -USA Elvin Felty 16 0 -USA Chuck Amati 17 21 DNS 0 -USA Mike Gregg 17 0 -USA Smokey Snellbaker 18 0 -USA Mike Winblad 19 0 -USA Manny Rockhold 20 0 -USA Duke Cook 22 0 -USA Barry Camp 23 0 -USA Emmitt Hahn 24 0 -Australia Dennis Firestone 24 0 -USA Steve Cannon 25 27 0 -USA Tom Bigelow 25 DNQ 0 -USA Brian Seidel 25 0 -Italia Teo Fabi 26 0 -USA Patrick Bedard 30 0 -USA Chet Fillip 33 0 -USA Bill Alsup DNQ 0 -USA Jim Buick DNQ 0 -USA Phil Caliva DNQ 0 -USA Larry Cannon DNQ 0 -USA Steve Chassey DNQ 0 -USA Chuck Ciprich DNQ 0 -USA Dick Ferguson DNQ 0 -USA Bob Frey DNQ 0 -USA Amber Furst DNQ 0 -USA Spike Gehlhausen DNQ 0 -USA Pete Halsmer DNQ 0 -USA Bob Harkey DNQ 0 -USA Doug Heveron DNQ 0 -USA Herm Johnson DNQ 0 -USA Jerry Karl DNQ 0 -USA Phil Krueger DNQ 0 -USA Bob Lazier DNQ 0 -USA Greg Leffler DNQ 0 -USA Al Loquasto DNQ 0 -CAN Harry MacDonald DNQ 0 -USA John Mahler DNQ 0 -USA Mack McClellan DNQ 0 -New Zealand Graham McRae DNQ 0 -USA John Paul Jr. DNQ 0 -USA Dave Peperak DNQ 0 -Belgium Teddy Pilette DNQ 0 -USA Johnny Rutherford DNQ 0 -USA Jerry Sneva DNQ 0 -USA Bill Tempero DNQ 0 -USA Bill Vukovich II DNQ 0 -South Africa 1928 Desiré Wilson DNQ 0 -Peru Jorge Koechlin DNP 0 -USA Lee Kunzman DNP 0 -New Zealand Dave McMillan DNP 0 -USA Chip Mead DNP 0 -USA Bill Puterbaugh DNP 0 -USA Harry Sauce DNP 0 Pos Driver SPRUSA DQSFUSA NAZUSA INDYUSA 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookie References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1983/ USAC National Championship 1983 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2009-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20080728235459/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1983/ 2008-07-28 live http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1982-83.htm 1982-83 USAC Gold Crown Championship ChampCarStats.com 2009-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20080908043937/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1982-83.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. 195-197) See also 1983 Indianapolis 500 1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series 1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series USAC Championship Car season USAC Championship Car season Category:USAC Championship Car