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1982 Indianapolis 500

1982 Indianapolis 500 is 40th CART race. Passed at the Indianapolis circuit. Rick Mears won the pole position, Gordon Johncock won this race. Rick Mears and Pancho Carter also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 1982 Atlanta Champ Cars
Next race: 1982 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Race Start: 29th May 1982

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1982 Indianapolis 500

3rd victory for the Patrick Racing team
3rd victory for the Gordon Johncock
13th podium for the Gordon Johncock
24th podium for the Rick Mears
3rd podium for the Pancho Carter

1982 Indianapolis 500

Wildcat Mk8B #20 - 1982 Indianapolis 500 winner

1982 Indianapolis 500 results

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8B, #20	3h 5m 9.14s	Patrick Racing
2	Rick Mears	Penske PC10, #1	3h 5m 9.3s	Penske Racing
3	Pancho Carter	March 82C, #3	199 laps	Alex Foods Racing
4	Tom Sneva	March 82C, #7	197 laps Engine	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
5	Al Unser	Longhorn LR03, #10	197 laps	Longhorn Racing
6	Don Whittington	March 81C, #91	196 laps	Whittington Racing
7	Jim Hickman	March 81C, #42	189 laps	Rattlesnake Racing
8	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #5	187 laps Engine	Chaparral Racing
9	Herm Johnson	Eagle 81, #28	186 laps	Team Menard
10	Howdy Holmes	March 82C, #30	186 laps	Shierson Racing
11	Bobby Rahal	March 82C, #19	174 laps Engine	Truesports
12	Gary Bettenhausen	Lightning ? 1982, #18	158 laps Engine	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
13	Hector Rebaque	March 82C, #32	150 laps Fire	Forsythe Racing
14	Danny Sullivan	March 82C, #53	148 laps Accident	Forsythe-Brown Racing
15	Chip Ganassi	Wildcat Mk8, #12	147 laps Engine	Rhoades Racing
16	Bill Whittington	March 81C, #94	121 laps Engine	Whittington Racing
17	Michael Chandler	Eagle 81, #68	104 laps Gearbox	Bill Freeman Racing
18	Tom Bigelow	Eagle 81, #72	96 laps Engine	HBK Racing
19	AJ Foyt jr	March 82C, #14	95 laps Transmission	Gilmore Racing Team
20	Johnny Parsons jr	March 82C, #34	92 laps Accident	Wysard Motor Co
21	George Snider	March 82C, #35	87 laps Transmission	Fletcher Racing Team
22	Danny Ongais	Interscope 003, #25	62 laps Accident	Interscope Racing
23	Jerry Sneva	March 81C, #69	61 laps Accident	Hoffman Racing
24	Chet Fillip	Eagle 81, #39	60 laps Accident damage	Circle Bar Auto Racing
25	Pete Halsmer	Eagle 81, #66	38 laps Transmission	Arciero Racing
26	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 82C, #6	37 laps Accident	Bettenhausen Motorsports
27	Dennis Firestone	Eagle 81, #75	37 laps Transmission	BCV Racing
28	Geoff Brabham	March 82C, #21	12 laps Engine	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
29	Josele Garza	March 82C, #55	1 laps Engine	Garza Racing
30	Kevin Cogan	Penske PC10, #4	Accident	Penske Racing
31	Mario Andretti	Wildcat Mk8B, #40	Accident	Patrick Racing
32	Roger Mears	Penske PC9B, #31	Accident	Machinists Union Racing
33	Dale Whittington	March 82C, #95	Accident	Whittington Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1982 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC10, #1	2m 53.91s	Penske Racing
2	Kevin Cogan	Penske PC10, #4	2m 56.4s	Penske Racing
3	AJ Foyt jr	March 82C, #14	2m 57.05s	Gilmore Racing Team
4	Mario Andretti	Wildcat Mk8B, #40	2m 57.19s	Patrick Racing
5	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk8B, #20	2m 58.32s	Patrick Racing
6	Bill Whittington	March 81C, #94	2m 58.52s	Whittington Racing
7	Tom Sneva	March 82C, #7	2m 59.08s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
8	Don Whittington	March 81C, #91	2m 59.35s	Whittington Racing
9	Danny Ongais	Interscope 003, #25	3m 0.77s	Interscope Racing
10	Pancho Carter	March 82C, #3	3m 0.95s	Alex Foods Racing
11	Chip Ganassi	Wildcat Mk8, #12	3m 2.09s	Rhoades Racing
12	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral 2K, #5	3m 2.68s	Chaparral Racing
13	Danny Sullivan	March 82C, #53	3m 3.4s	Forsythe-Brown Racing
14	Herm Johnson	Eagle 81, #28	3m 3.74s	Team Menard
15	Hector Rebaque	March 82C, #32	3m 3.97s	Forsythe Racing
16	Al Unser	Longhorn LR03, #10	3m 4.08s	Longhorn Racing
17	Bobby Rahal	March 82C, #19	3m 4.9s	Truesports
18	Howdy Holmes	March 82C, #30	3m 5.12s	Shierson Racing
19	Roger Mears	Penske PC9B, #31	3m 5.42s	Machinists Union Racing
20	Geoff Brabham	March 82C, #21	3m 0.99s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
21	Dennis Firestone	Eagle 81, #75	3m 2.54s	BCV Racing
22	Michael Chandler	Eagle 81, #68	3m 1.78s	Bill Freeman Racing
23	Dale Whittington	March 82C, #95	3m 2.1s	Whittington Racing
24	Jim Hickman	March 81C, #42	3m 3.47s	Rattlesnake Racing
25	Johnny Parsons jr	March 82C, #34	3m 3.74s	Wysard Motor Co
26	George Snider	March 82C, #35	3m 4.15s	Fletcher Racing Team
27	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 82C, #6	3m 4.21s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
28	Jerry Sneva	March 81C, #69	3m 4.36s	Hoffman Racing
29	Chet Fillip	Eagle 81, #39	3m 4.73s	Circle Bar Auto Racing
30	Gary Bettenhausen	Lightning ? 1982, #18	3m 3.98s	Lindsey Hopkins Racing
31	Tom Bigelow	Eagle 81, #72	3m 4.82s	HBK Racing
32	Pete Halsmer	Eagle 81, #66	3m 5s	Arciero Racing
33	Josele Garza	March 82C, #55	3m 5.09s	Garza Racing