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1983 Atlanta Champ Cars in CART at the Atlanta circuit. Full information

1983 Atlanta Champ Cars

1983 Atlanta Champ Cars is 50th CART race. Passed at the Atlanta circuit. Rick Mears won the pole position, Gordon Johncock won this race. Al Unser and John Paul, Jr. also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 132 laps (323 km).

Previous race: 1982 Phoenix Champ Cars
Next race: 1983 Indianapolis 500
Race Start: 17th April 1983

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1983 Atlanta Champ Cars

6th victory for the Patrick Racing team
6th victory for the Gordon Johncock
16th podium for the Gordon Johncock
10th podium for the Al Unser
1st podium for the John Paul, Jr.

Wildcat Mk9 - 1983 Atlanta Champ Cars winner

Wildcat Mk9 #20 - 1983 Atlanta Champ Cars winner

1983 Atlanta Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk9, #20	20	1h 22m 29.295s	Patrick Racing
2	Al Unser	Penske PC11, #7	16	1h 22m 53s	Penske Racing
3	John Paul, Jr.	Penske PC10, #12	14	131 laps	Racing Team VDS
4	Pete Halsmer	Penske PC10, #66	12	130 laps	Arciero Racing
5	Mario Andretti	Lola T700, #3	10	128 laps	Newman-Haas Racing
6	Al Unser, Jr.	Eagle 83, #17	8	127 laps	Galles Racing
7	Roger Mears	Penske PC10, #9	6	127 laps	Machinists Union Racing
8	Rick Mears	Penske PC11, #1	7	126 laps	Penske Racing
9	Howdy Holmes	March 83C, #30	4	126 laps	Shierson Racing
10	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 83C, #10	3	126 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
11	Jim McElreath	Penske PC7, #23	2	125 laps	McElreath Racing
12	Doug Heveron	Wildcat Mk8B, #41	1	121 laps	Rhoades Racing
13	Mike Mosley	March 83C, #18	0	109 laps Gearbox	Kraco Racing
14	Tom Sneva	March 83C, #5	0	68 laps Radiator	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
15	Kevin Cogan	March 83C, #6	0	66 laps Radiator	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
16	Pancho Carter	March 82C, #21	0	64 laps Gearbox	Alex Foods Racing
17	Steve Chassey	Eagle 82, #56	0	63 laps Mechanical	Gohr Racing
18	Johnny Rutherford	Wildcat Mk9, #40	0	59 laps Engine	Patrick Racing
19	Chet Fillip	Wildcat Mk8, #38	0	54 laps Valve	Circle Bar Auto Racing
20	Teo Fabi	March 83C, #33	0	41 laps Suspension	Forsythe Racing
21	Bobby Rahal	March 83C, #2	0	9 laps Accident	Truesports
22	Derek Daly	March 82C, #34	0	9 laps Accident	Wysard Motor Co

Qualifying Results for the 1983 Atlanta Champ Cars on the Atlanta circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Rick Mears	Penske PC11, #1	26.73s	Penske Racing
2	Johnny Rutherford	Wildcat Mk9, #40	26.783s	Patrick Racing
3	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat Mk9, #20	26.816s	Patrick Racing
4	Tom Sneva	March 83C, #5	26.845s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
5	Al Unser	Penske PC11, #7	27.177s	Penske Racing
6	Mario Andretti	Lola T700, #3	27.221s	Newman-Haas Racing
7	Mike Mosley	March 83C, #18	27.257s	Kraco Racing
8	Bobby Rahal	March 83C, #2	27.303s	Truesports
9	Teo Fabi	March 83C, #33	27.588s	Forsythe Racing
10	Kevin Cogan	March 83C, #6	27.863s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
11	Pete Halsmer	Penske PC10, #66	28.132s	Arciero Racing
12	Pancho Carter	March 82C, #21	28.185s	Alex Foods Racing
13	Derek Daly	March 82C, #34	28.615s	Wysard Motor Co
14	Howdy Holmes	March 83C, #30	28.798s	Shierson Racing
15	Steve Chassey	Eagle 82, #56	28.962s	Gohr Racing
16	John Paul, Jr.	Penske PC10, #12	29.195s	Racing Team VDS
17	Doug Heveron	Wildcat Mk8B, #41	29.372s	Rhoades Racing
18	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 83C, #10	29.58s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
19	Chet Fillip	Wildcat Mk8, #38	29.7s	Circle Bar Auto Racing
20	Jim McElreath	Penske PC7, #23	29.81s	McElreath Racing
21	Al Unser, Jr.	Eagle 83, #17	31.149s	Galles Racing
22	Roger Mears	Penske PC10, #9	29.752s	Machinists Union Racing