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

1983 Cleveland Champ Cars

1983 Cleveland Champ Cars is 53rd CART race. Passed at the Cleveland circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position, Al Unser won this race. Pete Halsmer and Teo Fabi also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 125 laps (500 km).

Previous race: 1983 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Next race: 1983 Michigan 500
Race Start: 3rd July 1983

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1983 Cleveland Champ Cars

26th victory for the Penske Racing team
2nd victory for the Al Unser
13th podium for the Al Unser
1st podium for the Pete Halsmer
1st podium for the Teo Fabi

Penske PC11 - 1983 Cleveland Champ Cars winner

Penske PC11 #7 - 1983 Cleveland Champ Cars winner

1983 Cleveland Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Al Unser	Penske PC11, #7	21	2h 51m 54s	Penske Racing
2	Pete Halsmer	Penske PC10, #66	16	2h 52m 25s	Arciero Racing
3	Teo Fabi	March 83C, #33	14	124 laps	Forsythe Racing
4	Mike Mosley	March 83C, #18	12	124 laps	Kraco Racing
5	Tom Sneva	March 83C, #5	10	123 laps	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
6	Roger Mears	Penske PC10, #9	8	121 laps	Machinists Union Racing
7	Rick Mears	Penske PC11, #1	6	120 laps	Penske Racing
8	Pancho Carter	March 82C, #21	5	119 laps	Alex Foods Racing
9	Al Unser, Jr.	Eagle 83, #17	4	119 laps	Galles Racing
10	Desiré Wilson	March 83C, #34	3	117 laps	Wysard Motor Co
11	Phil Krueger	Penske PC9, #46	2	109 laps	McCray Racing
12	Howdy Holmes	March 83C, #30	1	95 laps	Shierson Racing
13	Chip Ganassi	Wildcat Mk9, #60	0	65 laps Ignition	Patrick Racing
14	Bill Whittington	March 82C, #94	0	56 laps Spun	Whittington Racing
15	Mario Andretti	Lola T700, #3	1	56 laps Overheating	Newman-Haas Racing
16	Herm Johnson	March 82C, #42	0	54 laps	Herm Johnson
17	Josele Garza	Penske PC10, #55	0	52 laps Transmission	Machinists Union Racing
18	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 83C, #10	0	47 laps Fire	Bettenhausen Motorsports
19	Bobby Rahal	March 83C, #2	0	40 laps Accident	Truesports
20	Bill Alsup	Penske PC9C, #11	0	31 laps Fire	Alsup Racing
21	John Paul, Jr.	Penske PC10, #12	0	23 laps Engine	Racing Team VDS
22	Steve Chassey	Eagle 82, #56	0	18 laps Handling	Gohr Racing
23	Bill Tempero	Longhorn LR01, #15	0	16 laps Spun	Bill Tempero
24	Scott Brayton	March 83C, #37	0	12 laps Fuel system	Brayton Racing
25	Kevin Cogan	March 83C, #6	0	10 laps Electrics	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
26	Gordon Johncock	March 83C, #20	0	10 laps Overheating	Patrick Racing
27	Chris Kneifel	Primus LR03, #72	0	8 laps Engine	Primus Racing
28	Danny Ongais	March 83C, #40	0	2 laps Turbocharger	Patrick Racing

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Lola T700, #3	1m 13.516s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Al Unser, Jr.	Eagle 83, #17	1m 13.963s	Galles Racing
3	Bobby Rahal	March 83C, #2	1m 14.167s	Truesports
4	Teo Fabi	March 83C, #33	1m 14.214s	Forsythe Racing
5	Pete Halsmer	Penske PC10, #66	1m 15.23s	Arciero Racing
6	Rick Mears	Penske PC11, #1	1m 15.24s	Penske Racing
7	Al Unser	Penske PC11, #7	1m 15.4s	Penske Racing
8	Josele Garza	Penske PC10, #55	1m 15.51s	Machinists Union Racing
9	Gordon Johncock	March 83C, #20	1m 16.026s	Patrick Racing
10	Howdy Holmes	March 83C, #30	1m 16.116s	Shierson Racing
11	Roger Mears	Penske PC10, #9	1m 16.398s	Machinists Union Racing
12	Chris Kneifel	Primus LR03, #72	1m 16.781s	Primus Racing
13	John Paul, Jr.	Penske PC10, #12	1m 16.801s	Racing Team VDS
14	Mike Mosley	March 83C, #18	1m 16.836s	Kraco Racing
15	Kevin Cogan	March 83C, #6	1m 17.427s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
16	Chip Ganassi	Wildcat Mk9, #60	1m 17.427s	Patrick Racing
17	Pancho Carter	March 82C, #21	1m 17.791s	Alex Foods Racing
18	Tom Sneva	March 83C, #5	1m 17.826s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
19	Bill Whittington	March 82C, #94	1m 17.98s	Whittington Racing
20	Scott Brayton	March 83C, #37	1m 18.023s	Brayton Racing
21	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 83C, #10	1m 18.755s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
22	Desiré Wilson	March 83C, #34	1m 19.085s	Wysard Motor Co
23	Bill Tempero	Longhorn LR01, #15	1m 19.557s	Bill Tempero
24	Phil Krueger	Penske PC9, #46	1m 19.584s	McCray Racing
25	Steve Chassey	Eagle 82, #56	1m 19.788s	Gohr Racing
26	Herm Johnson	March 82C, #42	1m 19.977s	Herm Johnson
27	Danny Ongais	March 83C, #40	Turbocharger	Patrick Racing
28	Bill Alsup	Penske PC9C, #11	Fire	Alsup Racing