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1983 Monterey Grand Prix in CART at the Laguna Seca circuit. Full information

1983 Monterey Grand Prix

1983 Monterey Grand Prix is 61st CART race. Passed at the Laguna Seca circuit. Teo Fabi won the pole position and this race. Mario Andretti and Chip Ganassi also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 98 laps (300 km).

Previous race: 1983 Las Vegas Grand Prix
Next race: 1983 Phoenix Champ Cars
Race Start: 23rd October 1983

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1983 Monterey Grand Prix

4th victory for the Forsythe Racing team
3rd victory for the Teo Fabi
6th podium for the Teo Fabi
19th podium for the Mario Andretti
2nd podium for the Chip Ganassi

March 83C - 1983 Monterey Grand Prix winner

March 83C #33 - 1983 Monterey Grand Prix winner

1983 Monterey Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Teo Fabi	March 83C, #33	22	1h 44m 28s	Forsythe Racing
2	Mario Andretti	Lola T700, #3	16	1h 44m 50s	Newman-Haas Racing
3	Chip Ganassi	Wildcat Mk9B, #60	14	1h 44m 54s	Patrick Racing
4	Al Unser, Jr.	Eagle 83, #17	12	1h 45m 21s	Galles Racing
5	Howdy Holmes	March 83C, #30	10	96 laps	Shierson Racing
6	Roger Mears	Penske PC10, #9	8	94 laps	Machinists Union Racing
7	Bobby Rahal	March 83C, #2	6	93 laps	Truesports
8	Jeff Wood	Eagle 83, #48	5	92 laps	All-American Racers
9	Chris Kneifel	Primus LR03, #72	4	91 laps Accident	Primus Racing
10	Steve Chassey	Eagle 82, #56	3	88 laps	Gohr Racing
11	Al Unser	Penske PC10B, #7	2	87 laps Half shaft	Penske Racing
12	Josele Garza	Penske PC10, #55	1	85 laps Fire	Machinists Union Racing
13	Randy Lewis	Watson ? 1983, #27	0	76 laps Black flagged	Randy Lewis
14	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 83C, #10	0	74 laps Engine	Bettenhausen Motorsports
15	Jorge Koechlin	Eagle 83, #22	0	64 laps Gearbox	Dick Simon Racing
16	Geoff Brabham	March 83C, #18	0	60 laps Engine	Kraco Racing
17	Tom Bigelow	Eagle 82, #64	0	59 laps Valve	Jet Engineering
18	Tom Sneva	March 83C, #5	0	52 laps Engine	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
19	Desiré Wilson	March 83C, #34	0	49 laps Gearbox	Wysard Motor Co
20	Pete Halsmer	Penske PC10, #66	0	46 laps Transmission	Arciero Racing
21	Rick Mears	Penske PC10B, #1	0	42 laps Gearbox	Penske Racing
22	Kevin Cogan	March 83C, #6	0	41 laps Handling	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
23	Derek Daly	March 83C, #90	0	28 laps Accident	Bettenhausen Motorsports
24	Michael Andretti	March 83C, #99	0	20 laps Header	Kraco Racing
25	Pancho Carter	March 82C, #21	0	15 laps Accident	Alex Foods Racing
26	John Paul, Jr., Bill Alsup	Penske PC10, #12	0	10 laps Gear linkage	Racing Team VDS

Qualifying Results for the 1983 Monterey Grand Prix on the Laguna Seca circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Teo Fabi	March 83C, #33	56.92s	Forsythe Racing
2	Derek Daly	March 83C, #90	57.456s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
3	Chip Ganassi	Wildcat Mk9B, #60	57.602s	Patrick Racing
4	Bobby Rahal	March 83C, #2	57.65s	Truesports
5	John Paul, Jr.	Penske PC10, #12	57.695s	Racing Team VDS
6	Mario Andretti	Lola T700, #3	58.032s	Newman-Haas Racing
7	Geoff Brabham	March 83C, #18	58.191s	Kraco Racing
8	Kevin Cogan	March 83C, #6	58.538s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
9	Al Unser	Penske PC10B, #7	58.556s	Penske Racing
10	Michael Andretti	March 83C, #99	58.809s	Kraco Racing
11	Pete Halsmer	Penske PC10, #66	58.978s	Arciero Racing
12	Al Unser, Jr.	Eagle 83, #17	59.01s	Galles Racing
13	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 83C, #10	59.273s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
14	Rick Mears	Penske PC10B, #1	59.43s	Penske Racing
15	Steve Chassey	Eagle 82, #56	59.78s	Gohr Racing
16	Roger Mears	Penske PC10, #9	59.801s	Machinists Union Racing
17	Howdy Holmes	March 83C, #30	59.816s	Shierson Racing
18	Tom Sneva	March 83C, #5	59.816s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
19	Chris Kneifel	Primus LR03, #72	59.884s	Primus Racing
20	Josele Garza	Penske PC10, #55	59.907s	Machinists Union Racing
21	Pancho Carter	March 82C, #21	1m 0.072s	Alex Foods Racing
22	Desiré Wilson	March 83C, #34	1m 0.134s	Wysard Motor Co
23	Bill Alsup	March 83C, #11	1m 0.588s	Alsup Racing
24	Tom Bigelow	Eagle 82, #64	1m 1.382s	Jet Engineering
25	Jeff Wood	Eagle 83, #48	1m 1.59s	All-American Racers
26	Jorge Koechlin, Randy Lewis	Eagle 83, #22	1m 1.715s	Dick Simon Racing