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1983 Riverside Champ Cars

1983 Riverside Champ Cars is 57th CART race. Passed at the Riverside circuit. Teo Fabi won the pole position, Bobby Rahal won this race. Teo Fabi and John Paul, Jr. also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 95 laps (505 km).

Previous race: 1983 Pocono 500
Next race: 1983 Mid-Ohio Champ Cars
Race Start: 28th August 1983

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1983 Riverside Champ Cars

3rd victory for the Truesports team
3rd victory for the Bobby Rahal
7th podium for the Bobby Rahal
3rd podium for the Teo Fabi
3rd podium for the John Paul, Jr.

March 83C - 1983 Riverside Champ Cars winner

March 83C #2 - 1983 Riverside Champ Cars winner

1983 Riverside Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Bobby Rahal	March 83C, #2	20	2h 45m 28s	Truesports
2	Teo Fabi	March 83C, #33	17	2h 45m 56s	Forsythe Racing
3	John Paul, Jr.	Penske PC10, #12	14	2h 46m 28s	Racing Team VDS
4	Al Unser, Jr.	Eagle 83, #17	13	94 laps	Galles Racing
5	Tom Sneva	March 83C, #5	10	93 laps	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
6	Tom Klausler	Schkee DB6, #48	8	90 laps	Douglas Schulz
7	Pancho Carter	March 82C, #21	6	89 laps	Alex Foods Racing
8	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 83C, #10	5	88 laps	Bettenhausen Motorsports
9	Roger Mears	Penske PC10, #9	4	84 laps	Machinists Union Racing
10	Danny Ongais	March 83C, #20	3	76 laps Engine	Patrick Racing
11	Al Unser	Penske PC11, #7	2	75 laps Transmission	Penske Racing
12	Jerry Karl	Penske PC9, #46	1	74 laps	McCray Racing
13	Howdy Holmes	March 83C, #30	0	68 laps Header	Shierson Racing
14	Desiré Wilson	March 82C, #34	0	66 laps Transmission	Wysard Motor Co
15	Greg Leffler	Eagle 82, #64	0	57 laps Suspension	Jet Engineering
16	Mario Andretti	Lola T700, #3	0	57 laps Transmission	Newman-Haas Racing
17	Steve Chassey	Eagle 82, #56	0	57 laps Upright	Gohr Racing
18	Geoff Brabham	March 83C, #99	0	49 laps Turbocharger	Kraco Racing
19	Rick Mears	Penske PC10B, #1	0	41 laps Transmission	Penske Racing
20	Josele Garza	Penske PC10, #55	0	33 laps Suspension	Machinists Union Racing
21	Kevin Cogan	March 83C, #6	0	33 laps Transmission	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
22	Chris Kneifel	Primus LR03, #72	0	23 laps Transmission	Primus Racing
23	Phil Caliva	McLaren ? 1983, #38	0	21 laps Refuelling	Phil Caliva
24	Mike Mosley	March 83C, #18	0	18 laps Clutch	Kraco Racing
25	Dick Simon	Eagle 83, #22	0	11 laps Accident	Dick Simon Racing
26	Bob Ward	Eagle 82, #47	0	7 laps Transmission	Bob Ward
27	Pete Halsmer	Penske PC10, #66	0	6 laps Engine	Arciero Racing

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

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Teo Fabi	March 83C, #33	1m 30.887s	Forsythe Racing
2	Al Unser, Jr.	Eagle 83, #17	1m 31.707s	Galles Racing
3	Mario Andretti	Lola T700, #3	1m 31.757s	Newman-Haas Racing
4	Bobby Rahal	March 83C, #2	1m 32.059s	Truesports
5	Geoff Brabham	March 83C, #99	1m 32.794s	Kraco Racing
6	Pete Halsmer	Penske PC10, #66	1m 33.383s	Arciero Racing
7	Kevin Cogan	March 83C, #6	1m 33.387s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
8	John Paul, Jr.	Penske PC10, #12	1m 33.575s	Racing Team VDS
9	Rick Mears	Penske PC10B, #1	1m 33.615s	Penske Racing
10	Josele Garza	Penske PC10, #55	1m 33.62s	Machinists Union Racing
11	Roger Mears	Penske PC10, #9	1m 34.132s	Machinists Union Racing
12	Howdy Holmes	March 83C, #30	1m 34.61s	Shierson Racing
13	Danny Ongais	March 83C, #20	1m 34.989s	Patrick Racing
14	Tom Sneva	March 83C, #5	1m 35.553s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
15	Chris Kneifel	Primus LR03, #72	1m 35.672s	Primus Racing
16	Al Unser	Penske PC11, #7	1m 35.928s	Penske Racing
17	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 83C, #10	1m 36.454s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
18	Mike Mosley	March 83C, #18	1m 37.474s	Kraco Racing
19	Pancho Carter	March 82C, #21	1m 38.091s	Alex Foods Racing
20	Dick Simon	Eagle 83, #22	1m 38.905s	Dick Simon Racing
21	Greg Leffler	Eagle 82, #64	1m 39.353s	Jet Engineering
22	Steve Chassey	Eagle 82, #56	1m 39.959s	Gohr Racing
23	Bob Ward	Eagle 82, #47	1m 40.571s	Bob Ward
24	Desiré Wilson	March 82C, #34	1m 41.146s	Wysard Motor Co
25	Phil Caliva	McLaren ? 1983, #38	1m 46.196s	Phil Caliva
26	Jerry Karl	Penske PC9, #46	2m 8.468s	McCray Racing
27	Tom Klausler	Schkee DB6, #48		Douglas Schulz