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1983 Road America Champ Cars in CART at the Elkhart Lake circuit. Full information

1983 Road America Champ Cars

1983 Road America Champ Cars is 55th CART race. Passed at the Elkhart Lake circuit. Mario Andretti won the pole position and this race. Al Unser, Jr. and Al Unser also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 50 laps (326 km).

Previous race: 1983 Michigan 500
Next race: 1983 Pocono 500
Race Start: 31st July 1983

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1983 Road America Champ Cars

1st victory for the Newman-Haas Racing team
2nd victory for the Mario Andretti
16th podium for the Mario Andretti
1st podium for the Al Unser, Jr.
15th podium for the Al Unser

Lola T700 - 1983 Road America Champ Cars winner

Lola T700 #3 - 1983 Road America Champ Cars winner

1983 Road America Champ Cars results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Lola T700, #3	21	2h 42.75s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Al Unser, Jr.	Eagle 83, #17	16	2h 58.73s	Galles Racing
3	Al Unser	Penske PC11, #7	14	2h 1m 2.02s	Penske Racing
4	Tom Sneva	Theodore T83, #5	12	49 laps	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
5	John Paul, Jr.	Penske PC10, #12	10	49 laps	Racing Team VDS
6	Steve Chassey	Eagle 82, #56	8	49 laps	Gohr Racing
7	Pancho Carter	March 82C, #21	6	49 laps	Alex Foods Racing
8	Roger Mears	Penske PC10, #9	5	48 laps	Machinists Union Racing
9	Derek Daly	March 83C, #90	4	47 laps Spun	Bettenhausen Motorsports
10	Bobby Rahal	March 83C, #2	4	47 laps Out of fuel	Truesports
11	Josele Garza	Penske PC10, #55	2	47 laps Out of fuel	Machinists Union Racing
12	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 83C, #10	1	46 laps Out of fuel	Bettenhausen Motorsports
13	Dick Simon	Eagle 83, #22	0	46 laps	Dick Simon Racing
14	Pete Halsmer	Penske PC10, #66	0	45 laps Out of fuel	Arciero Racing
15	Teo Fabi	March 83C, #33	0	45 laps	Forsythe Racing
16	Howdy Holmes	March 83C, #30	0	36 laps Accident	Shierson Racing
17	Rick Mears	Penske PC11, #1	0	29 laps Accident	Penske Racing
18	Danny Ongais	March 83C, #40	0	27 laps Gearbox	Patrick Racing
19	Kevin Cogan	Theodore T83, #6	0	26 laps Electrics	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
20	Desiré Wilson	March 83C, #34	0	26 laps Accident	Wysard Motor Co
21	Chip Ganassi	Wildcat Mk9, #20	0	23 laps Ignition	Patrick Racing
22	Tom Klausler	Schkee DB6, #48	0	22 laps Clutch	Douglas Schulz
23	Drake Olson	Penske PC9B, #86	0	16 laps Oil pressure	GTS Racing
24	Greg Leffler	Eagle 82, #64	0	14 laps Engine	Jet Engineering
25	Mike Mosley, Chris Kneifel	March 83C, #18	0	9 laps Fire	Kraco Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1983 Road America Champ Cars on the Elkhart Lake circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Mario Andretti	Lola T700, #3	1m 58.898s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Teo Fabi	March 83C, #33	1m 58.903s	Forsythe Racing
3	Bobby Rahal	March 83C, #2	1m 59.114s	Truesports
4	John Paul, Jr.	Penske PC10, #12	1m 59.699s	Racing Team VDS
5	Derek Daly	March 83C, #90	2m 0.997s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
6	Chris Kneifel	Primus LR03, #72	2m 1.965s	Primus Racing
7	Al Unser, Jr.	Eagle 83, #17	2m 2.031s	Galles Racing
8	Al Unser	Penske PC11, #7	2m 2.19s	Penske Racing
9	Pete Halsmer	Penske PC10, #66	2m 2.569s	Arciero Racing
10	Howdy Holmes	March 83C, #30	2m 2.621s	Shierson Racing
11	Rick Mears	Penske PC11, #1	2m 2.836s	Penske Racing
12	Chip Ganassi	Wildcat Mk9, #20	2m 3.459s	Patrick Racing
13	Desiré Wilson	March 83C, #34	2m 3.571s	Wysard Motor Co
14	Kevin Cogan	Theodore T83, #6	2m 3.917s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
15	Josele Garza	Penske PC10, #55	2m 3.981s	Machinists Union Racing
16	Tom Sneva	Theodore T83, #5	2m 4.345s	Bignotti-Cotter Racing
17	Danny Ongais	March 83C, #40	2m 5.926s	Patrick Racing
18	Tom Klausler	Schkee DB6, #48	2m 6.235s	Douglas Schulz
19	Greg Leffler	Eagle 82, #64	2m 6.515s	Jet Engineering
20	Steve Chassey	Eagle 82, #56	2m 6.598s	Gohr Racing
21	Roger Mears	Penske PC10, #9	2m 6.617s	Machinists Union Racing
22	Tony Bettenhausen jr	March 83C, #10	2m 6.812s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
23	Drake Olson	Penske PC9B, #86	2m 6.875s	GTS Racing
24	Mike Mosley	March 83C, #18	2m 7.352s	Kraco Racing
25	Pancho Carter, Dick Simon	March 82C, #21	2m 7.404s	Alex Foods Racing