The 1983–84 USAC Championship Car season consisted of two races, beginning in Du Quoin, Illinois, on September 5, 1983, and concluding in Speedway, Indiana, on May 27, 1984. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Rick Mears. This was the last year that the Championship comprised more than one race, and the Ted Horn Memorial was the last ever Indycar race on a dirt or clay surface.
By this time, the preeminent national championship season was instead sanctioned by CART.
Schedule and results
All races were run on Oval/Speedway courses.
Rnd Date Race name Length Track Location Type Pole position Winning driver 1 September 5, 1983 Ted Horn Memorial DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin, Illinois Dirt Gary Bettenhausen Gary Bettenhausen 2 May 27, 1984 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Paved Tom Sneva Rick Mears
Final points standings
Note: Drivers not entered for the Indianapolis 500 were not eligible for points.
Pos Driver DQSF INDY Pts 1 Rick Mears 1* 1000 2 Roberto Guerrero 2 800 3 Al Unser 3 700 4 Al Holbert 4 600 5 Michael Andretti 5 500 6 Gary Bettenhausen 1* DNQ 400 7 A. J. Foyt 6 400 8 George Snider 4 11 340 9 Bobby Rahal 7 300 10 Ken Schrader 3 DNP 280 11 Herm Johnson 8 250 12 Danny Ongais 9 200 13 Josele Garza 10 150 14 Larry Rice 8 100 15 Dennis Firestone 12 50 16 Rich Vogler 11 DNP 40 17 Chris Kneifel 15 25 18 Tom Sneva 16 25 19 Bill Vukovich II 12 DNP 20 20 Mario Andretti 17 20 21 Scott Brayton 18 20 22 Pancho Carter 19 20 23 Kevin Cogan 20 20 24 Al Unser Jr. 21 15 25 Johnny Rutherford 22 15 26 Dick Simon 23 15 27 Teo Fabi 24 15 28 Sheldon Kinser 16 10 29 Gordon Johncock 25 10 30 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 26 10 31 Derek Daly 27 10 32 Chip Ganassi 28 10 33 Tom Bigelow 17 DNQ 8 34 Steve Chassey 23 DNQ 6 35 Danny Sullivan 29 5 36 Spike Gehlhausen 31 5 37 Emerson Fittipaldi 32 5 38 Geoff Brabham 33 5 39 Mark Alderson 26 DNP 4 - Howdy Holmes 13 0 - Tom Gloy 14 0 - Patrick Bedard 30 0 - Chuck Gurney 2 0 - Bill Engelhart 5 0 - Steve Kinser 6 0 - Ron Shuman 7 0 - Ron Burke 9 0 - Gary Hieber 10 0 - Jerry Nemire 13 0 - Bud Wilmot 14 0 - Steve Siegel 15 0 - Mike Winblad 18 0 - Jack Hewitt 19 0 - Mike Johnson 20 0 - Larry Dickson 21 0 - Larry Martin 22 0 - Bobby Olivero 24 0 - Randy Bateman 25 0 - Joe Saldana 27 0 - Bob Cicconi 28 0 - Jim McElreath 29 0 - Rick Hood 30 0 - Bill Alsup DNQ 0 - Chuck Ciprich DNQ 0 - Jim Crawford DNQ 0 - Larry Cannon DNQ 0 - Mike Chandler DNQ 0 - Phil Caliva DNQ 0 - Chet Fillip DNQ 0 - Dick Ferguson DNQ 0 - Stan Fox DNQ 0 - Bruno Giacomelli DNQ 0 - Pete Halsmer DNQ 0 - Jerry Karl DNQ 0 - Phil Krueger DNQ 0 - Steve Krisiloff DNQ 0 - Al Loquasto DNQ 0 - Roger Mears DNQ 0 - Jacques Villeneuve Sr. Wth 0 - Ed Primm DNQ 0 - John Paul Jr. DNQ 0 - Johnny Parsons DNQ DNQ 0 - Desiré Wilson DNQ 0 - Jerry Sneva DNQ 0 - Terry Uehling DNQ 0 - Steve Cannon DNQ 0 - Gary Irvin DNQ 0 - Terry Kawell DNQ 0 - Larry Gates DNQ 0 - Randy Kinser DNQ 0 - Kevin Olson DNQ 0 - Manny Rockhold DNQ 0 - Ron Hughes Jr. DNQ 0 - Eddie Leavitt DNQ 0 - Steve Long DNQ 0 - Chuck Jones DNQ 0 - Jerry Weeks DNQ 0 - Ron Milton DNQ 0 - Jim Moughan Jr. DNQ 0 - Rip Williams DNQ 0 - Steve Ball DNQ 0 - Kenny Acheson DNP 0 - Price Cobb DNP 0 - John Morton DNP 0 - Jim Hillyer DNP 0 - Steve Hostetler DNP 0 - Bill Puterbaugh DNP 0 - Jorge Koechlin DNP 0 - Arie Luyendyk DNP 0 - Willy T. Ribbs DNP 0 - Randy Lewis DNP 0 - Paul Rochelle DNP 0 Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish(Ret) Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsRookie of the YearRookie
References
http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 191-192)
See also 1983 Indianapolis 500 1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series 1984 CART PPG Indy Car World Series