1982–83 USAC Championship Car season

1982-83 USAC Championship Car season

USAC Gold Crown Championship
Season
Races	4
Start date	August 14, 1982
End date	May 29, 1983
Awards
National champion	Tom Sneva
Indianapolis 500 winner	Tom Sneva

Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1981-82	1983-84

The 1982-83 USAC Championship Car season consisted of four races, beginning in Springfield, Illinois on August 14, 1982 and concluding in Speedway, Indiana on May 29, 1983. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Tom Sneva.

Contents

1 Schedule and results
2 Leading National Championship standings
3 References
4 See also

Schedule and results

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Length	Track	Location	Type	Pole Position	Winning Driver
1	August 14, 1982	Tony Bettenhausen 100	100 mi (160 km)	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, Illinois	Dirt oval	Sheldon Kinser	Bobby Olivero
2	September 6, 1982	Ted Horn Memorial	100 mi (160 km)	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	Du Quoin, Illinois	Dirt oval	Gary Bettenhausen	Gary Bettenhausen
3	December 4, 1982	Nazareth 100	100 mi (160 km)	Nazareth National Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	Dirt oval	?	Keith Kauffman
4	May 29, 1983	Indianapolis 500-Mile Race	500 mi (800 km)	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Paved oval	Teo Fabi	Tom Sneva

Leading National Championship standings

#	Driver	Team	Points
1	Tom Sneva	Texaco Star	1000
2	Al Unser	Hertz	800
3	Rick Mears	Pennzoil	700
4	Geoff Brabham	UNO-British Sterling	600
5	Mark Alderson	Performance Research-DJ	560

References

Åberg, Andreas. "USAC National Championship 1983". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/980-1983/. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
"1982-83 USAC Gold Crown Championship". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1982-83.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-11.

See also

American Championship car racing (IndyCar) seasons

AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

NASCAR	1952 1953

USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84

CART / CCWS	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~

IRL / INDYCAR	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

USAC Championship Cars (1971-1995)

Seasons	1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84

Indianapolis 500s	1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995

National Champions	Emerson Fittipaldi (twice) • A. J. Foyt (twice) • Gordon Johncock • Joe Leonard (twice) • Arie Luyendyk • Roger McCluskey • Rick Mears (three times) • Bobby Rahal • Johnny Rutherford • Tom Sneva (three times) • George Snider • Danny Sullivan • Al Unser • Al Unser, Jr. (twice) • Bobby Unser • Jacques Villeneuve

Tracks	Atlanta • Brands Hatch • DuQuoin State Fair • Illinois State Fair • Indianapolis • Indiana State Fair • Michigan • Mid-Ohio • Milwaukee • Mosport • Nazareth • Ontario • Phoenix • Pocono • Rafaela • Silverstone • Texas World • Trenton

The Indianapolis 500 was the only race in the USAC National Championship from 1984-85 onwards