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Official Box Score
67th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Sunday, May 29, 1983

FP SP Car #   Driver Car Name Chassis/Engine Laps Status Prize Money
1 4 5 Tom Sneva Texaco Star March/Cosworth 200 162.117 $385,886
2 7 7 W Al Unser Hertz Penske Penske/Cosworth 200 161.954 $179,086
3 3 2 W Rick Mears Pennzoil Penske Penske/Cosworth 200 161.799 $135,086
4 26 12 Geoff Brabham UNO/British Sterling Penske/Cosworth 199 Running $108,286
5 22 16 Kevin Cogan Caesar's Palace/Master Mechanic March/Cosworth 198 Running $73,856
6 12 30 Howdy Holmes Domino's Pizza March/Cosworth 198 Running $71,696
7 14 21 Pancho Carter Alex Foods Pinata March/Cosworth 197 Running $77,491
8 16 60 Chip Ganassi Sea Ray Boats Wildcat/Cosworth 195 Running $60,580
9 29 37 Scott Brayton SME Cement March/Cosworth 195 Running $57,085
10 5 19 R Al Unser Jr. Coors Light Silver Bullet Eagle/Cosworth 192 Out of fuel $59,110
11 19 56 R Steve Chassey Genesee Beer Wagon/Sizzler/WLHN Eagle/Chevrolet 192 Running $60,982
12 25 72 R Chris Kneifel Primus/C.F.I Primus/Cosworth 191 Running $53,690
13 2 18 Mike Mosley Kraco Car Stereo March/Cosworth 169 Accident $61,484
14 10 20 W Gordon Johncock STP Oil Treatment Wildcat/Cosworth 163 Gearbox $53,442
15 20 22 Dick Simon Vermont American March/Cosworth 161 Running $56,758
16 30 29 Michael Chandler Agajanian/Mike Curb Rattlesnake/Cosworth 153 Gearbox $50,610
17 9 10 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. Provimi Veal March/Cosworth 152 Half shaft $49,998
18 15 94 Bill Whittington Whittington Brothers March/Cosworth 144 Gearbox $49,922
19 28 34 R Derek Daly Wysard Motor Co. March/Cosworth 126 Engine $48,882
20 6 4 Bobby Rahal Red Roof Inns March/Cosworth 110 Radiator $55,378
21 21 25 Danny Ongais Interscope Racing March/Cosworth 101 Handling $48,588
22 23 66 Johnny Parsons Colonial Bread/Arciero Penske/Cosworth 80 Accident $47,478
23 11 3 W Mario Andretti Budweiser/Electrolux Lola/Cosworth 79 Accident $47,082
24 33 90 Dennis Firestone Simpson Sports March/Cosworth 77 Oil leak $49,222
25 18 55 Josele Garza Machinists Union/Silhouette Penske/Cosworth 64 Oil leak $59,898
26 1 33 R Teo Fabi Skoal Bandit March/Cosworth 47 Fuel gasket $84,960
27 27 91 Don Whittington The Simoniz Finish March/Cosworth 44 Ignition $45,858
28 8 9 Roger Mears Machinists Union Penske/Cosworth 43 Accident $45,642
29 31 43 Steve Krisiloff Armstrong Mould Lola/Cosworth 42 U-joint $45,462
30 17 35 R Patrick Bedard Escort Radar Warning March/Cosworth 25 Accident $45,818
31 24 14 W A.J. Foyt Valvoline-Gilmore March/Cosworth 24 Shift linkage $44,888
32 13 1 George Snider Calumet Farms March/Cosworth 22 Ignition $45,138
33 32 38 Chet Fillip Circle Bar Truck Corral Eagle/Cosworth 11 Black flagged $50,102
- - -   Other Awards         $ 2,006
  Total Purse: $2,411,450


Time of Race: 3:05:03.06 Average Speed: 162.117 Margin of Victory: 11.174 sec.
Pole: #33 Teo Fabi (207.395, 2:53.58) Fastest Race Lap: #33 Teo Fabi (Race Lap 3, 197.507 mph, 45.568 sec.)
Winning Car Owner: Bignotti-Cotter, Inc. Winning Chief Mechanic George Bignotti Winning Tire: Goodyear
Rookie of the Year: Teo Fabi
Legend: R=Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Rookie; W=Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Former Winner;

Lap Leaders: Fabi 1-23, Mosley 24-24, Mears 25-26, A. Unser 27-35, Sneva 36-46, A. Unser 47-52, Rahal 53-66, Sneva 67-73, Rahal 74-74, A. Unser 75-80, Sneva 81-89, A. Unser 90-108, Sneva 109-143, A. Unser 144-146, Sneva 147-172, A. Unser 173-190, Sneva 191-200
Lap Leader Summary: Fabi 1 for 23 laps, Mosley 1 for 1 laps, Mears 1 for 2 laps, A. Unser 6 for 61 laps, Sneva 6 for 98 laps, Rahal 2 for 15 laps .
Lead Changes: 16 among 6 drivers.

Caution Laps: 27-32, #35 Bedard, accident T4, 43-51, #9 Ro. Mears, accident T1, 82-90, #3 Andretti, #66 Parsons, accident T1, 156-161, #94 B. Whittington, tow-in, 172-175, #18 Mosley, accident T1
Cautions: 5 for 34 laps.