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1984 Caesar's Palace GP
Race 16 of 16
Caesars Palace
178 laps
Time of race: 2:08:13.55
Average speed of winner: 93.701 mph
Margin of victory: 6.470 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 36 laps
Lap leaders: Sullivan pole, Paul, Jr. 1-10, Rahal 11-30, Villeneuve 31-57, Holmes 58-65, Rahal 66-92, Ma. Andretti 93-102, Villeneuve 103-123, Sneva 124-125, Unser 126, Sneva 127-135, Unser 136, Sneva 137-178
Race notes: Last win for Tom Sneva. First pole for Danny Sullivan. Finale for Corrado Fabi and Michael Thackwell.
Video links: Part 1 (Intro/start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (Finish)
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Owner | Qualifying Speed | Laps | X Led | Laps Led | Status | Points |
1 | 5 | Tom Sneva | 4 | Texaco Star | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Mayer | 119.830 | 178 | 3 | 53 | flagged | 21 |
2 | 2 | Mario Andretti | 3 | Budweiser-Newman-Haas | Lola | Cosworth | Goodyear | Newman-Haas | 121.647 | 178 | 1 | 10 | flagged | 16 |
3 | 3 | John Paul, Jr. | 17 | Provimi Veal | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Bettenhausen | 121.218 | 178 | 1 | 10 | flagged | 14 |
4 | 16 | Al Unser, Jr. | 7 | Coors Light | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Galles | 117.096 | 177 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 12 |
5 | 7 | Geoff Brabham | 18 | Wolff Systems/Kraco | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Kraco | 119.794 | 177 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 10 |
6 | 9 | Roberto Guerrero | 9 | Master Mechanic | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Bignotti | 118.981 | 176 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 8 |
7 | 4 | Bobby Rahal | 5 | 7-Eleven/Red Roof Inns | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Truesports | 121.218 | 176 | 2 | 47 | flagged | 6 |
8 | 15 | Scott Brayton | 37 | Buick Dealers | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Brayton | 117.323 | 172 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 5 |
9 | 20 | Pete Halsmer | 11 | Arciero Racing | Arc | Cosworth | Goodyear | Arciero | 112.905 | 172 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 4 |
10 | 17 | Josele Garza | 55 | Schaefer-Machinist Union | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Machinists Union | 115.698 | 171 | 0 | 0 | gearbox | 3 |
11 | 19 | Pancho Carter | 77 | Simoniz Finish | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Galles | 114.920 | 162 | 0 | 0 | accident | 2 |
12 | 24 | John Morton | 64 | Jet Engineering | March | Chevrolet | Goodyear | 110.393 | 162 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 1 | |
13 | 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 40 | Old Milwaukee | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Patrick | 119.801 | 159 | 0 | 0 | accident | 0 |
14 | 8 | Al Unser | 1 | Miller High Life | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Penske | 119.490 | 148 | 2 | 2 | accident | 0 |
15 | 13 | Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. | 76 | Canadian Tire | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Canadian Tire | 118.262 | 136 | 2 | 48 | accident | 0 |
16 | 12 | Howdy Holmes | 41 | Jiffy Mixes | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Mayer | 118.490 | 102 | 1 | 8 | accident | 0 |
17 | 18 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Interscope Racing | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Interscope | 115.230 | 102 | 0 | 0 | engine | 0 |
18 | 1 | Danny Sullivan | 30 | Domino's Pizza | Lola | Cosworth | Goodyear | Shierson | 122.906 | 91 | 0 | 0 | accident | 1 |
19 | 21 | Ed Pimm | 98 | Dubonnet-Copenhagen | Eagle | Pontiac | Goodyear | 112.760 | 88 | 0 | 0 | gearbox | 0 | |
20 | 11 | Michael Thackwell | 6 | Pennzoil | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Penske | 118.497 | 87 | 0 | 0 | overheating | 0 |
21 | 23 | Dennis Firestone | 36 | Pace Electronics | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Ron Buckner | 111.325 | 74 | 0 | 0 | overheating | 0 |
22 | 22 | A.J. Foyt | 14 | Gilmore/Calumet Farms | March | Gilbert | Goodyear | Foyt | 111.804 | 56 | 0 | 0 | fire | 0 |
23 | 25 | Randy Lewis | 34 | Wysard Racing/AGFA | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Wysard | 108.240 | 40 | 0 | 0 | oil leak | 0 |
24 | 10 | Michael Andretti | 99 | Electrolux-Kraco Stereo | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Kraco | 118.817 | 28 | 0 | 0 | drive line | 0 |
25 | 14 | Corrado Fabi | 33 | Skoal Bandit | March | Cosworth | Goodyear | Forsythe | 117.589 | 24 | 0 | 0 | exhaust | 0 |
Points standings
Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums |
1 | Mario Andretti | 176 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
2 | Tom Sneva | 163 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
3 | Bobby Rahal | 137 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Danny Sullivan | 110 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
5 | Rick Mears | 110 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Al Unser, Jr. | 103 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Michael Andretti | 102 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
8 | Geoff Brabham | 87 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Al Unser | 76 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Danny Ongais | 53 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Roberto Guerrero | 52 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Howdy Holmes | 44 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Josele Garza | 42 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Gordon Johncock | 39 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
17 | John Paul, Jr. | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Al Holbert | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Derek Daly | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Chip Ganassi | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
21 | Pancho Carter | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Johnny Rutherford | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Scott Brayton | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Kevin Cogan | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Teo Fabi | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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