1983 LA Times/Budweiser 500

Race 8 of 13

Riverside
95 laps
Time of race: 2:45:28
Average speed of winner: 113.678 mph
Margin of victory: 28.0 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 6 laps
Lap leaders: Fabi 1-3, Unser, Jr. 4-14, Andretti 15-25, Fabi 26, Unser, Jr. 27-34, Paul, Jr. 35-37, Unser, Jr. 38-45, Andretti 46-49, Fabi 50-54, Andretti 55-57, Fabi 58-74, Rahal 75-95

Race notes: Finale for Phil Caliva and Tom Klausler. Only start for Bob Ward.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	4	Bobby Rahal	2	Red Roof Inns/Cribari	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Truesports	129.048	95	1	21	flagged	20
2	1	Teo Fabi	33	Forsythe/Skoal Bandit	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Forsythe	130.712	95	4	26	flagged	17
3	8	John Paul, Jr.	12	VDS	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	VDS	126.957	95	1	3	flagged	14
4	2	Al Unser, Jr.	17	Coors Light	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	Galles	129.543	94	3	27	flagged	13
5	14	Tom Sneva	5	Texaco Star	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Bignotti	124.329	93	0	0	flagged	10
6	27	Tom Klausler	48	Mercedes Leasing	DB	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Schultz		90	0	0	flagged	8
7	19	Pancho Carter	21	Alex Foods Pinata	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Morales	121.112	89	0	0	flagged	6
8	17	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	10	Provimi Veal	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	123.168	88	0	0	flagged	5
9	11	Roger Mears	9	Machinists Union	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Machinists Union	126.206	84	0	0	flagged	4
10	13	Danny Ongais	20	STP Oil Treatment	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Patrick	125.067	76	0	0	engine	3
11	16	Al Unser	7	Hertz	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	123.843	75	0	0	transmission	2
12	26	Jerry Karl	46	Refuse Fuel	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Rhoades	92.474	74	0	0	flagged	1
13	12	Howdy Holmes	30	Domino's Pizza	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Shierson	125.568	68	0	0	header	0
14	24	Desiré Wilson	34	Wysard/Kreepy Krauly	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Wysard	117.454	66	0	0	transmission	0
15	21	Greg Leffler	64	Jet Engineering	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear		119.574	57	0	0	suspension	0
16	3	Mario Andretti	3	Newman-Haas Budweiser	Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	129.472	57	3	18	transmission	0
17	22	Steve Chassey	56	Genesee Beer Wagon	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Gohr	118.849	57	0	0	rear end	0
18	5	Geoff Brabham	99	Kraco Car Stereo	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Kraco	127.794	49	0	0	turbocharger	0
19	9	Rick Mears	1	Pennzoil	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Penske	126.903	41	0	0	transmission	0
20	10	Josele Garza	55	Machinists/Mark C. Bloome	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Machinists Union	126.896	33	0	0	suspension	0
21	7	Kevin Cogan	6	Master Mechanic/Caesar's	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Bignotti	127.213	33	0	0	transmission	0
22	15	Chris Kneifel	72	C. F. I.	Primus	Cosworth	Goodyear	Primus	124.174	23	0	0	transmission	0
23	25	Phil Caliva	38	Mitchell Engr/John Malloy	McLaren	Chevrolet	Goodyear	Mitchell	111.869	21	0	0	fuel	0
24	18	Mike Mosley	18	Kraco Car Stereo	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	Kraco	121.879	18	0	0	clutch	0
25	20	Dick Simon	22	Vermont-American	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	Simon	120.115	11	0	0	accident	0
26	23	Bob Ward	47	Arizona Intl Traveler	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear		118.126	7	0	0	transmission	0
27	6	Pete Halsmer	66	Arciero Racing	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	Arciero	127.218	6	0	0	engine	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Al Unser	103	8	0	1	6
2	Tom Sneva	76	8	1	2	2
3	Teo Fabi	67	8	4	1	3
4	Rick Mears	67	8	1	0	3
5	Al Unser, Jr.	66	8	0	0	2
6	John Paul, Jr.	59	6	0	1	3
7	Mario Andretti	52	8	2	1	2
8	Bobby Rahal	52	8	0	1	1
9	Pancho Carter	39	8	0	0	0
10	Mike Mosley	34	8	0	0	0
11	Pete Halsmer	32	7	0	0	1
12	Roger Mears	28	7	0	0	0
13	Gordon Johncock	20	5	0	1	1
14	Howdy Holmes	19	8	0	0	0
15	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	15	8	0	0	0
16	Steve Chassey	13	8	0	0	0
17	Geoff Brabham	12	3	0	0	0
18	Kevin Cogan	10	8	0	0	0
19	Chip Ganassi	10	5	0	0	0
20	Chris Kneifel	10	6	0	0	0
21	Tom Klausler	8	2	0	0	0
22	Josele Garza	6	6	0	0	0
23	Scott Brayton	5	4	0	0	0
24	Derek Daly	4	3	0	0	0
25	Danny Ongais	4	7	0	0	0