1984 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
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1984 CART season | |
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PPG Indy Car World Series | |
Season | |
Races | 16 |
Start date | March 31 |
End date | November 10 |
Awards | |
Drivers' champion | Mario Andretti |
Constructors' Cup | March |
Manufacturers' Cup | Cosworth |
Nations' Cup | United States |
Rookie of the Year | Roberto Guerrero |
Indianapolis 500 winner | Rick Mears |
Chronology | |
Previous season | Next season |
1983 | 1985 |
The 1984 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season, the sixth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 16 races, beginning in Long Beach, California on March 31 and concluding in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 10. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion was Mario Andretti and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Rick Mears. Rookie of the Year was Roberto Guerrero. The 68th Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by the USAC, but counted in the CART points standings.
Contents
Drivers and constructors
The following teams and drivers competed for the 1984 PPG Indy Car World Series. Number in parenesis ( ) is the number used at Indianapolis only.
Team | Chassis | Engine | Tires | # | Drivers | Notes |
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Team Penske | Penske March |
Cosworth | G | (1) | Al Unser | Used the Penske chassis at Long Beach and Phoenix (1) only. |
2 | ||||||
6 | Rick Mears | Mears drove the car at all races through Mid Ohio only and was injured while practicing at Sanair. Rutherford drove the race at Sanair, Michigan (2) and Phoenix (2) only. Thackwell drove the car at Laguna Seca and Caesars Palace only. | ||||
Johnny Rutherford | ||||||
Mike Thackwell | ||||||
Newman/Haas Racing | Lola | Cosworth | G | 3 | Mario Andretti | |
Mayer Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 4(1) | Tom Sneva | |
41 | Howdy Holmes | |||||
Gilmore Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 4 | George Snider | Indianapolis only. |
14 | A. J. Foyt | Indianapolis, Meadowlands, Michigan (both), Pocono, Phoenix (2) and Caesars Palace only. | ||||
84 | Johnny Rutherford | Indianapolis, Michigan (1) and Pocono only. | ||||
Truesports | March | Cosworth | G | 5 | Bobby Rahal | |
Galles Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 7 | Al Unser Jr. | |
77 | Tom Gloy | Gloy drove the car at Indianapolis, Meadowlands and Cleveland only. Carter drove the car at Michigan (1), Pocono and Caesars Palace only. | ||||
Pancho Carter | ||||||
VDS Racing | Penske | Cosworth | G | 8(12) | John Paul Jr. | All races through Indianapolis only. Used the Penske chassis. |
38 | Chet Fillip | Indianapolis, Michigan (both), Pocono and Mid Ohio only. Used the VDS chassis. | ||||
Bignotti-Cotter Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 9 | Roberto Guerrero | |
American Dream Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 10 | Pancho Carter | Indianapolis only. |
69 | Phil Caliva | Long Beach and Indianapolis only. | ||||
70 | Roger Mears | Long Beach and Phoenix only. | ||||
Arciero Racing | Penske March Arciero |
Cosworth | G | 11 | Pete Halsmer | All races except Cleveland, Michigan (1) and Road America only. Used the Penske chassis at all races through Milwaukee only, the March chassis at all races from Portland to Laguna Seca only and the Arciero chassis at Caesar's Palace only. |
Alsup Racing | Longhorn March Argo |
Chevrolet Cosworth |
G | 15 | Bill Tempero | Long Beach only. Used the Longhorn chassis and the Chevrolet engine. |
27 | Bill Alsup | All races through Indianapolis, plus Cleveland, Michigan (1), Pocono and Sanair only. Used the March chassis at all races through Indianapolis only, the Argo chassis at all remaining races and the Cosworth engine at all races. | ||||
Provimi Veal Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 16 | Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. | Bettenhausen drove the car at Long Beach, Phoenix (1), Indianapolis, Michigan (1) and Pocono only. Luyendyk drove the car at Road America only. Daly drove the car at Mid Ohio and Sanair only. |
Arie Luyendyk | ||||||
Derek Daly | ||||||
17(61) | Daly drove the car at all races, except Mid Ohio and Sanair only and was injured while racing at Michigan (2). Paul drove the car atLaguna Seca and Caesars Palace only. | |||||
John Paul Jr. | ||||||
Kraco Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 18 | Geoff Brabham | |
99 | Michael Andretti | |||||
Patrick Racing | March Wildcat |
Cosworth | G | 20 | Gordon Johncock | All races except Laguna Seca only. Used the March chassis |
40 | Chip Ganassi | Ganassi drove the car until getting injured while racing at Michigan (1). Paul drove the car at Road America only. Fittipaldi drove the car at Mid Ohio, Sanair, Michigan (2) and Caesars Palace only. Giacomelli drove the car at Laguna Seca only. Used the Wildcat chassis at Long Beach, Phoenix (1) and Milwaukee only. | ||||
John Paul Jr. | ||||||
Pancho Carter | ||||||
Bruno Giacomelli | ||||||
Emerson Fittipaldi | ||||||
Morales Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 21 | Al Holbert | |
71 | Rich Vogler | Indianapolis only. | ||||
Dick Simon Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 22 | Dick Simon | |
23 | Bill Puterbaugh | Puterbaugh drove the car at Indianapolis only. Nish drove the car at Phoenix (2) and Caesars Palace only. | ||||
Leader Card Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 24 | Stan Fox |
Fox drove the car at all races except Long Beach, Phoenix (1), Cleveland and Caesars Palace only. Bettenhausen drove the car at Celeveland only. |
Gary Bettenhausen | ||||||
Interscope Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 25 | Danny Ongais | All races except Road America and Mid Ohio only. |
Menard Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 28 | Herm Johnson | Indianapolis and Milwaukee only. |
Doug Shierson Racing | DSR-1 Lola |
Cosworth | G | 30 | Danny Sullivan | Used the DSR-1 chassis at Long Beach, Phoenix (1) and Milwaukee only. Used the Lola chassis at all remaining races. |
80 | Johnny Rutherford | Indianapolis only. Used the DSR-1 chassis. | ||||
Willy T. Ribbs | ||||||
Hess Racing | Eagle | Cosworth | G | 31 (51) | Dick Ferguson | All races except Michigan (2), Sanair, Phoenix (2) and Caesars Palace only. Used the March chassis at Cleveland only. |
Forsythe Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 33 | Teo Fabi | Teo Fabi drove the car at all races through Cleveland only. Cogan drove the car at Michigan (1), Road America and Pocono only. Corrado Fabi drove the car at Mid Ohio, Sanair, Phoenix (2) and Caesars Palace only. Acheson drove the car at Laguna Seca only. |
Kevin Cogan | ||||||
Corrado Fabi | ||||||
Kenneth Acheson | ||||||
Wysard Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 34 | Desiré Wilson | Wilson drove the car at Long Beach and Indianapolis only. Parsons drove the car at Indianapolis only. Lewis drove the car at Laguna Seca and Caesars Palace only. Murphey drove the car at Caesars Palace practice only. |
Johnny Parsons | ||||||
Randy Lewis | ||||||
Brad Murphey | ||||||
54 | Price Cobb | Indianapolis only. | ||||
Brayton Racing | March | Buick Cosworth |
G | 35 | Patrick Bedard | Indianapolis only. Used the Buick engine. |
37 | Scott Brayton | All races except Long Beach and Phoenix (1) only. Used the Buick engine at Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Portland and Road America only. | ||||
Pace Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 36 | Chuck Ciprich | Ciprich drove the car at Phoenix (1) and Indianapolis only. McRae drove the car at Meadowlands and Cleveland only. Firestone drove the car at Michigan (1), Road America, Sanair, Laguna Seca and Caesars Palace only. Johnson drove the car at Mid Ohio only. Bettenhausen drove the car at Michigan (2) and Phoenix (2) only. |
Gary Bettenhausen | ||||||
Herm Johnson | ||||||
Dennis Firestone | ||||||
Graham McRae | ||||||
Theodore Racing | Theodore | Cosworth | G | 44(52) | Bruno Giacomelli | All races through Indianapolis only. |
49 | Jorge Koechlin | Indianapolis only. | ||||
AMI Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 44 | Greg Leffler | Indianapolis only. |
Dale Coyne Racing | Eagle | Chevrolet | G | 45 | Jim McElreath | McElreath drove the car at Phoenix (1) only. Bigelow drove the car at Milwaukee only. Coyne drove the car at Portland to Road America, plus Mid Ohio, Phoenix (2) and Laguna Seca only. |
Tom Bigelow | ||||||
Dale Coyne | ||||||
GTS Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 47 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi drove the car at all races through Indianapolis only. Romero drove the car at Portland only. Acheson drove the car at Meadowlands only. |
Jose Romero | ||||||
Kenneth Acheson | ||||||
86 | Al Loquasto | Indianapolis only. | ||||
Purcell Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 50 | Dennis Firestone | Indianapolis only. |
Machinists Union Racing | Penske March |
Cosworth | G | 55 | Josele Garza | Used the Penske chassis at all races through Phoenix (1) only. |
76 | Roger Mears | Indianapolis only. Used the Penske chassis. | ||||
Gohr Racing | Eagle March |
Chevrolet | G | 56 | Steve Chassey | All races except Portland, Sanair and Phoenix (2) only. Used the Eagle chassis at Long Beach and Indianapolis only. Team ran in conjunction with Interscope Racing at Long Beach only. |
Indy Auto Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 57 | Spike Gehlhausen | Gehlhausen drove the car at Indianapolis, Cleveland and Michigan (1) only. Murphey drove the car at Mid Ohio only. |
Brad Murphey | ||||||
Ellme Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 58(85) | Phil Krueger | Krurger drove the car at Indianapolis and Michigan (1) only. Hostetler drove the car at Portland, Meadowlands, Cleveland, Mid Ohio, Laguna Seca and Caesars Palace only. |
Steve Hostetler | ||||||
McCray Racing | Penske | Cosworth | G | 59 | Johnny Parsons | Parsons drove the car at all races through Phoenix (1) only. Karl drove the car at Indianapolis and Pocono only. Lewis drove the car at Meadowlands, Cleveland and Road America only. Kuhn drove the car at Mid Ohio, Sanair, Michigan (2) and Laguna Seca only. Team ran in conjunction with Machinists Union Racing. |
Jerry Karl | ||||||
Randy Lewis | ||||||
Peter Kuhn | ||||||
Renaissance Racing | Wildcat March |
Cosworth | G | 62 | Jerry Karl | Indianapolis and Michigan (2) only. Used the Wildcat chassis at Indianapolis only and the March chassis at Michigan (2) only. |
63 | Jim Hillyer | Indianapolis only. Used the Wildcat chassis. | ||||
Jet Engineering | March Eagle |
Cosworth Chevrolet |
G | 64 | Ed Pimm | Pimm drove the car at all races through Michigan (1) only. Tempero drove the car at Road America only. Morton drove the car at all races starting at Pocono, except Sanair only. Johnson drove the car at Sanair only. Used the March chassis at all races, the Chevrolet engine at all races, except Pocono only and the Cosworth engine at Pocono only. |
Bill Tempero | ||||||
Herm Johnson | ||||||
John Morton | ||||||
85 | John Morton | Long Beach only. Used the Eagle chassis and the Cehevrolet engine. | ||||
Timberwood Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 66 | Jerry Sneva | Indianapolis only. |
Primus Racing | Primus March |
Cosworth | G | 72 | Chris Kneifel | All races through Road America only. Kneifel drove the car at all of the car's races, except Michigan (1) (illness) and Pocono only. Paul drove the car at Michigan (1) and Pocono only. |
John Paul Jr. | ||||||
Baer Concrete | March | Cosworth | G | 75 | Tom Bigelow | Indianapolis only. |
Canadian Tire Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 76 | Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. | All races except Milwaikee, Pocono, Mid Ohio and Michigan (2) only. Villeneuve was injured while practicing at Indianapolis and missed Milwaukee only. Villeneuve also was injured while qualifying at Michigan (1) and missed Road America to Mid Ohio only. Heimrath replaced Villeneuve at Road America only. |
Ludwig Heimrath Jr. | ||||||
Ed Wachs Motor Sports | Theodore | Cosworth | G | 78 | Jim Crawford | Long Beach, Indianapolis and Meadowlands only. |
Rattlesnake Racing | Rattlesnake | Cosworth | G | 81 | Larry Cannon | Indianapolis only. |
HR Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 82 | Gary Bettenhausen | Bettenhausen drove the car at Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Portland, Michigan (1), Road America and Pocono only. Fittipaldi drove the car at Meadowlands and Cleveland only. Acheson drove the car at Road America only. Chassey drove the car at Phoenix (2) only. Crawford drove the car at Laguna Seca only. |
Jim Crawford | ||||||
Kenneth Acheson | ||||||
Emerson Fittipaldi | ||||||
Steve Chassey | ||||||
Center Line Racing | Eagle | Chevrolet | G | 87 | Steve Krisiloff | Indianapolis only. |
Curb-All American Racers | Eagle | Pontiac Chevrolet |
G | 88 | Michael Chandler | Long Beach and Indianapolis only. |
98 | Kevin Cogan | All races starting at Phoenix (1) only. Cogan drove the car at all of the car's races through Cleveland only, except Phoenix (1) only. Chandler drove the car at Phoenix (1) only. Halsmer drove the car at Michigan (1) only. Pimm drove the car at all races starting at Road America only. Used the Chevrolet engine at Michigan (2) and Phoenix (2) only. | ||||
Ed Pimm | ||||||
Pete Halsmer | ||||||
Curb Racing | Ligier | Cosworth | G | 88 | Michael Chandler | Phoenix (1) only. |
98 | Kevin Cogan | Long Beach and Indianapolis only. | ||||
Hall Properties | Lola | Cosworth | G | 92 | Kenneth Acheson | Indianapolis only. |
Grant King Racing | March | Cosworth | G | 97 | Joe Saldana | Indianapolis only. |
Results and standings
Races
Oval/Speedway
Road Course/Street Circuit
- Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the CART title.
Full Series Results
Drivers
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Point Scoring System:
- Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Points | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Bonus Points:
- 1 For Pole Position
- 1 For Leading The Most Laps Of The Race
Nation's Cup
Best result in each race counts towards the nation's cup.
Pos | Country | LGB | PIR1 | IND | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | MIC1 | ROA | POC | MDO | SAN | MIC2 | PIR2 | LAG | LAS | Points |
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1 | United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 351 |
2 | Australia | 2 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 87 |
3 | Colombia | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 5 | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 6 | 52 |
4 | Mexico | Ret | DNQ | 10 | DNS | 7 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 42 |
5 | Italy | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 3 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 31 | ||||
6 | Brazil | 5 | 12 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 30 | |||||||
6 | Canada | 6 | 13 | DNQ | 6 | 15 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 30 | |||||
8 | Ireland | 7 | 15 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 6 | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 26 | |||||
9 | United Kingdom | 4 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 12 | ||||||||||||
10 | Netherlands | 8 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
11 | New Zealand | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
12 | Spain | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
- | South Africa | DNQ | - | |||||||||||||||
Pos | Country | LGB | PIR1 | IND | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | MIC1 | ROA | POC | MDO | SAN | MIC2 | PIR2 | LAG | LAS | Points |
Driver Breakdown
See also
References
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