1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
Rd Date Name Circuit Location
- March 20 Kraco Car Stereo 150 O Phoenix International Raceway Avondale , Arizona
1 April 17 Kraco Dixie 200 O Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton , Georgia
2 May 29 Indianapolis 500 O Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis , Indiana
3 June 12 Gould Rex Mays Classic O Milwaukee Mile West Allis , Wisconsin
4 July 3 Budweiser Cleveland 500 S Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland , Ohio
5 July 17 Norton Michigan 500 O Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn , Michigan
6 July 31 Provimi Veal 200 R Road America Elkhart Lake , Wisconsin
7 August 14 Domino 's Pizza Pocono 500 O Pocono International Raceway Long Pond , Pennsylvania
8 August 29* Budweiser 500K R Riverside International Raceway Riverside , California
9 September 11 Escort Radar Warning 200 R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington , Ohio
10 September 26 Detroit News Grand Prix O Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn , Michigan
11 October 8 Caesars Palace Grand Prix S Caesars Palace Las Vegas , Nevada
12 October 23 Cribari Wines 300k R Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey , California
13 October 29 Miller High Life 150 O Phoenix International Raceway Avondale , Arizona
Season Summary -- Schedule
Starting this season there would only be one race per season at the Milwaukee Mile .
The 1983 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 5th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART. The season consisted of 13 races. Al Unser, Sr. was the national champion, and the rookie of the year was Teo Fabi. The 1983 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but an arrangement was made such that it counted towards the CART points championship. Tom Sneva won the Indy 500, after three previous runner-up finishes. Al Unser, Sr. jumped out to the early points lead, with second-place finishes in the first three races of the season. Unser, Sr. finished second at Indianapolis to Tom Sneva, but not without some controversy. Rookie Al Unser, Jr. was accused of blocking for his father, but Sneva prevailed, making the winning pass with ten laps to go. Unser won at Cleveland, finished second at the Michigan 500, and third at Road America. After 6 of 13 races, Unser, Sr. had a 35-point lead over Tom Sneva in the standings. Rookie Teo Fabi made headlines at Indianapolis, becoming the first rookie to win the pole since 1950. His car dropped out, however, with a failed fuel o-ring.