1984 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
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.
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 |
Drivers and constructors
The following teams and drivers competed for the 1984 PPG Indy Car World Series. Number in parentheses ( ) is the number used at Indianapolis only.
Season Summary
Schedule
This season featured a new oval in Canada called Sanair Super Speedway. Other changes included new street circuit races at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, and in Long Beach, California. Also added was a new permanent road course race at Portland International Raceway. Leaving the schedule was Riverside International Raceway and Atlanta Motor Speedway.
O Oval/Speedway
R Road/Street course
NC Non-championship event
*The Detroit News Grand Prix was scheduled to be held on September 23, but postponed a day by rain.
Race results
- Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the CART title.
Drivers points standings
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Nations' Cup
Best result in each race counts towards the Nations' 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 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 87 |
3 | Colombia | 26 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 15 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 52 |
4 | Mexico | 23 | DNQ | 10 | DNS | 7 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 42 |
5 | Italy | 18 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 31 | ||||
6 | Brazil | 5 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 30 | |||||||
7 | Canada | 6 | 13 | Wth | 6 | 15 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 30 | |||||
8 | Ireland | 7 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 26 | |||||
9 | United Kingdom | 4 | DNQ | 21 | 23 | 12 | ||||||||||||
10 | Netherlands | 8 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
11 | New Zealand | DNQ | 25 | 18 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||
12 | Spain | 28 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
- | South Africa | DNQ | DNQ | - | ||||||||||||||
Pos | Country | LGB | PIR1 | IND | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | MIC1 | ROA | POC | MDO | SAN | MIC2 | PIR2 | LAG | LAS | Points |
Driver Breakdown
Pos | Driver | Team | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Top 5s | Top 10s | Poles | Points |
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1 | Ma. Andretti | Newman/Haas Racing | 16 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 176 |
2 | T. Sneva | Mayer Racing | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 163 |
3 | Rahal | Truesports | 16 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 137 |
4 | Sullivan | Doug Shierson Racing | 16 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 110 |
4 | Ri. Mears | Team Penske | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 110 |
6 | Unser Jr. | Galles Racing | 16 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 103 |
7 | Mi. Andretti | Kraco Racing | 16 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 102 |
8 | Brabham | Kraco Racing | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 87 |
9 | Unser | Team Penske | 16 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 76 |
10 | Ongais | Interscope Racing | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 53 |
11 | Guerrero R | Bignotti-Cotter Racing | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 52 |
12 | Holmes | Mayer Racing | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 44 |
13 | Garza | Machinists Union Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 42 |
14 | Johncock | Patrick Racing | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 39 |
15 | Fittipaldi R | GTS Racing HR Racing Patrick Racing |
9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
15 | Villeneuve Sr. | Canadian Tire Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 30 |
17 | Paul Jr. | VDS Racing Primus Racing Patrick Racing Provimi Veal Racing |
7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
17 | Holbert R | Morales Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
19 | Daly | Provimi Veal Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
20 | Ganassi | Patrick Racing | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
21 | Carter | Galles Racing American Dream Racing Patrick Racing |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
22 | Rutherford | Doug Shierson Racing Gilmore Racing Team Penske |
6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
23 | Brayton | Brayton Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
24 | Cogan | Curb Racing Curb-All American Racers Forsythe Racing |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
25 | T. Fabi | Forsythe Racing | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
25 | Simon | Dick Simon Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
27 | Crawford R | Ed Wachs Motor Sports HR Racing |
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
28 | C. Fabi R | Forstyhe Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
29 | Kneifel | Primus Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
29 | Halsmer | Arciero Racing Curb-All American Racers |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
31 | Foyt | Gilmore Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
32 | Johnson | Menard Racing Pace Racing Jet Engineering |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
32 | Giacomelli R | Theodore Racing Patrick Racing |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
32 | Luyendyk R | Provimi Veal Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
32 | Morton R | Jet Engineering | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
32 | Pimm R | Jet Engineering Curb-All American Racers |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
37 | G. Bettenhausen | HR Racing Leader Card Racing Pace Racing |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
38 | Snider | Gilmore Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
39 | Firestone | Pace Racing Purcell Racing |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
40 | Chandler | Curb-All American Racers Curb Racing |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Parsons | Wysard Racing McCray Racing |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Ro. Mears | American Dream Racing Machinists Union Racing |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | T. Bettenhausen Jr. | Provimi Veal Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Gloy | Galles Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Bedard | Brayton Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Fox | Leader Card Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Romero | GTS Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Acheson | Hall Properties GTS Racing HR Racing Forsythe Racing |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Ferguson | Hess Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | McRae | Pace Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Lewis | Wysard Racing Machinists Union Racing |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Chassey | Gohr Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Alsup | Alsup Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Gehlhausen | Indy Auto Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Krueger | Ellme Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Fillip | VDS Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Heimrath Jr. | Canadian Tire Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Karl | McCray Racing Renaissance Racing |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Coyne | Dale Coyne Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Kuhn | McCray Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Nish | Dick Simon Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Thackwell R | Team Penske | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1984". Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- "1984 PPG Indy Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- "Official Box Score: 68th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- "Standings after Las Vegas". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-19.