1984 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

1984 IndyCar season
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

Guerrero, Brabham, Ongais, Fillip, and Bettenhausen at Pocono in 1984

The 1984 IndyCar 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.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed for the 1984 CART World Series.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	Drivers
Newman-Haas Racing	Lola	Cosworth	G	3	Mario Andretti
Mayer Racing	March	Cosworth	G	4	Tom Sneva
				41	Howdy Holmes
Patrick Racing	March Wildcat	Cosworth	G	20	Gordon Johncock
				40	Chip Ganassi John Paul Jr. Pancho Carter Bruno Giacomelli
				40/47 57/82	Emerson Fittipaldi
Jet Engineering	Eagle March	Chevrolet Pontiac	G	64/98	Ed Pimm
				64	Bill Tempero Herm Johnson
				64/85	John Morton
Team Penske	Penske	Cosworth	G	1	Al Unser
				6	Rick Mears Johnny Rutherford Mike Thackwell
Galles Racing	March	Chevrolet	G	7	Al Unser Jr.
				77	Pancho Carter
Kraco Racing	March	Cosworth	G	18	Geoff Brabham
				99	Michael Andretti
Truesports	March	Cosworth	G	5	Bobby Rahal
Alsup Racing	Longhorn March Argo	Chevrolet Cosworth	G	15	Bill Tempero
				27	Bill Alsup
Forsythe Racing	March	Cosworth	G	33	Teo Fabi Kevin Cogan Corrado Fabi
Curb Racing	Eagle Ligier	Pontiac Cosworth	G	88	Michael Chandler
				98	Kevin Cogan
Interscope Racing Genesee Beer Wagon	Eagle March	Chevrolet Cosworth	G	25	Danny Ongais
				56	Steve Chassey
United Breweries Int.	Theodore	Cosworth	G	78	Jim Crawford
Arciero Racing Colonial Bread	Penske	Cosworth	G	11	Pete Halsmer
Wolff Properties	March	Cosworth	G	69	Phil Caliva
				70/76	Roger Mears
Provimi Veal	March	Cosworth	G	16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. Arie Luyendyk
				16/17	Derek Daly
				17/82	John Paul Jr.
Canadian Tire Racing	March	Cosworth	G	76	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. Ludwig Heimrath Jr.
Morales Racing	March	Cosworth	G	21	Al Holbert
Simon Racing Break Free	March	Cosworth	G	18/22	Dick Simon
				23	Mike Nish
Racing Team VDS	Penske	Cosworth	G	8	John Paul Jr.
Wysard Motor Co.	March	Cosworth	G	34	Desiré Wilson Johnny Parsons Randy Lewis
Doug Shierson Racing	DSR-1 Lola	Cosworth	G	30	Danny Sullivan
Machinists Union Racing	Penske	Cosworth	G	55	Josele Garza
				59	Randy Lewis Johnny Parsons Peter Kuhn
				59/62	Jerry Karl
Bignotti-Cotter	March	Cosworth	G	9	Roberto Guerrero
Theodore Racing Team American Airlines	Theodore	Cosworth	G	44	Bruno Giacomelli
Hess Racing Sharp Ford	Eagle	Cosworth	G	31	Dick Ferguson
W. I. T. Productions	March	Cosworth	G	47	Jose Romero
				47/82	Kenneth Acheson
Primus Racing	Primus	Cosworth	G	72	Chris Kneifel John Paul Jr.
Dale Coyne Racing	Eagle	Chevrolet	G	45	Jim McElreath Tom Bigelow Dale Coyne
Pace Electronics	March	Cosworth	G	28/36	Dennis Firestone
				36	Chuck Ciprich Graham McRae Herm Johnson Gary Bettenhausen
Gilmore Racing	March	Cosworth	G	4	George Snider
				14	A.J. Foyt
				84	Johnny Rutherford
Menard Racing	March	Cosworth	G	28	Herm Johnson
Hoosier Transportation	March	Cosworth	G	50	Dennis Firestone
Simoniz Finish	March	Cosworth	G	77	Tom Gloy
Brayton Racing	March	Buick	G	37	Scott Brayton
American Dream	March	Cosworth	G	10	Pancho Carter
Escort Radar Detector	March	Buick	G	35	Patrick Bedard
Little Kings Express	March	Cosworth	G	57	Spike Gehlhausen
CarQuest	March	Cosworth	G	66	Jerry Sneva
Pabst Racing	March	Cosworth	G	24	Stan Fox Gary Bettenhausen
-Private Entry-	Rattlesnake	Cosworth	G	81	Larry Cannon
California Cooler HR Racing	March	Cosworth	G	82	Gary Bettenhausen Jim Crawford
Esteban´s Restaurant	March	Cosworth	G	58	Steve Hostetler Phil Krueger
Mr. Chicken	Wildcat	Cosworth	G	62	Harry Ruble
Circle Bar Truck Corral	VDS	Cosworth	G	38	Chet Fillip

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd	Date	Name	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	March 31	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
2	April 14	Dana-Jimmy Bryan 150	Phoenix, Arizona	Tom Sneva	Mayer Racing	Report
3	May 27	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis, Indiana	Rick Mears	Team Penske	Report
4	June 3	Dana-Rex Mays 200	West Allis, Wisconsin	Tom Sneva	Mayer Racing	Report
5	June 17	Stroh´s 200	Portland, Oregon	Al Unser Jr.	Galles Racing	Report
6	July 1	Meadowlands Grand Prix	Meadowlands, New Jersey	Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
7	July 8	Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix	Cleveland, Ohio	Danny Sullivan	Shierson	Report
8	July 22	Michigan 500	Brooklyn, Michigan	Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
9	August 5	Provimi Veal 200	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
10	August 19	Domino's Pizza 500	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	Danny Sullivan	Shierson	Report
11	September 3	Escort Radar Warning 200	Lexington, Ohio	Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
12	September 9	Molson Indy Montreal	St-Pie, Quebec	Danny Sullivan	Shierson	Report
13	September 24	Detroit News Grand Prix	Brooklyn, Michigan	Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
14	October 13	Stroh´s 150	Phoenix, Arizona	Bobby Rahal	Truesports	Report
15	October 20	Cribari Wines 300K	Laguna Seca, California	Bobby Rahal	Truesports	Report
16	November 10	Caesars Palace Grand Prix	Las Vegas, Nevada	Tom Sneva	Mayer Racing	Report

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course/Street Circuit

• Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the CART title.

Full Series Results

Drivers

Pos Driver LGB PIR1 IND MIL POR MEA CLE MIC1 ROA POC MDO SAN MIC2 PIR2 LAG LAS Pts 1 Mario Andretti 1* Ret Ret 8 Ret 1* Ret 1 1* Ret 1* 7 1 12 2 2 176 2 Tom Sneva 3 1* Ret 1* 5 6 Ret 2* Ret 4 7 Ret 2 4 10 1* 163 3 Bobby Rahal 14 7 7 14 Ret 11 14* Ret 2 3 2 2* 5 1* 1* 7 137 4 Danny Sullivan Ret 6 Ret 16 Ret 2 1 10 Ret 1 3 1 9 Ret 9 Ret 110 4 Rick Mears Ret Ret 1* 2 10 10 4 3 4 2 5* DNQ 110 6 Al Unser Jr. Ret Ret Ret 3 1* 4 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 6 6 2 4 4 103 7 Michael Andretti 10 3 5 4 12 13 3 Ret 16 Ret Ret 3 7 3 3 Ret 102 8 Geoff Brabham 2 16 Ret 17 2 3 8 9 5 14 Ret Ret 11 Ret 5 5 87 9 Al Unser Ret Ret 3 5 Ret 8 10 Ret 3 8 8 Ret 4 Ret 6 Ret 76 10 Danny Ongais DNQ 5 9 10 11 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 3 5 Ret Ret 53 11 Roberto Guerrero Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 6 52 12 Howdy Holmes 13 2 13 7 Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 9 6 9 8 Ret Ret Ret 44 13 Josele Garza Ret DNQ 10 DNS 7 Ret Ret 11 7 Ret 11 4 10 8 13 10 42 14 Gordon Johncock 11 10 Ret 6 9 12 Ret 4 9 11 10 Ret DNQ Ret DNS 39 15 Emerson Fittipaldi 5 12 Ret 7 Ret 4 Ret 12 Ret 30 15 Jacques Villeneuve 6 13 DNQ 6 15 9 8 9 Ret Ret 30 17 John Paul Jr. Ret DNQ DNQ 6 17 9 Ret 11 3 28 17 Al Holbert Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 28 19 Derek Daly 7 15 Ret 4 Ret 6 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 26 20 Chip Ganassi Ret 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 2 Ret 24 21 Pancho Carter Ret 6 7 7 11 22 22 Johnny Rutherford Ret 7 Ret 5 14* 11 20 23 Scott Brayton Ret Ret Ret 14 11 13 12 6 12 11 DNQ Ret 15 8 19 24 Kevin Cogan Ret 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 8 10 17 25 Teo Fabi Ret Ret Ret 12 3 Ret 13 15 25 Dick Simon Ret 4 Ret 13 Ret Ret DNQ 12 15 12 Ret 12 15 Ret 14 15 27 Jim Crawford 4 DNQ Ret Ret 12 28 Corrado Fabi Ret 10 6 Ret 11 29 Chris Kneifel DNQ 9 15 Ret 8 15 DNS Ret 9 29 Pete Halsmer 8 14 DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 14 Ret 13 Ret 18 Ret Ret 9 9 31 A. J. Foyt 6 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 8 32 Herm Johnson 8 18 Ret DNQ 5 32 Bruno Giacomelli Ret DNQ 8 5 32 Arie Luyendyk 8 5 32 John Morton 9 Ret Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 12 5 32 Ed Pimm 12 DNQ 19 Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 12 Ret 5 37 Gary Bettenhausen 15 13 DNQ Ret DNQ 10 DNQ 3 38 George Snider 11 2 39 Dennis Firestone 12 17 Ret Ret DNS Ret 1 40 Mike Chandler Ret DNQ DNQ 0 40 Johnny Parsons DNQ 17 DNQ 0 40 Roger Mears DNQ Ret DNQ 0 40 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. DNQ Ret Ret 15 16 0 40 Tom Gloy 17 Ret Ret 0 40 Patrick Bedard Ret 0 40 Stan Fox DNQ Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 40 José Romero Ret 0 40 Kenny Acheson Ret DNQ 0 40 Dick Ferguson DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 40 Graham McRae Ret 0 40 Randy Lewis Ret DNQ Ret Ret 0 40 Steve Chassey DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret DNQ 0 40 Bill Alsup DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 Ret Ret 0 40 Spike Gehlhausen DNQ Ret 0 40 Phil Krueger Ret 0 40 Chet Fillip Ret 15 17 0 40 Ludwig Heimrath Ret 0 40 Jerry Karl Ret Ret 0 40 Dale Coyne DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 0 40 Peter Kuhn Ret DNQ 16 Ret 0 40 Mike Nish Ret DNQ 0 40 Mike Thackwell Ret Ret 0 - Bill Tempero DNQ DNQ 0 - Phil Caliva DNQ 0 - Desiré Wilson DNQ 0 - Chuck Ciprich DNQ 0 - Jim McElreath DNQ 0 - Jerry Sneva DNQ 0 - Larry Cannon DNQ 0 - Tom Bigelow DNQ 0 - Steve Hostetler DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 - Harry Ruble DNQ 0 Pos Driver LGB PIR1 IND MIL POR MEA CLE MIC1 ROA POC MDO SAN MIC2 PIR2 LAG LAS Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap (N/A) * Led most race laps (1 point) DNS Any driver who qualifies but does not start (DNS) Rookie of the Year Rookie

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
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

Pos	Driver	Team	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Top 5's	Top 10's	Poles	Points
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	Shierson	16	3	5	5	9	1	110
4	Ri. Mears	Team Penske	11	1	4	7	9	2	110
6	A. 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	A. Unser	Team Penske	16	0	2	4	9	0	76
10	Ongais	Interscope Racing Genesee Beer Wagon	13	0	1	4	6	0	53
11	Guerrero (R)	Bignotti-Cotter	16	0	1	3	5	0	52
12	Holmes	Mayer Racing	16	0	1	1	6	0	44
13	Garza	Machinists Union	14	0	0	1	6	0	42
14	Johncock	Patrick Racing	13	0	0	1	6	0	39
15	Fittipaldi (R)	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.	Racing Team VDS Primus Racing Patrick Racing Provimi Veal	7	0	1	1	3	0	28
17	Holbert (R)	Euromotorsport	14	0	0	2	3	0	28
19	Daly	Provimi Veal	11	0	0	1	3	0	26
20	Ganassi	Patrick Racing	8	0	1	1	2	0	24
21	Carter	Patrick Racing Galles Racing American Dream	5	0	0	0	3	0	22
22	Rutherford	Team Penske Gilmore Racing	6	0	0	1	2	1	20
23	Brayton	Brayton Racing	14	0	0	0	2	0	19
24	Cogan	Forsythe Racing Curb Racing	9	0	0	0	4	0	17
25	T. Fabi	Forsythe Racing	7	0	1	1	1	0	15
25	Simon	Simon Racing Break Free	14	0	0	1	1	0	15
27	Crawford (R)	United Breweries Int. 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	Team Losi International Sport	12	0	0	0	2	0	9
31	Foyt	Gilmore Racing	5	0	0	0	1	0	8
32	Johnson	Jet Engineering Pace Electronics Menard Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	5
32	Giacomelli (R)	Theodore Racing Team American Airlines Patrick Racing	2	0	0	0	1	0	5
32	Luyendyk (R)	Provimi Veal	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
32	Morton (R)	Jet Engineering	5	0	0	0	1	0	5
32	Pimm (R)	Jet Engineering	13	0	0	0	1	0	5
37	G. Bettenhausen	Pace Electronics Pabst Racing California Cooler	4	0	0	0	1	0	3
38	Snider	Gilmore Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
39	Firestone	Pace Electronics	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
40	Chandler	Curb Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Parsons	Wysard Motor Co. McCray Plastering	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Ro. Mears	Wolff Properties	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	T. Bettenhausen Jr.	Provimi Veal	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Gloy	Simoniz Finish	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Bedard	Escort Radar Detector	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Fox	Pabst Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Romero	W. I. T. Productions	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Acheson	W. I. T. Productions	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Ferguson	Hess Racing Sharp Ford	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	McRae	Pace Electronics	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Lewis	Wysard Motor Co. Machinists Union	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Chassey	Interscope Racing	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Alsup	Alsup Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Gehlhausen	Little Kings Express	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Krueger	Esteban´s Restaurant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Fillip	Circle Bar Truck Corral	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Heimrath Jr.	Canadian Tire Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Karl	McCray Plastering Line Renaissance	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Coyne	Dale Coyne Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Kuhn	McCray Plastering	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Nish	Break Free	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Thackwell (R)	Penske Racing	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. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
• "Standings after Las Vegas". Champ Car World Series. Retrieved 2009-05-19.

See also

• 1983-84 USAC Championship Car season
• 1984 Indianapolis 500