1983 CART Series

Race #6 - Provimi Veal 200

The CART Series made their 6th stop of 1983 at Road America, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, for the Provimi Veal 200.

Pancho Carter led the field to the Green Flag as for the second time in series history, drivers raced at the four mile 14 turn road course, as Carter would lead for the first fifteen laps before losing the lead to John Paul Jr. who would show his talent for the second race in a row and appeared on his way for redemption after dropping out late at Michigan, but a late race caution would set up a short dash to the finish. When the green flag came back out, Paul Jr. tried to block and fend of his challengers, but Mario Andretti would power by with sixteen laps to go and would build up an impressive eight second lead over the remaining laps to score his first win in over two years.

Other Noticeables:
Mario Andretti scored his 1st win of the year,
Andretti led 1 time for 16 laps, which were the final 16 laps,
It was the 3rd win of his career in the CART Series and his first since 1981 at Milwaukee Mile; 26 races ago,
Tom Klausler(12th) and Drake Olson(26th) made their CART Series debuts,
Al Unser, who finished 8th, kept his points lead, leading Rick Mears by 20 points

1.3-Mario Andretti (16 laps led)
2.56-Steve Chassey
3.21-Pancho Carter (15 laps led)
4.12-John Paul Jr. (19 laps led)
5.55-Josele Garza
6.17-Al Unser Jr.
7.9-Roger Mears
8.7-Al Unser
9.5-Tom Sneva
10.2-Bobby Rahal
11.20-Chip Ganassi
12.48-Tom Klausler
13.10-Tony Bettenhausen Jr.
14.40-Danny Ongais
15.33-Teo Fabi
16.90-Derek Daly
17.64-Greg Leffler
18.1-Rick Mears
19.30-Howdy Holmes
20.66-Pete Halsmer
21.32-Dick Simon
22.6-Kevin Cogan
23.34-Desire Wilson-12 laps (Accident)
24.18-Mike Mosley-21 laps (Clutch)
25.72-Chris Kneifel-34 laps (Accident)
26.86-Drake Olson-38 laps (Accident)

Pancho Carter-1-15
John Paul Jr.-16-34
Mario Andretti-35-50

2 Lead Changes among 3 drivers

Caution Flags: 2 for 4 laps
Lap 12 (Cars #86 Accident Turn 10),
Lap 30 (Car #30 Stalled Turn 14)

Margin of Victory: 8.073 Seconds

Time of Race: 2 Hours, 10 Minutes and 34 Seconds

Pancho Carter leads the field to the Green Flag.



The first caution comes out on Lap 12 when Drake Olson wrecks in Turn 10.



John Paul Jr. passes Pancho Carter for the lead on Lap 16.



While running in 14th, Chris Kneifel runs into the back of another car and is knocked out of the race.



The second and final caution comes out on Lap 30 when Mike Mosley, who was running in 21st, stalls in Turn 14 due to a broken Clutch.



Mario Andretti passes John Paul Jr. for the 2nd and final lead change on Lap 35.



While running in 15th, Desire Wilson crashes in Turn 10.



Mario Andretti takes the Checkered Flag.