1984 CART World Series season

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The 1984 CART World Series Season was the sixth CART World Series, this year also known as the PPG IndyCar World Series. The season began on March 31, 1984 and it ended on November 10 after 16 races.

The championship was won by Mario Andretti.

Contents 1 Drivers and constructors 1.1 Team changes 1.2 Driver changes 2 Results and standings 2.1 Grands Prix 3 Full Series Results 3.1 Points System 3.2 Drivers 3.3 Nation's Cup 3.4 Driver Breakdown 4 Rule changes 5 Rumours and speculation 5.1 Teams 5.2 Drivers 5.3 Tyre manufacturers 5.4 Races 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit] 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	Goodyear	3	Mario Andretti
Mayer Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	4	Tom Sneva
				41	Howdy Holmes
Patrick Racing	March Wildcat	Cosworth	Goodyear	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	Goodyear	64/98	Ed Pimm
				64	Bill Tempero Herm Johnson
				64/85	John Morton
Team Penske	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	1	Al Unser
				6	Rick Mears Johnny Rutherford Mike Thackwell
Galles Racing	March	Chevrolet	Goodyear	7	Al Unser Jr.
				77	Pancho Carter
Kraco Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	18	Geoff Brabham
				99	Michael Andretti
Truesports	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	5	Bobby Rahal
Alsup Racing	Longhorn March Argo	Chevrolet Cosworth	Goodyear	15	Bill Tempero
				27	Bill Alsup
Forsythe Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	33	Teo Fabi Kevin Cogan Corrado Fabi
Curb Racing	Eagle Ligier	Pontiac Cosworth	Goodyear	88	Michael Chandler
				98	Kevin Cogan
Interscope Racing Genesee Beer Wagon	Eagle March	Chevrolet Cosworth	Goodyear	25	Danny Ongais
				56	Steve Chassey
United Breweries Int.	Theodore	Cosworth	Goodyear	78	Jim Crawford
Arciero Racing Colonial Bread	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	11	Pete Halsmer
Wolff Properties	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	69	Phil Caliva
				70/76	Roger Mears
Provimi Veal	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. Arie Luyendyk
				16/17	Derek Daly
				17/82	John Paul Jr.
Canadian Tire Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	76	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. Ludwig Heimrath Jr.
Morales Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	21	Al Holbert
Simon Racing Break Free	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	18/22	Dick Simon
				23	Mike Nish
Racing Team VDS	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	8	John Paul Jr.
Wysard Motor Co.	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	34	Desiré Wilson Johnny Parsons Randy Lewis
Shierson	Shierson Lola	Cosworth	Goodyear	30	Danny Sullivan
Machinists Union McCray Plastering Line Renaissance	Penske	Cosworth	Goodyear	55	Josele Garza
				59	Randy Lewis Johnny Parsons Peter Kuhn
				59/62	Jerry Karl
Bignotti-Cotter	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	9	Roberto Guerrero
Theodore Racing Team American Airlines	Theodore	Cosworth	Goodyear	44	Bruno Giacomelli
Hess Racing Sharp Ford	Eagle	Cosworth	Goodyear	31	Dick Ferguson
W. I. T. Productions	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	47	Jose Romero
				47/82	Kenneth Acheson
Primus Racing	Primus	Cosworth	Goodyear	72	Chris Kneifel John Paul Jr.
Dale Coyne Racing	Eagle	Chevrolet	Goodyear	45	Jim McElreath Tom Bigelow Dale Coyne
Pace Electronics	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	28/36	Dennis Firestone
				36	Chuck Ciprich Graham McRae Herm Johnson Gary Bettenhausen
Gilmore Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	4	George Snider
				14	A.J. Foyt
				84	Johnny Rutherford
Menard Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	28	Herm Johnson
Hoosier Transportation	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	50	Dennis Firestone
Simoniz Finish	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	77	Tom Gloy
Brayton Racing	March	Buick	Goodyear	37	Scott Brayton
American Dream	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	10	Pancho Carter
Escort Radar Detector	March	Buick	Goodyear	35	Patrick Bedard
Little Kings Express	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	57	Spike Gehlhausen
CarQuest	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	66	Jerry Sneva
Pabst Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	24	Stan Fox Gary Bettenhausen
-Private Entry-	Rattlesnake	Cosworth	Goodyear	81	Larry Cannon
California Cooler HR Racing	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	82	Gary Bettenhausen Jim Crawford
Esteban´s Restaurant	March	Cosworth	Goodyear	58	Steve Hostetler Phil Krueger
Mr. Chicken	Wildcat	Cosworth	Goodyear	62	Harry Ruble
Circle Bar Truck Corral	VDS	Cosworth	Goodyear	38	Chet Fillip

[edit] Team changes

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[edit] Driver changes

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[edit] Results and standings

[edit] Grands Prix

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

[edit] Full Series Results

[edit] Points System

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[edit] Drivers

Pos Driver LGB PIR1 IND MIL POR MEA CLE MIC1 ROA POC MDO SAN MIC2 PIR2 LAG LAS Pts 1 Ma. Andretti 1 Ret Ret 8 Ret 1 Ret 1 1 Ret 1 7 1 12 2 2 176 2 T. Sneva 3 1 Ret 1 5 6 Ret 2 Ret 4 7 Ret 2 4 10 1 163 3 Rahal 14 7 7 14 Ret 11 14 Ret 2 3 2 2 5 1 1 7 137 4 Sullivan Ret 6 Ret 16 Ret 2 1 10 Ret 1 3 1 9 Ret 9 Ret 110 4 Ri. Mears Ret Ret 1 2 10 10 4 3 4 2 5 DNQ INJ INJ INJ INJ 110 6 A. Unser Jr. Ret Ret Ret 3 1 4 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 6 6 2 4 4 103 7 Mi. Andretti 10 3 5 4 12 13 3 Ret 16 Ret Ret 3 7 3 3 Ret 102 8 Brabham 2 16 Ret 17 2 3 8 9 5 14 Ret Ret 11 Ret 5 5 87 9 A. Unser Ret Ret 3 5 Ret 8 10 Ret 3 8 8 Ret 4 Ret 6 Ret 76 10 Ongais DNQ 5 9 10 11 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 3 5 Ret Ret 53 11 Guerrero (R) Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 6 52 12 Holmes 13 2 13 7 Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 9 6 9 8 Ret Ret Ret 44 13 Garza Ret DNQ 10 DNS 7 Ret Ret 11 7 Ret 11 4 10 8 13 10 42 14 Johncock 11 10 Ret 6 9 12 Ret 4 9 11 10 Ret DNQ Ret DNS 39 15 Fittipaldi (R) 5 12 Ret 7 Ret 4 Ret 12 Ret 30 15 Villeneuve, Sr. (R) 6 13 DNQ 6 15 9 8 9 Ret Ret 30 17 Paul Jr. Ret DNQ DNQ 6 17 9 Ret 11 3 28 17 Holbert (R) Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 28 19 Daly 7 15 Ret 4 Ret 6 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 26 20 Ganassi Ret 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 2 Ret 24 21 Carter Ret 6 7 7 11 22 22 Rutherford Ret 7 Ret 5 14 11 20 23 Brayton Ret Ret Ret 14 11 13 12 6 12 11 DNQ Ret 15 8 19 24 Cogan Ret 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 8 10 17 25 T. Fabi Ret Ret Ret 12 3 Ret 13 15 25 Simon Ret 4 Ret 13 Ret Ret DNQ 12 15 12 Ret 12 15 Ret 14 15 27 Crawford (R) 4 DNQ Ret Ret 12 28 C. Fabi (R) Ret 10 6 Ret 11 29 Kneifel DNQ 9 15 Ret 8 15 DNS Ret 9 29 Halsmer 8 14 DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 14 Ret 13 Ret 18 Ret Ret 9 9 31 Foyt 6 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 8 32 Johnson 8 18 Ret DNQ 5 32 Giacomelli (R) Ret DNQ 8 5 32 Luyendyk (R) 8 5 32 Morton (R) 9 Ret Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 12 5 32 Pimm (R) 12 DNQ 19 Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 12 Ret 5 37 G. Bettenhausen 15 13 DNQ Ret DNQ 10 DNQ 3 38 Snider 11 2 39 Firestone 12 17 Ret Ret DNS Ret 1 40 Chandler Ret DNQ DNQ 0 40 Parsons DNQ 17 DNQ 0 40 Ro. Mears DNQ Ret DNQ 0 40 T. Bettenhausen Jr. (R) DNQ Ret Ret 15 16 0 40 Gloy 17 Ret Ret 0 40 Bedard Ret 0 40 Fox DNQ Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 40 Romero Ret 0 40 Acheson Ret DNQ 0 40 Ferguson DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 40 McRae Ret 0 40 Lewis Ret DNQ Ret Ret 0 40 Chassey DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret DNQ 0 40 Alsup DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 Ret Ret 0 40 Gehlhausen DNQ Ret 0 40 Krueger Ret 0 40 Fillip Ret 15 17 0 40 Heimrath Jr. Ret 0 40 Karl Ret Ret 0 40 Coyne DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ 0 40 Kuhn Ret DNQ 16 Ret 0 40 Nish Ret DNQ 0 40 Thackwell (R) Ret Ret 0 - Tempero DNQ DNQ - - Caliva DNQ - - Wilson DNQ - - Ciprich DNQ - - McElreath DNQ - - J. Sneva DNQ - - Cannon DNQ - - Bigelow DNQ - - Hostetler DNQ DNQ DNQ - - Ruble DNQ - Pos Driver LGB PIR1 IND MIL POR MEA CLE MIC1 ROA POC MDO SAN MIC2 PIR2 LAG LAS Pts

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Rule changes

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[edit] Rumours and speculation

[edit] Teams

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[edit] Drivers

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[edit] Tyre manufacturers

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