Budweiser Cleveland 500
Burke Lakefront Airport
2.48 Mile Road Course
125 Laps/310 Miles
July 3, 1983

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 7 Al Unser 7 Hertz Penske PC-11 Cosworth TC 125 2:51:54 108.202 21
2 5 Pete Halsmer 66 Arciero Racing Penske PC-10 Cosworth TC 125 2:52:25 107.882 16
3 4 Teo Fabi 33 Forsythe/Skoal Bandit March 83C Cosworth TC 124 Flagged 14
4 14 Mike Mosley 18 Kraco Car Stereo March 83C Cosworth TC 124 Flagged 12
5 18 Tom Sneva 5 Texaco Star March 83C Cosworth TC 123 Flagged 10
6 11 Roger Mears 9 Machinists Union Penske PC-10 Cosworth TC 121 Flagged 8
7 6 Rick Mears 1 Pennzoil Penske PC-11 Cosworth TC 120 Flagged 6
8 17 Pancho Carter 21 Alex Foods Pinata March 82C Cosworth TC 119 Flagged 5
9 2 Al Unser, Jr. 17 Coors Light Eagle 83 Cosworth TC 119 Flagged 4
10 22 Desiré Wilson 34 Wysard Motor Co. March 83C Cosworth TC 117 Flagged 3
11 24 Phil Krueger 46 Morris Pontiac/KZZP Penske PC-9 Cosworth TC 109 Flagged 2
12 10 Howdy Holmes 30 Domino's Pizza March 83C Cosworth TC 95 Flagged 1
13 16 Chip Ganassi 60 Old Milwaukee Wildcat IX Cosworth TC 65 Ignition
14 1 Mario Andretti 3 Newman-Haas Budweiser Lola T-700 Cosworth TC 56 Overheated 1
15 19 Bill Whittington 94 Whittington Brothers March 82C Cosworth TC 56 Off course
16 26 Herm Johnson 42 Mariott Inns of Cleveland March 82C Cosworth TC 54 Flagged
17 8 Josele Garza 55 Machinists/21st Century Penske PC-10 Cosworth TC 52 Transmission
18 21 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 10 Provimi Veal March 83P Cosworth TC 47 Pit fire
19 3 Bobby Rahal 2 Red Roof Inns March 83C Cosworth TC 40 Wrecked
20 28 Bill Alsup 11 Crane & Shovel Sales Penske PC-9B Cosworth TC 31 Fire
21 13 John Paul, Jr. 12 British Sterling Penske PC-10 Cosworth TC 23 Engine
22 25 Steve Chassey 56 Genesee Beer Wagon Eagle 82 Chevy 18 Handling
23 23 Bill Tempero 15 Zena Jeans Longhorn Chevy 16 Off course
24 20 Scott Brayton 37 SME Cement/Escort March 83C Cosworth TC 12 Fuel problem
25 15 Kevin Cogan 6 Master Mechanic/Caesar's March 83C Cosworth TC 10 Electrical
26 9 Gordon Johncock 20 STP Oil Treatment March 83C Cosworth TC 10 Overheated
27 12 Chris Kneifel 72 C. F. I. Primus Cosworth TC 8 Engine
28 27 Danny Ongais 40 Sea Ray Boats March 83C Cosworth TC 2 Turbocharger fire
                   
-- -- Kevin Cogan 10 Provimi Veal March 83P Cosworth TC 0 Relieved T. Bettenhausen
-- -- Tom Bagley 8 Leader Card Racing Watson Cosworth TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Dick Simon 22 Vermont American March 83C Cosworth TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Drake Olson 86 Empress Traveler Penske PC-9B Cosworth TC -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Steve Krisiloff 43 Armstrong Mould Lola T-700 Cosworth TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Richard Hubbard 52 Hubbard Enterprises Penske PC-6 Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Jerry Karl 61 Renaissance Rhoades Wildcat Cosworth TC -- Did not qualify
-- -- Greg Leffler 64 Jet Engineering Eagle 82 Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Barry Ruble 65 Mr. Chicken Kingfish Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Tom Bigelow 70 Lenckite Lub Eagle Chevy -- Did not qualify
-- -- Derek Daly 34 Wysard Motor Co. March 83C Cosworth TC -- Driven by D. Wilson
-- -- Teddy Pilette 42 Mariott Inns of Cleveland March 82C Cosworth TC -- Driven by H. Johnson
-- -- Chuck Ciprich 36 Pace Electronics Finley Chevy -- Entry declined, no driver test
-- -- Tom Klausler 48 Lowest Mercedes-Benz Lease/Schulz Schkee DB-6 Chevy -- Entry declined, no driver test

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Al Unser 55 44-65, 72-75, 82-87, 97-101, 108-125
Mario Andretti 34 1-34
Teo Fabi 20 36-43, 66-71, 76-81
Pete Halsmer 15 88-96, 102-107
Bobby Rahal 1 35