1993 IndyCar season

1993 IndyCar season
PPG Indy Car World Series
Season
Races	16
Start date	March 21
End date	October 3
Awards
Drivers' champion	Nigel Mansell
Constructors' Cup	Lola
Manufacturers' Cup	Chevrolet
Nations' Cup	Brazil
Rookie of the Year	Nigel Mansell
Indianapolis 500 winner	Emerson Fittipaldi
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1992	1994

The 1993 IndyCar season, the fifteenth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 16 races, beginning in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia on March 21 and concluding in Monterey, California on October 3. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion and Rookie of the Year was Nigel Mansell. The winner of the 77th Indianapolis 500, sanctioned by the USAC, was Emerson Fittipaldi.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1993 Indy Car World Series season.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	Drivers
Newman-Haas Racing	Lola	FordXB	Goodyear	5	Nigel Mansell
				6	Mario Andretti
Copenhagen Racing	Lola	FordXB	Goodyear	14	A. J. Foyt
				14/41	Robby Gordon
				84	John Andretti
Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola	FordXB	Goodyear	10	Arie Luyendyk
Turley	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	69/99	Eddie Cheever
				99	Brian Till
Marlboro Team Penske	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	4	Emerson Fittipaldi
				12	Paul Tracy
Galles Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	3	Al Unser, Jr.
				7	Danny Sullivan
				7/11	Adrián Fernández
Walker Motorsport	Lola	FordXB	Goodyear	2	Scott Goodyear
				15	Hiro Matsushita
				75	Willy T. Ribbs
Rahal-Hogan Racing	Rahal/Hogan Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	1/13	Bobby Rahal
				26	Mike Groff
Dick Simon Racing	Lola	FordXB	Goodyear	9	Raul Boesel
				22	Scott Brayton
				90	Eddie Cheever Bertrand Gachot
Hall Racing VDS	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	8	Teo Fabi
Dale Coyne Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	19	Robbie Buhl Johnny Unser
				33	Dennis Vitolo
				39	Ross Bentley
Bettenhausen Racing	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	16	Stefan Johansson
				33	Scott Sharp
				76	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.
Split Cycle	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	90	Gary Brabham
Arciero Racing	Penske	Chevrolet	Goodyear	25	Mark Smith Olivier Grouillard
Budweiser King Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	40	Roberto Guerrero Eddie Cheever
				60	Jim Crawford
				80	Al Unser
Euromotorsport AGIP	Lola	Chevrolet Cosworth	Goodyear	42/50	Andrea Montermini David Kudrave Jeff Wood
				50	Andrea Chiesa Davy Jones Christian Danner
Financial World Leadercard Applebee's Hemelgarn Racing	Lola	Chevrolet Buick	Goodyear	20	Buddy Lazier
				28/98	Brian Bonner
Team Losi International Sport	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	30	Marco Greco
				34	Rocky Moran
Hayhoe Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	18	Jimmy Vasser
Indy Regency	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	29	Olivier Grouillard
ProFormance Motorsports	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	45	Scott Pruett
JC Penney	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	90	Lyn St. James
Conseco	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	11	Kevin Cogan
Menard Racing	Lola	Buick Menard	Goodyear	51	Gary Bettenhausen
				59	Eddie Cheever
Maalox	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	36	Stéphan Grégoire
Delta Faucets	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	91	Stan Fox
				92	Didier Theys
PacWest Racing	Galmer 92	Chevrolet	Goodyear	17/66	Dominic Dobson
Glidden	Lola	Menard	Goodyear	27	Geoff Brabham
Interstate Battery	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	21	Jeff Andretti
Arisco	Lola	Menard	Goodyear	77	Nelson Piquet
The Marmon Wasp II	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	32	Eric Bachelart
D.B. Mann	Lola	Buick	Goodyear	93	John Paul, Jr.
Hollywood American	Lola	FordXB	Goodyear	18/90	Maurício Gugelmin
Kinko's	Lola	FordXB	Goodyear	23	Didier Theys
Paragon Motorsports	Lola	Chevrolet	Goodyear	44	John Brooks

Results

Races

Rnd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Australia	March 21	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
2	Valvoline 200	Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	April 4	Scott Goodyear	Unknown	Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
3	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 18	Nigel Mansell	Unknown	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Report
4	77th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	May 30	Arie Luyendyk	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	Report
5	Miller Genuine Draft 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 6	Raul Boesel	Unknown	Nigel Mansell	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
6	ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit	The Raceway on Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	June 13	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Danny Sullivan	Galles Racing	Report
7	Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200/Havoline	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	June 27	Nigel Mansell	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	Report
8	Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	July 11	Paul Tracy	Unknown	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Report
9	Molson Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	July 18	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Report
10	Marlboro 500	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	August 1	Mario Andretti	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
11	New England 200	New Hampshire International Speedway	Loudon, New Hampshire	August 8	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
12	Texaco/Havoline 200	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 22	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Report
13	Molson Indy Vancouver	Streets of Vancouver	Vancouver, British Columbia	August 29	Scott Goodyear	Unknown	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles Racing	Report
14	Pioneer Electronics 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	September 12	Nigel Mansell	Unknown	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	Report
15	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	September 19	Nigel Mansell	Unknown	Nigel Mansell	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
16	Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	October 3	Emerson Fittipaldi	Unknown	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Report

Full Series Results

Final driver standings

Pos Driver SUR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC LOU ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG Pts 1 Nigel Mansell 1 Wth 3 3 1 15 2 3 20 1* 1 2 6 12 1* 23 191 2 Emerson Fittipaldi 2* 14 13 1 3 23 1* 2 2 13 3 5 7 1* 5 2 183 3 Paul Tracy 21 16* 1* 30 20 9 3 1* 1* 19 2* 1* 13 25 3 1* 157 4 Bobby Rahal 6 22 2 DNQ 4 5 4 28 4 9 7 3 2* 6 6 7 133 5 Raul Boesel 8 2 12 4 2* 2 7 7 7 4 21 4 9 4 9 11 132 6 Mario Andretti 4 1 18 5* 18 3 6 5 8 2 20 15 5 7 13 9 117 7 Al Unser, Jr. 15 4 21 8 5 6 5 19 5 8 8 25 1 8 25 5 100 8 Arie Luyendyk 5 6 11 2 22 17 10 10 22 3 25 9 25 5 8 3 90 9 Scott Goodyear 10 20 16 7 23 10 12 20 9 5 19 10 4 3 2 4 86 10 Robby Gordon 3 18 DSQ 27 10 8 8 6 6 15 5 20 23 2 4 10 84 11 Teo Fabi 9 5 4 9 9 22 25 8 14 6 16 8 8 24 11 8 64 12 Danny Sullivan 13 23 8 33 16 1* 14 14 3 Wth 22 26 10 27 20 27 43 13 Stefan Johansson 12 21 26 11 25 20 26 4 24 23 14 21 3 26 7 6 43 14 Roberto Guerrero 19 15 5 28 7 26 24 29 10 7 4 23 11 39 15 Scott Brayton 16 25 24 6 6 14 17 18 19 11 6 7 24 9 15 24 36 16 Jimmy Vasser 24 3 22 13 8 16 11 11 9 18 10 21 30 17 Eddie Cheever 7 24 9 16 21 6 28 10 14 21 18 Andrea Montermini 25 4 27 19 12 19 Scott Pruett 7 7 DNQ 25 26 15 25 12 20 Willy T. Ribbs 21 11 12 16 27 18 10 15 12 16 11 19 28 9 21 Robbie Buhl 23 19 6 DNQ 17 28 24 19 14 17 16 8 22 Mark Smith 18 9 10 DNQ 27 29 15 23 24 22 19 12 17 8 23 Mike Groff DNQ 19 11 9 11 18 22 8 24 Adrián Fernández 23 21 7 DNS 29 12 7 25 Brian Till 22 9 13 10 22 17 16 29 7 26 Hiro Matsushita 11 10 14 18 13 13 21 12 16 14 13 13 12 13 21 19 7 27 David Kudrave 8 27 24 23 12 23 23 14 6 28 Olivier Grouillard DNQ 12 24 13 11 DNS 17 12 16 26 16 18 20 4 29 John Andretti 10 3 30 Marco Greco 22 11 25 DNQ DNQ 19 19 22 21 18 17 28 20 18 23 DNQ 2 31 Christian Danner 25 11 26 2 32 Ross Bentley 17 12 15 DNQ 14 DNQ 15 16 25 16 17 17 DNQ 22 DNQ 1 33 Al Unser 12 1 34 Bertrand Gachot 12 1 35 Kevin Cogan 14 27 13 15 0 36 Lyn St. James 13 17 25 DNQ 20 23 22 0 37 Maurício Gugelmin 21 24 13 0 38 Buddy Lazier 20 17 19 DNQ 15 18 21 21 DNQ 14 20 26 DNQ 0 39 Dominic Dobson 23 14 DNQ 18 0 40 Gary Brabham 14 0 41 Jeff Wood DNQ 20 DNQ DNQ 28 17 28 20 24 27 15 DNQ DNS DNQ 0 42 Didier Theys 22 15 0 43 Davy Jones 15 0 44 Johnny Unser 18 17 18 21 0 45 Gary Bettenhausen 17 0 46 Stéphan Grégoire 19 0 47 Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. 20 0 48 Scott Sharp 22 0 49 Jim Crawford 24 0 50 Brian Bonner DNQ 26 DNQ 0 51 Geoff Brabham 26 0 52 Andrea Chiesa 26 0 53 Jeff Andretti 29 0 54 Stan Fox 31 0 55 Nelson Piquet 32 0 Eric Bachelart DNQ 0 John Brooks DNQ 0 A. J. Foyt DNQ 0 Davey Hamilton DNQ 0 Rocky Moran DNQ 0 John Morton DNQ 0 Johnny Parsons DNQ 0 John Paul, Jr. DNQ 0 Dennis Vitolo DNQ 0 Pos Driver SUR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC LOU ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG 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 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 Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps 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):

Bonus Points:

• 1 For Pole Position
• 1 For Leading The Most Laps Of The Race

Nation's Cup

• Top result per race counts towards Nation's Cup.

Pos	Country	SUR	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	LOU	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG	Pts
1	Brazil	2	2	12	1	2	2	1	2	2	4	3	4	7	1	5	2	234
2	United States	3	1	2	5	4	1	4	5	3	2	5	3	1	2	4	5	230
3	Canada	10	12	1	7	14	8	3	1	1	5	2	1	4	3	2	1	207
4	England	1	Wth	3	3	1	15	2	3	20	1	1	2	6	12	1	23	191
5	Netherlands	5	6	11	2	22	17	10	10	22	3	25	9	25	5	8	3	90
6	Italy	9	5	4	9	9	4	25	8	14	6	16	8	8	24	11	8	76
7	Sweden	12	21	26	11	25	20	26	4	24	23	14	21	3	26	7	6	43
8	Colombia	19	15	5	28	7	26	24	29	10	7	4	23	11				39
9	Mexico			23		21	7				DNS	29					12	7
10	Japan	11	10	14	18	13	13	21	12	16	14	13	13	12	13	21	19	7
11	France				19	12	24	13	11	DNS	17	12	16	26	16	18	20	4
12	Germany								25				11				26	2
13	Belgium				22					12							15	1
14	Australia	14			26													0
15	Scotland				24													0
16	Switzerland	26																0
Pos	Country	SUR	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	LOU	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG	Pts

Chassis Constructor's Cup

Pos	Chassis	Pts
1	Lola T9300/T9200/T9100	297
2	Penske PC-22/PC-21	256
3	Rahal-Hogan RH-01	32
4	Galmer 92	0
Pos	Chassis	Pts

Engine Manufacturer's Cup

Pos	Engine	Pts
1	Chevrolet C	274
2	Ford XB	269
3	Chevrolet A	47
4	Chevrolet B	22
5	Cosworth DFS	0
6	Buick	0
7	Menard	0
Pos	Engine	Pts

Driver Breakdown

Pos	Driver	Team	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Top 5's	Top 10's	Poles	Points
1	Mansell (R)	Newman-Haas Racing	15	5	9	9	10	7	191
2	Fittipaldi	Team Penske	16	3	8	10	12	2	183
3	Tracy	Team Penske	16	5	8	8	9	2	157
4	Rahal	Rahal-Hogan Racing	16	0	3	7	13	0	133
5	Boesel	Simon Racing	16	0	3	7	13	1	132
6	M. Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	16	1	3	7	11	1	117
7	Unser Jr.	Galles Racing	16	1	1	6	11	0	100
8	Luyendyk	Chip Ganassi Racing	16	0	3	5	10	1	90
9	Goodyear	Walker Motorsport	16	0	2	5	10	2	86
10	Gordon	Copenhagen Racing	16	0	2	4	10	0	84
11	Fabi	Racing Team VDS	16	0	0	2	10	0	64
12	Sullivan	Galles Racing	15	1	2	2	5	0	43
12	Johansson	Bettenhausen Racing	16	0	1	2	4	0	43
14	Guerrero	Budweiser King Racing	13	0	2	3	5	0	39
15	Brayton	Simon Racing	16	0	0	0	5	0	36
16	Vasser	Hayhoe Racing	12	0	1	1	4	0	30
17	Cheever	Simon Racing Budweiser King Racing Menard Racing	9	0	0	0	4	0	21
18	Montermini (R)	Euromotorsport	4	0	0	1	1	0	12
18	Pruett	ProFormance Motorsports	6	0	0	0	2	0	12
20	Ribbs	Walker Motorsport	13	0	0	0	1	0	9
21	Buhl (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	10	0	0	0	1	0	8
21	Smith (R)	Arciero Racing	12	0	0	0	2	0	8
21	Groff	Rahal-Hogan Racing	5	0	0	0	1	0	8
24	Fernandez (R)	Galles Racing Molson	5	0	0	0	1	0	7
24	Till	Turley Motorsports	8	0	0	0	2	0	7
24	Matsushita	Walker Motorsport	16	0	0	0	1	0	7
27	Kudrave (R)	Euromotorsport	9	0	0	0	1	0	6
28	Grouillard (R)	Arciero Racing Indy Regency	11	0	0	0	0	0	4
29	J. Andretti	Copenhagen Racing	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
30	Greco (R)	Team Losi International Sport	13	0	0	0	0	0	2
30	Danner	Euromotorsport	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
32	Bentley	Dale Coyne Racing	11	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	A. Unser	Budweiser King Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	Gachot (R)	Simon Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
35	Cogan	Conseco	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	St. James (R)	JC Penney	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Gugelmin (R)	Hollywood American	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Lazier	Financial World Leadercard Applebee's	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Dobson	Coors Light Winning Spirit Skycell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Ga. Brabham	Split Cycle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Jeff Wood	Euromotorsport AGIP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Theys	Delta Faucets Kinko's	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Jones	Euromotorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	J. Unser (R)	The Ruger Special Dale Coyne Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	G. Bettenhausen	Menard Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Grégoire (R)	Maalox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	T. Bettenhausen Jr.	Bettenhausen Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Sharp (R)	Bettenhausen Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Crawford	Budweiser King Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Bonner	Applebee's Hemelgarn Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Ge. Brabham	Glidden	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Chiesa (R)	Euromotorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Je. Andretti	Interstate Batteries	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Fox	Delta Faucets	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Piquet	Arisco	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

See also

• 1993 Indianapolis 500
• 1993 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
• 1993 Indy Lights season
• 1993 Formula One season

Notes

With his title victory, Nigel Mansell became the first driver to win the CART Series in his rookie season. He also became the first man in history to be the Formula One champion and the CART IndyCar champion at the same time.

References

• "1993 CART PPG IndyCar World Series standings". race-database.com. http://www.race-database.com/cc/index.php/. Retrieved 2010-12-07. 
• Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1993". Driver Database. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5-1993/. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 
• "1993 PPG Indy Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1993.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 
• "Official Box Score: 77th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. http://www.indy500.com/stats/view/boxscore/year/1993/. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 
• "Standings after Laguna Seca". Champ Car World Series. http://www.champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=1993. Retrieved 2009-05-19. ^{[dead link]}