CART season 1993

In the CART season in 1993 16 races were held. All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

Scoring
Space:	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12
Points:	20th	16	14th	12	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

In addition, one point was awarded to the pilot in pole position and the pilot with the most leading laps in the race.

Driver ranking

space	driver	team	vehicle	engine	SPA	PHO	LBE	IND	Mil	DET	POT	CLE	GOAL	MIC	NHA	R.A.M.	VAN	MID	NAZ	LSE	Points
1	Nigel Mansell (R)	Newman / Haas Racing	Lola	Cosworth	21st		15th	14th	20th	1	17th	14th		21st	21st	16	8th	2	21st		191
2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske Racing	Penske	Chevrolet	17th			20th	14th		21st	16	17th		14th	10	6th	21st	10	17th	183
3	Paul Tracy	Penske Racing	Penske	Chevrolet		1	21st			4th	14th	22nd	21st		17th	22nd			14th	21st	157
4th	Bobby Rahal	Rahal-Hogan Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	8th		16		12	10	12		12	4th	6th	14th	17th	8th	8th	6th	133
5	Raul Boesel	Dick Simon Racing	Lola	Cosworth	5	16	1	12	18th	16	6th	6th	6th	12		12	4th	12	4th	2	132
6th	Mario Andretti	Newman / Haas Racing	Lola	Cosworth	12	20th		11		14th	8th	10	5	17th			10	6th		4th	117
7th	Al our jr.	Galles Racing	Lola	Chevrolet		12		5	10	8th	10		10	5	5		20th	5		10	100
8th	Aria Luyendyk	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola	Cosworth	10	8th	2	17th			3	3		14th		4th		10	5	14th	90
9	Scott Goodyear	Walker Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth	3	1		6th		3	1		4th	10		3	13	14th	16	12	86
10	Robby Gordon	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Lola	Cosworth	14th				3	5	5	8th	8th		10			16	12	3	84
11	Teo Fabi	Hall / VDS Racing	Lola	Chevrolet	4th	10	12	4th	4th			5		8th		5	5		2	5	64
12	Danny Sullivan	Galles International Racing	Lola	Chevrolet			5			21st			14th				3				43
	Stefan Johansson	Bettenhausen Motorsports	Penske	Chevrolet	1			2				12					14th		6th	8th	43
14th	Roberto Guerrero	Budweiser King Racing	Lola	Chevrolet			10		6th				3	6th	12		2				39
15th	Scott Brayton	Dick Simon Racing	Lola	Cosworth				8th	8th					2	8th	6th		4th			36
17th	Jimmy Vasser	Dick Simon Racing	Lola	Chevrolet		14th			5		2		2		4th			3			30th
18th	Eddie Cheever	Turley Motorsports	Penske	Chevrolet	6th		4th									8th			3		21st
19th	Andrea Montermini (R)	Euromotorsport Racing	Lola	Chevrolet						12											12
	Scott Pruett	Pro Formance Motorsports	Lola	Chevrolet		6th	6th														12
20th	Willy T. Ribbs	Walker Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth					2	1				3		1		2			9
21st	Robbie Buhl (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola	Chevrolet			8th														8th
	Mark Smith (R)	Arciero Racing	Penske	Chevrolet		4th	3												1		8th
	Mike Groff	Rahal-Hogan Racing	Rahal-Hogan	Chevrolet					2	4th				2							8th
24	Adrián Fernández (R)	Galles International Racing	Lola	Chevrolet						6th										1	7th
	Brian Till	Turley Motorsports	Penske	Chevrolet								4th			3						7th
	Hiro Matsushita	Walker Motorsports	Lola	Cosworth	2	3						1					1				7th
27	Dave Kudrave (R)	Euromotorsport Racing	Lola	Chevrolet		5								1							6th
28	Olivier Grouillard (R)	Indy Regency Racing	Lola	Chevrolet					1			2			1						4th
29	John Andretti	AJ Foyt Racing	Lola	Cosworth				3													3
30th	Marco Greco (R)	Sovereign Racing	Lola	Chevrolet		2															2
	Christian Danner	Euromotorsport Racing	Lola	Chevrolet												2					2
32	Ross Bentley	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola	Chevrolet		1															1
	Al our	Budweiser King Racing	Lola	Chevrolet				1													1
	Bertrand Gachot (R)	Dick Simon Racing	Lola	Cosworth									1								1

(R) = rookie

Drivers who have changed teams or vehicles during the season are listed with the combination with which they achieved the most points.

The point for pole position for the fifteenth race in Nazareth was not awarded because the practice runs were canceled due to rain. The starting line-up was based on the championship status.

Teams and drivers

team	No.	driver	automobile	engine
Newman / Haas Racing	5	Nigel Mansell	Lola T93 / 00	Ford-Cosworth XB
	6th	Mario Andretti
Penske Racing	4th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC22	Chevrolet Indy V8 / C
	12	Paul Tracy
Rahal-Hogan Racing	1	Bobby Rahal	Lola T93 / 00 Rahal-Hogan RH-001	Chevrolet Indy V8 / C
	26th	Mike Groff
Dick Simon Racing	9	Raul Boesel	Lola T92 / 00 Lola T93 / 00	Ford-Cosworth XB Buick V6 Chevrolet Indy V8 / A
	18th	Jimmy Vasser
	22nd	Scott Brayton
	23	Didier Theys
	36	Stéphan Grégoire
	90	Gary Brabham
	90	Lyn St. James
	90	Bertrand Gachot
	90	Eddie Cheever
	90	Maurício Gugelmin
Chip Ganassi Racing	10	Aria Luyendyk	Lola T93 / 00	Ford-Cosworth XB
Galles Racing	3	Al our jr.	Lola T93 / 00	Chevrolet Indy V8 / C
	7th	Danny Sullivan
	11	Adrián Fernández
	11	Kevin Cogan
Walker Motorsports	2	Scott Goodyear	Lola T92 / 00 Lola T93 / 00	Ford-Cosworth XB
	15th	Hiro Matsushita
	75	Willy T. Ribbs
AJ Foyt Enterprises	14th	Robby Gordon	Lola T92 / 00 Lola T93 / 00	Ford-Cosworth XB
	14th	AJ Foyt
	84	John Andretti
Hall / VDS Racing	8th	Teo Fabi	Lola T93 / 00	Chevrolet Indy V8 / C
Bettenhausen Motorsports	16	Stefan Johansson	Penske PC22	Chevrolet Indy V8 / C
	33	Scott Sharp
	76	Tony Bettenhausen Jr.
Budweiser King Racing	28	Eddie Cheever	Lola T92 / 00	Chevrolet Indy V8 / C
	40	Roberto Guerrero
	60	Jim Crawford
	80	Al our
Turley Motorsports	69	Eddie Cheever	Penske PC 21	Chevrolet Indy V8 / B
	99	Brian Till
Euromotorsport Racing	42	Jeff Wood	Lola T91 / 00 Lola T92 / 00	Ford-Cosworth DFS Chevrolet Indy V8 / A
	42	Andrea Chiesa
	50	Dave Kudrave
	50	Davy Jones
	50	Andrea Montermini
	50	Christian Danner
Pro Formance Motorsports	45	Scott Pruett	Lola T91 / 00	Chevrolet Indy V8 / A
Dale Coyne Racing	19th	Robbie Buhl	Lola T91 / 00 Lola T92 / 00	Chevrolet Indy V8 / A Buick V6
	19th	Johnny Unser
	19th	Eric Bachelart
	39	Ross Bentley
Arciero Racing	25th	Mark Smith	Penske PC21	Chevrolet Indy V8 / B
Indy Regency Racing	29	Olivier Grouillard	Lola T92 / 00	Chevrolet Indy V8 / A
Sovereign Racing	30th	Marco Greco	Lola T91 / 00 Lola T92 / 00	Chevrolet Indy V8 / A Buick V6
	28	Rocky Moran
Hemelgarn Racing	20th	Buddy Lazier	Lola T91 / 00 Lola T92 / 00	Chevrolet Indy V8 / A Buick V6
	28	Brian Bonner
	91	Stan Fox
	92	Didier Theys
Pagan Racing	21st	Jeff Andretti	Lola T92 / 00	Buick V6
	22nd	Mark Smith
Menard Racing	27	Geoff Brabham	Lola T93 / 00	Menard-Buick V6
	51	Gary Bettenhausen
	77	Nelson Piquet
David Mann Racing	93	John paul jr.	Lola T92 / 00	Buick V6
PacWest Racing	66	Dominic Dobson	Galmer G92B	Chevrolet Indy V8 / C
Thom Burns Racing	17th	Dominic Dobson	Galmer G92B	Chevrolet Indy V8 / A
Nu-Tech / Gagliano	98	Dennis Vitolo	Lola T91 / 00	Ford-Cosworth DSF Chevrolet Indy V8 / A
	98	Brian Bonner
Paragon Racing	44	John C. Brooks	Lola T92 / 00	Chevrolet Indy V8 / A

All pilots competed on Goodyear standard tires.

Race results

No.	date	Art	Racetrack	winner	team	vehicle	Second	Third	Pole	Most guides
1	21.03.	city	Surfers Paradise	Nigel Mansell	Newman-Haas	Lola	Emerson Fittipaldi	Robby Gordon	Nigel Mansell	Emerson Fittipaldi
2	04/04	oval	Phoenix	Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas	Lola	Raul Boesel	Jimmy Vasser	Scott Goodyear	Paul Tracy
3	April 18	city	Long Beach	Paul Tracy	Penske	Penske	Bobby Rahal	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Paul Tracy
4th	05/30	oval	Indianapolis	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske	Penske	Aria Luyendyk	Nigel Mansell	Aria Luyendyk	Mario Andretti
5	06.06.	oval	Milwaukee	Nigel Mansell	Newman-Haas	Lola	Raul Boesel	Emerson Fittipaldi	Raul Boesel	Raul Boesel
6th	13.06.	city	Detroit	Danny Sullivan	Galles Racing	Lola	Raul Boesel	Mario Andretti	Nigel Mansell	Danny Sullivan
7th	06/27	Street	Portland	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske	Penske	Nigel Mansell	Paul Tracy	Nigel Mansell	Emerson Fittipaldi
8th	07/11	Airport	Cleveland	Paul Tracy	Penske	Penske	Emerson Fittipaldi	Nigel Mansell	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy
9	07/18	city	Toronto	Paul Tracy	Penske	Penske	Emerson Fittipaldi	Danny Sullivan	Emerson Fittipaldi	Paul Tracy
10	08/01	oval	Brooklyn	Nigel Mansell	Newman-Haas	Lola	Mario Andretti	Aria Luyendyk	Mario Andretti	Nigel Mansell
11	08.08.	oval	Loudon	Nigel Mansell	Newman-Haas	Lola	Paul Tracy	Emerson Fittipaldi	Nigel Mansell	Paul Tracy
12	08/15	Street	Elkhart Lake	Paul Tracy	Penske	Penske	Nigel Mansell	Bobby Rahal	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy
13	08/29	city	Vancouver	Al our jr.	Galles Racing	Lola	Bobby Rahal	Stefan Johansson	Scott Goodyear	Bobby Rahal
14th	12.09.	Street	Lexington	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske	Penske	Robby Gordon	Scott Goodyear	Nigel Mansell	Emerson Fittipaldi
15th	19.09.	oval	Nazareth	Nigel Mansell	Newman-Haas	Lola	Scott Goodyear	Paul Tracy	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
16	03.10.	Street	Laguna Seca	Paul Tracy	Penske	Penske	Emerson Fittipaldi	Aria Luyendyk	Emerson Fittipaldi	Paul Tracy

Rookie of the Year

space	driver	team	vehicle	engine	SPA	PHO	LBE	IND	Mil	DET	POT	CLE	GOAL	MIC	NHA	R.A.M.	VAN	MID	NAZ	LSE	Points
1	Nigel Mansell	Newman / Haas Racing	Lola	Cosworth	21st		15th	14th	20th	1	17th	14th		21st	21st	16	8th	2	21st		191
2	Andrea Montermini	Euromotorsport Racing	Lola	Chevrolet						12											12
3	Robbie Buhl	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola	Chevrolet			8th														8th
	Mark Smith	Arciero Racing	Penske	Chevrolet		4th	3												1		8th
5	Adrián Fernández	Galles Racing	Lola	Chevrolet						6th										1	7th
6th	Dave Kudrave	Euromotorsport Racing	Lola	Chevrolet		5								1							6th
7th	Olivier Grouillard	Indy Regency Racing	Lola	Chevrolet					1			2			1						4th
8th	Marco Greco	Sovereign Racing	Lola	Chevrolet		2															2
9	Bertrand Gachot	Dick Simon Racing	Lola	Cosworth									1								1

Nations ranking

space	country	SPA	PHO	LBE	IND	Mil	DET	POT	CLE	GOAL	MIC	NHA	R.A.M.	VAN	MID	NAZ	LSE	Points
1	Brazil	17th	16	1	20th	18th	16	21st	16	17th	12	14th	12	6th	21st	10	17th	234
2	United States	14th	20th	16	11	12	14th	12	10	12	17th	10	14th	20th	16	12	10	230
3	Canada	3	1	21st	6th		5	14th	22nd	21st	10	17th	22nd	13	16	14th	21st	207
4th	Great Britain	21st		15th	14th	20th	1	17th	14th		21st	21st	16	8th	2	21st		191
5	Holland	10	8th	2	17th			3	3		14th		4th		10	5	14th	90
6th	Italy	4th	10	12	4th	4th	12		5		8th		5	5		2	5	76
7th	Sweden	1			2				12					14th		6th	8th	43
8th	Colombia			10		6th				3	6th	12		2				39
9	Japan	2	3						1					1				7th
	Mexico						6th										1	7th
11	France					1			2			1						4th
12	Germany												2					2
13	Belgium									1								1

Worth mentioning

Mansell at Newman / Haas

• The Formula 1 world champion of the previous season Nigel Mansell became champion in his first year in the CART series.
• Willy T. Ribbs' stakes were funded by comedian Bill Cosby .
• The Galles Racing team also had a prominent new partner in Hollywood actor Gene Hackman .
• In Laguna Seca, Dick Simon's team registered six cars for the race, which was a new record for the CART racing series.
• Menard Racing only competed in Indianapolis. The engine used was a version of the Buick V6 developed by the team under the name Menard / Buick.
• Rahal-Hogan Racing had taken over the competitor Truesports before the season . Their own chassis development ( Truesport 92C ) was further developed by R / H and launched under the name Rahal-Hogan RH-001. After Bobby Rahal could not qualify with his car in Indianapolis , the team bought chassis from Lola . After that, the in-house development was only launched sporadically under Mike Groff .
• Eddie Cheever was sacked after six races at Turley Motorsports because the team lacked the money to pay the pilot. Cheever was replaced by Brian Till . Cheever, on the other hand, replaced, after a short interlude in Dick Simon's team, at Budweiser King Roberto Guerrero , with whose performance Budweiser King was not satisfied.
• The only German participant Christian Danner was only used in three races for the financially weak Euromotorsport team. His double point gain at Elkhart Lake is noteworthy as he lost thirty seconds during an unscheduled pit stop during the race due to a technical problem and was unable to change tires. Euromotorsport had no more tires available.

The story of the season

The season started in March in Surfer's Paradise, Australia. Nigel Mansell joined the Newman / Haas team as the reigning Formula 1 world champion, replacing Michael Andretti, who switched to Formula 1 in return for McLaren. Mansell attracted a crowd of press to Australia that the IndyCars only knew from the Indy500 until now. And he did not disappoint the journalists who traveled with him. Mansell took pole position on the street circuit and, despite a penalty stop (which he was able to combine with his regular pit stop), won the race ahead of Penske driver Emerson Fittipaldi. This made him the first driver since Graham Hill in Indianapolis in 1966 to win his debut race. The big question, however, was how the Formula 1 world champion would fare on the oval, which was unknown to him. In Phoenix he was able to prove his skills. He drove fast lap times from the first lap, but had an accident in free practice on the Saturday before the race after being briefly passed out. He spent the night in the hospital and had to skip the race. The Penske drivers dominated on Sunday. However, after Paul Tracy, who was two laps ahead of the runner-up, had an accident and Emerson Fittipaldi drove over wreckage of the Tracy-Penske, which led to his retirement, Nigel Mansell's team-mate Mario Andretti won the race after almost five years without a win. At 53, he is still the oldest IndyCar winner today. Mansell reported back with a pole position on the street circuit in Long Beach, but lost to Paul Tracy, who celebrated his first win, and Bobby Rahal in the race before Emerson Fittipaldi won the Indianapolis 500 in May . Mansell finished third and defended the championship lead that he had regained in Long Beach. Just a week later he won his first oval race in Milwaukee , on the same track that his compatriot Jim Clark won in 1963 . Danny Sullivan then won a failed race in Detroit before the championship turned into a Mansell battle against Penske drivers Fittipaldi and Tracy. Amazingly, Penske dominated the street and city courses on which Mansell was expected, while the Briton won all three remaining oval races. Fittipaldi won in Portland, Tracy afterwards on the airfield runway in Cleveland. A race that was determined by a thrilling duel between Mansell and Fittipaldi for second place. Mansell got the upper hand in the end. After that, Tracy Penske led to a much-acclaimed one-two in his hometown of Toronto, while Mansell won the 500-mile race on the super-fast Michigan Oval and was also victorious a week later on the Short Oval in New Hampshire. Then Tracy won in Elkhart Lake and the former champion Al Unser jr. for Rick Galles on the street circuit in Vancouver. It would be the last win for Rick Galles' team. Emerson Fittipaldi was then harmed with a win in Mid-Ohio. On the one-mile oval in Nazareth, Mansell was able to become champion early. And he showed an impressive race. He fought Paul Tracy down, won the race and, as a novice, the championship as Emerson Fittipaldi was only fifth. Paul Tracy's victory at the season finale in Laguna Seca didn't change that either. Although he had won as many races as Mansell (5), he was still only third in the championship behind the three-time winner Fittipaldi. Tracy's victory in Laguna Seca was also the last for Chevrolet. The American manufacturer had sold its shares in the Ilmor engine manufacturer to Mercedes, which was soon to take over ...

literature

• Autocourse Indy Car 1993-94, edited by Jeremy Shaw, Hazletton Publishing, 1994, ISBN 1-874557-45-4