Pocono IndyCar 500

Pocono IndyCar 500

statistics
Surname:	Schaefer 500 (1971–1978) Music 500 at Pocono Presented by Musicland and Sam Goody (1979) True Value 500 (1980) Van Scoy Diamond Mines 500 (1981) Domino's Pizza Pocono 500 (1982) Domino's Pizza 500 (1983–1986) Pocono 500 (1987, 1989) Quaker State 500 (1988) Pocono IndyCar 400 (2013) Pocono IndyCar 500 (2014)
Racing series:	USAC (1971–1981) ICWS (1982–1989) IndyCar Series (2013, 2014)
Racetracks:	Pocono Raceway
Last race
Pocono IndyCar 500
Season:	2014
Racetrack:	Pocono Raceway
Race length:	804.671 km in 200 laps of 4.023 km
Records
Most wins:	AJ Foyt (4)
Most Poles:	Rick Mears (4)

The Pocono IndyCar 500 is an automobile race held in Long Pond , Pennsylvania , United States . It was first run as a USAC Championship Car race in 1971 . It took place annually until 1989 and was part of the Indy Car World Series from 1982 . In 2013, it returned to the IndyCar Series racing calendar .

history

At the Pocono Raceway , the Schaefer 500 was first held in 1971, a top-class race in American Championship Car Racing . The race took place annually until 1989 with changing names. In 1982 it moved to the Indy Car World Series . The Pocono 500 was the last IndyCar race to take place on the Pocono Raceway in 1989 for the time being.

In 2013 the event returned to the racing calendar of the IndyCar Series under the name Pocono IndyCar 400 . Together with the Indianapolis 500 and the MAVTV 500 , it was part of the Triple Crown .

Results

Edition	year	series	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
01	1971	USAC	Mark Donohue ( McLaren - Offenhauser )	Joe Leonard ( Colt - Ford )	AJ Foyt ( Coyote - Ford )	Mark Donohue ( McLaren - Offenhauser )	not known
02	1972	USAC	Joe Leonard ( Parnelli - Offenhauser )	Johnny Rutherford ( Eagle - Offenhauser )	Al Unser ( Parnelli - Offenhauser )	Bobby Unser ( Eagle - Offenhauser )	not known
03	1973	USAC	AJ Foyt ( Coyote - Foyt )	Roger McCluskey ( McLaren - Offenhauser )	Lloyd Ruby ( Eagle - Offenhauser )	Peter Revson ( McLaren - Offenhauser )	not known
04th	1974	USAC	Johnny Rutherford ( McLaren - Offenhauser )	Jimmy Caruthers ( Eagle - Offenhauser )	Gordon Johncock ( Eagle - Offenhauser )	Bobby Unser ( Eagle - Offenhauser )	not known
05	1975	USAC	AJ Foyt ( Coyote - Foyt )	Wally Dallenbach sr. ( Wildcat - Offenhauser )	Bill Vukovich II ( Eagle - Offenhauser )	Gordon Johncock ( Wildcat - DGS )	not known
06th	1976	USAC	Al Unser ( Parnelli - Cosworth )	Mike Mosley ( Eagle - Offenhauser )	Wally Dallenbach sr. ( Wildcat - DGS )	Johnny Parsons ( Eagle - Offenhauser )	not known
07th	1977	USAC	Tom Sneva ( McLaren - Cosworth )	Mario Andretti ( McLaren - Cosworth )	Gordon Johncock ( Wildcat - DGS )	AJ Foyt ( Coyote - Foyt )	not known
08th	1978	USAC	Al Unser ( Chaparral - Cosworth )	Johnny Rutherford ( McLaren - Cosworth )	Tom Sneva ( Penske - Cosworth )	Danny Ongais ( Parnelli - Cosworth )	not known
09	1979	USAC	AJ Foyt ( Parnelli - Cosworth )	Jim McElreath ( Eagle - Offenhauser )	Larry Dickson ( Penske - Cosworth )	AJ Foyt ( Parnelli - Cosworth )	not known
10	1980	USAC	Bobby Unser ( Penske - Cosworth )	Johnny Rutherford ( Chaparral - Cosworth )	Tom Sneva ( McLaren - Cosworth )	Bobby Unser ( Penske - Cosworth )	not known
11	1981	USAC	AJ Foyt ( March - Cosworth )	Geoff Brabham ( Penske - Cosworth )	Tom Bigelow ( Penske - Chevrolet )	AJ Foyt ( March - Cosworth )	not known
12	1982	ICWS	Rick Mears ( Penske - Cosworth )	Kevin Cogan ( Penske - Cosworth )	Bobby Rahal ( March - Cosworth )	Rick Mears ( Penske - Cosworth )	not known
13	1983	ICWS	Teo Fabi ( March - Cosworth )	Al our jr. ( March - Cosworth )	Rick Mears ( Penske - Cosworth )	Tom Sneva ( March - Cosworth )	not known
14th	1984	ICWS	Danny Sullivan ( Lola - Cosworth )	Rick Mears ( March - Cosworth )	Bobby Rahal ( March - Cosworth )	Rick Mears ( March - Cosworth )	not known
15th	1985	ICWS	Rick Mears ( March - Cosworth )	Al our jr. ( Lola - Cosworth )	Al Unser ( March - Cosworth )	Rick Mears ( March - Cosworth )	not known
16	1986	ICWS	Mario Andretti ( Lola - Cosworth )	Kevin Cogan ( March - Cosworth )	Pancho Carter ( Lola - Cosworth )	Michael Andretti ( March - Cosworth )	not known
17th	1987	ICWS	Rick Mears ( March - Chevrolet )	Geoff Brabham ( March - Judd )	Roberto Guerrero ( March - Cosworth )	Mario Andretti ( Lola - Chevrolet )	not known
18th	1988	ICWS	Bobby Rahal ( Lola - Judd )	Al our jr. ( March - Chevrolet )	Roberto Guerrero ( Lola - Cosworth )	Rick Mears ( Penske - Chevrolet )	not known
19th	1989	ICWS	Danny Sullivan ( Penske - Chevrolet )	Rick Mears ( Penske - Chevrolet )	Michael Andretti ( Lola - Chevrolet )	Emerson Fittipaldi ( Penske - Chevrolet )	not known
	1990 to 2012	no race
20th	2013	IndyCar Series	Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Honda )	Charlie Kimball ( Dallara - Honda )	Dario Franchitti ( Dallara - Honda )	Marco Andretti ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Takuma Satō ( Dallara - Honda )
21st	2014	IndyCar Series	Juan Pablo Montoya ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Carlos Muñoz ( Dallara - Honda )	Juan Pablo Montoya ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Ryan Briscoe ( Dallara - Chevrolet )

Web links

• Results overview at Champcarstats.com (English)