1983 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Cribari Wines 300K Race Results

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1983 - Cribari Wines 300K Race Results

Race Name - Cribari Wines 300K
Date - 10/23/1983
Race Track - Laguna Seca Raceway
Number of Starting Cars - 27
Laps Run - 98
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Teo Fabi / 120.169 mph
Cautions - 2 cautions for 10 laps
Average Race Speed - 106.943 mph
Lead Changes - 2 Leader(s) with 2 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Teo Fabi
Race Number - 12

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Teo Fabi	Forsythe/Skoal Bandit	March	Cosworth	120.169
2	6	Mario Andretti	NewmanHaas Budweiser	Lola	Cosworth	117.866
3	3	Chip Ganassi	STP Oil Treatment	Wildcat	Cosworth	118.746
4	12	Al Unser Jr	Coors Light	Eagle	Cosworth	115.913
5	17	Howdy Holmes	Dominos Pizza	March	Cosworth	114.351
6	16	Roger Mears	Machinists Union	Penske	Cosworth	114.379
7	4	Bobby Rahal	Red Roof Inns/Cribari	March	Cosworth	118.647
8	25	Jeff Wood	Landmark Oil Explorations	Eagle	Cosworth	111.057
9	19	Chris Kneifel	C F I	Primus	Cosworth	114.221
10	15	Steve Chassey	Genesee Beer Wagon	Eagle	Chevrolet	114.42
11	9	Al Unser	Hertz	Penske	Cosworth	116.811
12	20	Josele Garza	Schlitz/Machinists Union	Penske	Cosworth	114.177
13	27	Randy Lewis	Sequential Circuits/AGFA	Watson	Cosworth	107.817
14	13	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Provimi Veal	March	Cosworth	115.398
15	26	Jorge Koechlin	VermontAmerican	Eagle	Cosworth	110.832
16	7	Geoff Brabham	Kraco Car Stereo	March	Cosworth	117.544
17	24	Tom Bigelow	Jet Engineering	Eagle	Chevrolet	111.433
18	18	Tom Sneva	Texaco Star	March	Cosworth	114.351
19	22	Desir Wilson	Wysard/Kreepy Krauly	March	Cosworth	113.746
20	11	Pete Halsmer	Arciero Racing	Penske	Cosworth	115.975
21	14	Rick Mears	Pennzoil	Penske	Cosworth	115.093
22	8	Kevin Cogan	Master Mechanic/Caesars	March	Cosworth	116.847
23	2	Derek Daly	Provimi Veal	March	Cosworth	119.048
24	10	Michael Andretti	Electrolux/Kraco	March	Cosworth	116.309
25	21	Pancho Carter	Alex Foods Pinata	March	Cosworth	113.863
26	5	John Paul Jr	VDS	Penske	Cosworth	118.554
27	23	Bill Alsup	Crane Shovel Sales	March	Cosworth	112.894