1993 PPG Indy Car World Series

1993 CART season
Nigel Mansell
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 PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 15th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART (d.b.a "IndyCar"). The season consisted of 16 races. Nigel Mansell was the national champion as well as the Rookie of the Year. The 1993 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Emerson Fittipaldi won the Indy 500, his second career victory in that event.

The biggest story going into the season involved Newman/Haas Racing. Nigel Mansell, the reigning Formula One World Champion made worldwide headlines, switching from Formula One to the CART IndyCar Series. Mansell joined Newman/Haas Racing as teammate to Mario Andretti, taking the seat formerly held by Michael Andretti, who departed for one year to McLaren. Mansell came to the American open wheel series with considerable fanfare and huge media attention. He won the season-opener at Surfers Paradise, the first CART "rookie" to win his first start. At Phoenix, Mansell crashed during practice and was forced to sit out the race due to a back injury. At Indianapolis, he was leading the race with 16 laps to go when he was passed on a restart by Emerson Fittipaldi and Arie Luyendyk, and wound up third. He still won the Indy 500 Rookie of the Year award. Despite having missed the race at Phoenix, Mansell won five races (four of which were on ovals) en route to the CART championship.

After winning his third CART championship in 1992, Bobby Rahal entered the 1993 season driving the R/H chassis (formerly the Truesports chassis). He finished second at Long Beach, but struggled to get his car up to speed, and shockingly, was bumped from the field at Indianapolis.

Drivers and constructors

• All teams competed with Goodyear tires.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver(s)	Round(s)	Notes
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T93	FordXB	5	Nigel Mansell	All
			6	Mario Andretti	All
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Lola T93 Lola T92	FordXB	14	A. J. Foyt	4
				Robby Gordon	1–3, 5–16	Used the T92 chassis at S. Paradise, Phoenix, Michigan, Vancouver & Laguna Seca.
			41		4
			84	John Andretti	4	Used the T92 chassis.
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Lola T93	FordXB	10	Arie Luyendyk	All
Turley Motorsports	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet	69	Eddie Cheever	1–2	Withdrew at Indianapolis and raced with Team Menard
			99		3–4, 6
				Brian Till	7–9, 11–12, 14–16
Team Penske	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet	4	Emerson Fittipaldi	All
			12	Paul Tracy	All
Galles Racing	Lola T93	Chevrolet	3	Al Unser, Jr.	All
			7	Danny Sullivan	1–9, 11–16
				Adrián Fernández	10
			11		3, 5–6, 12, 16
				Kevin Cogan	4, 7–9
Walker Motorsport	Lola T93	FordXB	2	Scott Goodyear	All
			15	Hiro Matsushita	All
	Lola T92		75	Willy T. Ribbs	4–16
Rahal/Hogan Racing	Rahal/Hogan 001 Lola T93	Chevrolet	1	Bobby Rahal	All	Switched to Lola chassis at Milwaukee.
			26	Mike Groff	5–7, 11–12, 14	Used the T93 chassis at Road America & Mid-Ohio.
Dick Simon Racing	Lola T93 Lola T92	FordXB Chevrolet Buick	9	Raul Boesel	All
			18	Maurício Gugelmin	15
			22	Scott Brayton	All	Used the T92 chassis at S. Paradise, Phoenix & Detroit.
			23	Didier Theys	16	Used the T92 chassis.
			36	Stephan Gregoire	4	Used the T92 chassis & Buick engine.
			44	John Brooks	16	Used the T92 chassis & Chevrolet engine.
			90	Gary Brabham	1
				Lyn St. James	2–4, 6–8, 10	Used the T92 chassis at Phoenix & Long Beach
				Bertrand Gachot	9
				Eddie Cheever	12
				Maurício Gugelmin	14, 16
Hall/VDS Racing	Lola T93	Chevrolet	8	Teo Fabi	All
Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T92 Lola T91	Chevrolet Buick	19	Robbie Buhl	1–6, 8, 12, 14–16	Used the T91 chassis at Milwaukee. Used the Buick engine at Indianapolis.
				Johnny Unser	7, 9, 11, 13
			32	Eric Bachelart	4	Used the Buick engine at Indianapolis
			39	Ross Bentley	1–10, 12–16
Bettenhausen Motorsports	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet	16	Stefan Johansson	All
			33	Scott Sharp	16
			76	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	4
Arciero Racing	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet	25	Mark Smith	1–4, 6–9, 12–16
Budweiser King Racing	Lola T93	Chevrolet	40	Roberto Guerrero	1–13
				Eddie Cheever	14–16
			60	Jim Crawford	4
			80	Al Unser	4
Euromotorsport	Lola T91	Cosworth	42	Andrea Chiesa	1
				Jeff Wood	2–3, 5–16	Switched numbers with Kudrave (#50) at Michigan, New Hampshire & Nazareth.
	Lola T92	Chevrolet	50	Andrea Montermini	1, 6, 9, 13
				David Kudrave	2–3, 5, 7, 10–11, 14–15	Switched numbers with Wood (#42) at Michigan, New Hampshire & Nazareth.
				Davy Jones	4
				Christian Danner	8, 12, 16
Leadercard	Lola T91 Lola T92	Buick Chevrolet	20	Buddy Lazier	1–6, 8, 10–12, 14–16	Used the T92 chassis at Michigan & New Hampshire. Used the Buick engine at Indianapolis, Milwaukee and from Road America onwards.
			98	Brian Bonner	4
International Sport	Lola T92	Chevrolet	30	Marco Greco	All
	Lola T91	Buick	43	Rocky Moran	4
Hayhoe Racing	Lola T92	Chevrolet FordXB	18	Jimmy Vasser	1–7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16	Used the Ford engine at Indianapolis, and from Toronto onwards.
ProFormance Motorsports	Lola T91	Chevrolet	45	Scott Pruett	2–4, 6, 9, 14, 16
Indy Regency Racing	Lola T92	Chevrolet	29	Olivier Grouillard	4–16
Menard Racing	Lola T93	Menard	27	Geoff Brabham	4
			51	Gary Bettenhausen	4
	Lola T92	Buick	59	Eddie Cheever	4
	Lola T93	Menard	77	Nelson Piquet	4
Hemelgarn Racing	Lola T91	Buick	91	Stan Fox	4
	Lola T92		92	Didier Theys	4
Burns Racing	Galmer 92B	Chevrolet	66	Dominic Dobson	4
Mann Motorsports	Lola T91	Buick	93	John Paul, Jr.	4
Pagan	Lola T92	Buick	21	Jeff Andretti	4
Nu-Tech	Lola T91	Chevrolet	28	Brian Bonner	8
		Cosworth	33	Dennis Vitolo	6
PacWest Racing	Galmer 92B	Chevrolet	17	Dominic Dobson	13–14, 16

Results

Races

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	TV Network	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	March 21	Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Australia	ABC	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
2	April 4	Valvoline 200	Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	ABC	Scott Goodyear	Unknown	Mario Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
3	April 18	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	ABC	Nigel Mansell	Unknown	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Report
4	May 30	77th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	ABC	Arie Luyendyk	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	Report
5	June 6	Miller Genuine Draft 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	ABC	Raul Boesel	Unknown	Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
6	June 13	ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit	The Raceway on Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	ABC	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Danny Sullivan	Galles Racing	Report
7	June 27	Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200/Havoline	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	ESPN	Nigel Mansell	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	Report
8	July 11	Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	ABC	Paul Tracy	Unknown	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Report
9	July 18	Molson Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	ABC	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Report
10	August 1	Marlboro 500	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	ABC	Mario Andretti	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
11	August 8	New England 200	New Hampshire International Speedway	Loudon, New Hampshire	ESPN	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
12	August 22	Texaco/Havoline 200	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	ESPN	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Report
13	August 29	Molson Indy Vancouver	BC Place	Vancouver, British Columbia	ESPN	Scott Goodyear	Unknown	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles Racing	Report
14	September 12	Pioneer Electronics 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	ESPN	Nigel Mansell	Unknown	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	Report
15	September 19	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	ESPN	Nigel Mansell	Unknown	Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
16	October 3	Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey	Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California	ESPN2	Emerson Fittipaldi	Unknown	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Report

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course/Street Circuit

• Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the CART title.

Full Series Results

Final driver standings

Pos Driver SUR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC NHA 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):

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Points	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

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	Dick 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	Hall/VDS Racing	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	Dick Simon Racing	16	0	0	0	5	0	36
16	Vasser	Hayhoe Racing	12	0	1	1	4	0	30
17	Cheever	Dick 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 Racing	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)	Dick Simon Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
35	Cogan	Conseco	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	St. James (R)	J. C. 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

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.