1993 PPG Indy Car World Series

The 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 15th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART under the name "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.

1993 CART season
PPG Indy Car World Series
Nigel Mansell
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
← 1992 1994 →

The biggest story going into the season involved Newman/Haas Racing. Nigel Mansell, the reigning Formula One World Champion switched 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, becoming the first driver to win the CART Series in his rookie season. He also became the first driver in history to be the Formula One champion and the CART IndyCar champion at the same time.^{[N 1]} His team Newman/Haas Racing would still manage to win the one oval race Mansell missed with Mario Andretti scoring his 52nd and final victory of his IndyCar career at Phoenix, Andretti would finish 6th in the final championship standings.

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 failed to qualify at Indianapolis. He would run the remainder of the season with a 1993 Lola chassis, but with no victories. He did however finish 4th in points.

The 1993 schedule originally included plans for the Meadowlands Grand Prix to move to a street circuit in Manhattan on the roads surrounding the World Trade Center and West Street. The race was planned to be held on July 13, 1993. However, the race was cancelled in September 1992 due to cost and conflicts between sponsor Marlboro and Mayor David Dinkins' anti-tobacco advertising policies.^[3][4]

Drivers and constructors

• All teams competed with Goodyear tires.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver(s)	Status	Round(s)	Ref(s)
Arciero Racing	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet V8/B	25	Mark Smith	R	1–4, 6–9, 12–16	[5]
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Lola T93/00 Lola T92/00[N 2]	Ford XB	14	A. J. Foyt		4
				Robby Gordon		1–3, 5–16	[6]
			41			4
	Lola T92/00		84	John Andretti		4
Bettenhausen Motorsports	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet V8/C	16	Stefan Johansson		All
			33	Scott Sharp	R	16
			76	Tony Bettenhausen Jr.		4
Burns Motor Sports	Galmer G92/B	Chevrolet V8/A	66	Dominic Dobson		4
PacWest Racing			17			13–14, 16
Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	10	Arie Luyendyk		All
Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T92/00 Lola T91/00[N 3]	Chevrolet V8/A Buick[N 4]	19	Robbie Buhl	R	1–6, 8, 12, 14–16
				Johnny Unser	R	7, 9, 11, 13
			32	Éric Bachelart		4
			39	Ross Bentley		1–10, 12–16
D. B. Mann Motorsports	Lola T91/00	Buick	93	John Paul Jr.		4
Dick Simon Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	9	Raul Boesel		All
			22	Scott Brayton		3–5, 7–16
	Lola T92/00					1–2, 6
			23	Didier Theys		16
		Chevrolet V8/A	90	Gary Brabham	R	1
		Ford XB		Lyn St. James	R	2–3
	Lola T93/00					4, 6–8, 10
				Bertrand Gachot	R	9
				Eddie Cheever		12
				Maurício Gugelmin	R	14, 16
Hayhoe-Simon Racing			18			15
	Lola T92/00			Jimmy Vasser		4, 9, 11, 13–14, 16
		Chevrolet V8/A				1–3, 5–7
			18T	Olivier Grouillard	R	4
Formula Project		Buick	36	Stéphan Grégoire	R	4
Euromotorsport Racing	Lola T91/00	Cosworth	42	Andrea Chiesa	R	1
				Jeff Wood		2–3, 5–16
	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A	50	Andrea Montermini	R	1, 6, 9, 13
				David Kudrave	R	2–3, 5, 7, 10–11, 14–15
				Davy Jones		4
				Christian Danner		8, 12, 16
Galles Racing	Lola T93/00	Chevrolet V8/C	3	Al Unser Jr.		All
			7	Danny Sullivan		All
				Adrián Fernández	R	10
			11			3, 5–6, 12, 16
				Kevin Cogan		4, 7–9
Hall/VDS Racing	Lola T93/00	Chevrolet V8/C	8	Teo Fabi		All
Hemelgarn Racing	Lola T91/00	Buick	91	Stan Fox		4
	Lola T92/00		92	Didier Theys		4
Indy Regency Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A	29	Olivier Grouillard	R	4–16
King Racing	Lola T93/00	Chevrolet V8/C	40	Roberto Guerrero		1–13	[7]
				Eddie Cheever		14–16
			60	Jim Crawford		4
			80	Al Unser		4
Leader Cards Racing	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet V8/A	20	Buddy Lazier		1–3, 6, 8
		Buick				4–5, 12, 14–16
	Lola T92/00					10–11
	Lola T91/00		98	Brian Bonner		4
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	5	Nigel Mansell	R	All
			6	Mario Andretti		All
Nu-Tech Motorsports	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet V8/A	28	Brian Bonner		8
		Cosworth	33	Dennis Vitolo		6
Pagan Racing	Lola T92/00	Buick	21	Jeff Andretti		4
			81	Mark Smith	R	4
Penske Racing	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet V8/C	4	Emerson Fittipaldi		All
			12	Paul Tracy		All
ProFormance Motorsports	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet V8/A	45	Scott Pruett		2–4, 6, 9, 14, 16
				John Paul Jr.		14
Rahal/Hogan Racing	Rahal-Hogan RH-001[N 5] Lola T93/00	Chevrolet V8/C	1	Bobby Rahal		All	[8]
			26	Mike Groff		5–7, 11–12, 14	[9]
Sinden-McNeice Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A	44	John Brooks	R	16
Sovereign Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet V8/A	30	Marco Greco	R	All
	Lola T91/00	Buick	43	Rocky Moran		4
Team Menard	Lola T93/00	Menard	27	Geoff Brabham		4
			51	Gary Bettenhausen		4
			77	Nelson Piquet	R	4
	Lola T92/00	Buick	59	Eddie Cheever		4
Turley Motorsports	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet V8/B	69	Eddie Cheever		1–2
			99			3–4, 6
				Brian Till		7–9, 11–12, 14–16
Walker Motorsports	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	2	Scott Goodyear		All	[10]
			15	Hiro Matsushita		All
	Lola T92/00		75	Willy T. Ribbs		4–16

Driver changes

Preseason

• On August 14, 1992, Scott Pruett confirmed he was out of a seat for 1993, after the demise of Truesports and the decision by Rahal-Hogan Racing, soon-to-be new owners of the team's facilities, to remain as a one-car operation.^[8][11]
• On September 7, 1992, Michael Andretti announced he would leave Newman/Haas Racing at the end of the 1992 PPG Indy Car World Series after having signed a deal to drive for McLaren in the 1993 Formula One World Championship.^[12] Eleven days later, on September 18, it was announced that Nigel Mansell, who had just won the 1992 Formula One World Championship, would replace Andretti at Newman/Haas.^[13]
• On October 17, 1992, Arciero Racing announced that rookie Mark Smith had signed a 12-race deal to drive the No. 25 car. The program was focused on the road courses and the Indianapolis 500, though he eventually entered the Nazareth race for his first Indy Car oval start after failing to qualify for the Indy 500. Smith had finished 7th in his third Indy Lights season, after being runner-up in 1991.^[5]
• On November 23, 1992, A. J. Foyt Enterprises announced that Robby Gordon had been signed on a full-time basis to drive the No. 14 car, which was raced by multiple drivers over the previous year. Gordon switched from Chip Ganassi Racing after his part-time rookie year.^[6][14] At the time, team owner A. J. Foyt did not commit to race at the Indianapolis 500.^[14][15]
• On November 24, 1992, King Racing announced it would expand his program to contest a full season with a one-car team, fielding Roberto Guerrero in the No. 40 car after his truncated pole-winning effort at the Indianapolis 500. The team also confirmed a three-car team for the Indy 500, with no other drivers assigned.^[7]
• On February 8, 1993, Rahal-Hogan Racing announced it would field a second car in five races for its new test driver Mike Groff. His program was due to begin in June at Milwaukee, where Rahal-Hogan intended to introduce its new 1993 car.^[9]

Team changes

Preseason

• On August 14, 1992, Truesports announced it would cease operations at the end of their eleventh season in the series, due to the declining interest of team owner Barbara Trueman. Truesports also announced a deal to sell its facilities at Columbus, Ohio facilities to Rahal-Hogan Racing, which would move from Indianapolis.^[16] On October 7, 1992, Rahal-Hogan Racing announced it would continue the development of the Truesports 92C chassis, which was renamed as the Rahal-Hogan RH-001 in February 1993.^[17][18]
• On September 29, 1992, the Buick Motor Division announced it would discontinue its Indy Car program after nine seasons, stopping further development on its stock-block engines, which had been largely confined to the Indianapolis 500 due to the more restrictive CART rules regarding turbocharger boost.^[19] Chevrolet responded to this development in early October 1992 by making their V8/A engines available for Indy-only teams or partial programs.^[17]
• On October 17, 1992, Frank Arciero announced that Arciero Racing would return as an independent team, reverting the gradual ownership transfer over the 1992 season to McCormack Motorsports, which would continue on its own. Arciero signed a deal with Penske Racing to use its 1992 package, consisting of a Penske PC-21 chassis and Chevrolet V8/B engines, as part of a technical alliance that included joint testing.^[5]
• On November 23, 1992, A. J. Foyt Enterprises announced that the team would switch engine suppliers, from Chevrolet to the Ford XB engine, which went along with the signing of Ford factory driver Robby Gordon. He would compete in the first two races of the season with a Lola T92/00 bought from Chip Ganassi Racing, the same package Gordon had driven before.^[6][15] Two days later, on November 25, 1992, Walker Motorsports announced the same switch of engines with returning driver Scott Goodyear.^[10]
• On November 24, 1992, King Racing announced it would compete with the new Chevrolet V8/C engines for its first full-time season, ditching the discontinued Buick powerplant.^[20]

Schedule

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Circuit	Location
1	March 21	Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix	S  Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Australia
2	April 4	Valvoline 200	O  Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona
3	April 18	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	S  Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California
4	May 30	Indianapolis 500	O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana
5	June 6	Miller Genuine Draft 200	O  Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin
6	June 13	ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix	S  The Raceway on Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan
7	June 27	Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200	R  Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
8	July 11	Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland	R  Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio
9	July 18	Molson Indy Toronto	S  Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario
10	August 1	Marlboro 500	O  Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan
11	August 8	New England 200	O  New Hampshire International Speedway	Loudon, New Hampshire
12	August 22	Texaco/Havoline 200	R  Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
13	August 29	Molson Indy Vancouver	S  Streets of Vancouver	Vancouver, British Columbia
14	September 12	Pioneer Electronics 200	R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
15	September 19	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	O  Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania
16	October 3	Toyota Monterey Grand Prix	R  Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit

• Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the PPG Indy Car title.

Results

Rd.	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race winner				Report
					Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine
1	Surfers Paradise	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Emerson Fittipaldi	Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	Report
2	Phoenix	Scott Goodyear	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Mario Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	Report
3	Long Beach	Nigel Mansell	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Penske Racing	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet V8/C	Report
4	Indianapolis	Arie Luyendyk	Emerson Fittipaldi	Mario Andretti	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske Racing	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet V8/C	Report
5	Milwaukee	Raul Boesel	Raul Boesel	Raul Boesel	Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	Report
6	Detroit	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Danny Sullivan	Danny Sullivan	Galles Racing	Lola T93/00	Chevrolet V8/C	Report
7	Portland	Nigel Mansell	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske Racing	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet V8/C	Report
8	Cleveland	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Penske Racing	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet V8/C	Report
9	Toronto	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Penske Racing	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet V8/C	Report
10	Michigan	Mario Andretti	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	Report
11	New Hampshire	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Paul Tracy	Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	Report
12	Road America	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Penske Racing	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet V8/C	Report
13	Vancouver	Scott Goodyear	Bobby Rahal	Bobby Rahal	Al Unser Jr.	Galles Racing	Lola T93/00	Chevrolet V8/C	Report
14	Mid-Ohio	Nigel Mansell	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske Racing	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet V8/C	Report
15	Nazareth	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB	Report
16	Laguna Seca	Emerson Fittipaldi	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Penske Racing	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet V8/C	Report

Points standings

Drivers standings

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Pos Driver SUR PHX LBH INDY MIL BEL POR CLE TOR MIS NHS ROA VAN MOH NAZ LAG Pts 1 Nigel Mansell  RY  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 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  R  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  R  23 19 6 Wth 17 28 24 19 14 17 16 8 22 Mark Smith  R  18 9 10 DNQ 27 29 15 23 24 22 19 12 17 8 23 Mike Groff 19 11 9 11 18 22 8 24 Adrián Fernández  R  23 21 7 Wth 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  R  8 DNS 24 23 12 23 23 14 6 28 Olivier Grouillard  R  DNQ 12 24 13 11 DNS 17 12 16 26 16 18 20 4 29 John Andretti 10 3 30 Marco Greco  R  22 11 25 Wth 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  R  12 1 35 Kevin Cogan 14 27 13 15 0 36 Lyn St. James  R  13 17 25 DNQ 20 23 22 0 37 Maurício Gugelmin  R  21 24 13 0 38 Buddy Lazier 20 17 19 DNQ 15 18 21 21 Wth 14 20 26 DNQ 0 39 Dominic Dobson 23 14 Wth 18 0 40 Gary Brabham  R  14 0 41 Jeff Wood Wth 20 DNQ DNQ 28 17 28 20 24 27 15 DNQ DNQ 0 42 Didier Theys 22 15 0 43 Davy Jones 15 0 44 Johnny Unser  R  18 17 18 21 0 45 Gary Bettenhausen 17 0 46 Stéphan Grégoire  R  19 0 47 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 20 0 48 Scott Sharp  R  22 0 49 Jim Crawford 24 0 50 Brian Bonner DNQ 26 0 51 Geoff Brabham  R  26 0 52 Andrea Chiesa  R  26 0 53 Jeff Andretti 29 0 54 Stan Fox 31 0 55 Nelson Piquet  R  32 0 John Paul Jr. DNQ Wth 0 Éric Bachelart DNQ 0 Rocky Moran DNQ 0 Dennis Vitolo DNQ 0 John Brooks DNQ 0 A. J. Foyt Wth 0 Pos Driver SUR PHX LBH INDY MIL BEL POR CLE TOR MIS NHS ROA VAN MOH NAZ LAG Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th-6th place Light Blue 7th-12th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 12) 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  RY  Rookie of the Year  R  Rookie

Chassis Constructors' Cup

Pos	Chassis	Pts
1	Lola T9300/T9200/T9100	297
2	Penske PC-22/PC-21	256
3	Rahal-Hogan RH-001	32
4	Galmer 92B	0
Pos	Chassis	Pts

Engine Manufacturers' Cup

Pos	Engine	Pts
1	Chevrolet A/B/C	343
2	Ford XB	269
3	Cosworth DFS	0
4	Buick	0
5	Menard	0
Pos	Engine	Pts

See also

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

Footnotes

1. Mansell's victory at the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix on September 19 clinched the Indy Car World Series title.^[1] Seven days later, Alain Prost succeeded Mansell as Formula One World Champion following his second place finish in the Portuguese Grand Prix.^[2] As a result, Mansell held both titles simultaneously for one week.
2. Used by Robby Gordon at rounds 1–2, 10, 13 and 16
3. Used by Robbie Buhl at round 5.
4. Used at round 4 (Indianapolis 500). Robbie Buhl switched from a Chevrolet V8/A to the Buick after a crash, and Ross Bentley switched from the Buick to a Chevrolet V8/A after multiple engine failures.
5. Used by Bobby Rahal at rounds 1–4, and by Mike Groff at rounds 5–7 and 11.