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Results of the 1993 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 race.It has existed since 1909, and is the original "Speedway," the first racing facility historically to incorporate the word....
on Sunday, May 30, 1993.

NOTE: Effective with the 1993 Indianapolis 500, a driver is no longer "Flagged" if he is a lapped car, and crosses the checkered flag.
saw Big changes at Indy, the 'apron' at the bottom of the track was gone. Instead a warm up lane was installed, along with a grass verge around the track, and rumble strips to narrow the race track and encourage slower speeds into the corners, thus changing the corners from effectively 2 lanes to 1 lanes which made passing more difficult.

There was also a Huge media frenzy at the track as Englishman Nigel Mansell, reigning Formula 1 world champion was competing in his first Oval Race in the US, and also his first race exceeding race distance.

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Results of the 1993 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis

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1993 saw Big changes at Indy, the 'apron' at the bottom of the track was gone. Instead a warm up lane was installed, along with a grass verge around the track, and rumble strips to narrow the race track and encourage slower speeds into the corners, thus changing the corners from effectively 2 lanes to 1 lanes which made passing more difficult.

There was also a Huge media frenzy at the track as Englishman Nigel Mansell, reigning Formula 1 world champion was competing in his first Oval Race in the US, and also his first race exceeding race distance. Earlier in the month of May, A.J Foyt officially retired from Indycar racing, and drove a farewell lap in his famed #14 Copenhagen Lola. Another Indy legend, 4 time winner Rick Mears, announced his retirement in late 1992, so with Foyt and Mears not participating in the '93 500, the only 4 time winner of the Indy 500 running that years race was Al Unser, Sr.

Dutchman Arie Luyendyk sat on the pole in his #10 Target Lola, Mario Andretti in the center of the front row, and Raul Boesel driving for Dick Simon started on the outside of the front row in his #9 Durcaell Lola Ford Special. Mario Andretti, in his Texaco/Havoline #6 Lola Ford dominated much of the race, except for a late race pit stop that dropped him down to 5th place at the end of the race.

Defending PPG Cup champion and 1986 Indy 500 Winner Bobby Rahal in his ex Truesports

Truesports

Truesports was an automobile racing team founded by Jim Trueman based in Hilliard, Ohio. The team is best-known for winning the 1986 Indianapolis 500 and back-to-back Champ Car championships in 1986 and 1987....
chassis failed to qualify for the 500, resulting in Rahal buying 1993 Lolas to use for the remainder of the year. Reigning Formula One

Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
World Champion Nigel Mansell

Nigel Mansell

Nigel Ernest James Mansell Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom racing driver from England who won both the Formula One World Championship and Champ Car ....
, leading his first-ever oval-track race & 500 Mile race, was too hesitant on a lap 184 restart and both Emerson Fittipaldi

Emerson Fittipaldi

Emerson Fittipaldi is a highly successful Brazilian automobile racing driver, winning championships in both Formula One and Champcars, and the Indianapolis 500 twice....
and Arie Luyendyk

Arie Luyendyk

Arie Luyendyk, originally Arie Luijendijk is a Netherlands automobile racing driver, twice winner of the Indianapolis 500.Born in Sommelsdijk, Luyendyk started racing in the early 1970s, winning a number of Dutch national titles....
moved past the Indy 500 rookie, demoting Mansell to 3rd place. Later in a post race interview with ABC, Mansell had claimed he was following the rules and started to accelerate at the wave of the green flag, where apparently Fittipaldi and Luyendyk started accelerating in the short shoot between turns 3 & 4, getting a jump on the Englishman due to their faster momentum. The ABC commentators Sam Posey, Paul Page and Bobby Unser claimed that Mansell lost the race due to a 'rookie mistake'.

Mansell tapped the outside wall on lap 190 whilst in 3rd position in pursuit of Luyendyk & Fittipaldi, aided when his shunt triggered another caution. At the end of the Race, Emerson Fittipaldi emerged victorious to win his 2nd Indianapolis 500, leading only the last 16 laps of the race. Fittipaldi ignited a minor controversy in victory lane when he refused the traditional sip of milk, opting instead for orange juice that he had produced in his native Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Results

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	C	E	Laps	Led	Status	Entrant
1	9	4	Emerson Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi is a highly successful Brazilian automobile racing driver, winning championships in both Formula One and Champcars, and the Indianapolis 500 twice.... (W)	220.150	14	P	C	200	16	Running	Team Penske
2	1	10	Arie Luyendyk Arie Luyendyk Arie Luyendyk, originally Arie Luijendijk is a Netherlands automobile racing driver, twice winner of the Indianapolis 500.Born in Sommelsdijk, Luyendyk started racing in the early 1970s, winning a number of Dutch national titles.... (W)	223.967	1	L	F	200	14	Running	Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series and Rolex Sports Car Series....
3	8	5	Nigel Mansell Nigel Mansell Nigel Ernest James Mansell Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom racing driver from England who won both the Formula One World Championship and Champ Car .... (R)	220.255	13	L	F	200	34	Running	Newman/Haas Racing
4	3	9	Raul Boesel Raul Boesel Raul de Mesquita Boesel is a former racing driver who raced for the March Engineering and Ligier Formula One teams and later raced in Champ Car and the Indy Racing League....	222.379	3	L	F	200	18	Running	Dick Simon Racing Dick Simon Racing Dick Simon Racing was a race team owned by racer Dick Simon that competed in the CART Championship Car series from 1983 to 1995 and the Indy Racing League from 1999 to 2001....
5	2	6	Mario Andretti Mario Andretti Mario Gabriele Andretti is an Italian American former automobile auto racing driver, and one of the most successful United States in the history of the sport.... (W)	223.414	2	L	F	200	72	Running	Newman/Haas Racing
6	11	22	Scott Brayton Scott Brayton Scott Brayton was a race car driver from Coldwater, Michigan, Michigan, on the American open-wheel circuit. He competed in 14 Indianapolis 500s, beginning with the 1981 Indianapolis 500 event....	219.637	18	L	F	200	0	Running	Dick Simon Racing Dick Simon Racing Dick Simon Racing was a race team owned by racer Dick Simon that competed in the CART Championship Car series from 1983 to 1995 and the Indy Racing League from 1999 to 2001....
7	4	2	Scott Goodyear Scott Goodyear Scott Goodyear is a former race car driver from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Goodyear ran the Indy Racing League and Champ Car series during his career from 1987, winning the Michigan 500 in 1992 and 1994....	222.344	4	L	F	200	5	Running	Walker Racing Walker Racing Walker Racing is a racing team founded by Derrick Walker in 1991 racing originally in the CART Championship Car series. Presently the team competes in the Atlantic Championship series....
8	5	3	Al Unser, Jr. Al Unser, Jr. Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner.... (W)	221.773	5	L	C	200	17	Running	Galles Racing Galles Racing Galles Racing is a former auto racing team owned by Rick Galles that competed in the CART series and Indy Racing League, winning the 1990 CART Championship and 1992 Indianapolis 500 with driver Al Unser, Jr.....
9	17	8	Teo Fabi Teo Fabi Teodorico Fabi , better known as Teo Fabi, is an Italian people former racing driver....	220.514	10	L	C	200	0	Running	Jim Hall Racing Jim Hall (race car driver) Jim Hall is a former racecar driver and constructor from the United States. He competed in Formula One from to , participating in 12 World Championship Grands Prix and numerous non-Championship races....
10	24	84	John Andretti John Andretti John Andretti , is an United States race car driver. He currently drives the #34 Window World.Com car in the Nascar Sprint Cup Series for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing....	221.746	6	L	F	200	2	Running	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
11	6	16	Stefan Johansson Stefan Johansson Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson is a former Formula One driver from Sweden. Since leaving Formula One he has raced in a number of categories, including Champ Car, various kinds of Sports car racing, and Grand Prix Masters.... (R)	220.824	8	P	C	199	0	Running	Bettenhausen Racing
12	23	80	Al Unser Al Unser Alfred Unser is a former United States of America automobile racing driver, the younger brother of Bobby Unser and father of Al Unser, Jr.. He is the second of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500 four times, the fourth of five to have won the race in consecutive years, and is the only person to have both a sibling and child as fello... (W)	217.453	32	L	C	199	15	Running	King Racing King Racing King Racing was the name of famed NHRA Champion Kenny Bernstein's NASCAR NEXTEL Cup team that operated in the late-1980's and early-1990's.The team won its first race in 1988 with Ricky Rudd at the wheel of the Quaker State Buick at Centurion Boats at the Glen race at Watkins Glen International....
13	19	18	Jimmy Vasser Jimmy Vasser Jimmy Vasser is an United States racing driver and current race team owner. Vasser won the 1996 Champ Car champion with Chip Ganassi Racing, and scored ten victories in the series....	218.968	20	L	F	198	0	Running	Hayhoe Racing
14	14	11	Kevin Cogan Kevin Cogan Kevin Cogan is a former racecar driver who drove in Formula One from to . Driving a RAM Racing Williams in the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix, he failed to qualify, suffering the same result driving for Tyrrell Racing at the 1981 United States Grand Prix West....	217.230	33	L	C	198	4	Running	Galles Racing Galles Racing Galles Racing is a former auto racing team owned by Rick Galles that competed in the CART series and Indy Racing League, winning the 1990 CART Championship and 1992 Indianapolis 500 with driver Al Unser, Jr.....
15	28	50	Davy Jones Davy Jones (racing driver) Davy Jones is an United States former racing driver.In 1983 he came 3rd in the British Formula Three Championship behind Ayrton Senna and Martin Brundle....	218.416	23	L	C	197	0	Running	Euromotorsport Euromotorsport Euromotorsport was a racing team owned by Antonio Ferrari that competed in the CART Indy Car World Series, often fielding a number of European pay drivers, from 1989 to 1994....
16	33	59	Eddie Cheever Eddie Cheever Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. is an United States racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports car racing, CART and the Indy Racing League....	217.599	31	L	B	197	0	Running	Team Menard Team Menard Team Menard was an auto racing team in the Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League owned by John Menard. From 1991 to 1996 they modified their own Buick V6 engines for racing....
17	18	51	Gary Bettenhausen Gary Bettenhausen Gary Bettenhausen is a retired American auto racing driver. He was born in Blue Island, Illinois, raised in Tinley Park, Illinois and lives in Monrovia, Indiana, Indiana....	220.380	11	L	M	197	0	Running	Team Menard Team Menard Team Menard was an auto racing team in the Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League owned by John Menard. From 1991 to 1996 they modified their own Buick V6 engines for racing....
18	26	15	Hiro Matsushita Hiro Matsushita , is a former driver in the Champ Car series. He is the grandson of Konosuke Matsushita, founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.; as a result, he has always carried Panasonic sponsorship....	219.950	16	L	F	197	0	Running	Walker Racing Walker Racing Walker Racing is a racing team founded by Derrick Walker in 1991 racing originally in the CART Championship Car series. Presently the team competes in the Atlantic Championship series....
19	15	36	Stéphan Grégoire Stephan Gregoire St?phan Gr?goire is a race car driver.Gregoire is a former driver in the Rolex Grand American Road Racing Association series and the Indy Racing League and Indianapolis 500.... (R)	220.851	7	L	B	195	1	Running	Formula Project Engineering
20	22	76	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. was a former Champ Car team owner and driver who died in a 2000 plane crash. He was the son of former 14-time Indianapolis 500 competitor Tony Bettenhausen and the brother of 21-time Indy racer Gary Bettenhausen....	218.034	25	P	C	195	0	Running	Bettenhausen Racing
21	30	75	Willy T. Ribbs Willy T. Ribbs William "Willy" Theodore Ribbs, Jr. is an African-American racecar driver who competed in many forms of auto racing. After retiring, he became a sport shooting in the National Sporting Clays Association....	217.711	29	L	F	194	0	Running	Walker Racing Walker Racing Walker Racing is a racing team founded by Derrick Walker in 1991 racing originally in the CART Championship Car series. Presently the team competes in the Atlantic Championship series....
22	32	92	Didier Theys Didier Theys Didier Theys is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. After some success in European F-3, he raced in the 1987-1993 seasons with 47 career starts, including the 1989 Indianapolis 500, 1990 Indianapolis 500 and 1993 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis 500....	217.752	28	L	B	193	0	Running	Hemelgarn Racing Hemelgarn Racing Hemelgarn Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League owned by Ron Hemelgarn. The team won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and 2000 in IRL with driver Buddy Lazier....
23	27	66	Dominic Dobson Dominic Dobson Dominic Dobson is a Germany-born former CART and Craftsman Truck Series driver who made 7 starts in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 12th in 1992, over 60 starts in the CART , with a best finish of 3rd at the Michigan 500 in 1994....	218.776	21	G	C	193	0	Running	Burns Racing
24	31	60	Jim Crawford Jim Crawford (driver) Jim Crawford was a Scotland racing driver. He participated in 2 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on July 19, 1975.Crawford moved to the United States in the 1980s and began a career in Champ Cars....	217.612	30	L	C	192	0	Running	King Racing King Racing King Racing was the name of famed NHRA Champion Kenny Bernstein's NASCAR NEXTEL Cup team that operated in the late-1980's and early-1990's.The team won its first race in 1988 with Ricky Rudd at the wheel of the Quaker State Buick at Centurion Boats at the Glen race at Watkins Glen International....
25	21	90	Lyn St. James Lyn St. James Lyn St. James is a retired professional IndyCar driver with 8 CART and 5 Indy Racing League starts to her name. She is just one of five women who successfully qualified for the Indianapolis 500, and became the first woman to win the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award....	218.042	24	L	F	176	0	Gearbox	Dick Simon Racing Dick Simon Racing Dick Simon Racing was a race team owned by racer Dick Simon that competed in the CART Championship Car series from 1983 to 1995 and the Indy Racing League from 1999 to 2001....
26	29	27	Geoff Brabham Geoff Brabham Geoff Brabham is an Australian racing driver. He is the son of three-time Formula One World Champion Jack Brabham. Brabham spent the majority of his racing career in the United States....	217.800	27	L	M	174	0	Engine	Team Menard Team Menard Team Menard was an auto racing team in the Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League owned by John Menard. From 1991 to 1996 they modified their own Buick V6 engines for racing....
27	25	41	Robby Gordon Robby Gordon Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing... (R)	220.085	15	L	F	165	2	Gearbox	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
28	10	40	Roberto Guerrero Roberto Guerrero Roberto Jos? Guerrero Isaza is a former racing driver from Colombia. He participated in 29 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on January 23, 1982....	219.645	17	L	C	125	0	Crash T3	King Racing King Racing King Racing was the name of famed NHRA Champion Kenny Bernstein's NASCAR NEXTEL Cup team that operated in the late-1980's and early-1990's.The team won its first race in 1988 with Ricky Rudd at the wheel of the Quaker State Buick at Centurion Boats at the Glen race at Watkins Glen International....
29	16	21	Jeff Andretti Jeff Andretti Jeff Andretti is an United States of America race car driver, with Italian heritage. He competed in Champ Car, and was the series' Rookie of the Year in 1991....	220.572	9	L	B	124	0	Crash T3	Pagan Racing Pagan Racing Pagan Racing was a racing team owned by Texas businessmen Jack and Allan Pagan....
30	7	12	Paul Tracy Paul Tracy Paul Tracy is a professional auto racing racer who competed in CART and the Champ Car World Series from 1991 to 2007. He is nicknamed "PT" and also goes by the nickname "The Thrill from West Hill, Toronto"....	220.298	12	L	C	94	0	Crash T3	Team Penske
31	20	91	Stan Fox Stan Fox Stan Fox was a United States open wheel race car driver. Fox was one of the last links between the midget car racing and the Indianapolis 500. ...	218.765	22	L	B	64	0	Engine	Hemelgarn Racing Hemelgarn Racing Hemelgarn Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League owned by Ron Hemelgarn. The team won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and 2000 in IRL with driver Buddy Lazier....
32	13	77	Nelson Piquet Nelson Piquet Nelson Piquet Souto Maior , more commonly known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian former racing driver who was Formula One world champion in 1981 Formula One season, 1983 Formula One season, and 1987 Formula One season.... (R)	217.949	26	L	M	38	0	Engine	Team Menard Team Menard Team Menard was an auto racing team in the Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League owned by John Menard. From 1991 to 1996 they modified their own Buick V6 engines for racing....
33	12	7	Danny Sullivan Danny Sullivan Daniel John "Danny" Sullivan III is a former racing driver from United States. He is best known for winning the 1985 Indianapolis 500.... (W)	219.428	19	L	C	29	0	Crash T3	Galles Racing Galles Racing Galles Racing is a former auto racing team owned by Rick Galles that competed in the CART series and Indy Racing League, winning the 1990 CART Championship and 1992 Indianapolis 500 with driver Al Unser, Jr.....

(W) - Winner, (R) - Rookie

*C Chassis

Chassis

A chassis consists of a Frame that supports an inanimate object, analogous to an animal's skeleton, for example in a motor vehicle or a firearm....
: G=Galmer

Galmer

Galmer was an American racecar manufacturer that built cars used from 1992 through 1993 in Champ Car competition and the Indianapolis 500. The cars were commissioned by the Galles Racing team....
, L=Lola, P=Penske

Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....

*E Engine

Engine

An engine is a mechanical device that produces some form of output from a given input.An engine whose purpose is to produce kinetic energy output from a fuel is called a Wiktionary:prime mover; alternatively, a motor is a device which produces kinetic energy from a preprocessed "fuel" ....
: B=Buick

Buick

Buick is a marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, Kuwait, and Israel by General Motors Corporation. Since the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004, it is GM's only North America-based entry-level luxury brand....
, C=Ilmor

Ilmor

Ilmor, founded by Mario Illien and Paul Morgan in 1984, is a UK independent high-performance autosport engineering company. With manufacturing based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, and maintenance offices in Plymouth, Michigan, the company supplies engines and consultancy to the IndyCar Series, Formula One, and MotoGP....
-Chevrolet

Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
, F=Cosworth

Cosworth

Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in internal combustion engine for auto racing . It supplies a wide range of motorsport series, including the World Rally Championship, Superbike World Championship and, until the end of 2006, Formula One....
-Ford, M=Menard

Team Menard

Team Menard was an auto racing team in the Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League owned by John Menard. From 1991 to 1996 they modified their own Buick V6 engines for racing....
(Buick

Buick

Scott Pruett

Donald Scott Pruett is an United States of America race car driver who has competed in NASCAR, Champ Car, International Motor Sports Association, Trans-Am Series and Grand-Am....
(#45), Bobby Rahal

Bobby Rahal

Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahal is an United States auto racing team owner and former driver, spending most of his driving career in the Champ Car open-wheel series, winning three championships there....
(#1), Eric Bachelart

Eric Bachelart

Eric Bachelart is a former race car driver and current team owner, born in Belgium.Eric started his racing career in Belgium, but ended it in the United States....
(#32), Mark Smith

Mark Smith (auto racer)

Mark Smith is an American former race car driver born in McMinnville, Oregon. The son of Evergreen International Aviation founder Del Smith, Mark raced in Indy Lights from 1990 to 1992, finishing 3rd in series points his rookie year and 2nd in 1991 in Indy Lights, capturing 3 wins along the way....
(#25), Olivier Grouillard

Olivier Grouillard

Olivier Grouillard is a racing driver from France. He raced in Formula One from to , participating in 62 Grands Prix, scoring 1 championship point....
(#29), Rocky Moran

Rocky Moran

Rocky Moran, Sr. is a retired American race car driver. Moran, Sr. started three Indianapolis races with a best finish of 14th in 1989.He also teamed with P....
(#43), Buddy Lazier

Buddy Lazier

Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
(#20), John Paul Jr. (#93)