USAC Gold Crown Championship 1982 standings

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USAC Gold Crown Championship 1982 standings

Championship points standings for the USAC Gold Crown Championship 1982

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	George Snider	Valvoline/Gilmore	March 82C (Cosworth) Parnelli (Cosworth TC)	1395
2.	Geoff Brabham	Pentax Super	Penske (Cosworth) March (Cosworth)	1310
3.	Tom Bigelow		Penske PC-7 (Chevrolet) Eagle 81 (Chevrolet)	1280
4.	A. J. Foyt	Gilmore Racing	Coyote (Cosworth TC) March 82C (Cosworth)	1045
5.	Gordon Johncock	STP Oil Treatment	Wildcat 8B (Cosworth) Wildcat (Cosworth TC)	1000
6.	Mario Andretti	STP Oil Treatment	Wildcat (Cosworth TC) Wildcat 8B (Cosworth)	805
7.	Rick Mears	The Gould Charge	Penske PC-10 (Cosworth)	800
8.	Rich Vogler			760
9.	Larry Rice		X	730
10.	Vern Schuppan	Red Roof Inns	McLaren (Cosworth)	720
11.	Tom Sneva	Texaco Star	March (Cosworth TC) Phoenix (Cosworth TC) March 82C (Cosworth)	635
12.	Jim McElreath	McElreath Racing	Penske PC-6 (Cosworth TC) X	594
13.	Bill Vukovich II			568
14.	Sheldon Kinser		Longhorn (Cosworth)	536
15.	Harry MacDonald			500
16.	Jack Hewitt			490
17.	Don Whittington	Whittington Brothers	March (Cosworth TC) March 82C (Cosworth)	405
18.	Gary Bettenhausen	Hopkins	Lightning (Cosworth)	366
19.	Joe Saldana		X	366
20.	Roger Rager			350
21.	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	Provimi Veal	McLaren (Cosworth) March (Cosworth)	310
22.	Jim Hickman	Stroh's March	March(Cosworth)	300
23.	Herm Johnson		Eagle 81(Chevrolet)	200
24.	Dennis Firestone	B.C.V. Racing	Wildcat (Cosworth) Eagle (Chevrolet)	160
25.	Johnny Parsons		March 82C (Cosworth) Lola (Cosworth TC)	151
26.	Jimmy Henderson			150
26.	Howdy Holmes		March 82C (Cosworth)	150
28.	Bobby Rahal	Red Roof Inns	March 82C (Cosworth)	100
29.	Greg Leffler	Armstrong	X	80
30.	Michael Chandler		Penske PC-7 (Cosworth TC) Eagle 81 (Chevrolet)	70
31.	Bill Whittington		March (Cosworth TC) March 81C (Cosworth)	40
32.	Larry Dickson	Machinist Union, JO-OL Racing	Penske PC-7 (Cosworth TC)	32
33.	Héctor Rebaque	Carta Blanca	March (Cosworth)	25
34.	Steve Ball			25
34.	Tim Richmond		Parnelli (Cosworth TC)	25
34.	Danny Sullivan	Forsythe-Brown Racing	March (Cosworth)	25
37.	Chip Ganassi	First Commercial Corp.	Wildcat (Cosworth)	25
37.	Jerry Karl	Tonco Trailer	McLaren/Karl (Chevrolet)	25
39.	Jerry Sneva		Vollstedt (Offenhauser TC) March 81C (Cosworth)	25
40.	Richard Hubbard			20
41.	Dick Simon	Vermont American	Watson (Cosworth TC)	20
42.	Josele Garza	Schlitz Gusto	Penske (Cosworth) March (Cosworth)	20
43.	Dean Vetrock			15
44.	Steve Chassey			14
45.	Salt Walther	Blue Poly	March (Cosworth TC)	10
46.	Bobby Olivero			8
47.	Kevin Cogan	Jerry O'Connell Racing, Norton Spirit	Phoenix (Cosworth) Penske (Cosworth)	5
48.	Tom Klausler	IDS Idea	Schkee (Chevrolet)	5
48.	Jan Sneva	Blue Poly	March (Cosworth)	5
50.	Roger Mears			5
50.	Mike Mosley	Pepsi Challenge	Eagle 81(Cosworth)	5
	Joey Alders			0
	Bill Alsup		Penske (Cosworth)	0
	Chuck Amati			0
	Art Bisch Jr			0
	Jeff Bloom			0
	Scott Brayton	Forsythe Industries	Penske (Cosworth)	0
	Steve Cannon			0
	Pancho Carter		Penske (Cosworth)	0
	Johnny Coogan			0
	Duke Cook			0
	Billy Engelhart		X	0
	Chet Fillip		Eagle 81(Cosworth)	0
	Gary Gray			0
	Chuck Gurney			0
	Pete Halsmer		Penske PC-7 (Cosworth TC) Eagle 81 (Chevrolet)	0
	Gary Hieber			0
	Arnold Knepper			0
	Steve Krisiloff		Penske PC-7 (Cosworth TC)	0
	Bob Lazier	Montgomery Ward Auto Club	Penske (Cosworth)	0
	Larry Martin			0
	Chip Mead		Eagle (Cosworth TC)	0
	Jerry Miller	Miller	X	0
	Jerry Nemire			0
	Danny Ongais	Interscope Racing	Interscope (Cosworth TC) Interscope-03 (Cosworth)	0
	Paul Pitzer			0
	Tracy Potter			0
	Manny Rockhold			0
	Johnny Rutherford	Pennzoil	Chaparral (Cosworth)	0
	Ken Schrader			0
	Ron Shuman	OFIXCO	X	0
	Gordon Smiley	Intermedics	Wildcat (Cosworth TC)	0
	Larry Snellbaker			0
	Ronald James Tripp			0
	Bill Tyler			0
	Al Unser	Valvoline-Longhorn, Longhorn Racing	Longhorn (Cosworth)	0
	Bobby Unser	Norton Spirit	Penske (Cosworth)	0
	Jerry Weeks			0
	Dale Whittington	Whittington/Warner W. Hogdon	March (Cosworth)	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Gordon Johncock	1
	A. J. Foyt	1
	George Snider	1
	Larry Rice	1
	Bobby Unser	1
	Rich Vogler	1
	Roger Mears	1
Most pole positions	Rick Mears	1
	Tom Bigelow	1
	A. J. Foyt	1
	Larry Rice	1
	Bobby Unser	1
Most podium positions	Tom Bigelow	2
	George Snider	2
	Larry Rice	2
	Rich Vogler	2
Most podium positions without a win	Tom Bigelow	2

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
95.5%	U.S.A.	Rick Mears, Bobby Rahal, Mario Andretti, Gordon Johncock, Tom Sneva, Kevin Cogan, Danny Ongais, Howdy Holmes, Herm Johnson, Tom Bigelow, Billy Engelhart, Jim McElreath, Jerry Karl, Tim Richmond, Dick Simon, Greg Leffler, Gordon Smiley, Jerry Sneva, Pete Halsmer, Jan Sneva, Mike Mosley, Joe Saldana, A. J. Foyt, Ron Shuman, Johnny Parsons, Don Whittington, Michael Chandler, George Snider, Larry Dickson, Jerry Miller, Salt Walther, Chip Mead, Bill Whittington, Steve Krisiloff, Larry Rice, Bobby Unser, Sheldon Kinser, Tony Bettenhausen, Jr., Dennis Firestone, Bill Alsup, Scott Brayton, Al Unser, Bob Lazier, Gary Bettenhausen, Pancho Carter, Tom Klausler, Johnny Rutherford, Rich Vogler, Bill Vukovich II, Harry MacDonald, Jack Hewitt, Roger Rager, Jim Hickman, Jimmy Henderson, Steve Ball, Danny Sullivan, Chip Ganassi, Richard Hubbard, Dean Vetrock, Steve Chassey, Bobby Olivero, Roger Mears, Bill Tyler, Chuck Amati, Jerry Nemire, Johnny Coogan, Paul Pitzer, Larry Martin, Art Bisch Jr, Ken Schrader, Jerry Weeks, Larry Snellbaker, Gary Gray, Jeff Bloom, Tracy Potter, Ronald James Tripp, Chuck Gurney, Gary Hieber, Chet Fillip, Steve Cannon, Manny Rockhold, Duke Cook, Dale Whittington, Joey Alders, Arnold Knepper	85
2.2%	Australia	Vern Schuppan, Geoff Brabham	2
2.2%	Mexico	Josele Garza, Héctor Rebaque	2

Individual driver statistics for the 1982 USAC Gold Crown Championship

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Alders, Joey	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Alsup, Bill	43 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Amati, Chuck	41 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Andretti, Mario	42 y/o	2	0	1	0
Ball, Steve	32 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Bettenhausen, Gary	40 y/o	6	0	1	0	0
Bettenhausen, Jr., Tony	30 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Bigelow, Tom	42 y/o	6	0	2	1
Bisch Jr, Art	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Bloom, Jeff	32 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Brabham, Geoff	30 y/o	3	0	1	0	0
Brayton, Scott	23 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Cannon, Steve	41 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Carter, Pancho	32 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Chandler, Michael	24 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Chassey, Steve	37 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Cogan, Kevin	26 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Coogan, Johnny	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Cook, Duke	38 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Dickson, Larry	43 y/o	3	0	0	0
Engelhart, Billy	40 y/o	2	0	0	0
Fillip, Chet	25 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Firestone, Dennis	37 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Foyt, A. J.	47 y/o	3	1	1	1
Ganassi, Chip	24 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Garza, Josele	20 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Gray, Gary	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Gurney, Chuck	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Halsmer, Pete	38 y/o	2	0	0	0
Henderson, Jimmy	0 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Hewitt, Jack	30 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Hickman, Jim	39 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Hieber, Gary	22 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Holmes, Howdy	34 y/o	1	0	0	0
Hubbard, Richard	35 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Johncock, Gordon	45 y/o	2	1	1	0	0
Johnson, Herm	29 y/o	1	0	0	0
Karl, Jerry	41 y/o	1	0	0	0
Kinser, Sheldon	39 y/o	4	0	0	0
Klausler, Tom	36 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Knepper, Arnold	51 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Krisiloff, Steve	35 y/o	1	0	0	0
Lazier, Bob	43 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Leffler, Greg	30 y/o	2	0	0	0
MacDonald, Harry	41 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Martin, Larry	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
McElreath, Jim	54 y/o	4	0	1	0	0
Mead, Chip	32 y/o	1	0	0	0
Mears, Rick	30 y/o	2	0	1	1	0
Mears, Roger	35 y/o		1	0	0	0
Miller, Jerry	39 y/o	2	0	0	0
Mosley, Mike	35 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Nemire, Jerry	36 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Olivero, Bobby	35 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Ongais, Danny	40 y/o	2	0	0	0
Parsons, Johnny	37 y/o	5	0	0	0
Pitzer, Paul	38 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Potter, Tracy	28 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Rager, Roger	33 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Rahal, Bobby	29 y/o	1	0	0	0
Rebaque, Héctor	26 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Rice, Larry	36 y/o	4	1	2	1
Richmond, Tim	27 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Rockhold, Manny	22 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Rutherford, Johnny	44 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Saldana, Joe	37 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Schrader, Ken	27 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Schuppan, Vern	39 y/o	2	0	1	0	0
Shuman, Ron	29 y/o	1	0	0	0
Simon, Dick	48 y/o	1	0	0	0
Smiley, Gordon	36 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Snellbaker, Larry	44 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Sneva, Jan	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Sneva, Jerry	33 y/o	2	0	0	0
Sneva, Tom	34 y/o	3	0	0	0
Snider, George	41 y/o	5	1	2	0
Sullivan, Danny	32 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Tripp, Ronald James	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Tyler, Bill	28 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Unser, Al	43 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Unser, Bobby	48 y/o	1	1	1	1
Vetrock, Dean	27 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Vogler, Rich	31 y/o	3	1	2	0
Vukovich II, Bill	38 y/o	3	0	0	0
Walther, Salt	34 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Weeks, Jerry	37 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Whittington, Bill	32 y/o	2	0	0	0
Whittington, Dale	22 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Whittington, Don	36 y/o	2	0	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL