1993 INDIANAPOLIS 500

The 77th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 30, 1993. Emerson Fittipaldi took the lead with 16 laps to go, and won his second career Indy 500 victory. The race was sanctioned by USAC and was part of the 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series. Several sidebar stories during the month complemented one of the most competitive Indy 500 races in recent years.
The pre-race attention for the month focused heavily on rookie Nigel Mansell, the reigning Formula One World Champion, who switched to the CART Indycar series during the offseason. A large international media contingent arrived at the track creating a huge frenzy surrounding the Englishman. Mansell was competitive all afternoon, and was leading the race on lap 184 as the field was coming to a restart. His inexperience on oval circuits, however, caused him to misjudge the restart speed and he was quickly passed down the mainstretch by Fittipaldi, which proved to be the winning move.
Fittipaldi, Arie Luyendyk and Mansell finished 1st–2nd–3rd, the first time foreign-born drivers swept the top three finishing positions since 1915.
Four-time Indy 500 winner A. J. Foyt entered the race and participated in the first week of practice. On the morning of pole day qualifying, however, rookie Robby Gordon, driving a Foyt team car crashed during a practice session. The incident led to Foyt deciding to retire from Indycar racing after a 35-year career.
The 1993 race would be the final competitive drives at Indy for both Mario Andretti and Al Unser, Sr. Andretti led the most laps, but faded at the end to a 6th-place finish. Unser also led laps during the race, en route to a 12th-place finish. Andretti dropped out of the 1994 running of the race after 23 laps, and retired after the 1994 season. Unser abruptly retired during practice for the 1994 race. Also making news during qualifying was the plight of defending CART champion and 1986 Indy winner Bobby Rahal. After struggling to get his car up to speed, Rahal was bumped from the field on the final day of time trials.
Raul Boesel led 18 laps for owner Dick Simon, the first time a Simon-entered car ever led the Indy 500. Boesel took the lead at the start and had one of the fastest cars during the race. His chances for victory, however, were foiled due to two pit stop penalties, which dropped him to the back of the pack. He worked his way back up to a remarkable 4th-place finish, but in post race interviews, felt the race had been stolen from him, saying "in my mind, this race is mine. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Indianapolis_500

Starting Lineup:

Row	Inside	Middle	Outside
1	Arie Luyendyk (W)	Mario Andretti (W)	Raul Boesel
2	Scott Goodyear	Al Unser, Jr. (W)	Stefan Johansson (R)
3	Paul Tracy	Nigel Mansell (R)	Emerson Fittipaldi (W)
4	Roberto Guerrero	Scott Brayton	Danny Sullivan (W)
5	Nelson Piquet (R)	Kevin Cogan	Stéphan Grégoire (R)
6	Jeff Andretti	Teo Fabi	Gary Bettenhausen
7	Jimmy Vasser	Stan Fox	Lyn St. James
8	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	Al Unser (W)	John Andretti
9	Robby Gordon (R)	Hiro Matsushita	Dominic Dobson
10	Davy Jones	Geoff Brabham	Willy T. Ribbs
11	Jim Crawford	Didier Theys	Eddie Cheever

Other Drivers on Entry List:

A. J. Foyt

Bobby Rahal

Brian Bonner

Buddy Lazier

Davey Hamilton

Eric Bachelart

John Morton

John Paul, Jr.

Johnny Parsons

Marco Greco

Mark Smith

Mike Groff

Olivier Grouillard

Robbie Buhl

Rocky Moran

Ross Bentley

Scott Pruett

Lap-By-Lap Summery:

Green Flag: Raul Boesel Leads Lap 1

Lap 16: Caution #1 Car #60 Jim Crawford Spun coming out of Turn 2

Lap 18: Stephan Gregoire Took the lead

Lap 19: Kevin Cogan Took the lead

Lap 20: Green Flag 

Lap 23: Al Unser Took the lead

Lap 31: Caution #2 Car #7 Danny Sullivan Crashed in Turn 3

Lap 32: Mario Andretti Took the lead

Lap 37: Green Flag 

Lap 47: Arie Luyendyk Took the lead

Lap 58: Al Unser Took the lead

Lap 64: John Andretti Took the lead

Lap 66: Robby Gordon Took the lead

Lap 68: Scott Goodyear Took the lead

Lap 70: Nigel Mansell Took the lead

Lap 89: Caution #3 Debris on the Track

Lap 92: Mario Andretti Took the lead

Lap 93: Green Flag 

Lap 95: Caution #4 Car #12 Paul Tracy Crashed in Turn 3

Lap 103: Green Flag 

Lap 128: Caution #5 Car #21 Jeff Andretti, and Car #40 Roberto Guerrero Crashed in Turn 3

Lap 129: Nigel Mansell Took the lead

Lap 131: Arie Luyendyk Took the lead

Lap 133: Mario Andretti Took the lead

Lap 134: Arie Luyendyk Took the lead

Lap 135: Al Unser Jr. Took the lead

Lap 138: Green Flag 

Lap 152: Mario Andretti Took the lead

Lap 169: Caution #6 Car #41 Robby Gordon Tow-In, Scott Goodyear Took the lead

Lap 172: Mario Andretti Took the lead

Lap 173: Raul Boesel Took the lead

Lap 174: Green Flag: Mario Andretti Took the lead

Lap 175: Nigel Mansell Took the lead

Lap 183: Caution #7 Cr #90 Lyn St. James Tow-In

Lap 185: Green Flag: Emerson Fittipaldi Took the lead on the restart

Lap 193: Caution #8 Car #5 Nigel Mansell brushed the wall in Turn 2

Lap 195: Green Flag  

Lap 200: Checkered Flag: Emerson Fittipaldi Wins his second and final Indy 500.        

Race Results: 

Finish	Driver	Laps	Status	Prize Money
1	Emerson Fittipaldi	200	157.207	$1,155,304
2	Arie Luyendyk	200	157.168	$681,303
3	Nigel Mansell	200	157.149	$391,203
4	Raul Boesel	200	157.142	$317,903
5	Mario Andretti	200	157.133	$313,953
6	Scott Brayton	200	157.117	$248,253
7	Scott Goodyear	200	157.099	$234,953
8	Al Unser Jr.	200	157.07	$243,253
9	Teo Fabi	200	156.968	$206,703
10	John Andretti	200	156.964	$228,303
11	Stefan Johansson	199	Running	$186,020
12	Al Unser	199	Running	$194,870
13	Jimmy Vasser	198	Running	$188,003
14	Kevin Cogan	198	Running	$180,603
15	Davy Jones	197	Running	$166,003
16	Eddie Cheever Jr.	197	Running	$184,403
17	Gary Bettenhausen	197	Running	$155,053
18	Hiro Matsushita	197	Running	$157,503
19	Stephan Gregoire	195	Running	$189,603
20	Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	195	Running	$151,069
21	Willy T. Ribbs	194	Running	$146,653
22	Didier Theys	193	Running	$176,053
23	Dominic Dobson	193	Running	$146,203
24	Jim Crawford	192	Running	$148,270
25	Lyn St. James	176	Stalled	$146,403
26	Geoff Brabham	174	Engine	$139,203
27	Robby Gordon	165	Gearbox	$155,453
28	Roberto Guerrero	125	Accident	$137,303
29	Jeff Andretti	124	Accident	$154,370
30	Paul Tracy	94	Accident	$136,003
31	Stan Fox	64	Engine	$136,703
32	Nelson Piquet	38	Engine	$137,219
33	Danny Sullivan	29	Accident	$137,203