All about Newman-Haas
The 1993 PPG IndyCar season consisted of 16 races. The biggest story going into the season involved Newman-Haas Racing and Nigel Mansell, the reigning Formula One World Champion, who switched from the F1 to the CART IndyCar Series.
Picture above: Mario Andretti pits and is about to win the 1993 Valvoline 200 at Phoenix International Raceway race in a Lola-Ford entered by Newman-Haas Racing, at a never to be duplicated 53 years of age. Passion, love for racing and commitment.
Mansell joined Newman-Haas as teammate to Mario Andretti, taking the seat formerly held by Michael Andretti, who departed to McLaren in Formula One. He won the season-opener at Surfers Paradise, the first CART “rookie” to win his first race in the series.
At Phoenix, Mansell crashed heavily during practice (picture below) 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.
Despite having missed the race at Phoenix, Mansell won five races (four of which were on ovals) en route to the CART championship. A unique achievement, winning back to back, the F1 Drivers’ title and the CART IndyCar Series.
