Al Unser Sr. finished third in points
Bobby Rahal won the Indianapolis 500
Emerson Fittipaldi won his first CART race
Jim Trueman, Rahal's car owner, died shortly after the Indy 500 win
Mario Andretti won two races
Rahal clinched the championship at the final race
Rahal won four races in the season
The Michigan 500 was part of the season
The season included both oval and road/street courses
Michael Andretti led the points for much of the season