1982 IMSA GT Championship

1982 IMSA GT Championship season
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The 1982 Camel GT Championship season was the 12th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was the first year of the GTP class, which combined the previous GTX class of Group 5 cars and prototypes. Other competitors ran in the GTO and GTU classes of Grand Tourer-style racing cars. It began January 30, 1982, and ended November 28, 1982, after nineteen rounds.

Schedule

The GTU class did not participate with the GTP and GTO classes in shorter events, instead holding their own separate event which included touring car competitors from the IMSA Champion Spark Plug Challenge. These touring cars did not race for points in the IMSA GT Championship. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.

Rnd	Race	Length	Class	Circuit	Date
1	24 Hour Pepsi Challenge	24 hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	January 30 January 31
2	Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring	12 hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 20
3	Road Atlanta Grand Prix	150 miles (240 km)	GTP/GTO	Road Atlanta	April 4
		45 minutes	GTU
4	Los Angeles Times/Toyota Grand Prix	6 hours	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 25
5	Datsun Monterey Triple Crown	45 minutes	GTU	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 2
		100 miles (160 km)	GTP/GTO
6	Charlotte Camel GT 500	500 km	All	Charlotte Motor Speedway	May 16
7	Red Roof Inns Sprints	1 hour	GTU	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	May 23
		100 miles (160 km)	GTP/GTO
8	Coca-Cola 400	1 hour	GTP/GTO	Lime Rock Park	May 31
		45 minutes	GTU
9	The NTW 300	100 miles (160 km)	GTU	Summit Point Motorsports Park	June 20
10	Paul Revere 250	250 miles (400 km)	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 3
11	Pepsi Grand Prix	200 km	All	Brainerd International Raceway	July 11
12	California Grand Prix	100 miles (160 km)	GTP/GTO	Sears Point Raceway	July 25
		75 miles (121 km)	GTU
13	G.I. Joe's/Toyota Grand Prix	100 miles (160 km)	GTP/GTO	Portland International Raceway	August 1
		30 minutes	GTU
14	Labatt's 50 GT	6 hours	All	Mosport Park	August 15
15	Pabst 500	500 miles (800 km)	All	Road America	August 22
16	Lumbermen's Six Hours	6 hours	All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	September 5
17	Sprite 500	500 km	All	Road Atlanta	September 12
18	Grand Prix of Pocono	500 miles (800 km)	All	Pocono Raceway	September 26
19	Daytona Three Hour	3 hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	November 28

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GTP Winning Team	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team	Results
		GTP Winning Drivers	GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#18 JLP Racing	#77 Mazda North America	#98 Kent Racing	Results
		John Paul, Sr. John Paul, Jr. Rolf Stommelen	Yojiro Terada Yoshimi Katayama Takashi Yorino	Lee Mueller Kathy Rude Allan Moffat
2	Sebring	#18 JLP Racing	#9 Diego Febles Racing	#38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
		John Paul, Sr. John Paul, Jr.	Diego Febles Tato Ferrer Chiqui Soldevilla	Roger Mandeville Jeff Kline Amos Johnson
3	Road Atlanta	#18 JLP Racing	#11 Kendall Racing	#85 Alderman Datsun	Results
		John Paul, Jr.	Dennis Aase	Logan Blackburn
4	Riverside	#0 Interscope Racing	#05 T&R Racing	#82 Trinity Racing	Results
		Ted Field Bill Whittington	Tico Almeida Ernesto Soto	Jim Cook Jim Mullen
5	Laguna Seca	#18 JLP Racing	#82 Electramotive	#82 Casey-Montex	Results
		John Paul, Jr.	Don Devendorf	Joe Varde
6	Charlotte	#18 JLP Racing	#44 Stratagraph	#85 Alderman Datsun	Results
		John Paul, Sr. John Paul, Jr.	Billy Hagan Gene Felton	George Alderman Logan Blackburn
7	Mid-Ohio	#2 John Fitzpatrick Racing	#82 Electramotive	#63 Jim Downing	Results
		John Fitzpatrick	Don Devendorf	Jim Downing
8	Lime Rock	#2 John Fitzpatrick Racing	#83 Electramotive	#82 Casey-Montex	Results
		John Fitzpatrick	Don Devendorf	Joe Varde
9	Summit Point	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#82 Casey-Montex	Results
				Joe Varde
10	Daytona	#0 Interscope Racing	#55 Diego Montoya	#85 Alderman Datsun	Results
		Ted Field Danny Ongais	Diego Montoya	Logan Blackburn
11	Brainerd	#18 JLP Racing	#05 Tico Almeida	#85 Alderman Datsun	Results
		John Paul, Jr.	Tico Almeida	Logan Blackburn
12	Sears Point	#16 Zakspeed Roush	#83 Electramotive	#82 Casey-Montex	Results
		Klaus Ludwig	Don Devendorf	Joe Varde
13	Portland	#18 JLP Racing	#83 Electramotive	#38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
		John Paul, Jr.	Don Devendorf	Roger Mandeville
14	Mosport	#46 JLP Racing	#91 Electrodyne	#38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
		John Paul, Sr. John Paul, Jr.	Wayne Baker Chester Vincentz	Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson
15	Road America	#2 John Fitzpatrick Racing	#14 Oftedahl Racing	#82 Casey-Montex	Results
		John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs	Bob Raub Chris Gleason	Joe Varde Jeff Kline
16	Mid-Ohio	#2 John Fitzpatrick Racing	#82 Electramotive	#32 Alderman Datsun	Results
		John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs	Don Devendorf Tony Adamowicz	Logan Blackburn George Alderman
17	Road Atlanta	#46 JLP Racing	#13 T&R Racing	#38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
		John Paul, Sr. John Paul, Jr.	John Greenwood Rene Rodriguez	Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson
18	Pocono	#0 Interscope Racing	#91 Electrodyne	#63 Jim Downing	Results
		Jim Field Danny Ongais	Wayne Backer Chester Vincentz	Jim Downing John Maffucci
19	Daytona	#00 Interscope Racing	#44 Stratagraph	#63 Jim Downing	Results
		Ted Field Danny Ongais	Billy Hagan Gene Felton	Jim Downing John Maffucci

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1982 IMSA GT Championship results