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1982 Can-Am season


The 1982 Can Am Series season was the fifteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype series, and the sixth running of the revived series. 1982 brought new competition for Chevrolet in the form of Hart and Cosworth. Hart would podium in three races while Cosworth would podium in two. The most dominant chassis were Frissbee, Marguey, March, VDS-001, and Ensign. Al Unser Jr. would win at Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca, and Mosport twice, with a podium at Mid Ohio, at Riverside, and at Caesar's Palacae. Unser would be declared champion.

Bertil Roos would take the two liter class in his Hart.

The scoring system was 90-60-40-30-20-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points for the first fifteen classified drivers. All results counted.

Results

RoundCircuitWinning driverTeamCar
1Road AtlantaUSA Al Unser Jr.USA Galles RacingFrissbee-Chevrolet
2MosportUSA Al Unser Jr.USA Galles RacingFrissbee-Chevrolet
3Mid-OhioUSA Al HolbertUSA Racing Team VDSVDS-Chevrolet
4Road AmericaUSA Al HolbertUSA Racing Team VDSVDS-Chevrolet
5Trois-RivièresUSA Al HolbertUSA Racing Team VDSVDS-Chevrolet
6MosportUSA Al Unser Jr.USA Galles RacingFrissbee-Chevrolet
7Caesars PalaceUSA Danny SullivanUSA Newman/BudweiserMarch-Chevrolet
8RiversideUSA Al HolbertUSA Racing Team VDSVDS-Chevrolet
9Laguna SecaUSA Al Unser Jr.USA Galles RacingFrissbee-Chevrolet

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