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1982 IMSA GT Championship

12th season of the racing series organized by IMSA

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.

John Paul Junior won the GTP category driving a Porsche 935 and a Lola T600 Chevrolet. Don Devendorf won GTO and Jim Downing won GTU.

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

Season results

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

Series standings

John Paul Junior won the GTP category driving a Porsche 935 and a Lola T600 Chevrolet. Don Devendorf won GTO and Jim Downing won GTU.

References

Peter Higham, The Guiness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 444

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