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1983 Can-Am season

16th season of Sports Car Club of America series

16th season of Sports Car Club of America series

The 1983 Can Am season was the sixteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype series and the seventh of the revived series. 1983 marked the second year of Chevrolet having major competition, with Cosworth taking second at Mosport, first at Lime Rock, second at Trois-Rivières, first at the second race at Mosport, and second at Sears Point. Hart would take third at Lime Rock and third at Trois-Rivières. Porsche would get its first podiums this season, with a win at Road America and third at the second race at Mosport. The dominant chassis were Frissbee, Ensign, Lola, VDS, Scandia, and Ralt. Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. was declared champion, with podiums in almost every race. He would, however, become the final major racecar driver to win a Can Am championship.

Bertil Roos won his second straight two liter class championship.

The scoring system was 20-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points for the first fifteen classified drivers. All results counted.

Results

RoundCircuitWinning driverTeamCar
1MosportCAN Jacques VilleneuveCAN Canadian Tire RacingFrissbee-Chevrolet
2Lime RockGBR Jim CrawfordGBR Fernley RacingEnsign-Cosworth
3Road AmericaGBR John FitzpatrickGBR JDavid RacingPorsche 956
4Trois-RivièresCAN Jacques VilleneuveCAN Canadian Tire RacingFrissbee-Chevrolet
5MosportGBR Jim CrawfordGBR Fernley RacingEnsign-Cosworth
6Sears PointCAN Jacques VilleneuveCAN Canadian Tire RacingFrissbee-Chevrolet

References

References

  1. "Mosport Park, 5 Jun 1983 « Single-seater Can-Am «". Oldracingcars.com.
  2. "Lime Rock, 3 Jul 1983 « Single-seater Can-Am «". Oldracingcars.com.
  3. "Trois-Rivières, 4 Sep 1983 « Single-seater Can-Am «". Oldracingcars.com.
  4. "Mosport Park, 11 Sep 1983 « Single-seater Can-Am «". Oldracingcars.com.
  5. "Sears Point, 9 Oct 1983 « Single-seater Can-Am «". Oldracingcars.com.
  6. "Road America, 18 Jul 1983 « Single-seater Can-Am «". Oldracingcars.com.
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