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1983 IMSA GT Championship

13th season of the racing series organized by IMSA

The 1983 Camel GT Championship season was the 13th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was for GTP class prototypes and GTO and GTU class Grand Tourer-style racing cars. It began February 5, 1983, and ended November 27, 1983, after seventeen rounds.

Schedule

The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. 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	February 5
February 6
Budweiser Grand Prix of Miami	100 km	GTU	Streets of Miami	February 27
3 Hours	GTP
100 km	GTO
Coca-Cola Classic 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 19
Road Atlanta Nissan/Datsun 500	500 km	All	Road Atlanta	April 10
Los Angeles Times/Datsun Grand Prix	6 Hours	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 24
Monterey Triple Crown	45 Minutes	GTU	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 1
100 Miles	GTP/GTO
Charlotte Camel GT 500	500 km	All	Charlotte Motor Speedway	May 15
Coca-Cola 500	3 Hours	All	Lime Rock Park	May 30
Lumbermen's 6 Hours	6 Hours	All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 19
Paul Revere 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 4
Pepsi Grand Prix	500 km	All	Brainerd International Raceway	July 10
Ford California Grand Prix	3 Hours	All	Sears Point Raceway	July 24
G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	3 Hours	All	Portland International Raceway	July 31
Labatt's GT	6 Hours	All	Mosport Park	August 14
Road America Pabst 500	500 Miles	All	Road America	August 21
Grand Prix of Pocono	500 Miles	All	Pocono Raceway	September 11
Eastern Airlines 3 Hours of Daytona	3 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	November 27

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GTP Winning Team	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team
Daytona	USA #6 Henn's Swap Shop	USA #7 Racing Beat	USA #92 Kent Racing	Results
USA Preston Henn
USA A. J. Foyt
FRA Bob Wollek
FRA Claude Ballot-Léna	USA Pete Halsmer
USA Bob Reed
USA Rick Knoop	USA Lee Mueller
USA Hugh McDonough
USA Terry Visger
Miami	USA #41 Holbert Racing	USA #4 Stratagraph	USA #38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
USA Al Holbert	USA Gene Felton	USA Roger Mandeville
Sebring	USA #5 Bob Akin Motor Racing	USA #9 Personalized Autohaus†	USA #66 Mike Meyer Racing	Results
USA Bob Akin
USA Dale Whittington
USA John O'Steen	USA Wayne Baker
USA Jim Mullen
USA Kees Nierop	USA Jack Dunham
USA Jeff Kline
USA Jon Compton
Road Atlanta	USA #44 Group 44	USA #9 Personalized Autohaus	USA #32 Alderman Datsun	Results
USA Bob Tullius
CAN Bill Adam	USA Wayne Baker
USA Jim Mullen	USA George Alderman
Riverside	GBR #2 John Fitzpatrick Racing	USA #9 Personalized Autohaus	USA #98 All American Racers	Results
GBR John Fitzpatrick
GBR David Hobbs
GBR Derek Bell	USA Wayne Baker
USA Jim Mullen
USA Kes Nierop	USA Wally Dallenbach Jr.
USA Whitney Ganz
USA Dennis Aase
Laguna Seca	USA #14 Holbert Racing	COL #55 B de T Racing	NED #16 Boy Hayje	Results
USA Al Holbert	COL Diego Montoya	NED Boy Hayje
Charlotte	USA #14 Holbert Racing	USA #9 Personalized Autohaus	USA #98 All American Racers	Results
USA Al Holbert
USA Jim Trueman	USA Wayne Baker
USA Jim Mullen	USA Wally Dallenbach Jr.
NED Boy Hayje
Lime Rock	USA #44 Group 44	COL #55 B de T Racing	USA #95 Leitzinger Racing	Results
USA Bob Tullius
CAN Bill Adam	COL Diego Montoya	USA Bob Leitzinger
USA Logan Blackburn
Mid-Ohio	USA #14 Holbert Racing	USA #4 Stratagraph	USA #82 Western Airlines	Results
USA Al Holbert
USA Doc Bundy
USA Bobby Rahal	USA Billy Hagan
USA Gene Felton	USA Jack Baldwin
USA Joe Varde
Daytona	USA #6 Henn's Swap Shop	USA #4 Stratagraph	USA #63 RPG 500 Racing	Results
USA Hurley Haywood
USA A. J. Foyt	USA Billy Hagan
USA Gene Felton	USA Jim Downing
Brainerd	USA #14 Holbert Racing	USA #81 Electramotive	USA #38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
USA Al Holbert
USA Jim Trueman	USA Tony Adamowicz
USA Don Devendorf	USA Roger Mandeville
USA Amos Johnson
Sears Point	USA #14 Holbert Racing	USA #83 Electramotive	USA #82 Trinity Racing	Results
USA Al Holbert
USA Jim Trueman	USA Tony Adamowicz
USA Don Devendorf	USA Jack Baldwin
USA Joe Varde
Portland	USA #14 Holbert Racing	USA #83 Electramotive	USA #38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
USA Al Holbert	USA Tony Adamowicz
USA Don Devendorf	USA Roger Mandeville
USA Amos Johnson
Mosport	USA #44 Group 44	'USA #7 Mazda'''''	USA #38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
USA Bob Tullius
CAN Bill Adam	USA Rick Knoop
USA John Morton	USA Roger Mandeville
USA Amos Johnson
Road America	USA #06 Team Zakspeed USA	USA #83 Electramotive	USA #38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
USA Tim Coconis
DEU Klaus Ludwig	USA Tony Adamowicz
USA Don Devendorf	USA Roger Mandeville
USA Amos Johnson
Pocono	USA #44 Group 44	USA #4 Stratagraph	USA #63 RGP 500 Racing	Results
USA Bob Tullius
USA Doc Bundy	USA Billy Hagan
USA Gene Felton	USA Jim Downing
USA John Maffucci
Daytona	USA #14 Holbert Racing	SLV #18 Fomfor Racing	'USA #87 Porsche'''''	Results
USA Al Holbert
USA Jim Trueman	SLV Francisco "Fomfor" Zablah	USA Bruce Leven
USA John Schneider

† - #9 Personalized Autohaus won the 12 Hours of Sebring overall.

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