1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

Template:American Championship Car season The 1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season, the fourth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 11 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 6. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion was Rick Mears. Rookie of the Year was Bobby Rahal.

Though it was not officially part of the CART calendar, most of the teams and drivers also competed at the USAC-sanctioned 66th Indianapolis 500. Gordon Johncock was victorious at Indy.

Jim Hickman was fatally injured in a practice crash for the Tony Bettenhausen 200 at Milwaukee, he was 39 years old.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed for the 1982 CART World Series.

Team/Car Owner	No	Drivers	Rounds
Alex Morales Motorsports	3	Template:Flagicon Pancho Carter	All
Alsup Racing	2	Template:Flagicon Bill Alsup	All
	27	Template:Flagicon Spike Gehlhausen	7
Arciero Racing	66	Template:Flagicon Pete Halsmer	8-9, 11
Armstrong Mould Racing Team	43	Template:Flagicon Greg Leffler	2
Bettenhausen Racing	8	Template:Flagicon Gary Bettenhausen	6, 11
Bettenhausen Racing w/ H&R Racing	6	Template:Flagicon Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	1-3, 5-11
Bignotti-Cotter Racing	7	Template:Flagicon Tom Sneva	All
	21	Template:Flagicon Geoff Brabham	All
Brayton Racing	36	Template:Flagicon Patrick Bedard	1-2, 5
		Template:Flagicon Scott Brayton	3, 7, 10
	37		1, 5
BVC Racing	75	Template:Flagicon Dennis Firestone	1
Caliva Racing	38	Template:Flagicon Phil Caliva	8, 11
Chaparral Racing	5	Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford	1-9, 11
Circle Bar Auto Racing	39	Template:Flagicon Chet Fillip	11
Doug Shierson Racing	30	Template:Flagicon Howdy Holmes	All
Fletcher Racing	35	Template:Flagicon Gordon Smiley	2
		Template:Flagicon George Snider	5, 7
Forsythe Racing	32	Template:Flagicon Héctor Rebaque	2-5, 8-9
	33	Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan	2-3
		Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr.	8
Frantz Racing w/ Burger King	77	Template:Flagicon Tom Frantz	1, 5, 8
Garza Racing	55	Template:Flagicon Josele Garza	All
Gilmore Racing	14	Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt	3-5, 7, 10
Gohr Racing	56	Template:Flagicon Joe Saldana	3-4
		Template:Flagicon Gary Bettenhausen	5, 7-10
Grant King Racers	65	Template:Flagicon Todd Tuttle	4
GTS Racing	86	Template:Flagicon Al Loquasto	1, 7
Hamilton Racing	17	Template:Flagicon Ken Hamilton	5
HBK Racing	72	Template:Flagicon Tom Bigelow	3-7, 10
		Template:Flagicon Bill Whittington	9
Hodgson-Curb	29	Template:Flagicon Bobby Olivero	1
Hoffman Racing	69	Template:Flagicon Jerry Sneva	10
Hoffman Racing w/ Rattlesnake Racing	42	Template:Flagicon Jim Hickman	2-6
Jamieson Racing	49	Template:Flagicon Chip Mead	1, 3
		Template:Flagicon Spike Gehlhausen	3, 5
Jet Engineering	64	Template:Flagicon Steve Chassey	1
		Template:Flagicon Bob Frey	3
		Template:Flagicon Greg Leffler	6, 8-11
Joe Hunt Magneto	89	Template:Flagicon Phil Krueger	1-2
		Template:Flagicon Dick Ferguson	8
		Template:Flagicon Jerry Sneva	11
Joel McCray Racing	46	Template:Flagicon Leroy van Conett	1
		Template:Flagicon Jerry Karl	4-8
Kraco Enterprises	18	Template:Flagicon Dick Ferguson	1-2
		Template:Flagicon Bill Vukovich II	3
		Template:Flagicon Mike Mosley	5-7, 10-11
	99	Template:Flagicon Vern Schuppan	4, 8-9
Leader Card Racers	22	Template:Flagicon Dick Simon	1-8, 10-11
	24	Template:Flagicon Bill Vukovich II	7
Longhorn Racing	10	Template:Flagicon Al Unser	1-10
Luxury Racers	65	Template:Flagicon Bob Brutto	1
		Template:Flagicon Phil Krueger	5, 7, 9-11
Machinists Union Racing	31	Template:Flagicon Roger Mears	All
McElreath Racing	23	Template:Flagicon Jim McElreath	1, 7-8
Menard Racing	28	Template:Flagicon Herm Johnson	1-6, 8-9
Metametrix	47	Template:Flagicon Chris Kneifel	8-9
		Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Sr.	11
Newman Freeman Racing	68	Template:Flagicon Mike Chandler	8, 11
Patrick Racing	20	Template:Flagicon Gordon Johncock	All
	40	Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti	All
Rattlesnake Racing	11	Template:Flagicon Dick Ferguson	10-11
Ray W Lipper Racing	73	Template:Flagicon Ray Lipper	1
Rhoades Racing	12	Template:Flagicon Chip Ganassi	1-2, 4-5, 7, 10
Team Penske	1	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	All
	4	Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan	All
Tempero Racing	15	Template:Flagicon Bill Tempero	1, 4, 6, 8-9, 11
Truesports	19	Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal	1, 3-11
Whittington Racing	91	Template:Flagicon Don Whittington	5
Wysard Racing	34	Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	1-2
		Template:Flagicon Johnny Parsons	3-5, 7-8, 10
		Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.	9
		Template:Flagicon Derek Daly	11

Schedule

New to the schedule was the 4 mile permanent road course named Road America. Returning to the schedule after a one year absence (1981 was a USAC race) was Pocono Raceway, the 2.5 mile superspeedway would host a 500 mile race in 1982.

The schedule was originally set to feature a doubleheader with Formula One at Las Vegas on October 17. After the F1 Grand Prix on Saturday, the track would be converted to an oval for an Indy car race on Sunday. This was cancelled after FISA rescheduled the Grand Prix for September and instituted a rule that banned two open-wheel series with engines over two liters from competing at the same venue on the same weekend.

A race in Mexico City for October 31 was cancelled.

Rd	Date	Name	Circuit	Location
1	March 28	Template:Flagicon Kraco Car Stereo 150	O  Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona
2	May 1*	Template:Flagicon Stroh's 200	O  Atlanta Motor Speedway	Hampton, Georgia
NC	May 30	Template:Flagicon Indianapolis 500	O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis, Indiana
3	June 13	Template:Flagicon Gould Rex Mays Classic	O  Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin
4	July 4	Template:Flagicon Budweiser Cleveland 500	R  Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio
5	July 18	Template:Flagicon Norton Michigan 500	O  Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan
6	August 1	Template:Flagicon Tony Bettenhausen 200	O  Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin
7	August 15	Template:Flagicon Domino's Pizza Pocono 500	O  Pocono International Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania
8	August 29	Template:Flagicon AirCal 500K	R  Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California
9	September 19	Template:Flagicon Road America 200	R  Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10	September 26	Template:Flagicon Detroit News Grand Prix	O  Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan
11	November 6	Template:Flagicon Miller High Life 150	O  Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Dedicated road course

*The Stroh's 200 was scheduled for April 25, but postponed a week due to rain. NBC planned to cover on April 25, but did not return for the May 1 running.

Season summary

Race results

Rd	Race	Pole Position	Winning driver	Winning team	Race time	Report
1	Phoenix 1	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Team Penske	1:15:48	Report
2	Atlanta	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Team Penske	1:13:10	Report
NC	Indianapolis 500	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Gordon Johncock	Template:Flagicon Patrick Racing	3:05:09	Report
3	Milwaukee 1	Template:Flagicon Gordon Johncock	Template:Flagicon Gordon Johncock	Template:Flagicon Patrick Racing	1:10:52	Report
4	Cleveland	Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan	Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal	Template:Flagicon Truesports	3:03:44	Report
5	Michigan 1	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears / Mario Andretti	Template:Flagicon Gordon Johncock	Template:Flagicon Patrick Racing	3:14:54	Report
6	Milwaukee 2	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Tom Sneva	Template:Flagicon Bignotti-Cotter Racing	1:49:57	Report
7	Pocono	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Team Penske	3:25:39	Report
8	Riverside	Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Team Penske	2:42:14	Report
9	Road America	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Héctor Rebaque	Template:Flagicon Forsythe Racing	1:49:56	Report
10	Michigan 2	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal	Template:Flagicon Truesports	1:04:03	Report
11	Phoenix 2	Template:Flagicon Rick Mears	Template:Flagicon Tom Sneva	Template:Flagicon Bignotti-Cotter Racing	1:21:05	Report

Mario Andretti was credited with winning the pole position for the Michigan 500, although he started 33rd due to a pre-race practice accident. Rick Mears started on the pole and both he and Andretti were credited with pole positions.

  Non-championship event

Final points standings

Pos Driver PHX1 Template:Flagicon ATL Template:Flagicon MIL Template:Flagicon CLE Template:Flagicon MIS1 Template:Flagicon MIL Template:Flagicon POC Template:Flagicon RIV Template:Flagicon ROA Template:Flagicon MIS2 Template:Flagicon PHX2 Template:Flagicon Pts 1 Template:Flagicon Rick Mears 1* 1* 3 4 15* 12* 1* 1* 5 25 2 294 2 Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal  RY  18 20 1 3 2 3 15 3* 1* 5 242 3 Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti 2 11 9 2 2 3 14 23 14 2 3 188 4 Template:Flagicon Gordon Johncock 5 2 1* 5 1 11 6 26 22 15 23 186 5 Template:Flagicon Tom Sneva 7 17 4 20 32 1 19 2 9 19 1* 144 6 Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan 3 18 5 10* 14 5 2 10 25 22 4 136 7 Template:Flagicon Al Unser 21 8 17 3 4 DNS 23 17 2 18 125 8 Template:Flagicon Geoff Brabham 15 15 7 6 7 10 4 28 15 3 20 110 9 Template:Flagicon Roger Mears 8 4 22 21 17 14 9 4 8 8 7 103 10 Template:Flagicon Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 12 19 12 10 20 5 18 7 4 6 80 11 Template:Flagicon Bill Alsup 11 5 16 12 13 9 13 8 16 6 8 70 12 Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford 4 DNS 15 23 28 17 12 3 12 DNS 21 62 13 Template:Flagicon Howdy Holmes 16 10 16 12 4 27 16 10 5 10 56 14 Template:Flagicon Josele Garza 13 16 8 14 22 8 15 13 4 9 18 56 15 Template:Flagicon Héctor Rebaque  R  13 DNS 18 25 20 1 48 16 Template:Flagicon Gary Bettenhausen 6 13 8 DNQ 20 17 9 48 17 Template:Flagicon Pancho Carter 6 10 13 19 18 6 28 19 11 12 11 47 18 Template:Flagicon Johnny Parsons 6 9 16 7 25 DNS 41 19 Template:Flagicon Mike Mosley 8 7 16 7 12 37 20 Template:Flagicon Tom Bigelow 18 DNQ 5 22 25 20 32 21 Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr.  R  5 30 22 Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan  R  3 21 28 23 Template:Flagicon Phil Krueger DNQ 12 DNQ 30 11 6 11 17 27 24 Template:Flagicon Greg Leffler DNQ DNQ 21 6 13 24 13 27 25 Template:Flagicon Dick Simon DNQ DNS 19 17 21 15 22 7 DNQ 13 19 26 26 Template:Flagicon Herm Johnson 19 6 23 13 34 16 22 17 24 27 Template:Flagicon Jim Hickman  R  7 DNQ 24 9 DNQ 24 28 Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt 2 22 20 20 23 22 29 Template:Flagicon Bill Tempero DNQ 8 19 14 18 DNQ 22 30 Template:Flagicon Vern Schuppan 7 27 24 18 31 Template:Flagicon Jerry Karl 15 24 18 10 12 17 32 Template:Flagicon Mike Chandler 9 16 13 33 Template:Flagicon Scott Brayton 14 14 11 24 10 11 34 Template:Flagicon Chip Ganassi  R  22 11 31 17 16 10 35 Template:Flagicon Gordon Smiley 9 8 36 Template:Flagicon Chris Kneifel  R  11 23 6 37 Template:Flagicon Chip Mead 9 DNQ 4 38 Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood 10 DNQ 3 39 Template:Flagicon Jim McElreath DNQ 18 DNQ 3 40 Template:Flagicon George Snider 19 21 3 41 Template:Flagicon Bill Vukovich II 11 29 2 42 Template:Flagicon Patrick Bedard 14 29 2 43 Template:Flagicon Pete Halsmer  R  24 19 24 2 44 Template:Flagicon Jerry Sneva 14 DNQ 1 45 Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Sr.  R  14 1 46 Template:Flagicon Chet Fillip  R  15 1 47 Template:Flagicon Dick Ferguson 17 21 21 22 1 48 Template:Flagicon Dennis Firestone 20 1 49 Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.  R  21 0 50 Template:Flagicon Spike Gehlhausen DNQ 23 30 0 51 Template:Flagicon Derek Daly  R  25 0 52 Template:Flagicon Al Loquasto DNQ 26 0 53 Template:Flagicon Don Whittington 26 0 54 Template:Flagicon Ken Hamilton  R  27 0 55 Template:Flagicon Tom Frantz DNQ 33 DNQ 0 - Template:Flagicon Rich Vogler DNS 0 - Template:Flagicon Bill Whittington DNS 0 - Template:Flagicon Richard Hubbard DNQ DNQ 0 - Template:Flagicon Bob Frey DNQ DNQ 0 - Template:Flagicon Joe Saldana DNQ DNQ 0 - Template:Flagicon Rick DeLorto DNQ DNQ 0 - Template:Flagicon Phil Caliva DNQ DNQ 0 - Template:Flagicon Bob Brutto DNQ 0 - Template:Flagicon Steve Chassey DNQ 0 - Template:Flagicon Ray Lipper DNQ 0 - Template:Flagicon Bobby Olivero DNQ 0 - Template:Flagicon Leroy van Conett DNQ 0 - Template:Flagicon Tod Tuttle DNQ 0 Pos Driver PHX1 Template:Flagicon ATL Template:Flagicon MIL Template:Flagicon CLE Template:Flagicon MIS1 Template:Flagicon MIL Template:Flagicon POC Template:Flagicon RIV Template:Flagicon ROA Template:Flagicon MIS2 Template:Flagicon PHX2 Template:Flagicon Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps  RY  Rookie of the Year  R  Rookie

See also

• 1981–82 USAC Championship Car season
• 1982 Indianapolis 500
• 1982–83 USAC Championship Car season

References

• http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf Template:Webarchive (p. 198-199)