1982 IMSA GT Championship

1982 IMSA GT Championship

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

Season results

File:Lola T600.jpg

John Paul Jr. won the GTP title driving a Porsche 935 and a Lola T600 (pictured above at the Laguna Seca round)

File:Roushmustang.jpg

Klaus Ludwig won the Sears Point round driving a Ford Mustang Turbo. The car is pictured at Laguna Seca.

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

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1982 IMSA GT Championship results
• 1982 standings, www.classicscars.com