1983 IMSA GT Championship

1983 IMSA GT Championship

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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	Date
1	24 Hour Pepsi Challenge	24 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	February 5 February 6
2	Budweiser Grand Prix of Miami	100 km	GTU	Streets of Miami	February 27
		3 Hours	GTP
		100 km	GTO
3	Coca-Cola Classic 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 19
4	Road Atlanta Nissan/Datsun 500	500 km	All	Road Atlanta	April 10
5	Los Angeles Times/Datsun Grand Prix	6 Hours	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 24
6	Monterey Triple Crown	45 Minutes	GTU	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 1
		100 Miles	GTP/GTO
7	Charlotte Camel GT 500	500 km	All	Charlotte Motor Speedway	May 15
8	Coca-Cola 500	3 Hours	All	Lime Rock Park	May 30
9	Lumbermen's 6 Hours	6 Hours	All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 19
10	Paul Revere 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 4
11	Pepsi Grand Prix	500 km	All	Brainerd International Raceway	July 10
12	Ford California Grand Prix	3 Hours	All	Sears Point Raceway	July 24
13	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	3 Hours	All	Portland International Raceway	July 31
14	Labatt's GT	6 Hours	All	Mosport Park	August 14
15	Road America Pabst 500	500 Miles	All	Road America	August 21
16	Grand Prix of Pocono	500 Miles	All	Pocono Raceway	September 11
17	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	Results
		GTP Winning Drivers	GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #6 Henn's Swap Shop	Template:Flagicon #7 Racing Beat	Template:Flagicon #92 Kent Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Preston Henn Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek Template:Flagicon Claude Ballot-Léna	Template:Flagicon Pete Halsmer Template:Flagicon Bob Reed Template:Flagicon Rick Knoop	Template:Flagicon Lee Mueller Template:Flagicon Hugh McDonough Template:Flagicon Terry Visger
2	Miami	Template:Flagicon #41 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #4 Stratagraph	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert	Template:Flagicon Gene Felton	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville
3	Sebring	Template:Flagicon #5 Bob Akin Motor Racing	Template:Flagicon #9 Personalized Autohaus†	Template:Flagicon #66 Mike Meyer Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bob Akin Template:Flagicon Dale Whittington Template:Flagicon John O'Steen	Template:Flagicon Wayne Baker Template:Flagicon Jim Mullen Template:Flagicon Kees Nierop	Template:Flagicon Jack Dunham Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline Template:Flagicon Jon Compton
4	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #44 Group 44	Template:Flagicon #9 Personalized Autohaus	Template:Flagicon #32 Alderman Datsun	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bob Tullius Template:Flagicon Bill Adam	Template:Flagicon Wayne Baker Template:Flagicon Jim Mullen	Template:Flagicon George Alderman
5	Riverside	Template:Flagicon #2 John Fitzpatrick Racing	Template:Flagicon #9 Personalized Autohaus	Template:Flagicon #98 All American Racers	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick Template:Flagicon David Hobbs Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Template:Flagicon Wayne Baker Template:Flagicon Jim Mullen Template:Flagicon Kes Nierop	Template:Flagicon Wally Dallenbach Jr. Template:Flagicon Whitney Ganz Template:Flagicon Dennis Aase
6	Laguna Seca	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #55 B de T Racing	Template:Flagicon #16 Boy Hayje	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert	Template:Flagicon Diego Montoya	Template:Flagicon Boy Hayje
7	Charlotte	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #9 Personalized Autohaus	Template:Flagicon #98 All American Racers	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Jim Trueman	Template:Flagicon Wayne Baker Template:Flagicon Jim Mullen	Template:Flagicon Wally Dallenbach Jr. Template:Flagicon Boy Hayje
8	Lime Rock	Template:Flagicon #44 Group 44	Template:Flagicon #55 B de T Racing	Template:Flagicon #95 Leitzinger Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bob Tullius Template:Flagicon Bill Adam	Template:Flagicon Diego Montoya	Template:Flagicon Bob Leitzinger Template:Flagicon Logan Blackburn
9	Mid-Ohio	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #4 Stratagraph	Template:Flagicon #82 Western Airlines	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Doc Bundy Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal	Template:Flagicon Billy Hagan Template:Flagicon Gene Felton	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin Template:Flagicon Joe Varde
10	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #6 Henn's Swap Shop	Template:Flagicon #4 Stratagraph	Template:Flagicon #63 RPG 500 Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt	Template:Flagicon Billy Hagan Template:Flagicon Gene Felton	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing
11	Brainerd	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #81 Electramotive	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Jim Trueman	Template:Flagicon Tony Adamowicz Template:Flagicon Don Devendorf	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville Template:Flagicon Amos Johnson
12	Sears Point	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #83 Electramotive	Template:Flagicon #82 Trinity Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Jim Trueman	Template:Flagicon Tony Adamowicz Template:Flagicon Don Devendorf	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin Template:Flagicon Joe Varde
13	Portland	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #83 Electramotive	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert	Template:Flagicon Tony Adamowicz Template:Flagicon Don Devendorf	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville Template:Flagicon Amos Johnson
14	Mosport	Template:Flagicon #44 Group 44	Template:Flagicon #7 Mazda	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bob Tullius Template:Flagicon Bill Adam	Template:Flagicon Rick Knoop Template:Flagicon John Morton	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville Template:Flagicon Amos Johnson
15	Road America	Template:Flagicon #06 Team Zakspeed USA	Template:Flagicon #83 Electramotive	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville Auto Tech	Results
		Template:Flagicon Tim Coconis Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig	Template:Flagicon Tony Adamowicz Template:Flagicon Don Devendorf	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville Template:Flagicon Amos Johnson
16	Pocono	Template:Flagicon #44 Group 44	Template:Flagicon #4 Stratagraph	Template:Flagicon #63 RGP 500 Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bob Tullius Template:Flagicon Doc Bundy	Template:Flagicon Billy Hagan Template:Flagicon Gene Felton	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing Template:Flagicon John Maffucci
17	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #18 Fomfor Racing	Template:Flagicon #87 Porsche	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Jim Trueman	Template:Flagicon Francisco "Fomfor" Zablah	Template:Flagicon Bruce Leven Template:Flagicon John Schneider

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

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1983 IMSA GT Championship results