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.
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 |
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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 | 150 miles (240 km) | 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 |
100 miles (160 km) | 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 |
100 miles (160 km) | GTP/GTO | ||||
8 | Coca-Cola 400 | 1 hour | GTP/GTO | Lime Rock Park | May 31 |
45 minutes | GTU | ||||
9 | The NTW 300 | 100 miles (160 km) | GTU | Summit Point Motorsports Park | June 20 |
10 | Paul Revere 250 | 250 miles (400 km) | All | Daytona International Speedway | July 3 |
11 | Pepsi Grand Prix | 200 km | All | Brainerd International Raceway | July 11 |
12 | California Grand Prix | 100 miles (160 km) | GTP/GTO | Sears Point Raceway | July 25 |
75 miles (121 km) | GTU | ||||
13 | G.I. Joe's/Toyota Grand Prix | 100 miles (160 km) | 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 | 500 miles (800 km) | 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 | 500 miles (800 km) | All | Pocono Raceway | September 26 |
19 | Daytona Three Hour | 3 hours | All | Daytona International Speedway | November 28 |
Rnd | Circuit | GTP Winning Team | GTO Winning Team | GTU Winning Team | Results |
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GTP Winning Drivers | GTO Winning Drivers | GTU Winning Drivers | |||
1 | Daytona | #18 JLP Racing | #77 Mazda North America | #98 Kent Racing | Results |
John Paul, Sr. John Paul Jr. Rolf Stommelen | Yojiro Terada Yoshimi Katayama Takashi Yorino | Lee Mueller Kathy Rude Allan Moffat | |||
2 | Sebring | #18 JLP Racing | #9 Diego Febles Racing | #38 Mandeville Auto Tech | Results |
John Paul, Sr. John Paul Jr. | Diego Febles Tato Ferrer Chiqui Soldevilla | Roger Mandeville Jeff Kline Amos Johnson | |||
3 | Road Atlanta | #18 JLP Racing | #11 Kendall Racing | #85 Alderman Datsun | Results |
John Paul Jr. | Dennis Aase | Logan Blackburn | |||
4 | Riverside | #0 Interscope Racing | #05 T&R Racing | #82 Trinity Racing | Results |
Ted Field Bill Whittington | Tico Almeida Ernesto Soto | Jim Cook Jim Mullen | |||
5 | Laguna Seca | #18 JLP Racing | #82 Electramotive | #82 Casey-Montex | Results |
John Paul Jr. | Don Devendorf | Joe Varde | |||
6 | Charlotte | #18 JLP Racing | #44 Stratagraph | #85 Alderman Datsun | Results |
John Paul, Sr. John Paul Jr. | Billy Hagan Gene Felton | George Alderman Logan Blackburn | |||
7 | Mid-Ohio | #2 John Fitzpatrick Racing | #82 Electramotive | #63 Jim Downing | Results |
John Fitzpatrick | Don Devendorf | Jim Downing | |||
8 | Lime Rock | #2 John Fitzpatrick Racing | #83 Electramotive | #82 Casey-Montex | Results |
John Fitzpatrick | Don Devendorf | Joe Varde | |||
9 | Summit Point | Did not participate | Did not participate | #82 Casey-Montex | Results |
Joe Varde | |||||
10 | Daytona | #0 Interscope Racing | #55 Diego Montoya | #85 Alderman Datsun | Results |
Ted Field Danny Ongais | Diego Montoya | Logan Blackburn | |||
11 | Brainerd | #18 JLP Racing | #05 Tico Almeida | #85 Alderman Datsun | Results |
John Paul Jr. | Tico Almeida | Logan Blackburn | |||
12 | Sears Point | #16 Zakspeed Roush | #83 Electramotive | #82 Casey-Montex | Results |
Klaus Ludwig | Don Devendorf | Joe Varde | |||
13 | Portland | #18 JLP Racing | #83 Electramotive | #38 Mandeville Auto Tech | Results |
John Paul Jr. | Don Devendorf | Roger Mandeville | |||
14 | Mosport | #46 JLP Racing | #91 Electrodyne | #38 Mandeville Auto Tech | Results |
John Paul, Sr. John Paul Jr. | Wayne Baker Chester Vincentz | Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson | |||
15 | Road America | #2 John Fitzpatrick Racing | #14 Oftedahl Racing | #82 Casey-Montex | Results |
John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs | Bob Raub Chris Gleason | Joe Varde Jeff Kline | |||
16 | Mid-Ohio | #2 John Fitzpatrick Racing | #82 Electramotive | #32 Alderman Datsun | Results |
John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs | Don Devendorf Tony Adamowicz | Logan Blackburn George Alderman | |||
17 | Road Atlanta | #46 JLP Racing | #13 T&R Racing | #38 Mandeville Auto Tech | Results |
John Paul, Sr. John Paul Jr. | John Greenwood Rene Rodriguez | Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson | |||
18 | Pocono | #0 Interscope Racing | #91 Electrodyne | #63 Jim Downing | Results |
Jim Field Danny Ongais | Wayne Backer Chester Vincentz | Jim Downing John Maffucci | |||
19 | Daytona | #00 Interscope Racing | #44 Stratagraph | #63 Jim Downing | Results |
Ted Field Danny Ongais | Billy Hagan Gene Felton | Jim Downing John Maffucci |
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