1982 IMSA GT Championship season

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1982 IMSA GT Championship season
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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.

[edit] 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, but 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	150 miles	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	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	GTP/GTO
8	Coca-Cola 400	1 hour	GTP/GTO	Lime Rock Park	May 31
		45 minutes	GTU
9	The NTW 300	100 miles	GTU	Summit Point Motorsports Park	June 20
10	Paul Revere 250	250 miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 3
11	Pepsi Grand Prix	200 km	All	Brainerd International Raceway	July 11
12	California Grand Prix	100 miles	GTP/GTO	Sears Point Raceway	July 25
		75 miles	GTU
13	G.I. Joe's/Toyota Grand Prix	100 miles	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	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	All	Pocono Raceway	September 26
19	Daytona Three Hour	3 hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	November 28

[edit] External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1982 IMSA GT Championship results

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