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 5February 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 #6 Henn's Swap Shop #7 Racing Beat #92 Kent Racing Results Preston Henn A. J. Foyt Bob Wollek Claude Ballot-Léna Pete Halsmer Bob Reed Rick Knoop Lee Mueller Hugh McDonough Terry Visger 2 Miami #41 Holbert Racing #4 Stratagraph #38 Mandeville Auto Tech Results Al Holbert Gene Felton Roger Mandeville 3 Sebring #5 Bob Akin Motor Racing #9 Personalized Autohaus† #66 Mike Meyer Racing Results Bob Akin Dale Whittington John O'Steen Wayne Baker Jim Mullen Kees Nierop Jack Dunham Jeff Kline Jon Compton 4 Road Atlanta #44 Group 44 #9 Personalized Autohaus #32 Alderman Datsun Results Bob Tullius Bill Adam Wayne Baker Jim Mullen George Alderman 5 Riverside #2 John Fitzpatrick Racing #9 Personalized Autohaus #98 All American Racers Results John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs Derek Bell Wayne Baker Jim Mullen Kes Nierop Wally Dallenbach Jr. Whitney Ganz Dennis Aase 6 Laguna Seca #14 Holbert Racing #55 B de T Racing #16 Boy Hayje Results Al Holbert Diego Montoya Boy Hayje 7 Charlotte #14 Holbert Racing #9 Personalized Autohaus #98 All American Racers Results Al Holbert Jim Trueman Wayne Baker Jim Mullen Wally Dallenbach Jr. Boy Hayje 8 Lime Rock #44 Group 44 #55 B de T Racing #95 Leitzinger Racing Results Bob Tullius Bill Adam Diego Montoya Bob Leitzinger Logan Blackburn 9 Mid-Ohio #14 Holbert Racing #4 Stratagraph #82 Western Airlines Results Al Holbert Doc Bundy Bobby Rahal Billy Hagan Gene Felton Jack Baldwin Joe Varde 10 Daytona #6 Henn's Swap Shop #4 Stratagraph #63 RPG 500 Racing Results Hurley Haywood A. J. Foyt Billy Hagan Gene Felton Jim Downing 11 Brainerd #14 Holbert Racing #81 Electramotive #38 Mandeville Auto Tech Results Al Holbert Jim Trueman Tony Adamowicz Don Devendorf Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson 12 Sears Point #14 Holbert Racing #83 Electramotive #82 Trinity Racing Results Al Holbert Jim Trueman Tony Adamowicz Don Devendorf Jack Baldwin Joe Varde 13 Portland #14 Holbert Racing #83 Electramotive #38 Mandeville Auto Tech Results Al Holbert Tony Adamowicz Don Devendorf Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson 14 Mosport #44 Group 44 #7 Mazda #38 Mandeville Auto Tech Results Bob Tullius Bill Adam Rick Knoop John Morton Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson 15 Road America #06 Team Zakspeed USA #83 Electramotive #38 Mandeville Auto Tech Results Tim Coconis Klaus Ludwig Tony Adamowicz Don Devendorf Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson 16 Pocono #44 Group 44 #4 Stratagraph #63 RGP 500 Racing Results Bob Tullius Doc Bundy Billy Hagan Gene Felton Jim Downing John Maffucci 17 Daytona #14 Holbert Racing #18 Fomfor Racing #87 Porsche Results Al Holbert Jim Trueman Francisco "Fomfor" Zablah Bruce Leven John Schneider
† - #9 Personalized Autohaus won the 12 Hours of Sebring overall.
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1983 IMSA GT Championship results