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 30January 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

Rnd Circuit GTP Winning Team GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team Results 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 Ted 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

Series standings John Paul Junior won the GTP category driving a Porsche 935 and a Lola T600 Chevrolet.Peter Higham, The Guiness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 444 Don Devendorf won GTO and Jim Downing won GTU.

References

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