The following is an overview of the events of 1982 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 1–20 January4th Dakar Rally 30–31 January20th 24 Hours of Daytona 14 February24th Daytona 500 23 May40th Monaco Grand Prix 30 May66th Indianapolis 500 5–11 June65th Isle of Man TT 19–20 June50th 24 Hours of Le Mans 31 July-1 August34th 24 Hours of Spa 1 August5th Suzuka 8 Hours 2 October23rd James Hardie 1000 2–3 October11th 24 Hours of Nurburgring 21 November29th Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef12JuneLoïc DuvalFrenchRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (). FIA World Endurance champion (2013).24Sylvain GuintoliFrenchMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion ().
See also List of 1982 motorsport champions
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