1983 IMSA GT Championship season

1983 IMSA GT Championship season
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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 5 February 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 Don 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 Tullis 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"	#87 Porsche	Results
		Al Holbert Jim Trueman	"Fomfor"	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