1983_IMSA_GT_Championship Knowpia

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 edit

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
6	Monterey Triple Crown	100 Miles	GTP/GTO	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 1
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 edit

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