Wikipedia / 1983 IMSA GT Championship
Wikipedia / 1983 IMSA GT Championship
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 Hours | All | February 5February 6 | ||
2 | Budweiser Grand Prix of Miami | 100km | GTU | February 27 | |
3 Hours | GTP | ||||
100km | GTO | ||||
3 | 12 Hours | All | March 19 | ||
4 | 500km | All | April 10 | ||
5 | 6 Hours | All | April 24 | ||
6 | Monterey Triple Crown | 45 Minutes | GTU | May 1 | |
100 Miles | GTP/GTO | ||||
7 | Charlotte Camel GT 500 | 500km | All | May 15 | |
8 | Coca-Cola 500 | 3 Hours | All | May 30 | |
9 | Lumbermen's 6 Hours | 6 Hours | All | June 19 | |
10 | Paul Revere 250 | 250 Miles | All | July 4 | |
11 | Pepsi Grand Prix | 500km | All | July 10 | |
12 | Ford California Grand Prix | 3 Hours | All | July 24 | |
13 | G.I. Joe's Grand Prix | 3 Hours | All | July 31 | |
14 | 6 Hours | All | August 14 | ||
15 | Road America Pabst 500 | 500 Miles | All | August 21 | |
16 | Grand Prix of Pocono | 500 Miles | All | September 11 | |
17 | Eastern Airlines 3 Hours of Daytona | 3 Hours | All | 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 | #6 Henn's Swap Shop | #7 Racing Beat | #92 Kent Racing | ||
Preston Henn A. J. Foyt Bob Wollek Claude Ballot-Léna | Pete Halsmer Bob Reed Rick Knoop | Lee Mueller Hugh McDonough Terry Visger | |||
2 | #41 Holbert Racing | #4 Stratagraph | #38 Mandeville Auto Tech | ||
Gene Felton | Roger Mandeville | ||||
3 | #5 Bob Akin Motor Racing | #9 Personalized Autohaus† | #66 Mike Meyer Racing | ||
Bob Akin Dale Whittington John O'Steen | Wayne Baker Jim Mullen Kees Nierop | Jack Dunham Jeff Kline Jon Compton | |||
4 | #44 Group 44 | #9 Personalized Autohaus | #32 Alderman Datsun | ||
Wayne Baker Jim Mullen | George Alderman | ||||
5 | #2 John Fitzpatrick Racing | #9 Personalized Autohaus | |||
Wayne Baker Jim Mullen Kes Nierop | Wally Dallenbach Jr. Whitney Ganz Dennis Aase | ||||
6 | #14 Holbert Racing | #55 B de T Racing | #16 Boy Hayje | ||
Diego Montoya | |||||
7 | #14 Holbert Racing | #9 Personalized Autohaus | |||
Wayne Baker Jim Mullen | |||||
8 | #44 Group 44 | #55 B de T Racing | #95 Leitzinger Racing | ||
Diego Montoya | Bob Leitzinger Logan Blackburn | ||||
9 | #14 Holbert Racing | #4 Stratagraph | #82 Western Airlines | ||
Billy Hagan Gene Felton | Jack Baldwin Joe Varde | ||||
10 | #6 Henn's Swap Shop | #4 Stratagraph | #63 RPG 500 Racing | ||
Billy Hagan Gene Felton | Jim Downing | ||||
11 | #14 Holbert Racing | #81 Electramotive | #38 Mandeville Auto Tech | ||
Tony Adamowicz Don Devendorf | Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson | ||||
12 | #14 Holbert Racing | #83 Electramotive | #82 Trinity Racing | ||
Tony Adamowicz Don Devendorf | Jack Baldwin Joe Varde | ||||
13 | #14 Holbert Racing | #83 Electramotive | #38 Mandeville Auto Tech | ||
Tony Adamowicz Don Devendorf | Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson | ||||
14 | #44 Group 44 | #7 Mazda | #38 Mandeville Auto Tech | ||
Rick Knoop John Morton | Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson | ||||
15 | #06 Team Zakspeed USA | #83 Electramotive | #38 Mandeville Auto Tech | ||
Tim Coconis Klaus Ludwig | Tony Adamowicz Don Devendorf | Roger Mandeville Amos Johnson | |||
16 | #44 Group 44 | #4 Stratagraph | #63 RGP 500 Racing | ||
Billy Hagan Gene Felton | Jim Downing John Maffucci | ||||
17 | #14 Holbert Racing | #18 Fomfor Racing | #87 Porsche | ||
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