1982 Can-Am season

The 1982 Can Am Series season was the fifteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype series, and the sixth running of the revived series. 1982 brought new competition for Chevrolet in the form of Hart and Cosworth. Hart would podium in three races while Cosworth would podium in two. The most dominant chassis were Frissbee, Marguey, March, VDS-001, and Ensign. Al Unser, Jr. would win at Road Atlanta,[1] Laguna Seca,[2] and Mosport[3] twice,[4] with a podium at Mid Ohio,[5] at Riverside,[6] and at Caesar's Palacae.[7] Unser would be declared champion.

1982 Can-Am season
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Bertil Roos would take the two liter class in his Hart.

Results
Round Circuit Winning driver Team Car
1 Road Atlanta Al Unser, Jr. Galles Racing Frissbee-Chevrolet
2 Mosport Al Unser, Jr. Galles Racing Frissbee-Chevrolet
3 Mid-Ohio Al Holbert Racing Team VDS VDS-Chevrolet
4 Road America Al Holbert Racing Team VDS VDS-Chevrolet
5 Trois-Rivières Al Holbert Racing Team VDS VDS-Chevrolet
6 Mosport Al Unser, Jr. Galles Racing Frissbee-Chevrolet
7 Caesars Palace Danny Sullivan Newman/Budweiser March-Chevrolet
8 Riverside Al Holbert Racing Team VDS VDS-Chevrolet
9 Laguna Seca Al Unser, Jr. Galles Racing Frissbee-Chevrolet

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