1982 in motorsport

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, births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

List of years in motorsport
In sports
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
1–20 January 4th Dakar Rally [1]
30–31 January 20th 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
14 February 24th Daytona 500 [3]
23 May 40th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
30 May 66th Indianapolis 500 [5]
5–11 June 65th Isle of Man TT [6]
19–20 June 50th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
31 July-1 August 34th 24 Hours of Spa [8]
1 August 5th Suzuka 8 Hours [9]
2 October 23rd James Hardie 1000 [10]
2–3 October 11th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [11]
21 November 29th Macau Grand Prix [12]

Births
Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
12 June Loïc Duval French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2013). FIA World Endurance champion (2013). [13]
24 Sylvain Guintoli French Motorcycle racer Superbike World champion (2014). [14]
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See also

References
  1. "1982 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. "Daytona 24 Hours 1982 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "1982 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "1982 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "1982 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "TT 1982". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. "Le Mans Register - 1982". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. "Suzuka 8 Hours 1982 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  10. "1982 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. "Nurburgring 24 hours". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  12. "1982 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. "Loïc Duval". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  14. "Sylvain Guintoli". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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