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.

1983 IMSA GT Championship
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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.

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