1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

American motorsport season February 2025 1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series CART logo (1979-1991).svg 11 March 28 November 6 US Rick Mears GB March GB Cosworth US Bobby Rahal US United States 1981 1983 The 1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season, the fourth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 11 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 6. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers' Champion was Rick Mears. Rookie of the Year was Bobby Rahal. Though it was not officially part of the CART calendar, most of the teams and drivers also competed at the USAC-sanctioned 66th Indianapolis 500. Gordon Johncock was victorious at Indy. Jim Hickman was fatally injured in a practice crash for the Tony Bettenhausen 200 at Milwaukee, he was 39 years old. Drivers and constructors The following teams and drivers competed for the 1982 CART World Series. Team/Car OwnerNoDriversRounds Alex Morales Motorsports 3 USA Pancho Carter All Alsup Racing 2 USA Bill Alsup All 27 USA Spike Gehlhausen 7 Arciero Racing 66 USA Pete Halsmer 8-9, 11 Armstrong Mould Racing Team 43 USA Greg Leffler 2 Bettenhausen Racing 8 USA Gary Bettenhausen 6, 11 Bettenhausen Racing w/ H&R Racing 6 USA Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 1-3, 5-11 Bignotti-Cotter Racing 7 USA Tom Sneva All 21 AUS Geoff Brabham All Brayton Racing 36 USA Patrick Bedard 1-2, 5 USA Scott Brayton 3, 7, 10 37 1, 5 BVC Racing 75 AUS Dennis Firestone 1 Caliva Racing 38 USA Phil Caliva 8, 11 Chaparral Racing 5 USA Johnny Rutherford 1-9, 11 Circle Bar Auto Racing 39 USA Chet Fillip 11 Doug Shierson Racing 30 USA Howdy Holmes All Fletcher Racing 35 USA Gordon Smiley 2 USA George Snider 5, 7 Forsythe Racing 32 MEX Héctor Rebaque 2-5, 8-9 33 USA Danny Sullivan 2-3 USA Al Unser Jr. 8 Frantz Racing w/ Burger King 77 USA Tom Frantz 1, 5, 8 Garza Racing 55 MEX Josele Garza All Gilmore Racing 14 USA A. J. Foyt 3-5, 7, 10 Gohr Racing 56 USA Joe Saldana 3-4 USA Gary Bettenhausen 5, 7-10 Grant King Racers 65 USA Todd Tuttle 4 GTS Racing 86 USA Al Loquasto 1, 7 Hamilton Racing 17 USA Ken Hamilton 5 HBK Racing 72 USA Tom Bigelow 3-7, 10 USA Bill Whittington 9 Hodgson-Curb 29 USA Bobby Olivero 1 Hoffman Racing 69 USA Jerry Sneva 10 Hoffman Racing w/ Rattlesnake Racing 42 USA Jim Hickman 2-6 Jamieson Racing 49 USA Chip Mead 1, 3 USA Spike Gehlhausen 3, 5 Jet Engineering 64 USA Steve Chassey 1 USA Bob Frey 3 USA Greg Leffler 6, 8-11 Joe Hunt Magneto 89 USA Phil Krueger 1-2 USA Dick Ferguson 8 USA Jerry Sneva 11 Joel McCray Racing 46 USA Leroy van Conett 1 USA Jerry Karl 4-8 Kraco Enterprises 18 USA Dick Ferguson 1-2 USA Bill Vukovich II 3 USA Mike Mosley 5-7, 10-11 99 AUS Vern Schuppan 4, 8-9 Leader Card Racers 22 USA Dick Simon 1-8, 10-11 24 USA Bill Vukovich II 7 Longhorn Racing 10 USA Al Unser 1-10 Luxury Racers 65 USA Bob Brutto 1 USA Phil Krueger 5, 7, 9-11 Machinists Union Racing 31 USA Roger Mears All McElreath Racing 23 USA Jim McElreath 1, 7-8 Menard Racing 28 USA Herm Johnson 1-6, 8-9 Metametrix 47 USA Chris Kneifel 8-9 CAN Jacques Villeneuve Sr. 11 Newman Freeman Racing 68 USA Mike Chandler 8, 11 Patrick Racing 20 USA Gordon Johncock All 40 USA Mario Andretti All Rattlesnake Racing 11 USA Dick Ferguson 10-11 Ray W Lipper Racing 73 USA Ray Lipper 1 Rhoades Racing 12 USA Chip Ganassi 1-2, 4-5, 7, 10 Team Penske 1 USA Rick Mears All 4 USA Kevin Cogan All Tempero Racing 15 USA Bill Tempero 1, 4, 6, 8-9, 11 Truesports 19 USA Bobby Rahal 1, 3-11 Whittington Racing 91 USA Don Whittington 5 Wysard Racing 34 USA Hurley Haywood 1-2 USA Johnny Parsons 3-5, 7-8, 10 USA John Paul Jr. 9 IRL Derek Daly 11 Schedule New to the schedule was the temporary circuit at Burke Lakefront Airport, and the permanent road course named Road America. Returning to the schedule after a one year absence (1981 was a USAC race) was Pocono Raceway, the 2.5 mile superspeedway would host a 500-mile race in 1982. The schedule was originally set to feature a doubleheader with Formula One at Las Vegas on October 17.CART Schedule Includes Vegas https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star/32208324/ The Indianapolis Star 24 Newspapers.com November 24, 1981 November 11, 2023 After the F1 Grand Prix on Saturday, the track would be converted to an oval for an Indy car race on Sunday. This was cancelled after FISA rescheduled the Grand Prix for September and instituted a rule that banned two open-wheel series with engines over two liters from competing at the same venue on the same weekend.Wrench in CART's Works https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-1981-cart-fisa-las-ve/134998093/ Dan Vierra Sacramento Bee 53 Newspapers.com December 25, 1981 November 11, 2023 A race in Mexico City for October 31 was cancelled.CART Schedule Includes Vegas https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star/32208324/ The Indianapolis Star 24 Newspapers.com November 24, 1981 November 11, 2023 Icon Legend white O silver Oval/Speedway lightblue R silver Road course peachpuff S silver Street circuitNC Non-championship race +RdDateNameCircuitLocation1March 28USA Kraco Car Stereo 150white O silver Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, Arizona2May 1*USA Stroh's 200white O silver Atlanta Motor SpeedwayHampton, Georgia NCMay 30USA Indianapolis 500white O silver Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayIndianapolis, Indiana3June 13USA Gould Rex Mays Classicwhite O silver Milwaukee MileWest Allis, Wisconsin4July 4USA Budweiser Cleveland 500peachpuff S silver Burke Lakefront AirportCleveland, Ohio5July 18USA Norton Michigan 500white O silver Michigan International SpeedwayBrooklyn, Michigan6August 1USA Tony Bettenhausen 200white O silver Milwaukee MileWest Allis, Wisconsin7August 15USA Domino's Pizza Pocono 500white O silver Pocono International RacewayLong Pond, Pennsylvania8August 29USA AirCal 500Klightblue R silver Riverside International RacewayRiverside, California9September 19USA Road America 200lightblue R silver Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin10September 26USA Detroit News Grand Prixwhite O silver Michigan International SpeedwayBrooklyn, Michigan11November 6USA Miller High Life 150white O silver Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, Arizona * The Stroh's 200 was scheduled for April 25, but postponed a week due to rain. NBC planned to cover on April 25, but did not return for the May 1 running. Results Rd Race Pole position Winning driverWinning teamRace time Report 1 Phoenix 1 USA Rick Mears USA Rick Mears USA Team Penske 1:15:48 Report 2 Atlanta USA Rick Mears USA Rick Mears USA Team Penske 1:13:10 Report NC Indianapolis 500 USA Rick Mears USA Gordon Johncock USA Patrick Racing 3:05:09 Report 3 Milwaukee 1 USA Gordon Johncock USA Gordon Johncock USA Patrick Racing 1:10:52 Report 4 Cleveland USA Kevin Cogan USA Bobby Rahal USA Truesports 3:03:44 Report 5 Michigan 1 USA Rick Mears / Mario Andretti USA Gordon Johncock USA Patrick Racing 3:14:54 Report 6 Milwaukee 2 USA Rick Mears USA Tom Sneva USA Bignotti-Cotter Racing 1:49:57 Report 7 Pocono US Rick Mears US Rick MearsUS Team Penske3:25:39 Report 8 Riverside USA Kevin Cogan USA Rick Mears USA Team Penske 2:42:14 Report 9 Road America USA Rick Mears MEX Héctor Rebaque USA Forsythe Racing 1:49:56 Report 10 Michigan 2 USA Rick Mears USA Bobby Rahal USA Truesports 1:04:03 Report 11 Phoenix 2 USA Rick Mears USA Tom Sneva USA Bignotti-Cotter Racing 1:21:05 Report Mario Andretti was credited with winning the pole position for the Michigan 500, although he started 33rd due to a pre-race practice accident. Rick Mears started on the pole and both he and Andretti were credited with pole positions. Final points standings List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver PHX1 USA ATL USA INDY USA MIL USA CLE USA MIS1 USA MIL USA POC USA RIV USA ROA USA MIS2 USA PHX2 USA Pts 1USA Rick Mears 1* 1* 2* 3 4 15* 12* 1* 1* 5 25 2 294 2USA Bobby Rahal yellow RY silver 18 11 20 1 3 2 3 15 3* 1* 5 242 3USA Mario Andretti 2 11 31 9 2 2 3 14 23 14 2 3 188 4USA Gordon Johncock 5 2 1 1* 5 1 11 6 26 22 15 23 186 5USA Tom Sneva 7 17 4 4 20 32 1 19 2 9 19 1* 144 6USA Kevin Cogan 3 18 30 5 10* 14 5 2 10 25 22 4 136 7USA Al Unser 21 8 5 17 3 4 DNS 23 17 2 18 125 8Australia Geoff Brabham 15 15 28 7 6 7 10 4 28 15 3 20 110 9USA Roger Mears 8 4 32 22 21 17 14 9 4 8 8 7 103 10USA Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 12 19 26 12 10 20 5 18 7 4 6 80 11USA Bill Alsup 11 5 DNQ 16 12 13 9 13 8 16 6 8 70 12USA Johnny Rutherford 4 DNS 8 15 23 28 17 12 3 12 DNS 21 62 13USA Howdy Holmes 16 DNS 10 10 16 12 4 27 16 10 5 10 56 14Mexico Josele Garza 13 16 29 8 14 22 8 15 13 4 9 18 56 15Mexico Héctor Rebaque orange R silver 13 13 Wth 18 25 20 1 48 16USA Gary Bettenhausen 12 6 13 8 DNQ 20 17 9 48 17USA Pancho Carter 6 10 3 13 19 18 6 28 19 11 12 11 47 18USA Johnny Parsons 20 6 9 16 7 25 26 41 19USA Mike Mosley DNQ 8 7 16 7 12 37 20USA Tom Bigelow 18 18 DNQ 5 22 25 20 32 21USA Al Unser Jr. orange R silver 5 30 22USA Danny Sullivan orange R silver 3 14 21 28 23USA Phil Krueger DNQ 12 DNQ 30 DNQ 11 6 11 17 27 24USA Greg Leffler DNQ DNQ DNQ 21 6 13 24 13 27 25USA Dick Simon DNQ Wth DNQ 19 17 21 15 22 7 Wth 13 19 26 26USA Herm Johnson 19 6 9 23 13 34 16 22 17 24 27USA Jim Hickman orange R silver 7 7 Wth 24 9 DNQ 24 28USA A. J. Foyt 19 2 22 20 20 23 22 29USA Bill Tempero DNQ 8 19 14 18 DNQ 22 30Australia Vern Schuppan DNQ 7 27 24 18 31USA Jerry Karl DNQ 15 24 18 10 12 17 32USA Mike Chandler 17 9 16 13 33USA Scott Brayton 14 Wth 14 11 24 10 11 34USA Chip Ganassi orange R silver 22 DNS 15 11 31 17 16 10 35USA Gordon Smiley 9 DNQ 8 36USA Chris Kneifel orange R silver 11 23 6 37USA Chip Mead 9 DNQ Wth 4 38USA Hurley Haywood 10 DNQ 3 39USA Jim McElreath Wth DNQ 18 DNQ 3 40USA George Snider 21 19 21 3 41USA Bill Vukovich II DNQ 11 29 2 42USA Patrick Bedard DNQ 14 DNQ 29 2 43USA Pete Halsmer orange R silver 25 24 19 24 2 44USA Jerry Sneva 23 14 DNQ 1 45Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sr. orange R silver 14 1 46USA Chet Fillip orange R silver 23 Wth 15 1 47USA Dick Ferguson 17 DNS 21 21 22 1 48Australia Dennis Firestone 20 27 1 49USA John Paul Jr. orange R silver 21 0 50USA Spike Gehlhausen DNQ DNQ 23 30 0 51Ireland Derek Daly orange R silver 25 0 52USA Al Loquasto DNQ 26 0 53USA Don Whittington 6 26 0 54USA Ken Hamilton orange R silver Wth 27 0 55USA Tom Frantz DNQ Wth 33 DNQ 0 -USA Bill Whittington 33 DNS 0 -USA Rich Vogler DNQ Wth 0 -USA Bob Frey DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Joe Saldana DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Phil Caliva Wth DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Rick DeLorto DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Richard Hubbard DNQ Wth 0 -USA Steve Chassey DNQ DNQ 0 -USA Bob Brutto DNQ 0 -USA Ray Lipper DNQ 0 -USA Bobby Olivero DNQ 0 -USA Tod Tuttle DNQ 0 -USA Danny Ongais Wth 22 0 -USA Leroy van Conett Wth Wth 0 Pos Driver PHX1 USA ATL USA INDY USA MIL USA CLE USA MIS1 USA MIL USA POC USA RIV USA ROA USA MIS2 USA PHX2 USA Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate(DNP) Not competing In-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsyellow RY silver Rookie of the Yearorange R silver Rookie See also 1981–82 USAC Championship Car season 1982 Indianapolis 500 1982–83 USAC Championship Car season References http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5-1982/ PPG Indy Car World Series 1982 Åberg, Andreas Driver Database 2009-05-19 http://www.champcarstats.com/year/1982.htm 1982 PPG Indy Car World Series Champ Car Stats 2009-05-19 http://www.champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=1982 Standings after Phoenix Champ Car World Series 2009-05-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20081022080226/http://www.champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=1982 22 October 2008 http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053905/http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf 2016-03-04 (p. 198-199) Category:Champ Car seasons CART