1983 Can-Am season

16th season of Sports Car Club of America series February 2025 1983 Can-Am season 1982 1984 The 1983 Can Am season was the sixteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype series and the seventh of the revived series. 1983 marked the second year of Chevrolet having major competition, with Cosworth taking second at Mosport,http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C83A Mosport Park, 5 Jun 1983 « Single-seater Can-Am « Oldracingcars.com 2012-03-30 first at Lime Rock,http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C83B Lime Rock, 3 Jul 1983 « Single-seater Can-Am « Oldracingcars.com 2012-03-30 second at Trois-Rivières,http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C83D Trois-Rivières, 4 Sep 1983 « Single-seater Can-Am « Oldracingcars.com 2012-03-30 first at the second race at Mosport,http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C83E Mosport Park, 11 Sep 1983 « Single-seater Can-Am « Oldracingcars.com 2012-03-30 and second at Sears Point.http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C83F Sears Point, 9 Oct 1983 « Single-seater Can-Am « Oldracingcars.com 2012-03-30 Hart would take third at Lime Rock and third at Trois-Rivières. Porsche would get its first podiums this season, with a win at Road Americahttp://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=C83C Road America, 18 Jul 1983 « Single-seater Can-Am « Oldracingcars.com 2012-03-30 and third at the second race at Mosport. The dominant chassis were Frissbee, Ensign, Lola, VDS, Scandia, and Ralt. Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. was declared champion, with podiums in almost every race. He would, however, become the final major racecar driver to win a Can Am championship. Bertil Roos won his second straight two liter class championship. The scoring system was 20-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points for the first fifteen classified drivers. All results counted. Results Round Circuit Winning driver Team Car 1 Mosport CAN Jacques Villeneuve CAN Canadian Tire Racing Frissbee-Chevrolet 2 Lime Rock GBR Jim Crawford GBR Fernley Racing Ensign-Cosworth 3 Road America GBR John Fitzpatrick GBR JDavid Racing Porsche 956 4 Trois-Rivières CAN Jacques Villeneuve CAN Canadian Tire Racing Frissbee-Chevrolet 5 Mosport GBR Jim Crawford GBR Fernley Racing Ensign-Cosworth 6 Sears Point CAN Jacques Villeneuve CAN Canadian Tire Racing Frissbee-Chevrolet http://www.wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/canam/canam1983.html Loading... www.wspr-racing.com References Category:Can-Am seasons Category:1983 in American motorsport Category:1983 in Canadian motorsport