1983 IMSA GT Championship

13th season of the racing series organized by IMSA February 2025 1983 IMSA GT Championship 1982 1984 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. 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 5February 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 USA #6 Henn's Swap Shop USA #7 Racing Beat USA #92 Kent Racing Results USA Preston HennUSA A. J. FoytFRA Bob WollekFRA Claude Ballot-Léna USA Pete HalsmerUSA Bob ReedUSA Rick Knoop USA Lee MuellerUSA Hugh McDonoughUSA Terry Visger 2 Miami USA #41 Holbert Racing USA #4 Stratagraph USA #38 Mandeville Auto Tech Results USA Al Holbert USA Gene Felton USA Roger Mandeville 3 Sebring USA #5 Bob Akin Motor Racing USA #9 Personalized Autohaus† USA #66 Mike Meyer Racing Results USA Bob AkinUSA Dale WhittingtonUSA John O'Steen USA Wayne BakerUSA Jim MullenUSA Kees Nierop USA Jack DunhamUSA Jeff KlineUSA Jon Compton 4 Road Atlanta USA #44 Group 44 USA #9 Personalized Autohaus USA #32 Alderman Datsun Results USA Bob TulliusCAN Bill Adam USA Wayne BakerUSA Jim Mullen USA George Alderman 5 Riverside GBR #2 John Fitzpatrick Racing USA #9 Personalized Autohaus USA #98 All American Racers Results GBR John FitzpatrickGBR David HobbsGBR Derek Bell USA Wayne BakerUSA Jim MullenUSA Kes Nierop USA Wally Dallenbach Jr.USA Whitney GanzUSA Dennis Aase 6 Laguna Seca USA #14 Holbert Racing COL #55 B de T Racing NED #16 Boy Hayje Results USA Al Holbert COL Diego Montoya NED Boy Hayje 7 Charlotte USA #14 Holbert Racing USA #9 Personalized Autohaus USA #98 All American Racers Results USA Al HolbertUSA Jim Trueman USA Wayne BakerUSA Jim Mullen USA Wally Dallenbach Jr.NED Boy Hayje 8 Lime Rock USA #44 Group 44 COL #55 B de T Racing USA #95 Leitzinger Racing Results USA Bob TulliusCAN Bill Adam COL Diego Montoya USA Bob LeitzingerUSA Logan Blackburn 9 Mid-Ohio USA #14 Holbert Racing USA #4 Stratagraph USA #82 Western Airlines Results USA Al HolbertUSA Doc BundyUSA Bobby Rahal USA Billy HaganUSA Gene Felton USA Jack BaldwinUSA Joe Varde 10 Daytona USA #6 Henn's Swap Shop USA #4 Stratagraph USA #63 RPG 500 Racing Results USA Hurley HaywoodUSA A. J. Foyt USA Billy HaganUSA Gene Felton USA Jim Downing 11 Brainerd USA #14 Holbert Racing USA #81 Electramotive USA #38 Mandeville Auto Tech Results USA Al HolbertUSA Jim Trueman USA Tony AdamowiczUSA Don Devendorf USA Roger MandevilleUSA Amos Johnson 12 Sears Point USA #14 Holbert Racing USA #83 Electramotive USA #82 Trinity Racing Results USA Al HolbertUSA Jim Trueman USA Tony AdamowiczUSA Don Devendorf USA Jack BaldwinUSA Joe Varde 13 Portland USA #14 Holbert Racing USA #83 Electramotive USA #38 Mandeville Auto Tech Results USA Al Holbert USA Tony AdamowiczUSA Don Devendorf USA Roger MandevilleUSA Amos Johnson 14 Mosport USA #44 Group 44 USA #7 Mazda USA #38 Mandeville Auto Tech Results USA Bob TulliusCAN Bill Adam USA Rick KnoopUSA John Morton USA Roger MandevilleUSA Amos Johnson 15 Road America USA #06 Team Zakspeed USA USA #83 Electramotive USA #38 Mandeville Auto Tech Results USA Tim CoconisDEU Klaus Ludwig USA Tony AdamowiczUSA Don Devendorf USA Roger MandevilleUSA Amos Johnson 16 Pocono USA #44 Group 44 USA #4 Stratagraph USA #63 RGP 500 Racing Results USA Bob TulliusUSA Doc Bundy USA Billy HaganUSA Gene Felton USA Jim DowningUSA John Maffucci 17 Daytona USA #14 Holbert Racing SLV #18 Fomfor Racing USA #87 Porsche Results USA Al HolbertUSA Jim Trueman SLV Francisco "Fomfor" Zablah USA Bruce LevenUSA John Schneider † - #9 Personalized Autohaus won the 12 Hours of Sebring overall. External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1983 IMSA GT Championship results Category:IMSA GT Championship seasons IMSA GT