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1982 CART World Series season

1982 CART World Series season

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The 1982 IndyCar season, the fourth in the CART
Champ Car
Champ Car was the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...

 era of U.S. open-wheel racing
Open wheel car
Open-wheel car, formula car, or often single-seater car in British English, describes cars with the wheels outside the car's main body and, in most cases, one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars, which have their wheels below the body or fenders...

, consisted of 11 races, beginning in Avondale
Avondale, Arizona
Avondale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 75,403.Avondale is the home of Phoenix International Raceway, a famous auto racing facility, the location of the Bashas' Supermarkets 200, Checker Auto Parts 500, and the...

, Arizona
Arizona
The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. The second largest city is Tucson, followed in size by the four Phoenix metropolitan area cities of Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, and Scottsdale.Arizona was the 48th and...

 on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 6. The PPG
PPG Industries
PPG Industries is a global supplier of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass and fiber glass. The company has more than 140 manufacturing facilities and equity affiliates and operates in more than 60 countries. Sales in 2008 were $15.8 billion...

 Indy Car
Champ Car
Champ Car was the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...

 World Series Drivers' Champion was Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

. Rookie
Rookie
Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport and has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of...

 of the Year was Bobby Rahal
Bobby Rahal
Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahal is an American auto racing driver and team owner. As a driver, he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500...

. The 66th USAC-sanctioned Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or sometimes known simply as The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...

 was not part of the Series for the second successive year.
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The 1982 IndyCar season, the fourth in the CART
Champ Car
Champ Car was the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...

 era of U.S. open-wheel racing
Open wheel car
Open-wheel car, formula car, or often single-seater car in British English, describes cars with the wheels outside the car's main body and, in most cases, one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars, which have their wheels below the body or fenders...

, consisted of 11 races, beginning in Avondale
Avondale, Arizona
Avondale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 75,403.Avondale is the home of Phoenix International Raceway, a famous auto racing facility, the location of the Bashas' Supermarkets 200, Checker Auto Parts 500, and the...

, Arizona
Arizona
The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. The second largest city is Tucson, followed in size by the four Phoenix metropolitan area cities of Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, and Scottsdale.Arizona was the 48th and...

 on March 28 and concluding at the same location on November 6. The PPG
PPG Industries
PPG Industries is a global supplier of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass and fiber glass. The company has more than 140 manufacturing facilities and equity affiliates and operates in more than 60 countries. Sales in 2008 were $15.8 billion...

 Indy Car
Champ Car
Champ Car was the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...

 World Series Drivers' Champion was Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

. Rookie
Rookie
Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport and has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of...

 of the Year was Bobby Rahal
Bobby Rahal
Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahal is an American auto racing driver and team owner. As a driver, he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500...

. The 66th USAC-sanctioned Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or sometimes known simply as The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...

 was not part of the Series for the second successive year.

Grands Prix

Rd Race Name Circuit City/Location Date
1 US Kraco Car Stereo 150
XM Satellite Radio Indy 200
Professional open wheel racing in Phoenix, Arizona has happened in three venues: the Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix International Raceway and in downtown Phoenix....

Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It opened in 1964, as the new home of major open-wheel racing in the Phoenix area, replacing the track at the Arizona State Fairgrounds as an automobile racing venue.-History:Due to a change...

Avondale, Arizona
Avondale, Arizona
Avondale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 75,403.Avondale is the home of Phoenix International Raceway, a famous auto racing facility, the location of the Bashas' Supermarkets 200, Checker Auto Parts 500, and the...

March 28
2 US Stoh's 200 Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track...

Hampton, Georgia
Hampton, Georgia
Hampton is a city in western Henry County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 3,857. Census Estimates for 2005 show a population of 4,743....

May 1
3 US Gould-Rex Mays 150
ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225
The ABC Supply Company/A.J. Foyt 225 presented by Time Warner Cable is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. It is the only IndyCar race to be sanctioned by all four of the sport's various governing bodies: AAA, USAC, CART , and the...

Milwaukee Mile
Milwaukee Mile
The Milwaukee Mile is a 1.032 mile -long oval race track in West Allis, Wisconsin that seats about 40,000 spectators. It operated as a dirt track until 1953. The track was paved in 1954....

West Allis, Wisconsin
West Allis, Wisconsin
West Allis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 61,254 at the 2000 census.The Wisconsin State Fair Park, which includes the Milwaukee Mile and is the site of the annual Wisconsin State Fair, is located in West Allis....

June 13
4 US Budweiser Cleveland 500 Burke Lakefront Airport
Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport
Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport is a public airport situated on the shore of Lake Erie, in the northeast part of downtown Cleveland, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It classified as a general aviation airport and is an FAA designated reliever to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport ,...

Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border...

July 4
5 US Norton-Michigan 500
Firestone Indy 400
The Firestone Indy 400 is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.Since 1970, Michigan International Speedway has hosted at least one open-wheel race in every season, hosting 55 open-wheel races over 38 years...

Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than near Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to...

Brooklyn, Michigan
Brooklyn, Michigan
Brooklyn is a village in Jackson County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 1,176. It is located just off U.S. Highway 12 in Columbia Township....

July 18
6 US Tony Bettenhausen 200
ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225
The ABC Supply Company/A.J. Foyt 225 presented by Time Warner Cable is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. It is the only IndyCar race to be sanctioned by all four of the sport's various governing bodies: AAA, USAC, CART , and the...

Milwaukee Mile
Milwaukee Mile
The Milwaukee Mile is a 1.032 mile -long oval race track in West Allis, Wisconsin that seats about 40,000 spectators. It operated as a dirt track until 1953. The track was paved in 1954....

West Allis, Wisconsin
West Allis, Wisconsin
West Allis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 61,254 at the 2000 census.The Wisconsin State Fair Park, which includes the Milwaukee Mile and is the site of the annual Wisconsin State Fair, is located in West Allis....

August 1
7 US Domino's Pizza Pocono 500
Pocono 500 (Indycar)
The Pocono 500 was an American Open Wheel 500-mile race held at Pocono International Raceway from 1971-1989. It was sanctioned by USAC from 1971-1981, and by CART from 1982-1989. Following the 1989 event, the track was deemed too rough and unsuitable for Indycars, and was permanently removed from...

Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Long Pond, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community in the Pocono Mountains region of Pennsylvania, a part of the Appalachian Mountains. The zip code is 18334....

August 15
8 US AirCal 500 Riverside International Raceway
Riverside International Raceway
Riverside International Raceway was a race track or road course in Riverside, California. The track was in operation from September 22, 1957, to July 2, 1989. The original course design proved to be dangerous, and it was partially reconfigured in 1969.The track was built to accommodate several...

Riverside, California
Riverside, California
Riverside is the largest city in the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area of Southern California, and is approximately 60 miles east of Los Angeles, and 12 miles southwest of San Bernardino. Riverside is the county seat of Riverside County, and is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River...

August 29
9 US Road America 200
Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America
The Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America was an open wheel car race held on the Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. It was a round of the Champ Car World Series, and was first held in 1982...

Road America
Road America
Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, American Le Mans, ASRA and AMA Superbike series....

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, located within the northwestern part of the county within the Town of Rhine. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area...

September 19
10 US Detroit News Grand Prix
Firestone Indy 400
The Firestone Indy 400 is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.Since 1970, Michigan International Speedway has hosted at least one open-wheel race in every season, hosting 55 open-wheel races over 38 years...

Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than near Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to...

Brooklyn, Michigan
Brooklyn, Michigan
Brooklyn is a village in Jackson County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 1,176. It is located just off U.S. Highway 12 in Columbia Township....

September 26
11 US Miller High Life 150
XM Satellite Radio Indy 200
Professional open wheel racing in Phoenix, Arizona has happened in three venues: the Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix International Raceway and in downtown Phoenix....

Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It opened in 1964, as the new home of major open-wheel racing in the Phoenix area, replacing the track at the Arizona State Fairgrounds as an automobile racing venue.-History:Due to a change...

Avondale, Arizona
Avondale, Arizona
Avondale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 75,403.Avondale is the home of Phoenix International Raceway, a famous auto racing facility, the location of the Bashas' Supermarkets 200, Checker Auto Parts 500, and the...

November 6

Race Results

Rd Name Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 US Kraco Car Stereo 150
XM Satellite Radio Indy 200
Professional open wheel racing in Phoenix, Arizona has happened in three venues: the Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix International Raceway and in downtown Phoenix....

US Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

Unknown US Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

Report
2 US Stoh's 200 US Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

Unknown US Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

Report
3 US Gould-Rex Mays 150
ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225
The ABC Supply Company/A.J. Foyt 225 presented by Time Warner Cable is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. It is the only IndyCar race to be sanctioned by all four of the sport's various governing bodies: AAA, USAC, CART , and the...

US Gordon Johncock
Gordon Johncock
Gordon Johncock is a former racing driver, best known as a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and the 1976 USAC Marlboro Championship Trail champion. Johncock was most often simply referred to as "Gordy."...

Unknown US Gordon Johncock
Gordon Johncock
Gordon Johncock is a former racing driver, best known as a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and the 1976 USAC Marlboro Championship Trail champion. Johncock was most often simply referred to as "Gordy."...

Report
4 US Budweiser Cleveland 500 US Kevin Cogan
Kevin Cogan
Kevin Cogan is a former racecar driver who drove in Formula One from to . Driving a RAM Williams in the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix, he failed to qualify, suffering the same result driving for Tyrrell at the 1981 US GP West...

Unknown US Bobby Rahal
Bobby Rahal
Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahal is an American auto racing driver and team owner. As a driver, he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500...

Report
5 US Norton-Michigan 500
Firestone Indy 400
The Firestone Indy 400 is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.Since 1970, Michigan International Speedway has hosted at least one open-wheel race in every season, hosting 55 open-wheel races over 38 years...

US Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

Unknown US Gordon Johncock
Gordon Johncock
Gordon Johncock is a former racing driver, best known as a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and the 1976 USAC Marlboro Championship Trail champion. Johncock was most often simply referred to as "Gordy."...

Report
6 US Tony Bettenhausen 200
ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225
The ABC Supply Company/A.J. Foyt 225 presented by Time Warner Cable is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. It is the only IndyCar race to be sanctioned by all four of the sport's various governing bodies: AAA, USAC, CART , and the...

US Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

Unknown US Tom Sneva
Tom Sneva
Tom Sneva is a former Indy Car driver who was named to the prestigious Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2005. Sneva is best remembered for winning the 1983 Indianapolis 500. Nicknamed "The Gas Man," Sneva was an outstanding qualifier, winning the pole position for the Indianapolis 500 three...

Report
7 US Domino's Pizza Pocono 500
Pocono 500 (Indycar)
The Pocono 500 was an American Open Wheel 500-mile race held at Pocono International Raceway from 1971-1989. It was sanctioned by USAC from 1971-1981, and by CART from 1982-1989. Following the 1989 event, the track was deemed too rough and unsuitable for Indycars, and was permanently removed from...

US Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

Unknown US Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

Report
8 US AirCal 500 US Kevin Cogan
Kevin Cogan
Kevin Cogan is a former racecar driver who drove in Formula One from to . Driving a RAM Williams in the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix, he failed to qualify, suffering the same result driving for Tyrrell at the 1981 US GP West...

Unknown US Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

Report
9 US Road America 200
Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America
The Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America was an open wheel car race held on the Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. It was a round of the Champ Car World Series, and was first held in 1982...

US Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

Unknown Mexico Hector Rebaque
Hector Rebaque
Héctor Alonso Rebaque is a former racing driver from Mexico. He participated in 58 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 5 June 1977. He scored a total of 13 championship points...

Report
10 US Detroit News Grand Prix
Firestone Indy 400
The Firestone Indy 400 is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.Since 1970, Michigan International Speedway has hosted at least one open-wheel race in every season, hosting 55 open-wheel races over 38 years...

US Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

Unknown US Bobby Rahal
Bobby Rahal
Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahal is an American auto racing driver and team owner. As a driver, he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500...

Report
11 US Miller High Life 150
XM Satellite Radio Indy 200
Professional open wheel racing in Phoenix, Arizona has happened in three venues: the Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix International Raceway and in downtown Phoenix....

US Rick Mears
Rick Mears
Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six...

Unknown US Tom Sneva
Tom Sneva
Tom Sneva is a former Indy Car driver who was named to the prestigious Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2005. Sneva is best remembered for winning the 1983 Indianapolis 500. Nicknamed "The Gas Man," Sneva was an outstanding qualifier, winning the pole position for the Indianapolis 500 three...

Report

See also

  • 1981-82 USAC Championship Car season
  • 1982 Indianapolis 500
    1982 Indianapolis 500
    The 66th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 30, 1982. Gordon Johncock, who had previously won the rain-shortened 1973 race, was the winner...

  • 1982-83 USAC Championship Car season