1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

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.

1982 CART season
PPG Indy Car World Series
Season
Races11
Start dateMarch 28
End dateNovember 6
Awards
Drivers' champion Rick Mears
Constructors' Cup March
Manufacturers' Cup Cosworth
Nations' Cup United States
Rookie of the Year 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 Owner No Drivers Rounds
Alex Morales Motorsports 3 Pancho Carter All
Alsup Racing 2 Bill Alsup All
27 Spike Gehlhausen 7
Arciero Racing 66 Pete Halsmer 8-9, 11
Armstrong Mould Racing Team X Greg Leffler 2
Bettenhausen Racing 8 Gary Bettenhausen 6, 11
Bettenhausen Racing w/ H&R Racing 6 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 1-3, 5-11
Bignotti-Cotter Racing 7 Tom Sneva All
21 Geoff Brabham All
Brayton Racing 36 Patrick Bedard 1-2, 5
Scott Brayton 3, 7, 10
37 1, 5
BVC Racing 75 Dennis Firestone 1
Caliva Racing X Phil Caliva 8, 11
Chaparral Racing 5 Johnny Rutherford 1-9, 11
Circle Bar Auto Racing 39 Chet Fillip 11
Doug Shierson Racing 30 Howdy Holmes All
Fletcher Racing 35 Gordon Smiley 2
George Snider 5, 7
Forsythe Racing 32 Héctor Rebaque 2-5, 8-9
33 Danny Sullivan 2-3
Al Unser Jr. 8
Frantz Racing w/ Burger King 77 Tom Frantz 1, 5, 8
Garza Racing 55 Josele Garza All
Gilmore Racing 14 A. J. Foyt 3-5, 7, 10
Gohr Racing 56 Joe Saldana 3-4
Gary Bettenhausen 5, 7-10
Grant King Racers X Todd Tuttle 4
GTS Racing 86 Al Loquasto 1, 7
Hamilton Racing 17 Ken Hamilton 5
HBK Racing 72 Tom Bigelow 3-7, 10
Bill Whittington 9
Hodgson-Curb X Bobby Olivero 1
Hoffman Racing 69 Jerry Sneva 10
Hoffman Racing w/ Rattlesnake Racing 42 Jim Hickman 2-6
Jamieson Racing 49 Chip Mead 1, 3
Spike Gehlhausen 3, 5
Jet Engineering 64 Steve Chassey 1
Bob Frey 3
Greg Leffler 6, 8-11
Joe Hunt Magneto 89 Phil Krueger 1-2
Dick Ferguson 8
Jerry Sneva 11
Joel McCray Racing 46 Leroy van Conett 1
Jerry Karl 4-8
Kraco Enterprises 18 Dick Ferguson 1-2
Bill Vukovich II 3
Mike Mosley 5-7, 10-11
99 Vern Schuppan 4, 8-9
Leader Card Racers 22 Dick Simon 1-8, 10-11
24 Bill Vukovich II 7
Longhorn Racing 10 Al Unser 1-10
Luxury Racers 65 Bob Brutto 1
Phil Krueger 5, 7, 9-11
Machinists Union Racing 31 Roger Mears All
McElreath Racing 23 Jim McElreath 1, 7-8
Menard Racing 28 Herm Johnson 1-6, 8-9
Metametrix 47 Chris Kneifel 8-9
Jacques Villeneuve Sr. 11
Newman Freeman Racing 68 Mike Chandler 8, 11
Patrick Racing 20 Gordon Johncock All
40 Mario Andretti All
Rattlesnake Racing 11 Dick Ferguson 10-11
Ray W Lipper Racing X Ray Lipper 1
Rhoades Racing 12 Chip Ganassi 1-2, 4-5, 7, 10
Team Penske 1 Rick Mears All
4 Kevin Cogan All
Tempero Racing 15 Bill Tempero 1, 4, 6, 8-9, 11
Truesports 19 Bobby Rahal 1, 3-11
Whittington Racing 91 Don Whittington 5
Wysard Racing 34 Hurley Haywood 1-2
Johnny Parsons 3-5, 7-8, 10
John Paul Jr. 9
Derek Daly 11

Schedule
Rd Date Name Circuit Location
1 March 28 Kraco Car Stereo 150  O  Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona
2 May 1 Stroh's 200  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia
NC May 30 Indianapolis 500  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Indiana
3 June 13 Gould Rex Mays Classic  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
4 July 4 Budweiser Cleveland 500  S  Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
5 July 18 Norton Michigan 500  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
6 August 1 Tony Bettenhausen 200  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
7 August 15 Domino's Pizza Pocono 500  O  Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania
8 August 29 AirCal 500K  R  Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California
9 September 19 Road America 200  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10 September 26 Detroit News Grand Prix  O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
11 November 6 Miller High Life 150  O  Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Dedicated road course
 S  Temporary street circuit

Season Summary

Race results
Rd Race Name Pole Position Winning driver Winning team Race time Report
1 Kraco Car Stereo 150 Rick Mears Rick Mears Team Penske 1:15:48 Report
2 Stroh's 200 Rick Mears Rick Mears Team Penske 1:13:10 Report
NC Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Rick Mears Gordon Johncock Patrick Racing 3:05:09 Report
3 Gould-Rex Mays 150 Gordon Johncock Gordon Johncock Patrick Racing 1:10:52 Report
4 Budweiser Cleveland 500 Kevin Cogan Bobby Rahal Truesports 3:03:44 Report
5 Norton-Michigan 500 Rick Mears / Mario Andretti Gordon Johncock Patrick Racing 3:14:54 Report
6 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Rick Mears Tom Sneva Bignotti-Cotter Racing 1:49:57 Report
7 Domino's Pizza Pocono 500 Rick Mears Rick Mears Team Penske 3:25:39 Report
8 AirCal 500 Kevin Cogan Rick Mears Team Penske 2:42:14 Report
9 Road America 200 Rick Mears Héctor Rebaque Forsythe Racing 1:49:56 Report
10 Detroit News Grand Prix Rick Mears Bobby Rahal Truesports 1:04:03 Report
11 Miller High Life 150 Rick Mears Tom Sneva Bignotti-Cotter Racing 1:21:05 Report

Mario Andretti was credited with winning the pole position for the Norton-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.

  Non-championship event

Final points standings
Pos Driver PHX
ATL
MIL
CLE
MIC
MIL
POC
RIV
ROA
MIC
PHX
Pts
1 Rick Mears 1* 1* 3 4 15* 12* 1* 1* 5 25 2 294
2 Bobby Rahal  RY  18 20 1 3 2 3 15 3* 1* 5 242
3 Mario Andretti 2 11 9 2 2 3 14 23 14 2 3 188
4 Gordon Johncock 5 2 1* 5 1 11 6 26 22 15 23 186
5 Tom Sneva 7 17 4 20 32 1 19 2 9 19 1* 144
6 Kevin Cogan 3 18 5 10* 14 5 2 10 25 22 4 136
7 Al Unser 21 8 17 3 4 DNQ 23 17 2 18 125
8 Geoff Brabham 15 15 7 6 7 10 4 28 15 3 20 110
9 Roger Mears 8 4 22 21 17 14 9 4 8 8 7 103
10 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 12 19 12 10 20 5 18 7 4 6 80
11 Bill Alsup 11 5 16 12 13 9 13 8 16 6 8 70
12 Johnny Rutherford 4 15 23 28 17 12 3 12 DNS 21 62
13 Howdy Holmes 16 10 16 12 4 27 16 10 5 10 56
14 Josele Garza 13 16 8 14 22 8 15 13 4 9 18 56
15 Héctor Rebaque  R  13 DNS 18 25 DNP 20 1 48
16 Gary Bettenhausen 6 13 8 DNQ 20 17 9 48
17 Pancho Carter 6 10 13 19 18 6 28 19 11 12 11 47
18 Johnny Parsons 6 9 16 7 25 DNS 41
19 Mike Mosley 8 7 16 7 12 37
20 Tom Bigelow 18 DNQ 5 22 25 20 32
21 Al Unser Jr.  R  5 30
22 Danny Sullivan  R  3 21 DNP 28
23 Phil Krueger DNQ 12 DNQ 30 11 6 11 17 27
24 Greg Leffler DNQ DNQ 21 6 13 24 13 27
25 Dick Simon DNQ DNP 19 17 21 15 22 7 DNQ 13 19 26
26 Herm Johnson 19 6 23 13 34 16 22 17 24
27 Jim Hickman  R  7 DNQ 24 9 DNQ 24
28 A. J. Foyt 2 22 20 20 23 22
29 Bill Tempero DNQ 8 19 14 18 DNQ 22
30 Vern Schuppan 7 27 24 18
31 Jerry Karl 15 24 18 10 12 17
32 Mike Chandler 9 16 13
33 Scott Brayton 14 14 DNP 11 24 10 11
34 Chip Ganassi  R  22 DNP 11 31 17 16 10
35 Gordon Smiley 9 8
36 Chris Kneifel  R  11 23 6
37 Chip Mead 9 DNQ 4
38 Hurley Haywood 10 DNQ 3
39 Jim McElreath DNQ 18 DNQ 3
40 George Snider 19 21 3
41 Bill Vukovich II 11 29 2
42 Patrick Bedard 14 29 2
43 Pete Halsmer  R  24 19 24 2
44 Jerry Sneva 14 DNQ 1
45 Jacques Villeneuve Sr.  R  14 1
46 Chet Fillip  R  15 1
47 Dick Ferguson 17 DNP 21 21 22 1
48 Dennis Firestone 20 1
49 John Paul Jr.  R  21 0
50 Spike Gehlhausen DNQ 23 30 0
51 Derek Daly  R  25 0
52 Al Loquasto DNQ 26 0
53 Don Whittington 26 0
54 Ken Hamilton  R  27 0
55 Tom Frantz DNQ 33 DNP DNQ 0
- Rich Vogler DNP DNS 0
- Bill Whittington DNS 0
- Richard Hubbard DNP DNQ DNQ 0
- Bob Frey DNQ DNQ 0
- Joe Saldana DNQ DNQ 0
- Rick DeLorto DNQ DNQ 0
- Phil Caliva DNQ DNQ 0
- Bob Brutto DNQ 0
- Steve Chassey DNQ 0
- Ray Lipper DNQ 0
- Bobby Olivero DNQ 0
- Leroy van Conett DNQ 0
- Tod Tuttle DNQ 0
- Danny Ongais DNP 0
- Bob Harkey DNP 0
- John Morton DNP 0
- John Raecker DNP 0
Pos Driver PHX
ATL
MIL
CLE
MIC
MIL
POC
RIV
ROA
MIC
PHX
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
(Ret)
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

References
  • Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1982". Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  • "1982 PPG Indy Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  • "Standings after Phoenix". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  • http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 198-199)

See also
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