1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

1982 IndyCar season
1982 IndyCar season
PPG Indy Car World Series
Season
Races	11
Start date	March 28
End date	November 6
Awards
Drivers' champion	Rick Mears
Constructors' Cup	March
Manufacturers' Cup	Cosworth
Nations' Cup	United States
Rookie of the Year	Bobby Rahal
	← 1981 1983 →

The 1982 IndyCar 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.

Mario Andretti was credited with winning the pole position for 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.

Jim Hickman death at the Tony Bettenhausen 200 practice, he was 39 years old.

Race results

Rd	Date	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Pole Position	Winning driver
1	March 28	Kraco Car Stereo 150	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Rick Mears	Rick Mears
2	May 1	Stoh's 200	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Hampton, Georgia	Rick Mears	Rick Mears
3	June 13	Gould-Rex Mays 150	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Gordon Johncock	Gordon Johncock
4	July 4	Budweiser Cleveland 500	Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	Kevin Cogan	Kevin Cogan
5	July 18	Norton-Michigan 500	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	Rick Mears	Gordon Johncock
6	August 1	Tony Bettenhausen 200	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	Rick Mears	Tom Sneva
7	August 15	Domino's Pizza Pocono 500	Pocono International Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	Rick Mears	Rick Mears
8	August 29	AirCal 500	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Kevin Cogan	Rick Mears
9	September 19	Road America 200	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Rick Mears	Hector Rebaque
10	September 26	Detroit News Grand Prix	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	Rick Mears	Bobby Rahal
11	November 6	Miller High Life 150	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Rick Mears	Tom Sneva

Oval/Speedway

Road Course/Street Circuit

Final points standings

Pos	Driver	PHX	ATL	MIL	CLE	MIC	MIL	POC	RIV	[[Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America\|ROA]	MIC	PHX	Pts
1	Rick Mears	1*	1*	3	4	15*	12*	1*	1*	5	25	2	294
2	Bobby Rahal	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		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, Jr.			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.								5				30
22	Danny Sullivan		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		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	22	DNP		11	31		17			16		10
35	Gordon Smiley		9										8
36	Chris Kneifel								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, Jr.			11				29					2
42	Patrick Bedard		14			29							2
43	Pete Halsmer								24	19		24	2
44	Jerry Sneva										14	DNQ	1
45	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.											14	1
46	Chet Filip											15	1
47	Dick Fergusson	17	DNP						21		21	22	1
48	Dennis Firestone	20											1
49	John Paul, Jr.									21			0
50	Spike Gehlhausen			DNQ		23		30					0
51	Derek Daly											25	0
52	Al Loquasto	DNQ						26					0
53	Don Whittington					26							0
54	Ken Hamilton					27							0
55	Tom Frantz	DNQ				33		DNP	DNQ				0
-	Rick 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 Oliveiro	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	ATL	INDY	MIL	CLE	MIC	[[Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America\|ROA]	POC	RIV	MDO	MIC	CPL	LAG	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)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position (2 points)
Italics	Ran fastest race lap
*	Led most race laps (1 point)
DNS	Any driver who qualifies but does not start (DNS), earns all the points had they taken part.
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

Point Scoring System:

Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Points	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Bonus Points:

1 For Pole Position
1 For Leading The Most Laps Of The Race

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. Retrieved 2009-05-19. ^{[dead link‍]}
http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 198-199)

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Race results

Final points standings

References

See also