1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

1982 CART season
1979 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
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1981	1983

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.

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 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	Stroh's 200	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Hampton, Georgia	Rick Mears	Rick Mears
NC	May 30	Indianapolis 500-Mile Race	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	Rick Mears	Gordon Johncock
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	Bobby Rahal
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	Héctor 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 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 14 1 46 Chet Fillip 15 1 47 Dick Ferguson 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, Jr. 26 0 54 Ken Hamilton 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 DNS Any driver who qualifies Rookie of the Year Rookie

References

• http://media.indycar.com/pdf/2011/IICS_2011_Historical_Record_Book_INT6.pdf (p. 198-199)

See also

• 1981-82 USAC Championship Car season
• 1982 Indianapolis 500
• 1982-83 USAC Championship Car season