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1982 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

Sports season

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.

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	USA Pancho Carter	All
Alsup Racing	2	USA Bill Alsup	All
27	USA Spike Gehlhausen	7
Arciero Racing	66	USA Pete Halsmer	8-9, 11
Armstrong Mould Racing Team	43	USA Greg Leffler	2
Bettenhausen Racing	8	USA Gary Bettenhausen	6, 11
Bettenhausen Racing w/ H&R Racing	6	USA Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	1-3, 5-11
Bignotti-Cotter Racing	7	USA Tom Sneva	All
21	AUS Geoff Brabham	All
Brayton Racing	36	USA Patrick Bedard	1-2, 5
USA Scott Brayton	3, 7, 10
37	1, 5
BVC Racing	75	AUS Dennis Firestone	1
Caliva Racing	38	USA Phil Caliva	8, 11
Chaparral Racing	5	USA Johnny Rutherford	1-9, 11
Circle Bar Auto Racing	39	USA Chet Fillip	11
Doug Shierson Racing	30	USA Howdy Holmes	All
Fletcher Racing	35	USA Gordon Smiley	2
USA George Snider	5, 7
Forsythe Racing	32	MEX Héctor Rebaque	2-5, 8-9
33	USA Danny Sullivan	2-3
USA Al Unser Jr.	8
Frantz Racing w/ Burger King	77	USA Tom Frantz	1, 5, 8
Garza Racing	55	MEX Josele Garza	All
Gilmore Racing	14	USA A. J. Foyt	3-5, 7, 10
Gohr Racing	56	USA Joe Saldana	3-4
USA Gary Bettenhausen	5, 7-10
Grant King Racers	65	USA Todd Tuttle	4
GTS Racing	86	USA Al Loquasto	1, 7
Hamilton Racing	17	USA Ken Hamilton	5
HBK Racing	72	USA Tom Bigelow	3-7, 10
USA Bill Whittington	9
Hodgson-Curb	29	USA Bobby Olivero	1
Hoffman Racing	69	USA Jerry Sneva	10
Hoffman Racing w/ Rattlesnake Racing	42	USA Jim Hickman	2-6
Jamieson Racing	49	USA Chip Mead	1, 3
USA Spike Gehlhausen	3, 5
Jet Engineering	64	USA Steve Chassey	1
USA Bob Frey	3
USA Greg Leffler	6, 8-11
Joe Hunt Magneto	89	USA Phil Krueger	1-2
USA Dick Ferguson	8
USA Jerry Sneva	11
Joel McCray Racing	46	USA Leroy van Conett	1
USA Jerry Karl	4-8
Kraco Enterprises	18	USA Dick Ferguson	1-2
USA Bill Vukovich II	3
USA Mike Mosley	5-7, 10-11
99	AUS Vern Schuppan	4, 8-9
Leader Card Racers	22	USA Dick Simon	1-8, 10-11
24	USA Bill Vukovich II	7
Longhorn Racing	10	USA Al Unser	1-10
Luxury Racers	65	USA Bob Brutto	1
USA Phil Krueger	5, 7, 9-11
Machinists Union Racing	31	USA Roger Mears	All
McElreath Racing	23	USA Jim McElreath	1, 7-8
Menard Racing	28	USA Herm Johnson	1-6, 8-9
Metametrix	47	USA Chris Kneifel	8-9
CAN Jacques Villeneuve Sr.	11
Newman Freeman Racing	68	USA Mike Chandler	8, 11
Patrick Racing	20	USA Gordon Johncock	All
40	USA Mario Andretti	All
Rattlesnake Racing	11	USA Dick Ferguson	10-11
Ray W Lipper Racing	73	USA Ray Lipper	1
Rhoades Racing	12	USA Chip Ganassi	1-2, 4-5, 7, 10
Team Penske	1	USA Rick Mears	All
4	USA Kevin Cogan	All
Tempero Racing	15	USA Bill Tempero	1, 4, 6, 8-9, 11
Truesports	19	USA Bobby Rahal	1, 3-11
Whittington Racing	91	USA Don Whittington	5
Wysard Racing	34	USA Hurley Haywood	1-2
USA Johnny Parsons	3-5, 7-8, 10
USA John Paul Jr.	9
IRL Derek Daly	11

Schedule

New to the schedule was the temporary circuit at Burke Lakefront Airport, and the permanent road course named Road America. Returning to the schedule after a one year absence (1981 was a USAC race) was Pocono Raceway, the 2.5 mile superspeedway would host a 500-mile race in 1982.

The schedule was originally set to feature a doubleheader with Formula One at Las Vegas on October 17. After the F1 Grand Prix on Saturday, the track would be converted to an oval for an Indy car race on Sunday. This was cancelled after FISA rescheduled the Grand Prix for September and instituted a rule that banned two open-wheel series with engines over two liters from competing at the same venue on the same weekend.

A race in Mexico City for October 31 was cancelled.

Icon	Legend
	Oval/Speedway
	Road course
	Street circuit
NC	Non-championship race

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

The Stroh's 200 was scheduled for April 25, but postponed a week due to rain. NBC planned to cover on April 25, but did not return for the May 1 running.

Results

Rd	Race	Pole position	Winning driver	Winning team	Race time
Phoenix 1	USA Rick Mears	USA Rick Mears	USA Team Penske	1:15:48	[Report](https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1982_Kraco_Car_Stereo_150/R)
Atlanta	USA Rick Mears	USA Rick Mears	USA Team Penske	1:13:10	[Report](https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1982_Strohs_200/R)
[Indianapolis 500](1982-indianapolis-500)	USA Rick Mears	USA Gordon Johncock	USA Patrick Racing	3:05:09	[Report](1982-indianapolis-500)
Milwaukee 1	USA Gordon Johncock	USA Gordon Johncock	USA Patrick Racing	1:10:52	[Report](https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1982_Gould_Rex_Mays_Classic/R)
Cleveland	USA Kevin Cogan	USA Bobby Rahal	USA Truesports	3:03:44	[Report](https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1982_Budweiser_Cleveland_500/R)
Michigan 1	USA Rick Mears / Mario Andretti	USA Gordon Johncock	USA Patrick Racing	3:14:54	[Report](1982-michigan-500)
Milwaukee 2	USA Rick Mears	USA Tom Sneva	USA Bignotti-Cotter Racing	1:49:57	[Report](https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1982_Provimi_Veal_Tony_Bettenhausen_200/R)
Pocono	US Rick Mears	US Rick Mears	US Team Penske	3:25:39	[Report](1982-domino-s-pizza-pocono-500)
Riverside	USA Kevin Cogan	USA Rick Mears	USA Team Penske	2:42:14	[Report](https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1982_AirCal_500/R)
Road America	USA Rick Mears	MEX Héctor Rebaque	USA Forsythe Racing	1:49:56	[Report](https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1982_Road_America_200/R)
Michigan 2	USA Rick Mears	USA Bobby Rahal	USA Truesports	1:04:03	[Report](https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1982_Detroit_News_Grand_Prix/R)
Phoenix 2	USA Rick Mears	USA Tom Sneva	USA Bignotti-Cotter Racing	1:21:05	[Report](https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1982_Miller_High_Life_150/R)

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

Final points standings

Pos	Driver	PHX1
USA	ATL
USA	MIL
USA	CLE
USA	MIS1
USA	MIL
USA	POC
USA	RIV
USA	ROA
USA	MIS2
USA	PHX2
USA	Pts	1	294	2	242	3	188	4	186	5	144	6	136	7	125	8	110	9	103	10	80	11	70	12	62	13	56	14	56	15	48	16	48	17	47	18	41	19	37	20	32	21	30	22	28	23	27	24	27	25	26	26	24	27	24	28	22	29	22	30	18	31	17	32	13	33	11	34	10	35	8	36	6	37	4	38	3	39	3	40	3	41	2	42	2	43	2	44	1	45	1	46	1	47	1	48	1	49	0	50	0	51	0	52	0	53	0	54	0	55	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0
USA Rick Mears	1*	1*	3	4	15*	12*	1*	1*	5	25	2
USA Bobby Rahal	18		20	1	3	2	3	15	3*	1*	5
USA Mario Andretti	2	11	9	2	2	3	14	23	14	2	3
USA Gordon Johncock	5	2	1*	5	1	11	6	26	22	15	23
USA Tom Sneva	7	17	4	20	32	1	19	2	9	19	1*
USA Kevin Cogan	3	18	5	10*	14	5	2	10	25	22	4
USA Al Unser	21	8	17	3	4	DNS	23	17	2	18
Australia Geoff Brabham	15	15	7	6	7	10	4	28	15	3	20
USA Roger Mears	8	4	22	21	17	14	9	4	8	8	7
USA Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	12	19	12		10	20	5	18	7	4	6
USA Bill Alsup	11	5	16	12	13	9	13	8	16	6	8
USA Johnny Rutherford	4	DNS	15	23	28	17	12	3	12	DNS	21
USA Howdy Holmes	16		10	16	12	4	27	16	10	5	10
Mexico Josele Garza	13	16	8	14	22	8	15	13	4	9	18
Mexico Héctor Rebaque		13	DNS	18	25			20	1
USA Gary Bettenhausen					6	13	8	DNQ	20	17	9
USA Pancho Carter	6	10	13	19	18	6	28	19	11	12	11
USA Johnny Parsons			6	9	16		7	25		DNS
USA Mike Mosley					8	7	16			7	12
USA Tom Bigelow			18	DNQ	5	22	25			20
USA Al Unser Jr.								5
USA Danny Sullivan		3	21
USA Phil Krueger	DNQ	12		DNQ	30		11		6	11	17
USA Greg Leffler		DNQ			DNQ	21		6	13	24	13
USA Dick Simon	DNQ	DNS	19	17	21	15	22	7	DNQ	13	19
USA Herm Johnson	19	6	23	13	34	16		22	17
USA Jim Hickman		7	DNQ	24	9	DNQ
USA A. J. Foyt			2	22	20		20			23
USA Bill Tempero	DNQ			8		19		14	18		DNQ
Australia Vern Schuppan				7				27	24
USA Jerry Karl				15	24	18	10	12
USA Mike Chandler								9			16
USA Scott Brayton	14		14		11		24			10
USA Chip Ganassi	22			11	31		17			16
USA Gordon Smiley		9
USA Chris Kneifel								11	23
USA Chip Mead	9		DNQ
USA Hurley Haywood	10	DNQ
USA Jim McElreath	DNQ						18	DNQ
USA George Snider					19		21
USA Bill Vukovich II			11				29
USA Patrick Bedard		14			29
USA Pete Halsmer								24	19		24
USA Jerry Sneva										14	DNQ
Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sr.											14
USA Chet Fillip											15
USA Dick Ferguson	17							21		21	22
Australia Dennis Firestone	20
USA John Paul Jr.									21
USA Spike Gehlhausen			DNQ		23		30
Ireland Derek Daly											25
USA Al Loquasto	DNQ						26
USA Don Whittington					26
USA Ken Hamilton					27
USA Tom Frantz	DNQ				33			DNQ
USA Rich Vogler											DNS
USA Bill Whittington									DNS
USA Richard Hubbard									DNQ		DNQ
USA Bob Frey			DNQ	DNQ
USA Joe Saldana			DNQ	DNQ
USA Rick DeLorto						DNQ			DNQ
USA Phil Caliva								DNQ			DNQ
USA Bob Brutto	DNQ
USA Steve Chassey	DNQ
USA Ray Lipper	DNQ
USA Bobby Olivero	DNQ
USA Leroy van Conett	DNQ
USA Tod Tuttle				DNQ

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
Red	Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown	Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black	Disqualified
(DSQ)
White	Did not start
(DNS)
Blank	Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing

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References

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

References

(November 24, 1981). "CART Schedule Includes Vegas". The Indianapolis Star.
Vierra, Dan. (December 25, 1981). "Wrench in CART's Works". Sacramento Bee.
(November 24, 1981). "CART Schedule Includes Vegas". The Indianapolis Star.

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