1982 Can-Am season


The 1982 Can Am Series season was the fifteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype series, and the sixth running of the revived series. 1982 brought new competition for Chevrolet in the form of Hart and Cosworth. Hart would podium in three races while Cosworth would podium in two. The most dominant chassis were Frissbee, Marguey, March, VDS-001, and Ensign. Al Unser, Jr. would win at Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca, and Mosport twice, with a podium at Mid Ohio, at Riverside, and at Caesar's Palacae. Unser would be declared champion.
Bertil Roos would take the two liter class in his Hart.

Results

RoundCircuitWinning driverTeamCar
1Road Atlanta Al Unser, Jr. Galles RacingFrissbee-Chevrolet
2Mosport Al Unser, Jr. Galles RacingFrissbee-Chevrolet
3Mid-Ohio Al Holbert Racing Team VDSVDS-Chevrolet
4Road America Al Holbert Racing Team VDSVDS-Chevrolet
5Trois-Rivières Al Holbert Racing Team VDSVDS-Chevrolet
6Mosport Al Unser, Jr. Galles RacingFrissbee-Chevrolet
7Caesars Palace Danny Sullivan Newman/BudweiserMarch-Chevrolet
8Riverside Al Holbert Racing Team VDSVDS-Chevrolet
9Laguna Seca Al Unser, Jr. Galles RacingFrissbee-Chevrolet