1983 IMSA GT Championship

The 1983 Camel GT Championship season was the 13th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was for GTP class prototypes and GTO and GTU class Grand Tourer-style racing cars. It began February 5, 1983, and ended November 27, 1983, after seventeen rounds.

Schedule

The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.

Rnd	Race	Length	Class	Circuit	Date
1	24 Hour Pepsi Challenge	24 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	February 5 February 6
2	Budweiser Grand Prix of Miami	100 km	GTU	Streets of Miami	February 27
2	Budweiser Grand Prix of Miami	3 Hours	GTP	Streets of Miami	February 27
2	Budweiser Grand Prix of Miami	100 km	GTO	Streets of Miami	February 27
3	Coca-Cola Classic 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 19
4	Road Atlanta Nissan/Datsun 500	500 km	All	Road Atlanta	April 10
5	Los Angeles Times/Datsun Grand Prix	6 Hours	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 24
6	Monterey Triple Crown	45 Minutes	GTU	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 1
6	Monterey Triple Crown	100 Miles	GTP/GTO	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 1
7	Charlotte Camel GT 500	500 km	All	Charlotte Motor Speedway	May 15
8	Coca-Cola 500	3 Hours	All	Lime Rock Park	May 30
9	Lumbermen's 6 Hours	6 Hours	All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 19
10	Paul Revere 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 4
11	Pepsi Grand Prix	500 km	All	Brainerd International Raceway	July 10
12	Ford California Grand Prix	3 Hours	All	Sears Point Raceway	July 24
13	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	3 Hours	All	Portland International Raceway	July 31
14	Labatt's GT	6 Hours	All	Mosport Park	August 14
15	Road America Pabst 500	500 Miles	All	Road America	August 21
16	Grand Prix of Pocono	500 Miles	All	Pocono Raceway	September 11
17	Eastern Airlines 3 Hours of Daytona	3 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	November 27

Season results

† - #9 Personalized Autohaus won the 12 Hours of Sebring overall.