Sebring 12 Hours 1982 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: 30th Anniversary Coca-Cola Twelve Hours of Sebring Camel GT		Date: 20.3.1982
Track: Sebring Airport (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
International Motor Sport Association (round 2) IMSA GTO (round 2) IMSA GTU (round 2) International Motor Sport Association (round 2)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	80
Practiced:	73
Qualified:	67
Started:	67
Finished:	28

Classes:	Pract	Start
IMSA GTP	25	32
IMSA GTO	29	26
IMSA GTU	19	18

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 285 minutes on 18-19/3
1 qualifying session held for a total of 120 minutes on 18/3

Winners:
Overall:	18	Porsche 935 JLP-3	Paul, Jr. / Paul
IMSA GTO:	50	Porsche Carrera RSR	Febles / Ferrer / Soldevilla
IMSA GTU:	38	Mazda RX-7	Mandeville / Kline / Johnson
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Porsche 935 K3/80	John Fitzpatrick (GB)	2:34.490	195.009 km/h	lap 3
IMSA GTO:	54	BMW M1	Tony Garcia (USA)	2:45.140	182.432 km/h	lap 4
IMSA GTU:	38	Mazda RX-7	Roger Mandeville (USA)	2:58.530	168.749 km/h	lap 19
Pole Positions:
Overall:	46	March 82G Chevrolet	Bobby Rahal (USA)	2:27.067	204.853 km/h
IMSA GTO:	54	BMW M1	Tony Garcia (USA)	2:46.303	181.157 km/h
IMSA GTU:	82	Mazda RX-7	Jim Cook (USA)	2:55.168	171.989 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (30), Chevrolet (11), Mazda (7), BMW (4), March (2), Ford (2), Ferrari (2), Pontiac (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (30), Chevrolet (13), Mazda (7), BMW (5), Ford (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 935 (10), Porsche 911 Carrera (7), Mazda RX-7 (7), Porsche 911 (7), Chevrolet Camaro (7)
Driver nationalities:	USA (148), CDN (6), PR (6), ES (5), GB (5), CH (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (47%), rear-engined (37%), mid-engined (16%)
Oldest known drivers:	Preston Henn (51), Billy Hagan (50), Jim Cook (45)
Youngest known drivers:	Darin Brassfield (19), John Paul, Jr. (22), Dale Whittington (23)
Female drivers:	Janet Guthrie, Bonnie Henn, Desiré Wilson

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