1982 Atlanta Champ Cars in CART at the Atlanta circuit. Full information

1982 Atlanta Champ Cars

1982 Atlanta Champ Cars is 39th CART race. Passed at the Atlanta circuit. Rick Mears won the pole position and this race. Gordon Johncock and Danny Sullivan also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 132 laps (323 km).

Previous race: 1982 Phoenix Champ Cars
Next race: 1982 Indianapolis 500
Race Start: 1st May 1982

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1982 Atlanta Champ Cars

23rd victory for the Penske Racing team
11th victory for the Rick Mears
23rd podium for the Rick Mears
12th podium for the Gordon Johncock
1st podium for the Danny Sullivan

Penske PC10 - 1982 Atlanta Champ Cars winner

Penske PC10 #1 - 1982 Atlanta Champ Cars winner

1982 Atlanta Champ Cars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Rick Mears Penske PC10, #1 44 1h 13m 10s 0 Penske Racing
2 Gordon Johncock Wildcat Mk8B, #20 32 1h 13m 17.69s 0 Patrick Racing
3 Danny Sullivan March 82C, #33 28 125 laps 0 Forsythe-Brown Racing
4 Roger Mears Penske PC7, #31 24 125 laps 0 Machinists Union Racing
5 Bill Alsup Penske PC9C, #2 20 121 laps 0 Alsup Racing
6 Herm Johnson Eagle 81, #28 16 115 laps 0 Team Menard
7 Jim Hickman March 81C, #42 12 107 laps 0 Rattlesnake Racing
8 Al Unser Longhorn LR03, #10 10 106 laps Fire 0 Longhorn Racing
9 Gordon Smiley March 81C, #35 8 97 laps Radiator 0 Fletcher Racing Team
10 Pancho Carter March 82C, #3 6 93 laps Overheating 0 Alex Foods Racing
11 Mario Andretti Wildcat Mk8B, #40 4 88 laps Engine 0 Patrick Racing
12 Phil Krueger Eagle 74, #89 2 68 laps Ignition 0 Joe Hunt
13 Hector Rebaque March 82C, #32 2 67 laps Engine 0 Forsythe Racing
14 Pat Bedard Penske PC7, #36 2 59 laps Oil pump 0 Brayton Racing
15 Geoff Brabham March 81C, #21 2 50 laps Gearbox 0 Bignotti-Cotter Racing
16 Josele Garza March 81C, #55 2 50 laps Engine 0 Garza Racing
17 Tom Sneva March 81C, #7 2 43 laps Accident 0 Bignotti-Cotter Racing
18 Kevin Cogan Penske PC10, #4 2 27 laps Wheel bearing 0 Penske Racing
19 Tony Bettenhausen jr March 82C, #6 2 14 laps Oil pressure 0 Bettenhausen Motorsports

List of all cars for the 1982 Atlanta Champ Cars on the Atlanta circuit

Eagle 74

Chevrolet

Chaparral 2K

Cosworth

Penske PC9

Cosworth

Wildcat Mk8

Cosworth

March 81C

Cosworth

Wildcat Mk8B

Cosworth

Penske PC9C

Cosworth

Watson ? 1982

Cosworth

Penske PC7

Cosworth

Orbitor Mk1

Cosworth

Eagle 81

Chevrolet

Penske PC10

Cosworth

March 82C

Cosworth

Longhorn LR03

Cosworth