1982 Road America Champ Cars in CART at the Elkhart Lake circuit. Full information

1982 Road America Champ Cars

1982 Road America Champ Cars is 47th CART race. Passed at the Elkhart Lake circuit. Rick Mears won the pole position, Hector Rebaque won this race. Al Unser and Bobby Rahal also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 50 laps (326 km).

Previous race: 1982 Riverside Champ Cars
Next race: 1982 Michigan Champ Cars
Race Start: 19th September 1982

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1982 Road America Champ Cars

1st victory for the Forsythe Racing team
1st victory for the Hector Rebaque
1st podium for the Hector Rebaque
9th podium for the Al Unser
5th podium for the Bobby Rahal

March 82C - 1982 Road America Champ Cars winner

March 82C #32 - 1982 Road America Champ Cars winner

1982 Road America Champ Cars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Hector Rebaque March 82C, #32 40 1h 49m 56.09s 0 Forsythe Racing
2 Al Unser Longhorn LR03B, #10 32 49 laps Out of fuel 0 Longhorn Racing
3 Bobby Rahal March 82C, #19 30 49 laps 0 Truesports
4 Josele Garza Penske PC9, #55 24 49 laps 0 Garza Racing
5 Rick Mears Penske PC10, #1 22 48 laps 0 Penske Racing
6 Phil Krueger King ? 1982, #65 16 45 laps 0 Luxury Racers
7 Tony Bettenhausen jr March 82C, #6 12 45 laps 0 Bettenhausen Motorsports
8 Roger Mears Penske PC7, #31 10 43 laps 0 Machinists Union Racing
9 Tom Sneva March 82C, #7 8 42 laps 0 Bignotti-Cotter Racing
10 Howdy Holmes March 82C, #30 6 41 laps Gearbox 0 Shierson Racing
11 Pancho Carter March 82C, #3 4 40 laps Transmission 0 Alex Foods Racing
12 Johnny Rutherford March 82C, #5 2 39 laps Engine 0 Chaparral Racing
13 Greg Leffler Eagle 81, #64 2 30 laps Engine 0 Jet Engineering
14 Mario Andretti Wildcat Mk8B, #40 4 29 laps Transmission 0 Patrick Racing
15 Geoff Brabham March 82C, #21 2 29 laps Transmission 0 Bignotti-Cotter Racing
16 Bill Alsup Penske PC9C, #2 2 25 laps Engine 0 Alsup Racing
17 Herm Johnson Eagle 82, #28 2 24 laps Oil leak 0 Team Menard
18 Bill Tempero Longhorn LR01, #15 2 19 laps Overheating 0 Bill Tempero
19 Pete Halsmer Eagle 82, #66 2 19 laps Engine 0 Arciero Racing
20 Gary Bettenhausen Penske PC7, #56 2 13 laps Engine 0 Gohr Racing
21 John Paul, Jr. March 82C, #34 0 11 laps Engine 0 Wysard Motor Co
22 Gordon Johncock Wildcat Mk8B, #20 0 5 laps Transmission 0 Patrick Racing
23 Chris Kneifel Eagle 82, #47 0 4 laps Ignition 0 Metametrix
24 Vern Schuppan March 82C, #99 0 4 laps Engine 0 Kraco Racing
25 Kevin Cogan Penske PC10, #4 0 1 laps Engine 0 Penske Racing

Qualifying Results for the 1982 Road America Champ Cars on the Elkhart Lake circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Rick Mears Penske PC10, #1 1m 57.71s Penske Racing
2 Bobby Rahal March 82C, #19 1m 58.983s Truesports
3 Al Unser Longhorn LR03B, #10 2m 0.327s Longhorn Racing
4 Mario Andretti Wildcat Mk8B, #40 2m 0.42s Patrick Racing
5 Gordon Johncock Wildcat Mk8B, #20 2m 1.829s Patrick Racing
6 Howdy Holmes March 82C, #30 2m 1.952s Shierson Racing
7 Tom Sneva March 82C, #7 2m 1.982s Bignotti-Cotter Racing
8 John Paul, Jr. March 82C, #34 2m 2.139s Wysard Motor Co
9 Hector Rebaque March 82C, #32 2m 2.222s Forsythe Racing
10 Josele Garza Penske PC9, #55 2m 3.204s Garza Racing
11 Pancho Carter March 82C, #3 2m 3.778s Alex Foods Racing
12 Pete Halsmer Eagle 82, #66 2m 3.993s Arciero Racing
13 Geoff Brabham March 82C, #21 2m 4.231s Bignotti-Cotter Racing
14 Vern Schuppan March 82C, #99 2m 4.534s Kraco Racing
15 Kevin Cogan Penske PC10, #4 2m 4.594s Penske Racing
16 Herm Johnson Eagle 82, #28 2m 4.894s Team Menard
17 Tony Bettenhausen jr March 82C, #6 2m 6.471s Bettenhausen Motorsports
18 Johnny Rutherford March 82C, #5 2m 7.479s Chaparral Racing
19 Chris Kneifel Eagle 82, #47 2m 8.22s Metametrix
20 Gary Bettenhausen Penske PC7, #56 2m 11.137s Gohr Racing
21 Bill Tempero Longhorn LR01, #15 2m 11.415s Bill Tempero
22 Roger Mears Penske PC7, #31 2m 12.063s Machinists Union Racing
23 Greg Leffler Eagle 81, #64 2m 12.602s Jet Engineering
24 Phil Krueger King ? 1982, #65 2m 15.844s Luxury Racers
25 Bill Alsup Penske PC9C, #2 2m 17.826s Alsup Racing

List of all cars for the 1982 Road America Champ Cars on the Elkhart Lake circuit

Penske PC7

Cosworth

Penske PC9

Cosworth

Eagle 81

Chevrolet

Penske PC7

Chevrolet

Penske PC10

Cosworth

Wildcat Mk8B

Cosworth

March 82C

Cosworth

Penske PC9C

Cosworth

Eagle 82

Chevrolet

Longhorn LR01

Chevrolet

Eagle ? 1982

Chevrolet

King ? 1982

Chevrolet

Eagle 82

Cosworth

Longhorn LR03B

Cosworth