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The car was from Billy Hagan's Stratagraph racing and the car running to American IMSA GTO regs. It was said to be quite fast in a straight line and actually lined up 32nd on the grid. I don't think there was any factory backing, but that is only a hunch. This and a second generation Camaro usually raced in IMSA back in the US and the second gen. car had actually been to Le Mans the year before. The team was entered for the 1984 edition, but was a no-show. BTW 1982 must have been the very first year of racing with the third generation car.
As for Europe Robert Lappalainen imported an IMSA GTO spec third generation Camaro to his native Finnland for the 1985 Nordic Super Saloon Car series. He only ran the car for two seasons, but it was raced on and off into this milleneum, at one point even racing as a Pontiac Firebird.
Belgium Serge Power had their fingers in a Camaro/Firebird (can't remember) for the French super production series around 1985/86 with Jean-Pierre Jarier driving - that can't have been too boring to watch!
Finally Peter John tried a 5.7 Camaro IROC-Z in the 1988 DTM. At a time when the manufactures flooded the championship this privateer effort soon vanished. This car was basically run to group A regulations.
Jesper
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