1988 IMSA GT Championship

The 1988 Camel GT Championship season was the 18th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was for GTP and Lights classes of prototypes, as well as Grand Tourer-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes. It began January 30, 1988, and ended October 23, 1988, after seventeen rounds.

Schedule

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

Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Date
1 SunBank 24 at Daytona 24 Hours All Daytona International Speedway January 30
January 31
2 Grand Prix of Miami 3 Hours Proto Streets of Miami February 28
40 Minutes GTU
3 Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 19
4 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix 500 km Proto Road Atlanta April 10
5 Grand Prix of Palm Beach 3 Hours Proto West Palm Beach street course April 24
1 Hour GTO
6 Mid-Atlantic Toyota Grand Prix 3 Hours GT Summit Point Raceway May 22
7 Lime Rock Grand Prix 150 Laps Proto Lime Rock Park May 30
8 Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio 500 km Proto Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 5
200 km GT
9 Camel Continental 500 km Proto Watkins Glen International July 3
10 Miller High Life 500 500 km All Road America July 17
11 G.I. Joe's Grand Prix 1 Hour 30 Minutes GT Portland International Raceway July 31
300 km Proto
12 Lincoln-Mercury California Grand Prix 200 km GT Sears Point Raceway August 14
300 km Proto
13 Nissan Camel Grand Prix of San Antonio 3 Hours Proto San Antonio street course September 4
14 Lime Rock 2 Hours 90 Laps GTO Lime Rock Park September 5
50 Laps GTU
15 Kodak Copier 500 500 km GT Watkins Glen International September 25
16 Columbus Ford Dealers 500 300 km Proto Columbus street course October 2
45 Minutes GT
17 Camel Grand Prix of Southern California 45 Minutes GTU Del Mar Fairgrounds October 22
1 Hour GTO
2 Hours Proto

Season results

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Rnd Circuit GTP Winning Team Lights Winning Team GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team Results
GTP Winning Drivers Lights Winning Drivers GTO Winning Drivers GTU Winning Drivers
1 Daytona   #60 Castrol Jaguar   #9 Essex Racing   #11 Roush Racing   #71 Team Highball Results
  Martin Brundle
  Raul Boesel
  John Nielsen
  David Simpson
  David Loring
  Tom Hessert
  Pete Halsmer
  Scott Pruett
  Bob Akin
  Paul Miller
  Bob Lazier
  Amos Johnson
  Dennis Shaw
2 Miami   #16 Dyson Racing   #80 Gaston Andrey Racing Did Not Participate   #1 C&C Inc. Results
  Price Cobb
  James Weaver
  Martino Finotto
  Ruggero Melgrati
  Tommy Kendall
3 Sebring   #86 Bayside Disposal   #9 Essex Racing   #5 Protofab Racing   #71 Team Highball Results
  Hans-Joachim Stuck
  Klaus Ludwig
  David Loring
  Tom Hessert
  Wally Dallenbach Jr.
  John Jones
  Amos Johnson
  Dennis Shaw
4 Road Atlanta   #3 Electramotive Eng.   #80 Gaston Andrey Racing Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results
  John Morton
  Geoff Brabham
  Martino Finotto
  Ruggero Melgrati
5 Palm Beach   #83 Electramotive Eng.   #9 Essex Racing   #6 Roush Racing Did Not Participate Results
  John Morton
  Geoff Brabham
  David Loring
  Tom Hessert
  Pete Halsmer
6 Summit Point Did Not Participate Did Not Participate   #11 Roush Racing   #1 C&C Inc. Results
  Scott Pruett   Tommy Kendall
7 Lime Rock   #83 Electramotive Eng.   #79 Whitehall Motorsports Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results
  Geoff Brabham   Skeeter McKitterick
8 Mid-Ohio   #83 Electramotive Eng.   #01 Spice Engineering   #98 All American Racers   #1 C&C Inc. Results
  Tom Gloy
  Geoff Brabham
  Charles Morgan
  Dominic Dobson
  Chris Cord   Tommy Kendall
9 Watkins Glen   #83 Electramotive Eng.   #79 Winters Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results
  John Morton
  Geoff Brabham
  Skeeter McKitterick
  Costas Los
10 Road America   #83 Electromotive Eng.   #55 Huffaker Racing   #98 All American Racers   #07 Full Time Racing Results
  John Morton
  Geoff Brabham
  Terry Visger
  Dan Marvin
  Dennis Aase   Dorsey Schroeder
11 Portland   #83 Electramotive Eng.   #01 Spice Engineering   #6 Roush Racing   #02 C&C Inc. Results
  Geoff Brabham   Charles Morgan   Pete Halsmer   Max Jones
12 Sears Point   #83 Electramotive Eng.   #55 AC Delco Pontiac   #99 All American Racers   #07 Full Time Racing Results
  Geoff Brabham   Dan Marvin   Willy T. Ribbs   Dorsey Schroeder
13 San Antonio   #16 Dyson Racing   #55 Huffaker Racing Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results
  Price Cobb
  James Weaver
  Dan Marvin
  Bob Lobenberg
14 Lime Rock Did Not Participate Did Not Participate   #5 Protofab Racing   #07 Full Time Racing Results
  Wally Dallenbach Jr.   Dorsey Schroeder
15 Watkins Glen Did Not Participate Did Not Participate   #98 All American Racers   #1 C&C Inc. Results
  Chris Cord
  Dennis Aase
  Tommy Kendall
16 Columbus   #83 Electramotive Eng.   #9 Essex Racing   #16 Hoerr Racing   #1 C&C Inc. Results
  Geoff Brabham   David Loring
  Tom Hessert
  Irv Hoerr   Tommy Kendall
17 Del Mar   #61 Castrol Jaguar   #55 Huffaker Racing   #99 All American Racers   #1 C&C Inc. Results
  Martin Brundle
  Jan Lammers
  Dan Marvin   Willy T. Ribbs   Tommy Kendall

Championship results

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The GTP Drivers Championship was won by Australian Geoff Brabham, driving a Nissan GTP ZX-T.[1]

References

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  1. ^ IMSA GT Championship Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 23 January 2012
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