1979 IMSA GT Championship

The 1979 Winston GT season was the 9th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was a series for GTX class Group 5 cars and GTO and GTU class Grand tourer cars. It began February 3, 1979, and ended November 25, 1979, after fifteen rounds.

Schedule

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Not all classes participated in shorter events. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.

Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Date
1 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge 24 Hours All Daytona International Speedway February 3
February 4
2 Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 17
3 Road Atlanta Grand Prix 75 Miles GTU Road Atlanta April 8
100 Miles GTX/GTO
4 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix 6 Hours All Riverside International Raceway April 22
5 Datsun Monterey Triple Crown 45 Minutes GTU Laguna Seca Raceway April 29
100 Miles GTX/GTO
6 Mother's Day Grand Prix 1 Hour GTU Hallett Motor Racing Circuit May 13
100 Miles GTX/GTO
7 Coca-Cola 350 45 Minutes GTU Lime Rock Park May 28
100 Miles GTX/GTO
8 Pepsi Grand Prix 100 Miles All Brainerd International Raceway June 17
9 Paul Revere 250 250 Miles All Daytona International Speedway July 4
10 Mid-Ohio GT 250 250 Miles All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course July 15
11 Sprite Grand Prix 75 Miles GTU Sears Point International Raceway July 29
100 Miles GTX/GTO
12 G.I. Joe's Grand Prix 100 Miles GTX/GTO Portland International Raceway August 5
45 Minutes GTU
13 Pabst 500 500 Miles All Road America September 2
14 Grand Prix of Road Atlanta 100 Miles GTX/GTO Road Atlanta September 23
75 Miles GTU
15 Winston GT 250 250 Miles All Daytona International Speedway November 25

Season results

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Rnd Circuit GTX Winning Team GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team Results
GTX Winning Drivers GTO Winning Drivers GTU Winning Drivers
1 Daytona   #0 Interscope Racing   #65 Modena Sports Cars   #7 Mazda Technical Center Results
  Ted Field
  Danny Ongais
  Hurley Haywood
  John Morton
  Tony Adamowicz
  Yoshimi Katayama
  Takashi Yorino
  Yojiro Terada
2 Sebring   #9 Dick Barbour Racing   #38 Boricua Racing   #60 E. J. Pruitt & Sons Results
  Bob Akin
  Rob McFarlin
  Roy Woods
  Bonky Fernandez
  Tato Ferrer
  Chiqui Soldevilla
  Rusty Bond
  Ren Tilton
3 Road Atlanta   #59 Brumos Porsche   #55 Johnson Racing   #83 Electramotive Results
  Peter Gregg   Howard Meister   Don Devendorf
4 Riverside   #94 Whittington Bros. Racing   #07 Morrison's   #83 Electramotive Results
  Don Whittington
  Bill Whittington
  Dave Cowart
  Kenper Miller
  Don Devendorf
  Tony Adamowicz
5 Laguna Seca   #59 Brumos Porsche   #55 Johnson Racing   #83 Electramotive Results
  Peter Gregg   Howard Meister   Don Devendorf
6 Hallett   #2 McLaren North America   #55 Johnson Racing   #64 Dennis Aase Results
  David Hobbs   Howard Meister   Dennis Aase
7 Lime Rock   #59 Brumos Porsche   #55 Johnson Racing   #38 Sam Posey Results
  Peter Gregg   Howard Meister   Sam Posey
8 Brainerd   #59 Brumos Porsche   #55 Johnson Racing   #7 Walt Bohren Racing Results
  Peter Gregg   Howard Meister   Walt Bohren
9 Daytona   #5 Busch Beer Racing   #99 Phil Curran   #83 Electramotive Results
  Charles Mendez
  Hurley Haywood
  Phil Curran   Don Devendorf
10 Mid-Ohio   #59 Brumos Porsche   #55 Johnson Racing   #83 Electramotive Results
  Peter Gregg
  Hurley Haywood
  Howard Meister
  Alan Johnson
  Don Devendorf
11 Sears Point   #59 Brumos Porsche   #55 Johnson Racing   #83 Electramotive Results
  Peter Gregg   Howard Meister   Don Devendorf
12 Portland   #59 Brumos Porsche   #21 Neil Shelton   #83 Electramotive Results
  Peter Gregg   Neil Shelton   Don Devendorf
13 Road America   #2 McLaren North America   #44 Group 44   #79 Sports Ltd. Racing Results
  David Hobbs
  Derek Bell
  Bob Tullius
  Brian Fuerstenau
  Bob Bergstrom
  Rick Knoop
14 Road Atlanta   #59 Brumos Porsche   #25 Deren Automobile   #83 Electramotive Results
  Peter Gregg   Kenper Miller   Don Devendorf
15 Daytona   #94 Whittington Bros. Racing   #46 DeNavarez Racing   #83 Electramotive Results
  Bill Whittington   Mauricio DeNavarez   Don Devendorf
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