1988 IMSA GT Championship

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