1971 IMSA GT Championship

1971 IMSA GT Championship

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1972

The 1971 IMSA GT Series season was the inaugural season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was for Grand Tourer-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes, as well as former Trans Am Series cars in the TO and TU classes. It began April 18, 1971, and ended November 21, 1971, after six rounds.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Length	Circuit	Date
1	Danville 300		Virginia International Raceway	April 18
2	Carter Hall GT		Alabama International Motor Speedway	May 15
3	Piedmont 3 Hour	3 Hours	Charlotte Motor Speedway	May 23
4	Bridgehampton 3 Hours	3 Hours	Bridgehampton Race Circuit	June 27
5	Summit Point 250		Summit Point Raceway	September 19
6	200 Miles of Daytona Beach		Daytona International Speedway	November 21

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team	TO Winning Team	TU Winning Team	Results
		GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers	TO Winning Drivers	TU Winning Drivers
1	Virginia	#57 Corvette	#59 Brumos Porsche-Audi	#21 Javelin	#71 Opel	Results
		Template:Flagicon Dave Heinz	Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Template:Flagicon Robert Hennig Template:Flagicon Richard Staples	Template:Flagicon Amos Johnson Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville Template:Flagicon Bunny Diggett
2	Alabama	#57 Corvette	#59 Brumos Porsche-Audi	#21 Javelin	#21 Mini	Results
		Template:Flagicon Dave Heinz	Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Template:Flagicon Robert Hennig	Template:Flagicon Joe Richardson
3	Charlotte	#57 Corvette	#59 Brumos Porsche-Audi	#21 Javelin	#64 Mini	Results
		Template:Flagicon Dave Heinz Template:Flagicon Or Costanzo	Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Template:Flagicon Robert Hennig Template:Flagicon Bob Beasley	Template:Flagicon Anthony Milne Template:Flagicon Richard Stevens
4	Bridgehampton	#18 Es-Pa Racing	#59 Brumos Porsche-Audi	#84 Camaro	#85 Alfa Romeo	Results
		Template:Flagicon Rodney Harris Template:Flagicon John Paul Sr.	Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Template:Flagicon George Lisberg Template:Flagicon Ray Cuomo	Template:Flagicon Walt Simendinger Template:Flagicon Bob Heiberg
5	Summit Point	#49 Mustang	#59 Brumos Porsche-Audi	#42 Camaro	#93 Jerry Walsh	Results
		Template:Flagicon Lee McDonald Template:Flagicon Albert Pentrillo	Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Template:Flagicon Steve Ross	Template:Flagicon Jerry Walsh Template:Flagicon Lee Wiese
6	Daytona	#57 Corvette	#34 911	#3 Camaro	#11 2002	Results
		Template:Flagicon Don Yenko Template:Flagicon Dave Heinz	Template:Flagicon Bill Cuddy	Template:Flagicon Tom Nehl Template:Flagicon Jim Fitzgerald	Template:Flagicon Byron Morris Template:Flagicon Clint Abernethy

Constructors' Championship

Points are awarded to the top six in each class in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1.

GTO standings

Pos	Constructor	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Chevrolet	9	9	9	9	6	9	51
2	Template:Flagicon Shelby		4			9		13

GTU standings

Pos	Constructor	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Porsche	9	9	9	9	9	9	54
2	Template:Flagicon Austin-Healey	1	1		1			3
3=	Template:Flagicon MG		2					2
3=	Template:Flagicon Alfa Romeo				2			2
5	Template:Flagicon Lotus			1				1

TO standings

Pos	Constructor	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Chevrolet		6	6	9	9	9	39
2	Template:Flagicon AMC	9	9	9		1		28
3	Template:Flagicon Ford					2		2

TU standings

Pos	Constructor	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Austin	4	9	9	6	6		34
2	Template:Flagicon BMW			6		4	9	19
3	Template:Flagicon Ford		3		3	9	4	19
4	Template:Flagicon Alfa Romeo				9	3	6	18
5	Template:Flagicon Opel	9	1	3				13
6	Template:Flagicon Datsun		4	4	2			10
7	Template:Flagicon Fiat	6		2				8
8	Template:Flagicon Saab						3	3
9	Template:Flagicon Audi				1			1

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1971 IMSA GT Championship results

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