1972 IMSA GT Championship

1972 IMSA GT Championship

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The 1972 Camel GT Challenge season was the 2nd 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 December 4, 1971, and ended November 19, 1972, after ten rounds.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Length	Circuit	Date
1	Alamo 200		Texas World Speedway	December 4
2	Starlight 3 Hour	3 Hours	Daytona International Raceway	April 1
3	Danville 250		Virginia International Raceway	April 16
4	Camel 200		Lime Rock Park	May 29
5	Camel 3 Hour	3 Hours	Donnybrooke International Raceway	June 11
6	Camel 6 Hour	6 Hours	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	July 9
7	Inver House 'Bama 200		Alabama International Speedway	August 5
8	Watkins Glen 500		Watkins Glen International	September 10
9	Bryar 3 Hour	3 Hours	Bryar Motorsport Park	September 24
10	Presidential 250		Daytona International Speedway	November 19

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	Texas	#42 Corvette	#59 Peter Gregg	#48 Mustang	#16 2002	Results
		Template:Flagicon Garrett Waddall	Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Template:Flagicon Juan Izquierdo Template:Flagicon Daniel Muniz	Template:Flagicon Ross Norburn Template:Flagicon Phil Dermer
2	Daytona	#23 Corvette	#1 Toad Hall Racing	#41 Mustang	#11 2002	Results
		Template:Flagicon Charlie Kemp Template:Flagicon Wilbur Pickett	Template:Flagicon Michael Keyser Template:Flagicon Bob Beasley	Template:Flagicon Jerry Crew Template:Flagicon Dan Moore	Template:Flagicon Byron Morris
3	Virginia	#99 Phil Currin Corvette	#59 Peter Gregg	#27 Lou Statzer	#8 Carson Baird	Results
		Template:Flagicon Phil Currin	Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Template:Flagicon Lou Statzer Template:Flagicon Tom Dutton	Template:Flagicon Carson Baird Template:Flagicon Joe Amato
4	Lime Rock	#99 Phil Currin Corvette	#31 Porsche	#15 Camaro	#86 Alfa Romeo	Results
		Template:Flagicon Phil Currin	Template:Flagicon Jim Locke Template:Flagicon Bob Bailey	Template:Flagicon Jocko Maggiacomo Jr.	Template:Flagicon Joe Diamante Template:Flagicon Walt Simendinger
5	Donnybrooke	#22 Corvette	#1 Toad Hall Racing	#21 Thiokol	#8 Carson Amato	Results
		Template:Flagicon Denny Long	Template:Flagicon Bob Beasley Template:Flagicon Levon Pentecost	Template:Flagicon Russ Norburn Template:Flagicon Robert Hennig	Template:Flagicon Joe Amato Template:Flagicon Carson Baird
6	Mid-Ohio	#48 Greenwood Racing	#1 Toad Hall Racing	#17 Camaro	#24 Libra Intl. Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Greenwood Template:Flagicon Marshall Robbins	Template:Flagicon Bob Beasley Template:Flagicon Michael Keyser	Template:Flagicon Vince Gimondo Template:Flagicon Billy Dingham	Template:Flagicon John Buffum Template:Flagicon Bert Everett
7	Alabama	#2 Holiday Inn Corvette	#59 Peter Gregg	#47 Camaro	#88 Opel	Results
		Template:Flagicon Wilbur Pickett	Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Template:Flagicon Tom Nehl	Template:Flagicon Dennis Shaw Template:Flagicon Steve Coleman
8	Watkins Glen	#48 Corvette	#59 Peter Gregg	#88 Camaro	#16 Gemini Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Charles West	Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Template:Flagicon Maurice Carter Template:Flagicon Paul Nichter	Template:Flagicon Phil Dermer
9	Bryar	#41 Corvette	#76 Silverstone Racing	#88 Camaro	#84 2002	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bud Deshler Template:Flagicon Rodney Harris	Template:Flagicon George Stone	Template:Flagicon Maurice Carter Template:Flagicon Paul Nichter	Template:Flagicon Hans Ziereis Template:Flagicon Andy Petery
10	Daytona	#96 Camaro	#2 Toad Hall Racing	#88 Camaro	#6 Gemini Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Gene Felton	Template:Flagicon Bob Beasley Template:Flagicon Michael Keyser	Template:Flagicon Maurice Carter	Template:Flagicon Ross Norburn

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	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Chevrolet	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	90
2	Template:Flagicon Shelby		4		6							10

GTU standings

Pos	Constructor	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Porsche	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	90
2	Template:Flagicon Saab									3		3
3	Template:Flagicon Lotus	1									2	3

TO standings

Pos	Constructor	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Chevrolet	3	6	9	9		9	9	9	9	9	72
2	Template:Flagicon Ford	9	9	4	6						6	34
3	Template:Flagicon AMC			1	1	9	6					17

TU standings

Pos	Constructor	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Template:Flagicon BMW	9	9	6	2		4		9	9	9	57
2	Template:Flagicon Ford	4	6	9	6	9	9	4	3	2	3	54
3	Template:Flagicon Alfa Romeo				9	6	6	6	4	6		37
4	Template:Flagicon Opel		4	4		2		9		3	1	23
5	Template:Flagicon Fiat		3	3		4						10
6	Template:Flagicon Datsun	6			3							9
7	Template:Flagicon Renault					3						3
8=	Template:Flagicon Volvo		1									1
8=	Template:Flagicon Austin			1								1

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1972 IMSA GT Championship results