1978 IMSA GT Championship

1978 IMSA GT Championship

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The 1978 Camel GT Challenge season was the 8th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was the first year of the new GTX class, which allowed for Group 5 cars to compete. The GTO and GTU class Grand tourer cars remained from before. It began February 4, 1978, and ended November 26, 1978, after fourteen rounds.

Schedule

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

Rnd	Race	Length	Class	Circuit	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona	24 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	February 4 February 5
2	12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 18
3	6 Hours of Talladega	6 Hours	All	Talladega Superspeedway	April 2
4	Camel GT Challenge		GTU	Road Atlanta	April 16
			GTX/GTO
5	Monterey Triple Crown		GTX/GTO	Laguna Seca Raceway	April 30
		45 Minutes	GTU
6	Hallett Grand Prix	1 Hour	GTU	Hallett Motor Racing Circuit	May 7
			GTX/GTO
7	Coca-Cola 300		GTX/GTO	Lime Rock Park	May 29
			GTU
8	Pepsi Grand Prix		All	Brainerd International Raceway	June 18
9	Paul Revere 250		All	Daytona International Speedway	July 4
10	Sears Point Grand Prix		GTX/GTO	Sears Point International Raceway	July 30
			GTU
11	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix		GTX/GTO	Portland International Raceway	August 6
		45 Minutes	GTU
12	Camel GT Mid-Ohio 250		All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	August 27
13	Arthur Montgomery 100		GTU	Road Atlanta	September 4
			GTX/GTO
14	Camel GT Daytona 250		All	Daytona International Speedway	November 26

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GTX Winning Team	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team	Results
		GTX Winning Driver(s)	GTO Winning Driver(s)	GTU Winning Driver(s)
1	Daytona	#99 Brumos Porsche	#58 Diego Febles Racing	#01 J. Dana Roehrig	Results
		Template:Flagicon Rolf Stommelen Template:Flagicon Toine Hezemans Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg	Template:Flagicon Diego Febles Template:Flagicon Alec Poole	Template:Flagicon Dave White Template:Flagicon Gary Mesnick Template:Flagicon J. Dana Roehrig
2	Sebring	#9 Dick Barbour Performance	#33 JLP Racing	#77 Bill Scott Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Brian Redman Template:Flagicon Charles Mendez Template:Flagicon Bob Garretson	Template:Flagicon John Paul, Sr. Template:Flagicon Bonky Fernández	Template:Flagicon Francisco Romero Template:Flagicon Ernesto Soto
3	Talladega	#59 Brumos Porsche	#33 Boricua Racing	#76 Quality Inn	Results
		Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg Template:Flagicon Brad Frisselle	Template:Flagicon Bonky Fernández Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart	Template:Flagicon Lee Mueller Template:Flagicon Frank Thomas
4	Road Atlanta	#59 Brumos Porsche Audi	#25 Deren Automotive	#01 Roehrig Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg	Template:Flagicon Kenper Miller	Template:Flagicon Dave White
5	Laguna Seca	#16 Vasek Polak	#01 BMW	#48 Datsun	Results
		Template:Flagicon George Follmer	Template:Flagicon John Morton	Template:Flagicon Frank Leary
6	Hallett	#2 McLaren North America	#25 BMW	#51 Porsche	Results
		Template:Flagicon David Hobbs	Template:Flagicon Kenper Miller	Template:Flagicon Dennis Aase
7	Lime Rock	#59 Brumos Porsche	#58 Diego Febles Racing	#33 Bob Sharp Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg	Template:Flagicon Diego Febles	Template:Flagicon Sam Posey
8	Brainerd	#59 Brumos Porsche	#07 Morrison's Inc.	#01 Porsche	Results
		Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart	Template:Flagicon Dave White
9	Daytona	#59 Brumos Porsche	#25 BMW	#01 Porsche	Results
		Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg	Template:Flagicon Kenper Miller	Template:Flagicon Dave White
10	Sears Point	#2 McLaren North America	#55 Porsche	#48 Datsun	Results
		Template:Flagicon David Hobbs	Template:Flagicon Howard Meister	Template:Flagicon Frank Leary
11	Portland	#59 Brumos Porsche	#07 Morrison's Inc.	#64 Porsche	Results
		Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart	Template:Flagicon Dennis Aase
12	Mid-Ohio	#94 Whittington Brothers Racing	#07 Morrison's Inc.	#42 Porsche	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bill Whittington Template:Flagicon Jim Busby	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart Template:Flagicon Mauricio de Narvaez	Template:Flagicon Bill Bean
13	Road Atlanta	#59 Brumos Porsche	#55 Andial Porsche-Meister Homes	#83 Sun/Moon Electramotive	Results
		Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg	Template:Flagicon Howard Meister	Template:Flagicon Don Devendorf
14	Daytona	#59 Brumos Porsche	#04 Chevrolet	#79 Datsun	Results
		Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg	Template:Flagicon Rick Thompkins	Template:Flagicon Richard Kendrick Template:Flagicon Scott Hoerr

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1978 IMSA GT Championship results

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