1979 IMSA GT Championship

1979 IMSA GT Championship

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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

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

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

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1979 IMSA GT Championship results

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