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

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