1981 IMSA GT Championship

1981 IMSA GT Championship

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The 1981 Camel GT Championship season was the 11th 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 January 31, 1981, and ended November 29, 1981, after sixteen rounds.

Schedule

The GTU class did not participate with the GTX and GTO classes in shorter events, instead holding their own separate event which included touring car competitors from the IMSA Champion Spark Plug Challenge, but did not race for points in the IMSA GT Championship. 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	January 31 February 1
2	Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 21
3	Road Atlanta Grand Prix	45 Minutes	GTU	Road Atlanta	April 12
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
4	Los Angeles Times/Toyota Grand Prix	6 Hours	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 26
5	Datsun Monterey Triple Crown	45 Minutes	GTU	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 3
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
6	Coca-Cola 400	45 Minutes	GTU	Lime Rock Park	May 24
		200 Miles	GTX/GTO
7	Red Roof Inns GT 200	200 Miles	All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	May 31
8	Pepsi Grand Prix	200 km	All	Brainerd International Raceway	June 14
9	Paul Revere 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 5
10	Datsun California Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Sears Point Raceway	July 26
		75 Miles	GTU
11	G.I. Joe's/Camel Grand Prix	45 Minutes	GTU	Portland International Raceway	August 2
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
12	Molson 1000	6 Hours	All	Mosport Park	August 16
13	Pabst 500	500 Miles	All	Road America	August 23
14	Grand Prix of Road Atlanta	45 Minutes	GTU	Road Atlanta	September 13
		150 Miles	GTX/GTO
15	Kenwood Stereo 500	500 Miles	All	Pocono Raceway	September 27
16	Camel GT 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	November 29

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 #9 Garretson/Style Auto	Template:Flagicon #14 Bavarian Motors Intl.	Template:Flagicon #62 Kegel Enterprises	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bob Garretson Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal Template:Flagicon Brian Redman	Template:Flagicon Alf Gebhardt Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck Template:Flagicon Walter Brun	Template:Flagicon Bill Koll Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline Template:Flagicon Rob McFarlin
2	Sebring	Template:Flagicon #86 Bayside Disposal Racing	Template:Flagicon #58 Charles Kendall	Template:Flagicon #98 Kent Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Bruce Leven	Template:Flagicon Chuck Kendall Template:Flagicon Pete Smith Template:Flagicon Dennis Aase	Template:Flagicon Lee Mueller Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren
3	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #1 John Fitzpatrick Racing	Template:Flagicon #25 Red Lobster Racing	Template:Flagicon #7 Kent Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart	Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren
4	Riverside	Template:Flagicon #1 John Fitzpatrick Racing	Template:Flagicon #25 Red Lobster Racing	Template:Flagicon #23 Raytown Datsun	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick Template:Flagicon Jim Busby	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart Template:Flagicon Kenper Miller	Template:Flagicon Frank Carney Template:Flagicon Dick Davenport
5	Laguna Seca	Template:Flagicon #7 Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	Template:Flagicon #25 Red Lobster Racing	Template:Flagicon #92 Kent Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Brian Redman	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart	Template:Flagicon Lee Mueller
6	Lime Rock	Template:Flagicon #7 Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	Template:Flagicon #25 Red Lobster Racing	Template:Flagicon #98 Kent Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Brian Redman	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart Template:Flagicon Kenper Miller	Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren
7	Mid-Ohio	Template:Flagicon #7 Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	Template:Flagicon #25 Red Lobster Racing	Template:Flagicon #85 Logan Blackburn	Results
		Template:Flagicon Brian Redman	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart Template:Flagicon Kenper Miller	Template:Flagicon Logan Blackburn
8	Brainerd	Template:Flagicon #6 Team Zakspeed Roush	Template:Flagicon #25 Red Lobster Racing	Template:Flagicon #92 Kent Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart	Template:Flagicon Lee Mueller
9	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #46 DeNarvaez Enterprises	Template:Flagicon #25 Red Lobster Racing	Template:Flagicon #23 Raytown Datsun	Results
		Template:Flagicon Mauricio DeNarvaez Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart Template:Flagicon Kenper Miller	Template:Flagicon Dick Davenport
10	Sears Point	Template:Flagicon #6 Team Zakspeed Roush	Template:Flagicon #11 Kendall Racing	Template:Flagicon #22 Personalized Autohaus	Results
		Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig	Template:Flagicon Dennis Aase	Template:Flagicon Wayne Baker
11	Portland	Template:Flagicon #7 Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	Template:Flagicon #25 Red Lobster Racing	Template:Flagicon #92 Kent Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Brian Redman	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart	Template:Flagicon Lee Mueller
12	Mosport	Template:Flagicon #3 Andial Meister Racing	Template:Flagicon #25 Red Lobster Racing	Template:Flagicon #92 Kent Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Rolf Stommelen Template:Flagicon Harald Grohs	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart Template:Flagicon Kenper Miller	Template:Flagicon Lee Mueller Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren
13	Road America	Template:Flagicon #3 Andial Meister Racing	Template:Flagicon #11 Kendall Racing	Template:Flagicon #92 Kent Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Rolf Stommelen Template:Flagicon Harald Grohs	Template:Flagicon Chuck Kendall Template:Flagicon Pete Smith Template:Flagicon Dennis Aase	Template:Flagicon Lee Mueller Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren
14	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #7 Kent-Cooke/Woods Racing	Template:Flagicon #25 Red Lobster Racing	Template:Flagicon #98 Kent Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Brian Redman	Template:Flagicon Kenper Miller	Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren
15	Pocono	Template:Flagicon #18 JLP Racing	Template:Flagicon #25 Red Lobster Racing	Template:Flagicon #98 Kent Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Paul, Sr. Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart Template:Flagicon Kenper Miller	Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren Template:Flagicon Rick Knoop
16	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #18 JLP Racing	Template:Flagicon #25 Red Lobster Racing	Template:Flagicon #98 Kent Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.	Template:Flagicon Dave Cowart Template:Flagicon Kenper Miller	Template:Flagicon Walt Bohren

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1981 IMSA GT Championship results