1985 IMSA GT Championship

1985 IMSA GT Championship

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The 1985 Camel GT Championship season was the 15th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was for prototypes in the existing GTP class and new, smaller Lights class, as well as Grand Tourer-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes. It began on February 2, 1985, and ended on December 1, 1985, after seventeen rounds.

Schedule

The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. Races marked as GT featured both GTO and GTU classes combined. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.

Rnd	Race	Length	Class	Circuit	Date
1	SunBank 24 at Daytona	24 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	February 2 February 3
2	Löwenbräu Grand Prix of Miami	3 Hours	Proto	Streets of Miami	February 24
		45 Minutes	GTO
		45 Minutes	GTU
3	Coca-Cola Classic 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 23
4	Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix	500 km	All	Road Atlanta	April 14
5	Los Angeles Times/Nissan Grand Prix	600 km	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 28
6	Nissan Monterey Triple Crown	300 km	Proto	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 5
		100 km	GT
7	Grand Prix of Charlotte	300 km	GT	Charlotte Motor Speedway	May 18
		500 km	Proto		May 19
8	Coca-Cola 500	2 Hours	GT	Lime Rock Park	May 27
		2 Hours	Proto
9	Lumbermen's 500k	300 km	GT	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 8
		500 km	Proto		June 9
10	Camel Continental	3 Hours	GT	Watkins Glen International	July 6
		3 Hours	Proto
11	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	200 km	GT	Portland International Raceway	July 28
		300 km	Proto
12	Ford California Grand Prix	300 km	Proto	Sears Point Raceway	August 4
		100 km	GT
13	Löwenbräu Classic	500 Miles	All	Road America	August 25
14	Grand Prix at Pocono	500 km	All	Pocono Raceway	September 8
15	Serengeti Drivers New York 500	500 km	All	Watkins Glen International	September 29
16	Columbus Ford Dealers 500	1 Hour	GT	Columbus street course	October 5
		500 km	Proto		October 6
17	Eastern 3 Hours of Daytona	3 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	December 1

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GTP Winning Team	Lights Winning Team	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team	Results
		GTP Winning Drivers	Lights Winning Drivers	GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #8 Henn's Swap Shop	Template:Flagicon #93 Mid-O Racing	Template:Flagicon #65 Roush Protofab	Template:Flagicon #71 Team Highball	Results
		Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt Template:Flagicon Al Unser Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen	Template:Flagicon Don Marsh Template:Flagicon Kelly Marsh Template:Flagicon Ron Pawley	Template:Flagicon Wally Dallenbach Jr. Template:Flagicon Doc Bundy Template:Flagicon John Jones	Template:Flagicon Jack Dunham Template:Flagicon Amos Johnson Template:Flagicon Yojiro Terada
2	Miami	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #63 RGP 500 Racing	Template:Flagicon #06 Roush Protofab	Template:Flagicon #76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing Template:Flagicon John Maffuci	Template:Flagicon Willy T. Ribbs	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin
3	Sebring	Template:Flagicon #8 Preston Henn	Template:Flagicon #63 Jim Downing	Template:Flagicon #65 Roush Protofab	Template:Flagicon #56 SP Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing Template:Flagicon John Maffuci	Template:Flagicon Wally Dallenbach Jr. Template:Flagicon John Jones	Template:Flagicon Gary Auberlen Template:Flagicon Peter Jauker Template:Flagicon Adrian Gang Template:Flagicon Cary Eisenlohr
4	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #04 Group 44	Template:Flagicon #72 Fabcar	Template:Flagicon #65 Roush Protofab	Template:Flagicon #76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
		Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood Template:Flagicon Brian Redman	Template:Flagicon Elliot Forbes-Robinson Template:Flagicon Tom Winters	Template:Flagicon Wally Dallenbach Jr. Template:Flagicon John Jones	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin
5	Riverside	Template:Flagicon #68 BF Goodrich	Template:Flagicon #63 RGP 500 Racing	Template:Flagicon #65 Roush Protofab	Template:Flagicon #76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
		Template:Flagicon Pete Halsmer Template:Flagicon John Morton	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing Template:Flagicon John Maffucci	Template:Flagicon Wally Dallenbach Jr. Template:Flagicon John Jones	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline
6	Laguna Seca	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #6 Charles Morgan	Template:Flagicon #98 All American Racers	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert	Template:Flagicon Bill Alsup	Template:Flagicon Dennis Aase	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl
7	Charlotte	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #63 RGP 500 Racing	Template:Flagicon #53 Danny Smith	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing Template:Flagicon John Maffuci	Template:Flagicon Danny Smith	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl
8	Lime Rock	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #9 Essex Racing	Template:Flagicon #7 Brooks Racing	Template:Flagicon #99 All American Racers	Results
		Template:Flagicon Drake Olson	Template:Flagicon Peter Greenfield Template:Flagicon Michael Greenfield	Template:Flagicon Darin Brassfield	Template:Flagicon Chris Cord
9	Mid-Ohio	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #75 Malibu Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon #65 Roush Protofab	Template:Flagicon #84 Entech Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline	Template:Flagicon Wally Dallenbach Jr. Template:Flagicon John Jones	Template:Flagicon Clay Young
10	Watkins Glen	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #6 Charles Morgan	Template:Flagicon #7 Brooks Racing	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Template:Flagicon Charles Morgan Template:Flagicon Bill Alsup	Template:Flagicon Darin Brassfield Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl
11	Portland	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #63 RGP 500 Racing	Template:Flagicon #7 Brooks Racing	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing	Template:Flagicon Darin Brassfield	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl
12	Sears Point	Template:Flagicon #86 Bayside Disposal	Template:Flagicon #75 Malibu Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon #7 Brooks Racing	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek	Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline	Template:Flagicon Darin Brassfield	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl
13	Road America	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #93 Mid-O Racing	Template:Flagicon #65 Roush Protofab	Template:Flagicon #76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal Template:Flagicon Drake Olson	Template:Flagicon Don Marsh Template:Flagicon Kelly Marsh Template:Flagicon Ron Pawley	Template:Flagicon Lyn St. James Template:Flagicon John Jones	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline
14	Pocono	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #9 Essex Racing	Template:Flagicon #77 Brooks Racing	Template:Flagicon #99 All American Racers	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Template:Flagicon Scott Schubot Template:Flagicon Dennis Vitolo	Template:Flagicon Darin Brassfield Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett	Template:Flagicon Chris Cord Template:Flagicon Dennis Aase
15	Watkins Glen	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #63 RGP 500 Racing	Template:Flagicon #07 Roush Racing	Template:Flagicon #76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing Template:Flagicon John Maffuci	Template:Flagicon Lyn St. James	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin
16	Columbus	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #63 RGP 500 Racing	Template:Flagicon #5 Dingman Bros.	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Price Cobb Template:Flagicon Drake Olson	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing Template:Flagicon John Maffuci	Template:Flagicon Steve Millen	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl
17	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #63 Jim Downing	Template:Flagicon #65 Roush Protofab	Template:Flagicon #99 All American Racers	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr.	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing Template:Flagicon John Maffuci	Template:Flagicon Lyn St. James Template:Flagicon John Jones	Template:Flagicon Chris Cord

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1985 IMSA GT Championship results