1987 IMSA GT Championship

1987 IMSA GT Championship

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The 1987 Camel GT Championship season was the 17th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was for GTP and Lights classes of prototypes, as well as Grand Tourer-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes. It began January 31, 1987, and ended October 25, 1987, after 21 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	January 31 February 1
2	Grand Prix of Miami	3 Hours	Proto	Streets of Miami	March 1
		45 Minutes	GT
3	12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 21
4	Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix	500 km	Proto	Road Atlanta	April 12
5	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix	300 km	GT	Riverside International Raceway	April 26
		500 km	Proto
6	Nissan Monterey Triple Crown	300 km	GT	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 2
		300 km	Proto		May 3
7	Arizona 300	300 km	GT	Firebird International Raceway	May 17
8	Lime Rock Grand Prix	150 Laps	Proto	Lime Rock Park	May 24
9	Champion Spark Plug Grand Prix	250 km	GT	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 7
		500 km	Proto
10	Grand Prix of Palm Beach	2 Hours	GTO	West Palm Beach street course	June 20
		45 Minutes	GTU		June 21
		3 Hours	Proto
11	Kuppenheimer GT Challenge	300 km	GT	Road Atlanta	June 28
12	Camel Continental	500 km	Proto	Watkins Glen International	July 5
13	Mid-Atlantic Toyota Grand Prix	300 km	GT	Summit Point Raceway	July 12
14	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	300 km	Proto	Portland International Raceway	July 26
		300 km	GT		July 27
15	Ford California Grand Prix	300 km	GT	Sears Point Raceway	August 1
		300 km	Proto		August 2
16	Löwenbräu Classic	500 miles	All	Road America	August 16
17	Nissan Grand Prix of San Antonio	3 Hours	Proto	San Antonio street course	September 6
18	150 Lap Lime Rock	150 Laps	GT	Lime Rock Park	September 7
19	Kodak Copier 500	500 km	GT	Watkins Glen International	September 27
20	Columbus Ford Dealers 500	300 km	Proto	Columbus street course	October 4
		45 Minutes	GT
21	Camel Grand Prix of Southern California	1 Hour	GTO	Del Mar Fairgrounds	October 24
		2 Hours	Proto		October 25
		45 Minutes	GTU

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 #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #01 AT&T Spice	Template:Flagicon #11 Roush Racing	Template:Flagicon #71 Team Highball	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Chip Robinson Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr. Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline Template:Flagicon Don Bell	Template:Flagicon Bill Elliott Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett Template:Flagicon Lyn St. James Template:Flagicon Tom Gloy	Template:Flagicon Bob Lazier Template:Flagicon Amos Johnson Template:Flagicon Dennis Shaw
2	Miami	Template:Flagicon #83 Electramotive Eng.	Template:Flagicon #42 White-Allen	Template:Flagicon #4 Dingman Bros.	Template:Flagicon #12 Aspen Inn	Results
		Template:Flagicon Elliot Forbes-Robinson Template:Flagicon Geoff Brabham	Template:Flagicon Chip Mead Template:Flagicon Charles Monk	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl	Template:Flagicon John Finger
3	Sebring	Template:Flagicon #86 Bayside Disposal	Template:Flagicon #42 White-Allen	Template:Flagicon #28 Protofab Racing	Template:Flagicon #17 Al Bacon Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Jochen Mass Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal	Template:Flagicon John Higgins Template:Flagicon Howard Cherry Template:Flagicon Charles Monk	Template:Flagicon Greg Pickett Template:Flagicon Tommy Riggins	Template:Flagicon Al Bacon Template:Flagicon Bob Reed
4	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #01 Collins & Aikman	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
		Template:Flagicon Price Cobb Template:Flagicon James Weaver	Template:Flagicon Don Bell Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline
5	Riverside	Template:Flagicon #44 Group 44	Template:Flagicon #01 Collins & Aikman	Template:Flagicon #98 All American Racers Dennis Aase	Template:Flagicon #71 Team Highball	Results
		Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood Template:Flagicon John Morton	Template:Flagicon Don Bell Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline	Template:Flagicon Chris Cord	Template:Flagicon Amos Johnson
6	Laguna Seca	Template:Flagicon #85 Bayside Disposal	Template:Flagicon #01 Collins & Aikman	Template:Flagicon #98 All American Racers Dennis Aase	Template:Flagicon #75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
		Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig	Template:Flagicon Don Bell	Template:Flagicon Chris Cord	Template:Flagicon Tommy Kendall
7	Firebird	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Template:Flagicon #76 Peerless-Hendrick	Template:Flagicon #75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
				Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin	Template:Flagicon Tommy Kendall
8	Lime Rock	Template:Flagicon #1 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #70 Z&W Motorsports	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert	Template:Flagicon David Loring
9	Mid-Ohio	Template:Flagicon #86 Bayside Disposal	Template:Flagicon #01 Collins & Aikman	Template:Flagicon #99 All American Racers	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Jochen Mass Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal	Template:Flagicon Don Bell Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline	Template:Flagicon Willy T. Ribbs	Template:Flagicon Terry Visger
10	Palm Beach	Template:Flagicon #44 Group 44	Template:Flagicon #42 White-Allen	Template:Flagicon #22 Roush Racing	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood Template:Flagicon John Morton	Template:Flagicon Chip Mead Template:Flagicon Howard Cherry	Template:Flagicon Tom Gloy	Template:Flagicon Terry Visger
11	Road Atlanta	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Template:Flagicon #99 All American Racers	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
				Template:Flagicon Willy T. Ribbs	Template:Flagicon Terry Visger
12	Watkins Glen	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #09 Ball Bros.	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
		Template:Flagicon Price Cobb Template:Flagicon Vern Schuppan	Template:Flagicon Steve Durst Template:Flagicon Mike Brockman
13	Summit Point	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Template:Flagicon #99 All American Racers	Template:Flagicon #71 Team Highball	Results
				Template:Flagicon Willy T. Ribbs	Template:Flagicon Amos Johnson
14	Portland	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #63 Certified Brakes	Template:Flagicon #98 All American Racers Dennis Aase	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Chip Robinson	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing	Template:Flagicon Chris Cord	Template:Flagicon Terry Visger
15	Sears Point	Template:Flagicon #86 Bayside Disposal	Template:Flagicon #43 White-Allen	Template:Flagicon #76 Peerless-Hendrick	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Jochen Mass	Template:Flagicon Chip Mead	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin	Template:Flagicon Terry Visger
16	Road America	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #6 Spice Engineering	Template:Flagicon #28 Mobil 1 Mid-America	Template:Flagicon #75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
		Template:Flagicon Price Cobb Template:Flagicon Johnny Dumfries	Template:Flagicon Jim Rothbarth Template:Flagicon Charles Morgan	Template:Flagicon Paul Dallenbach Template:Flagicon Chris Kneifel	Template:Flagicon Tommy Kendall
17	San Antonio	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #01 Spice Engineering	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Chip Robinson Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Template:Flagicon Don Bell Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline
18	Lime Rock	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Template:Flagicon #4 Dingman Bros.	Template:Flagicon #75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
				Template:Flagicon Bob Earl	Template:Flagicon Tommy Kendall
19	Watkins Glen	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Template:Flagicon #99 All American Racers	Template:Flagicon #71 Team Highball	Results
				Template:Flagicon Willy T. Ribbs	Template:Flagicon Amos Johnson
20	Columbus	Template:Flagicon #86 Bayside Disposal	Template:Flagicon #6 Spice Engineering	Template:Flagicon #76 Peerless-Hendrick	Template:Flagicon #75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal	Template:Flagicon Charles Morgan	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin	Template:Flagicon Tommy Kendall
21	Del Mar	Template:Flagicon #85 Bayside Disposal	Template:Flagicon #6 Spice Engineering	Template:Flagicon #98 All American Racers Dennis Aase	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Jochen Mass	Template:Flagicon Jim Rothbarth Template:Flagicon Charles Morgan	Template:Flagicon Chris Cord	Template:Flagicon Terry Visger

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1987 IMSA GT Championship results