1996 IMSA GT Championship

1996 IMSA GT Championship

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The 1996 Exxon World Sports Car Championship and Supreme GT Series seasons were the 26th season of the IMSA GT Championship. It consisted of open-cockpit prototypes referred to as World Sports Car (WSC) and Grand Tourer-style racing cars divided into GTS-1 and GTS-2 classes. It began February 3, 1996, and ended October 6, 1996, after ten rounds.

Schedule

Most races on the schedule had WSC and GTS-1 classes running together, while the GTS-2 class ran separate races, sometimes with different lengths. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time for the whole race.

Rnd	Race	Length	Class	Circuit	Date
1	Rolex 24 at Daytona	24 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	February 3 February 4
2	Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 17
3	Advance Auto Parts Grand Prix of Atlanta	40 Minutes	GTS-2	Road Atlanta	April 21
		3 Hours	WSC/GTS-1
4	Exxon Superflo 500 at Texas	500 Miles	All	Texas World Speedway	May 5
5	The Dodge Dealers Grand Prix	1 Hour	GTS-2	Lime Rock Park	May 27
		1 Hour 45 Minutes	WSC/GTS-1
6	First Union Six Hours at the Glen	6 Hours	All	Watkins Glen International	June 9
7	Toshiba California Grand Prix	45 Minutes	GTS-2	Sears Point Raceway	July 14
		3 Hours	WSC/GTS-1
8	Chrysler Mosport 500	3 Hours	All	Mosport International Raceway	August 25
9	Sprint Grand Prix of Dallas	45 Minutes	GTS-2	Dallas street circuit	September 1
		2 Hours	WSC/GTS-1
10	Daytona IMSA Finale	3 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	October 6

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	WSC Winning Team	GTS-1 Winning Team	GTS-2 Winning Team	Results
		WSC Winning Drivers	GTS-1 Winning Drivers	GTS-2 Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #4 Doyle Racing	Template:Flagicon #5 Brix Racing	Template:Flagicon #55 Stadler Motorsports	Results
		Template:Flagicon Jim Pace Template:Flagicon Scott Sharp Template:Flagicon Wayne Taylor	Template:Flagicon Rob Morgan Template:Flagicon Charles Morgan Template:Flagicon Joe Pezza Template:Flagicon Jon Gooding Template:Flagicon Irv Hoerr	Template:Flagicon Enzo Calderari Template:Flagicon Lilian Bryner Template:Flagicon Ulli Richter
2	Sebring	Template:Flagicon #4 Doyle Racing	Template:Flagicon #74 Champion Porsche	Template:Flagicon #99 Schumacher Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Jim Pace Template:Flagicon Wayne Taylor Template:Flagicon Eric van der Poele	Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck Template:Flagicon Bill Adam	Template:Flagicon Larry Schumacher Template:Flagicon Will Pace Template:Flagicon Andy Pilgrim
3	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #30 Momo Corse	Template:Flagicon #1 Brix Racing	Template:Flagicon #93 Ecuador Mobil 1 Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Gianpiero Moretti Template:Flagicon Max Papis	Template:Flagicon Irv Hoerr Template:Flagicon Darin Brassfield	Template:Flagicon Henry Taleb
4	Texas	Template:Flagicon #4 Doyle Racing	Template:Flagicon #1 Brix Racing	Template:Flagicon #99 Schumacher Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Jim Pace Template:Flagicon Wayne Taylor	Template:Flagicon Irv Hoerr Template:Flagicon Darin Brassfield	Template:Flagicon Larry Schumacher Template:Flagicon Andy Pilgrim
5	Lime Rock	Template:Flagicon #30 Momo Corse	Template:Flagicon #1 Brix Racing	Template:Flagicon #93 Ecuador Mobil 1 Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Gianpiero Moretti Template:Flagicon Max Papis	Template:Flagicon Irv Hoerr	Template:Flagicon Henry Taleb
6	Watkins Glen	Template:Flagicon #30 Momo Corse	Template:Flagicon #5 Brix Racing	Template:Flagicon #26 Alex Job Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Gianpiero Moretti Template:Flagicon Max Papis	Template:Flagicon Irv Hoerr Template:Flagicon Darin Brassfield Template:Flagicon Brian Cunningham Template:Flagicon Brian DeVries	Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood Template:Flagicon Charles Slater Template:Flagicon Tom Hessert
7	Sears Point	Template:Flagicon #4 Doyle Racing	Template:Flagicon #5 Brix Racing	Template:Flagicon #07 PTG	Results
		Template:Flagicon Scott Sharp Template:Flagicon Wayne Taylor	Template:Flagicon Irv Hoerr Template:Flagicon Darin Brassfield	Template:Flagicon Pete Halsmer
8	Mosport	Template:Flagicon #20 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #1 Brix Racing	Template:Flagicon #06 PTG	Results
		Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.	Template:Flagicon Irv Hoerr	Template:Flagicon Boris Said Template:Flagicon Pete Halsmer
9	Dallas	Template:Flagicon #20 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #5 Brix Racing	Template:Flagicon #07 PTG	Results
		Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger	Template:Flagicon Irv Hoerr	Template:Flagicon Pete Halsmer
10	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #20 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #91 Rock Valley	Template:Flagicon #06 PTG	Results
		Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.	Template:Flagicon Stu Hayner Template:Flagicon Roger Schramm	Template:Flagicon Javier Quiros

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1996 IMSA GT Championship standings

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