1998 IMSA GT Championship

1998 IMSA GT Championship

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The 1998 Professional SportsCar Racing Championship season was the 28th season of the IMSA GT Championship, the final one of the original IMSA. It consisted of an open-cockpit World Sports Car (WSC) class of prototypes and Grand Tourer-style racing cars divided into GT1, GT2, and GT3 classes. It began March 22, 1998, and ended October 25, 1998, after eight rounds.

The IMSA GT Championship was replaced by the American Le Mans Series in 1999, which was supported by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). This series, based on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, was initially previewed during the 1998 season with the running of the inaugural Petit Le Mans. Professional SportsCar Racing remained as the series organizer.

Of note is the lack of the 24 Hours of Daytona and the Six Hours of Watkins Glen, both of which were acquired by the revived SCCA United States Road Racing Championship.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Length	Circuit	Date
1	Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	Sebring International Raceway	March 22
2	Toshiba Nevada Grand Prix	3 Hours 45 Minutes	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	April 26
3	The Dodge Dealers Grand Prix†	1 Hour 45 Minutes	Lime Rock Park	May 25
4	Sports Car Grand Prix of Road Atlanta	3 Hours 45 Minutes	Road Atlanta	June 21
5	Mosport Festival	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Mosport	August 9
6	NAPA Sebring Classic	3 Hours	Sebring International Raceway	September 20
7	Petit Le Mans	10 Hours or 1000 Miles	Road Atlanta	October 10
8	Visa Sports Car Championships	2 Hours 30 Minutes	Laguna Seca Raceway	October 25

† - Two separate races were held for Lime Rock: One for WSC, one for the GT classes.

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	WSC Winning Team	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	GT3 Winning Team	Results
		WSC Winning Drivers	GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers	GT3 Winning Drivers
1	Sebring	Template:Flagicon #30 MOMO Doran Racing	Template:Flagicon #4 Panoz Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #66 Konrad Motorsport	Template:Flagicon #10 PTG	Results
		Template:Flagicon Didier Theys Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi Template:Flagicon Gianpiero Moretti	Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad Template:Flagicon Nick Ham	Template:Flagicon Bill Auberlen Template:Flagicon Boris Said
2	Las Vegas	Template:Flagicon #7 Doyle-Risi Racing	Template:Flagicon #4 Panoz Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #6 PTG	Template:Flagicon #10 PTG	Results
		Template:Flagicon Wayne Taylor Template:Flagicon Eric van de Poele	Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Template:Flagicon Andy Pilgrim Template:Flagicon Boris Said Template:Flagicon Marc Duez	Template:Flagicon Peter Cunningham Template:Flagicon Ross Bentley
3	Lime Rock	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #4 Panoz Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #6 PTG	Template:Flagicon #1 PTG	Results
		Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger Template:Flagicon James Weaver	Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Template:Flagicon Boris Said Template:Flagicon Marc Duez	Template:Flagicon Peter Cunningham Template:Flagicon Ross Bentley
4	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #38 Champion Motors	Template:Flagicon #6 PTG	Template:Flagicon #10 PTG	Results
		Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger Template:Flagicon James Weaver	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek	Template:Flagicon Boris Said Template:Flagicon Marc Duez	Template:Flagicon Bill Auberlen Template:Flagicon Mark Simo
5	Mosport	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #4 Panoz Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #6 PTG	Template:Flagicon #10 PTG	Results
		Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger Template:Flagicon James Weaver	Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Template:Flagicon Marc Duez Template:Flagicon Ross Bentley	Template:Flagicon Bill Auberlen Template:Flagicon Mark Simo
6	Sebring	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #4 Panoz Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #99 Schumacher Racing	Template:Flagicon #22 Alex Job Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Butch Leitzinger Template:Flagicon James Weaver	Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Template:Flagicon Larry Schumacher Template:Flagicon John O'Steen	Template:Flagicon Cort Wagner Template:Flagicon Kelly Collins
7	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #7 Doyle-Risi Racing	Template:Flagicon #38 Champion Motors	Template:Flagicon #81 Freisinger Motorsport	Template:Flagicon #76 Team A.R.E.	Results
		Template:Flagicon Eric van de Poele Template:Flagicon Wayne Taylor Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Collard	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek Template:Flagicon Ralf Kelleners	Template:Flagicon Michel Ligonnet Template:Flagicon Lance Stewart	Template:Flagicon Peter Argetsinger Template:Flagicon Richard Polidori Template:Flagicon Angelo Cilli
8	Laguna Seca	Template:Flagicon #2 BMW Motorsport	Template:Flagicon #4 Panoz Motorsports	Template:Flagicon #72 Konrad Motorsport	Template:Flagicon #23 Alex Job Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bill Auberlen Template:Flagicon Didier de Radigues	Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers	Template:Flagicon David Murry Template:Flagicon Cort Wagner

Teams Championship

Points are awarded to the finishers in the following order:

• 25-21-19-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-...

Exception however for the 12 Hours of Sebring, which awarded in the following order:

• 30-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-...

Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.

WSC Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Doyle-Risi Racing	Ferrari 333 SP	Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12	26	25	19	19	17	11	25	19	161
2	Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III	Ford 5.0 L V8	24		25	25	25	25		21	145
3	Template:Flagicon Downing Atlanta	Kudzu DLM Kudzu DLY	Mazda 2.0 L 3-Rotor Mazda R26B 2.6 L 4-Rotor	15	21	13	14	14	13	15	13	118
4	Template:Flagicon Intersport Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III Spice SC95	Ford 5.0 L V8 Oldsmobile Aurora 4.0 L V8	18	19	11	9	15	12	13	17	114
5	Template:Flagicon MOMO/Doran Enterprises	Ferrari 333 SP	Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12	30		21	10	19		12	15	107
6=	Template:Flagicon Transatlantic Racing Services	Riley & Scott Mk III	Ford 5.0 L V8	17		14	17		19	19	7	93
6=	Template:Flagicon Matthews-Colucci Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III	Ford 5.0 L V8	20	14	15	15		15	14		93
8	Template:Flagicon Dollahite Racing	Spice BDG-02 Ferrari 333 SP	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12		13					17	14	44
9	Template:Flagicon Genesis Racing	Hawk MD3R	Mazda 2.0 L 3-Rotor Chevrolet 6.0 L V8	19			11					30
10	Template:Flagicon Kopf Race Products	Keiler KII	Ford 5.0 L V8		15						12	27
11	Template:Flagicon BMW Motorsport	Riley & Scott Mk III	BMW 4.0 L V8								25	25
12	Template:Flagicon TRV Motorsports	Kudzu DL-4	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8	22								22
13	Template:Flagicon Porsche AG	Porsche LMP1-98	Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6							21		21
14	Template:Flagicon Team Cascandia	Argo JM20	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8						17			17
15	Template:Flagicon Denaba Racing	Kudzu DLM	Buick 4.5 L V6						14			14
16	Template:Flagicon Fantasy Junction	Cannibal	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8								10	10

GT1 Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Panoz Motor Sports	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8	30	25	25	21	25	25	21	25	197
2	Template:Flagicon Champion Motors	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6	26			25			25		76
3	Template:Flagicon Mosler Automotive	Mosler Raptor	Chevrolet 6.3 L V8	20	19	19						57
4	Template:Flagicon Rock Valley Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet V8	22								22
5	Template:Flagicon G & W Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6						21			21
6	Template:Flagicon Art Pilla	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	19								19
7	Template:Flagicon Robinson Racing	Oldsmobile Aurora GTS-1	Oldsmobile 4.0 L V8	18								18
8=	Template:Flagicon John Annis	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet V8	17								17
8=	Template:Flagicon Porsche AG	Porsche 911 GT1-98	Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6							17		17
10	Template:Flagicon Greg Malvaso	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet V8	16								16

GT2 Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Schumacher Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	22	21	21	21	21	25		17	148
2	Template:Flagicon Prototype Technology Group	BMW M3	BMW 3.2 L I6		25	25	25	25				100
3	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	30						21	25	76
4	Template:Flagicon C.J. Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	24				19		19		62
5	Template:Flagicon Saleen-Allen Speedlab	Saleen Mustang SR	Ford 5.9 L V8	26							14	40
6=	Template:Flagicon Martin Snow Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6						19		19	38
6=	Template:Flagicon American Spirit Racing	Vector M12	Lamborghini 5.7 L V12		19		19					38
8	Template:Flagicon David Friedman	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6			19		17				36
9	Template:Flagicon Marcos Racing International	Marcos LM600	Chevrolet 6.0 L V8							12	21	33
10	Template:Flagicon Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6							25		25
11	Template:Flagicon Bell Motorsports	BMW M3	BMW 3.2 L I6						21			21
12	Template:Flagicon Rohr	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	19								19
13	Template:Flagicon Mark Hein	Acura NSX	Acura 3.2 L V6	18								18
14=	Template:Flagicon Larbre Compétition	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6							17		17
14=	Template:Flagicon Jon Lewis	Vector M12	Lamborghini 5.7 L V12	17								17
16=	Template:Flagicon Cameron Worth	Mazda RX-7	Mazda 2.0 L 3-Rotor							15		15
16=	Template:Flagicon Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6								15	15
18	Template:Flagicon Charles Coker Jr.	Porsche 968 Turbo RS	Porsche 3.0 L Turbo I4							13		13

GT3 Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Prototype Technology Group	BMW M3	BMW 3.2 L I6	30	25	25	25	25	19	21	21	191
2	Template:Flagicon Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	24	17	19		19	25	12	25	141
3	Template:Flagicon G & W Motorsports	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	22			19		15	15		71
4	Template:Flagicon Team A.R.E.	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	20	14					25	11	70
5	Template:Flagicon AASCO Performance (#55)	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	13	13						17	43
6	Template:Flagicon Tim Vargo	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	19		15						34
7=	Template:Flagicon The Racer's Group	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	14							19	33
7=	Template:Flagicon AASCO Performance (#17)	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		19						14	33
9	Template:Flagicon Team Ecuador	Nissan 240SX	Nissan 2.4 L I4	10						13		23
10=	Template:Flagicon Olive Garden Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	17								17
10=	Template:Flagicon Gordon Zimmerman	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6			17						17
12	Template:Flagicon Bill Radar	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	16								16
13=	Template:Flagicon Phoenix Motorsports	Pontiac Firebird	Pontiac V8	15								15
13=	Template:Flagicon Technodyne	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		15							15
15=	Template:Flagicon Chris Mitchum	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6			14						14
15=	Template:Flagicon T.C. Kline	BMW M3	BMW 3.2 L I6							14		14
17	Template:Flagicon Raymond Boissoneau	Mazda RX-7	Mazda 2.0 L 3-Rotor			13						13
18=	Template:Flagicon Reisman Property Interests	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet V8			12						12
18=	Template:Flagicon Dale White	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		12							12
20	Template:Flagicon First Union	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	11								11

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1998 IMSA GT Championship season results