1988 IMSA GT Championship

The 1988 Camel GT Championship season was the 18th 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 30, 1988, and ended October 23, 1988, after seventeen rounds.

1988 IMSA GT Championship
Previous: 1987 Next: 1989

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 30
January 31
2 Grand Prix of Miami 3 Hours Proto Streets of Miami February 28
40 Minutes GTU
3 Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 19
4 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix 500 km Proto Road Atlanta April 10
5 Grand Prix of Palm Beach 3 Hours Proto West Palm Beach street course April 24
1 Hour GTO
6 Mid-Atlantic Toyota Grand Prix 3 Hours GT Summit Point Raceway May 22
7 Lime Rock Grand Prix 150 Laps Proto Lime Rock Park May 30
8 Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio 500 km Proto Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 5
200 km GT
9 Camel Continental 500 km Proto Watkins Glen International July 3
10 Miller High Life 500 500 km All Road America July 17
11 G.I. Joe's Grand Prix 1 Hour 30 Minutes GT Portland International Raceway July 31
300 km Proto
12 Lincoln-Mercury California Grand Prix 200 km GT Sears Point Raceway August 14
300 km Proto
13 Nissan Camel Grand Prix of San Antonio 3 Hours Proto San Antonio street course September 4
14 Lime Rock 2 Hours 90 Laps GTO Lime Rock Park September 5
50 Laps GTU
15 Kodak Copier 500 500 km GT Watkins Glen International September 25
16 Columbus Ford Dealers 500 300 km Proto Columbus street course October 2
45 Minutes GT
17 Camel Grand Prix of Southern California 45 Minutes GTU Del Mar Fairgrounds October 22
1 Hour GTO
2 Hours Proto

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 #60 Castrol Jaguar #9 Essex Racing #11 Roush Racing #71 Team Highball Results
Martin Brundle
Raul Boesel
John Nielsen		 David Simpson
David Loring
Tom Hessert		 Pete Halsmer
Scott Pruett
Bob Akin
Paul Miller		 Bob Lazier
Amos Johnson
Dennis Shaw
2 Miami #16 Dyson Racing #80 Gaston Andrey Racing Did Not Participate #1 C&C Inc. Results
Price Cobb
James Weaver		 Martino Finotto
Ruggero Melgrati		 Tommy Kendall
3 Sebring #86 Bayside Disposal #9 Essex Racing #5 Protofab Racing #71 Team Highball Results
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Klaus Ludwig		 David Loring
Tom Hessert		 Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
John Jones		 Amos Johnson
Dennis Shaw
4 Road Atlanta #3 Electramotive Eng. #80 Gaston Andrey Racing Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results
John Morton
Geoff Brabham		 Martino Finotto
Ruggero Melgrati
5 Palm Beach #83 Electramotive Eng. #9 Essex Racing #6 Roush Racing Did Not Participate Results
John Morton
Geoff Brabham		 David Loring
Tom Hessert		 Pete Halsmer
6 Summit Point Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #11 Roush Racing #1 C&C Inc. Results
Scott Pruett Tommy Kendall
7 Lime Rock #83 Electramotive Eng. #79 Whitehall Motorsports Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results
Geoff Brabham Skeeter McKitterick
8 Mid-Ohio #83 Electramotive Eng. #01 Spice Engineering #98 All American Racers #1 C&C Inc. Results
Tom Gloy
Geoff Brabham		 Charles Morgan
Dominic Dobson		 Chris Cord Tommy Kendall
9 Watkins Glen #83 Electramotive Eng. #79 Winters Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results
John Morton
Geoff Brabham		 Skeeter McKitterick
Costas Los
10 Road America #83 Electromotive Eng. #55 Huffaker Racing #98 All American Racers #07 Full Time Racing Results
John Morton
Geoff Brabham		 Terry Visger
Dan Marvin		 Dennis Aase Dorsey Schroeder
11 Portland #83 Electramotive Eng. #01 Spice Engineering #6 Roush Racing #02 C&C Inc. Results
Geoff Brabham Charles Morgan Pete Halsmer Max Jones
12 Sears Point #83 Electramotive Eng. #55 AC Delco Pontiac #99 All American Racers #07 Full Time Racing Results
Geoff Brabham Dan Marvin Willy T. Ribbs Dorsey Schroeder
13 San Antonio #16 Dyson Racing #55 Huffaker Racing Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results
Price Cobb
James Weaver		 Dan Marvin
Bob Lobenberg
14 Lime Rock Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #5 Protofab Racing #07 Full Time Racing Results
Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Dorsey Schroeder
15 Watkins Glen Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #98 All American Racers #1 C&C Inc. Results
Chris Cord
Dennis Aase		 Tommy Kendall
16 Columbus #83 Electramotive Eng. #9 Essex Racing #16 Hoerr Racing #1 C&C Inc. Results
Geoff Brabham David Loring
Tom Hessert		 Irv Hoerr Tommy Kendall
17 Del Mar #61 Castrol Jaguar #55 Huffaker Racing #99 All American Racers #1 C&C Inc. Results
Martin Brundle
Jan Lammers		 Dan Marvin Willy T. Ribbs Tommy Kendall

Championship results

The GTP Drivers Championship was won by Australian Geoff Brabham, driving a Nissan GTP ZX-T.[1]

References
  1. IMSA GT Championship Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 23 January 2012
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