1996 IMSA GT Championship

26th season of the racing series organized by IMSA February 2025 1996 IMSA GT Championship 1995 1997 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 3February 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 United States #4 Doyle Racing United States #5 Brix Racing Switzerland #55 Stadler Motorsports Results United States Jim PaceUnited States Scott SharpSouth Africa Wayne Taylor United States Rob MorganUnited States Charles MorganUnited States Joe PezzaUnited States Jon GoodingUnited States Irv Hoerr Switzerland Enzo CalderariSwitzerland Lilian BrynerGermany Ulli Richter 2 Sebring United States #4 Doyle Racing United States #74 Champion Porsche United States #99 Schumacher Racing Results United States Jim PaceSouth Africa Wayne TaylorBelgium Eric van der Poele Germany Hans-Joachim StuckCanada Bill Adam United States Larry SchumacherUnited States Will PaceUnited States Andy Pilgrim 3 Road Atlanta ITA 1946 #30 Momo Corse United States #1 Brix Racing Ecuador #93 Ecuador Mobil 1 Racing Results ITA 1946 Gianpiero MorettiITA 1946 Max Papis United States Irv HoerrUnited States Darin Brassfield Ecuador Henry Taleb 4 Texas United States #4 Doyle Racing United States #1 Brix Racing United States #99 Schumacher Racing Results United States Jim PaceSouth Africa Wayne Taylor United States Irv HoerrUnited States Darin Brassfield United States Larry SchumacherUnited States Andy Pilgrim 5 Lime Rock ITA 1946 #30 Momo Corse United States #1 Brix Racing Ecuador #93 Ecuador Mobil 1 Racing Results ITA 1946 Gianpiero MorettiITA 1946 Max Papis United States Irv Hoerr Ecuador Henry Taleb 6 Watkins Glen ITA 1946 #30 Momo Corse United States #5 Brix Racing United States #26 Alex Job Racing Results ITA 1946 Gianpiero MorettiITA 1946 Max Papis United States Irv HoerrUnited States Darin BrassfieldUnited States Brian CunninghamUnited States Brian DeVries United States Hurley HaywoodUnited States Charles SlaterUnited States Tom Hessert 7 Sears Point United States #4 Doyle Racing United States #5 Brix Racing United States #07 PTG Results United States Scott SharpUnited States Wayne Taylor United States Irv HoerrUnited States Darin Brassfield United States Pete Halsmer 8 Mosport Park United States #20 Dyson Racing United States #1 Brix Racing United States #06 PTG Results United States Butch LeitzingerUnited States John Paul Jr. United States Irv Hoerr United States Boris SaidUnited States Pete Halsmer 9 Dallas United States #20 Dyson Racing United States #5 Brix Racing United States #07 PTG Results United States Butch Leitzinger United States Irv Hoerr United States Pete Halsmer 10 Daytona United States #20 Dyson Racing United States #91 Rock Valley United States #06 PTG Results United States Butch LeitzingerUnited States John Paul Jr. United States Stu HaynerUnited States Roger Schramm Costa Rica Javier Quiros External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1996 IMSA GT Championship standings Category:IMSA GT Championship seasons IMSA GT