1988 IMSA GT Championship

18th season of the racing series organized by IMSA February 2025 1988 IMSA GT Championship 1987 1989 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. 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 30January 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 5Grand Prix of Palm Beach 3 Hours Proto West Palm Beach Street Circuit 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 Circuit 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 Circuit 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 GBR #60 Castrol Jaguar USA #9 Essex Racing USA #11 Roush Racing USA #71 Team Highball Results GBR Martin BrundleBRA 1968 Raul BoeselDEN John Nielsen USA David SimpsonUSA David LoringUSA Tom Hessert USA Pete HalsmerUSA Scott PruettUSA Bob AkinUSA Paul Miller USA Bob LazierUSA Amos JohnsonUSA Dennis Shaw 2 Miami USA #16 Dyson Racing USA #80 Gaston Andrey Racing Did Not Participate USA #1 C&C Inc. Results USA Price CobbGBR James Weaver ITA 1946 Martino FinottoITA 1946 Ruggero Melgrati USA Tommy Kendall 3 Sebring USA #86 Bayside Disposal USA #9 Essex Racing USA #5 Protofab Racing USA #71 Team Highball Results FRG Hans-Joachim StuckFRG Klaus Ludwig USA David LoringUSA Tom Hessert USA Wally Dallenbach Jr.CAN John Jones USA Amos JohnsonUSA Dennis Shaw 4 Road Atlanta USA #3 Electramotive Eng. USA #80 Gaston Andrey Racing Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results USA John MortonAUS Geoff Brabham ITA 1946 Martino FinottoITA 1946 Ruggero Melgrati 5 Palm Beach USA #83 Electramotive Eng. USA #9 Essex Racing USA #6 Roush Racing Did Not Participate Results USA John MortonAUS Geoff Brabham USA David LoringUSA Tom Hessert USA Pete Halsmer 6 Summit Point Did Not Participate Did Not Participate USA #11 Roush Racing USA #1 C&C Inc. Results USA Scott Pruett USA Tommy Kendall 7 Lime Rock USA #83 Electramotive Eng. USA #79 Whitehall Motorsports Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results AUS Geoff Brabham USA Skeeter McKitterick 8 Mid-Ohio USA #83 Electramotive Eng. GBR #01 Spice Engineering USA #98 All American Racers USA #1 C&C Inc. Results USA Tom GloyAUS Geoff Brabham USA Charles MorganUSA Dominic Dobson USA Chris Cord USA Tommy Kendall 9 Watkins Glen USA #83 Electramotive Eng. USA #79 Winters Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results USA John MortonAUS Geoff Brabham USA Skeeter McKitterickGRE Costas Los 10 Road America USA #83 Electromotive Eng. USA #55 Huffaker Racing USA #98 All American Racers USA #07 Full Time Racing Results USA John MortonAUS Geoff Brabham USA Terry VisgerUSA Dan Marvin USA Dennis Aase USA Dorsey Schroeder 11 Portland USA #83 Electramotive Eng. GBR #01 Spice Engineering USA #6 Roush Racing USA #02 C&C Inc. Results AUS Geoff Brabham USA Charles Morgan USA Pete Halsmer USA Max Jones 12 Sears Point USA #83 Electramotive Eng. USA #55 AC Delco Pontiac USA #99 All American Racers USA #07 Full Time Racing Results AUS Geoff Brabham USA Dan Marvin USA Willy T. Ribbs USA Dorsey Schroeder 13 San Antonio USA #16 Dyson Racing USA #55 Huffaker Racing Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results USA Price CobbGBR James Weaver USA Dan MarvinUSA Bob Lobenberg 14 Lime Rock Did Not Participate Did Not Participate USA #5 Protofab Racing USA #07 Full Time Racing Results USA Wally Dallenbach Jr. USA Dorsey Schroeder 15 Watkins Glen Did Not Participate Did Not Participate USA #98 All American Racers USA #1 C&C Inc. Results USA Chris CordUSA Dennis Aase USA Tommy Kendall 16 Columbus USA #83 Electramotive Eng. USA #9 Essex Racing USA #16 Hoerr Racing USA #1 C&C Inc. Results AUS Geoff Brabham USA David LoringUSA Tom Hessert USA Irv Hoerr USA Tommy Kendall 17 Del Mar GBR #61 Castrol Jaguar USA #55 Huffaker Racing USA #99 All American Racers USA #1 C&C Inc. Results GBR Martin BrundleNED Jan Lammers USA Dan Marvin USA Willy T. Ribbs USA Tommy Kendall Championship results The GTP Drivers Championship was won by Australian Geoff Brabham, driving a Nissan GTP ZX-T.IMSA GT Championship Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 23 January 2012 References External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1988 IMSA GT Championship results Category:IMSA GT Championship seasons IMSA GT Championship