1978 IMSA GT Championship

8th season of the racing series organized by IMSA February 2025 1978 IMSA GT Championship 1977 1979 The 1978 Camel GT Challenge season was the 8th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was the first year of the new GTX class, which allowed for Group 5 cars to compete. The GTO and GTU class Grand tourer cars remained from before. It began February 4, 1978, and ended November 26, 1978, after fourteen rounds. Schedule Not all classes participated in some events. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time. Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Date 1 24 Hours of Daytona 24 Hours All Daytona International Speedway February 4February 5 2 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 18 3 6 Hours of Talladega 6 Hours All Talladega Superspeedway April 2 4 Camel GT Challenge 75 mi km on GTU Road Atlanta April 16 100 mi km on GTX/GTO 5 Monterey Triple Crown 100 mi km on GTX/GTO Laguna Seca Raceway April 30 45 Minutes GTU 6 Hallett Grand Prix 1 Hour GTU Hallett Motor Racing Circuit May 7 100 mi km on GTX/GTO 7 Coca-Cola 300 100 mi km on GTX/GTO Lime Rock Park May 29 100 mi km on GTU 8 Pepsi Grand Prix 100 mi km on All Brainerd International Raceway June 18 9 Paul Revere 250 250 mi km on All Daytona International Speedway July 4 10 Sears Point Grand Prix 100 mi km on GTX/GTO Sears Point International Raceway July 30 75 mi km on GTU 11 G.I. Joe's Grand Prix 100 mi km on GTX/GTO Portland International Raceway August 6 45 Minutes GTU 12 Camel GT Mid-Ohio 250 250 mi km on All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course August 27 13 Arthur Montgomery 100 75 mi km on GTU Road Atlanta September 4 100 mi km on GTX/GTO 14 Camel GT Daytona 250 250 mi km on All Daytona International Speedway November 26 Season results Rnd Circuit GTX Winning Team GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team Results GTX Winning Driver(s) GTO Winning Driver(s) GTU Winning Driver(s) 1 Daytona #99 Brumos Porsche #58 Diego Febles Racing #01 J. Dana Roehrig Results GER Rolf StommelenNED Toine HezemansUSA Peter Gregg PUR Diego FeblesIRL Alec Poole USA Dave WhiteUSA Gary MesnickUSA J. Dana Roehrig 2 Sebring #9 Dick Barbour Performance #33 JLP Racing #77 Bill Scott Racing Results GBR Brian RedmanUSA Charles MendezUSA Bob Garretson USA John Paul, Sr.PUR Bonky Fernández VEN Francisco RomeroVEN Ernesto Soto 3 Talladega #59 Brumos Porsche #33 Boricua Racing #76 Quality Inn Results USA Peter GreggUSA Brad Frisselle PUR Bonky FernándezUSA Dave Cowart USA Lee MuellerUSA Frank Thomas 4 Road Atlanta #59 Brumos Porsche Audi #25 Deren Automotive #01 Roehrig Racing Results USA Peter Gregg USA Kenper Miller USA Dave White 5 Laguna Seca #16 Vasek Polak #01 BMW #48 Datsun Results USA George Follmer USA John Morton USA Frank Leary 6 Hallett #2 McLaren North America #25 BMW #51 Porsche Results GBR David Hobbs USA Kenper Miller USA Dennis Aase 7 Lime Rock #59 Brumos Porsche #58 Diego Febles Racing #33 Bob Sharp Racing Results USA Peter Gregg PUR Diego Febles USA Sam Posey 8 Brainerd #59 Brumos Porsche #07 Morrison's Inc. #01 Porsche Results USA Peter Gregg USA Dave Cowart USA Dave White 9 Daytona #59 Brumos Porsche #25 BMW #01 Porsche Results USA Peter Gregg USA Kenper Miller USA Dave White 10 Sears Point #2 McLaren North America #55 Porsche #48 Datsun Results GBR David Hobbs USA Howard Meister USA Frank Leary 11 Portland #59 Brumos Porsche #07 Morrison's Inc. #64 Porsche Results USA Peter Gregg USA Dave Cowart USA Dennis Aase 12 Mid-Ohio #94 Whittington Brothers Racing #07 Morrison's Inc. #42 Porsche Results USA Bill WhittingtonUSA Jim Busby USA Dave CowartCOL Mauricio de Narvaez USA Bill Bean 13 Road Atlanta #59 Brumos Porsche #55 Andial Porsche-Meister Homes #83 Sun/Moon Electramotive Results USA Peter Gregg USA Howard Meister USA Don Devendorf 14 Daytona #59 Brumos Porsche #04 Chevrolet #79 Datsun Results USA Peter Gregg USA Rick Thompkins USA Richard KendrickUSA Scott Hoerr External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1978 IMSA GT Championship results Category:IMSA GT Championship seasons IMSA GT