1987 IMSA GT Championship

17th season of the racing series organized by IMSA February 2025 1987 IMSA GT Championship 1986 1988 The 1987 Camel GT Championship season was the 17th 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 31, 1987, and ended October 25, 1987, after 21 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 31February 1 2 Grand Prix of Miami 3 Hours Proto Streets of Miami March 1 45 Minutes GT 3 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 21 4 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix 500 km Proto Road Atlanta April 12 5 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix 300 km GT Riverside International Raceway April 26 500 km Proto 6 Nissan Monterey Triple Crown 300 km GT Laguna Seca Raceway May 2 300 km Proto May 3 7 Arizona 300 300 km GT Firebird International Raceway May 17 8 Lime Rock Grand Prix 150 Laps Proto Lime Rock Park May 24 9 Champion Spark Plug Grand Prix 250 km GT Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 7 500 km Proto 10Grand Prix of Palm Beach 2 Hours GTO West Palm Beach Street Circuit June 20 45 Minutes GTU June 21 3 Hours Proto 11 Kuppenheimer GT Challenge 300 km GT Road Atlanta June 28 12 Camel Continental 500 km Proto Watkins Glen International July 5 13 Mid-Atlantic Toyota Grand Prix 300 km GT Summit Point Raceway July 12 14G.I. Joe's Grand Prix 300 km Proto Portland International Raceway July 26 300 km GT July 27 15 Ford California Grand Prix 300 km GT Sears Point Raceway August 1 300 km Proto August 2 16 Löwenbräu Classic 500 miles All Road America August 16 17 Nissan Grand Prix of San Antonio 3 Hours Proto San Antonio Street Circuit September 6 18 150 Lap Lime Rock 150 Laps GT Lime Rock Park September 7 19 Kodak Copier 500 500 km GT Watkins Glen International September 27 20 Columbus Ford Dealers 500 300 km Proto Columbus Street Circuit October 4 45 Minutes GT 21 Camel Grand Prix of Southern California 1 Hour GTO Del Mar Fairgrounds October 24 2 Hours Proto October 25 45 Minutes GTU 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 USA #14 Holbert Racing GBR #01 AT&T Spice USA #11 Roush Racing USA #71 Team Highball Results USA Al HolbertUSA Chip RobinsonUSA Al Unser Jr.GBR Derek Bell USA Bob EarlUSA Jeff KlineUSA Don Bell USA Bill ElliottUSA Scott PruettUSA Lyn St. JamesUSA Tom Gloy USA Bob LazierUSA Amos JohnsonUSA Dennis Shaw 2 Miami USA #83 Electramotive Eng. USA #42 White-Allen USA #4 Dingman Bros. USA #12 Aspen Inn Results USA Elliot Forbes-RobinsonAUS Geoff Brabham USA Chip MeadCAN Charles Monk USA Bob Earl USA John Finger 3 Sebring USA #86 Bayside Disposal USA #42 White-Allen USA #28 Protofab Racing USA #17 Al Bacon Racing Results FRG Jochen MassUSA Bobby Rahal USA John HigginsUSA Howard CherryCAN Charles Monk USA Greg PickettUSA Tommy Riggins USA Al BaconUSA Bob Reed 4 Road Atlanta USA #16 Dyson Racing GBR #01 Collins & Aikman Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results USA Price CobbGBR James Weaver USA Don BellUSA Jeff Kline 5 Riverside USA #44 Group 44 GBR #01 Collins & Aikman USA #98 All American Racers Dennis Aase USA #71 Team Highball Results USA Hurley HaywoodUSA John Morton USA Don BellUSA Jeff Kline USA Chris Cord USA Amos Johnson 6 Laguna Seca USA #85 Bayside Disposal GBR #01 Collins & Aikman USA #98 All American Racers Dennis Aase USA #75 Clayton Cunningham Results FRG Klaus Ludwig USA Don Bell USA Chris Cord USA Tommy Kendall 7 Firebird Did Not Participate Did Not Participate USA #76 Peerless-Hendrick USA #75 Clayton Cunningham Results USA Jack Baldwin USA Tommy Kendall 8 Lime Rock USA #1 Holbert Racing USA #70 Z&W Motorsports Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results USA Al Holbert USA David Loring 9 Mid-Ohio USA #86 Bayside Disposal GBR #01 Collins & Aikman USA #99 All American Racers USA #55 Huffaker Racing Results FRG Jochen MassUSA Bobby Rahal USA Don BellUSA Jeff Kline USA Willy T. Ribbs USA Terry Visger 10 Palm Beach USA #44 Group 44 USA #42 White-Allen USA #22 Roush Racing USA #55 Huffaker Racing Results USA Hurley HaywoodUSA John Morton USA Chip MeadUSA Howard Cherry USA Tom Gloy USA Terry Visger 11 Road Atlanta Did Not Participate Did Not Participate USA #99 All American Racers USA #55 Huffaker Racing Results USA Willy T. Ribbs USA Terry Visger 12 Watkins Glen USA #16 Dyson Racing USA #09 Ball Bros. Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results USA Price CobbAUS Vern Schuppan USA Steve DurstUSA Mike Brockman 13 Summit Point Did Not Participate Did Not Participate USA #99 All American Racers USA #71 Team Highball Results USA Willy T. Ribbs USA Amos Johnson 14 Portland USA #14 Holbert Racing USA #63 Certified Brakes USA #98 All American Racers Dennis Aase USA #55 Huffaker Racing Results USA Chip Robinson USA Jim Downing USA Chris Cord USA Terry Visger 15 Sears Point USA #86 Bayside Disposal USA #43 White-Allen USA #76 Peerless-Hendrick USA #55 Huffaker Racing Results FRG Jochen Mass USA Chip Mead USA Jack Baldwin USA Terry Visger 16 Road America USA #16 Dyson Racing GBR #6 Spice Engineering USA #28 Mobil 1 Mid-America USA #75 Clayton Cunningham Results USA Price CobbGBR Johnny Dumfries USA Jim RothbarthUSA Charles Morgan USA Paul DallenbachUSA Chris Kneifel USA Tommy Kendall 17 San Antonio USA #14 Holbert RacingSeptember 7, 1987 Grand Prix of San Antonio https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-grand-prix-of-san-anto/194320542/ San Antonio Light C11 Newspapers.com GBR #01 Spice Engineering Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results USA Al HolbertUSA Chip RobinsonGBR Derek Bell USA Don BellUSA Jeff Kline 18 Lime Rock Did Not Participate Did Not Participate USA #4 Dingman Bros. USA #75 Clayton Cunningham Results USA Bob Earl USA Tommy Kendall 19 Watkins Glen Did Not Participate Did Not Participate USA #99 All American Racers USA #71 Team Highball Results USA Willy T. Ribbs USA Amos Johnson 20 Columbus USA #86 Bayside Disposal GBR #6 Spice Engineering USA #76 Peerless-Hendrick USA #75 Clayton Cunningham Results USA Bobby Rahal USA Charles Morgan USA Jack Baldwin USA Tommy Kendall 21 Del Mar USA #85 Bayside Disposal GBR #6 Spice Engineering USA #98 All American Racers Dennis Aase USA #55 Huffaker Racing Results FRG Jochen Mass USA Jim RothbarthUSA Charles Morgan USA Chris Cord USA Terry Visger References External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1987 IMSA GT Championship results Category:IMSA GT Championship seasons IMSA GT