1977 IMSA GT Championship explained

The 1977 Camel GT Challenge season was the 7th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. The series was for GTO and GTU class Grand tourer racing cars. It began February 5, 1977, and ended October 26, 1977, after sixteen rounds.

Schedule

Both classes did not participate together in some events. Races marked with Both had both classes on track at the same time.

Rnd	Race	Length	Class	Circuit	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona	24 Hours	Both	Daytona International Speedway	February 5 February 6
2	12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	Both	Sebring International Raceway	March 19
3	WQXI Road Atlanta 100	100miles	Both	Road Atlanta	April 17
4	Monterey Triple Crown	100miles	Both	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 1
5	Mid-America 100	100miles	Both	Mid-America Raceway	May 15
6	Coca-Cola 350	100miles	Both	Lime Rock Park	May 30
7	Mid-Ohio Twin 200	100miles	Both	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 5
8	Pepsi Grand Prix	100miles	Both	Brainerd International Raceway	June 19
9	Paul Revere 250	250miles	Both	Daytona International Speedway	July 4
10	Hallett Grand Prix	1 Hour	GTU	Hallett Motor Racing Circuit	July 24
11	Sears Point Grand Prix	100miles	GTO	Sears Point International Raceway	July 31
11	Sears Point Grand Prix	75miles	GTU	Sears Point International Raceway	July 31
12	Pocono Carquest Twin Grand Prix	100miles	Both	Pocono International Raceway	August 14
13	Mid-Ohio Twin 3 Hours	3 Hours	Both	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	August 28
14	Labor Day Race	100miles	GTU	Road Atlanta	September 5
14	Labor Day Race	100miles	GTO	Road Atlanta	September 5
15	Shasta Monterey Grand Prix	100miles	Both	Laguna Seca Raceway	October 9
16	Daytona Finale 250	250miles	Both	Daytona International Speedway	October 26

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers	Results
1	Daytona	43 Ecurie Escargot	42 Bob Hindson	Results
1	Daytona	Hurley Haywood John Graves Dave Helmick	Bob Hindson Frank Carney Dick Davenport	Results
2	Sebring	30 George Dyer Racing	50 Moltex Auto	Results
2	Sebring	George Dyer Brad Frisselle	Gerhard Hirsch Fritz Hochreuter Rainer Brezinka	Results
3	Road Atlanta	14 Dickinson/Holbert Racing	33 Bob Sharp Racing	Results
3	Road Atlanta	Al Holbert	Sam Posey	Results
4	Laguna Seca	0 Interscope Racing	45 Porsche	Results
4	Laguna Seca	Danny Ongais	Walt Maas	Results
5	Mid-America	14 Holbert Racing	45 Porsche	Results
5	Mid-America	Al Holbert	Walt Maas	Results
6	Lime Rock	14 Holbert Racing	45 Porsche	Results
6	Lime Rock	Al Holbert	Walt Maas	Results
7	Mid-Ohio	2 McLaren North America	33 Bob Sharp Racing	Results
7	Mid-Ohio	David Hobbs	Sam Posey	Results
8	Brainerd	00 Interscope Racing	45 Porsche	Results
8	Brainerd	Danny Ongais	Walt Maas	Results
9	Daytona	30 George Dyer	33 Bob Sharp Racing	Results
9	Daytona	George Dyer	Sam Posey	Results
10	Hallett	Did Not Participate	45 Porsche	Results
10	Hallett	Did Not Participate	Walt Maas	Results
11	Sears Point	2 McLaren North America	64 Porsche	Results
11	Sears Point	David Hobbs	Dennis Aase	Results
12	Pocono	14 Holbert Racing	45 Porsche	Results
12	Pocono	Al Holbert	Walt Maas	Results
13	Mid-Ohio	95 Bob Hagestad	45 Porsche	Results
13	Mid-Ohio	Hurley Haywood Bob Hagestad	Walt Maas	Results
14	Road Atlanta	2 McLaren North America	64 Porsche	Results
14	Road Atlanta	David Hobbs	Dennis Aase	Results
15	Laguna Seca	2 McLaren North America	45 Porsche	Results
15	Laguna Seca	David Hobbs	Walt Maas	Results
16	Daytona	95 Bob Hagestad	60 Porsche	Results
16	Daytona	Hurley Haywood	Rusty Bond Ren Tilton	Results

Notes

The race was won overall by Peter Gregg in a Group 5 Porsche 935. Haywood and Hagestad finished 4th overall.

External links

World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1977 IMSA GT Championship results