1978 IMSA GT Championship explained

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 4 February 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	75miles	GTU	Road Atlanta	April 16
		100miles	GTX/GTO
5	Monterey Triple Crown	100miles	GTX/GTO	Laguna Seca Raceway	April 30
		45 Minutes	GTU
6	Hallett Grand Prix	1 Hour	GTU	Hallett Motor Racing Circuit	May 7
		100miles	GTX/GTO
7	Coca-Cola 300	100miles	GTX/GTO	Lime Rock Park	May 29
		100miles	GTU
8	Pepsi Grand Prix	100miles	All	Brainerd International Raceway	June 18
9	Paul Revere 250	250miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 4
10	Sears Point Grand Prix	100miles	GTX/GTO	Sears Point International Raceway	July 30
		75miles	GTU
11	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	100miles	GTX/GTO	Portland International Raceway	August 6
		45 Minutes	GTU
12	Camel GT Mid-Ohio 250	250miles	All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	August 27
13	Arthur Montgomery 100	75miles	GTU	Road Atlanta	September 4
		100miles	GTX/GTO
14	Camel GT Daytona 250	250miles	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
		Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans Peter Gregg	Diego Febles Alec Poole	Dave White Gary Mesnick J. Dana Roehrig
2	Sebring	9 Dick Barbour Performance	33 JLP Racing	77 Bill Scott Racing	Results
		Brian Redman Charles Mendez Bob Garretson	John Paul, Sr. Bonky Fernández	Francisco Romero Ernesto Soto
3	Talladega	59 Brumos Porsche	33 Boricua Racing	76 Quality Inn	Results
		Peter Gregg Brad Frisselle	Bonky Fernández Dave Cowart	Lee Mueller Frank Thomas
4	Road Atlanta	59 Brumos Porsche Audi	25 Deren Automotive	01 Roehrig Racing	Results
		Peter Gregg	Kenper Miller	Dave White
5	Laguna Seca	16 Vasek Polak	01 BMW	48 Datsun	Results
		George Follmer	John Morton	Frank Leary
6	Hallett	2 McLaren North America	25 BMW	51 Porsche	Results
		David Hobbs	Kenper Miller	Dennis Aase
7	Lime Rock	59 Brumos Porsche	58 Diego Febles Racing	33 Bob Sharp Racing	Results
		Peter Gregg	Diego Febles	Sam Posey
8	Brainerd	59 Brumos Porsche	07 Morrison's Inc.	01 Porsche	Results
		Peter Gregg	Dave Cowart	Dave White
9	Daytona	59 Brumos Porsche	25 BMW	01 Porsche	Results
		Peter Gregg	Kenper Miller	Dave White
10	Sears Point	2 McLaren North America	55 Porsche	48 Datsun	Results
		David Hobbs	Howard Meister	Frank Leary
11	Portland	59 Brumos Porsche	07 Morrison's Inc.	64 Porsche	Results
		Peter Gregg	Dave Cowart	Dennis Aase
12	Mid-Ohio	94 Whittington Brothers Racing	07 Morrison's Inc.	42 Porsche	Results
		Bill Whittington Jim Busby	Dave Cowart Mauricio de Narvaez	Bill Bean
13	Road Atlanta	59 Brumos Porsche	55 Andial Porsche-Meister Homes	83 Sun/Moon Electramotive	Results
		Peter Gregg	Howard Meister	Don Devendorf
14	Daytona	59 Brumos Porsche	04 Chevrolet	79 Datsun	Results
		Peter Gregg	Rick Thompkins	Richard Kendrick Scott Hoerr

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1978 IMSA GT Championship results