The 1996 Exxon World Sports Car Championship and Supreme GT Series seasons were the 26th season of the IMSA GT Championship. It consisted of open-cockpit prototypes referred to as World Sports Car (WSC) and Grand Tourer-style racing cars divided into GTS-1 and GTS-2 classes. It began February 3, 1996, and ended October 6, 1996, after ten rounds.
Schedule Most races on the schedule had WSC and GTS-1 classes running together, while the GTS-2 class ran separate races, sometimes with different lengths. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time for the whole race.
Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Date 1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 Hours All Daytona International Speedway February 3February 4 2 Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 17 3 Advance Auto Parts Grand Prix of Atlanta 40 Minutes GTS-2 Road Atlanta April 21 3 Hours WSC/GTS-1 4 Exxon Superflo 500 at Texas 500 Miles All Texas World Speedway May 5 5 The Dodge Dealers Grand Prix 1 Hour GTS-2 Lime Rock Park May 27 1 Hour 45 Minutes WSC/GTS-1 6 First Union Six Hours at the Glen 6 Hours All Watkins Glen International June 9 7 Toshiba California Grand Prix 45 Minutes GTS-2 Sears Point Raceway July 14 3 Hours WSC/GTS-1 8 Chrysler Mosport 500 3 Hours All Mosport International Raceway August 25 9 Sprint Grand Prix of Dallas 45 Minutes GTS-2 Dallas Street Circuit September 1 2 Hours WSC/GTS-1 10 Daytona IMSA Finale 3 Hours All Daytona International Speedway October 6
Season results Rnd Circuit WSC Winning Team GTS-1 Winning Team GTS-2 Winning Team Results WSC Winning Drivers GTS-1 Winning Drivers GTS-2 Winning Drivers 1 Daytona #4 Doyle Racing #5 Brix Racing #55 Stadler Motorsports Results Jim Pace Scott Sharp Wayne Taylor Rob Morgan Charles Morgan Joe Pezza Jon Gooding Irv Hoerr Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Ulli Richter 2 Sebring #4 Doyle Racing #74 Champion Porsche #99 Schumacher Racing Results Jim Pace Wayne Taylor Eric van der Poele Hans-Joachim Stuck Bill Adam Larry Schumacher Will Pace Andy Pilgrim 3 Road Atlanta #30 Momo Corse #1 Brix Racing #93 Ecuador Mobil 1 Racing Results Gianpiero Moretti Max Papis Irv Hoerr Darin Brassfield Henry Taleb 4 Texas #4 Doyle Racing #1 Brix Racing #99 Schumacher Racing Results Jim Pace Wayne Taylor Irv Hoerr Darin Brassfield Larry Schumacher Andy Pilgrim 5 Lime Rock #30 Momo Corse #1 Brix Racing #93 Ecuador Mobil 1 Racing Results Gianpiero Moretti Max Papis Irv Hoerr Henry Taleb 6 Watkins Glen #30 Momo Corse #5 Brix Racing #26 Alex Job Racing Results Gianpiero Moretti Max Papis Irv Hoerr Darin Brassfield Brian Cunningham Brian DeVries Hurley Haywood Charles Slater Tom Hessert 7 Sears Point #4 Doyle Racing #5 Brix Racing #07 PTG Results Scott Sharp Wayne Taylor Irv Hoerr Darin Brassfield Pete Halsmer 8 Mosport Park #20 Dyson Racing #1 Brix Racing #06 PTG Results Butch Leitzinger John Paul Jr. Irv Hoerr Boris Said Pete Halsmer 9 Dallas #20 Dyson Racing #5 Brix Racing #07 PTG Results Butch Leitzinger Irv Hoerr Pete Halsmer 10 Daytona #20 Dyson Racing #91 Rock Valley #06 PTG Results Butch Leitzinger John Paul Jr. Stu Hayner Roger Schramm Javier Quiros
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1996 IMSA GT Championship standings