The 1991 Camel GT Championship and Exxon Supreme GT Series seasons were the 21st 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, as well as a tube-frame All-American Challenge (AAC) class during select rounds. It began February 2, 1991, and ended October 13, 1991, after nineteen rounds.
Schedule The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. The AAC class only participated in GT-only events. 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 February 2February 3 2 Toyota Camel Grand Prix of Palm Beach 1 Hour GTO/GTU West Palm Beach Street Circuit March 2 2 Hours Proto March 3 30 Minutes AAC 3 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 16 4Nissan Camel Grand Prix of Miami 1 Hour GT Streets of Miami April 6 2 Hours Proto April 7 5 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 1 Hour GT Long Beach Street Circuit April 13 6 Nissan Grand Prix of Atlanta 300 km Proto Road Atlanta April 28 7 Camel Grand Prix of the Heartland 300 km Proto Heartland Park May 5 8 Nissan Grand Prix of Mosport 300 km GT Mosport Park May 20 9 Toyota Trucks Lime Rock Grand Prix 2 Hours Proto Lime Rock Park May 26 10 Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio 1 Hour GT Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 1 300 km Proto June 2 11 Nissan Grand Prix du Mardi Gras 1 Hour GT New Orleans Street Circuit June 15 2 Hours Proto June 16 12 Camel Continental 500 km Proto Watkins Glen International June 30 13Grand Auto Supply Camel GT 1 Hour GT Laguna Seca Raceway July 20 300 km Proto July 21 14G.I. Joe's/Camel Grand Prix 300 km Proto Portland International Raceway July 28 1 Hour 30 Minutes GT 15Nissan Grand Prix of Road America 300 km Proto Road America August 25 200 km GT 16 Road Atlanta 300 1 Hour 45 Minutes GT Road Atlanta September 1 17 The New York 500 500 km GT Watkins Glen International September 22 18 The Jamesway 300 2 Hours GT Lime Rock Park September 28 19Camel Grand Prix of Greater San Diego 1 Hour GT Del Mar Fairgrounds October 12 2 Hours Proto October 13
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 #7 Joest Racing #48 Comptech Acura #15 Whistler Mustang #82 Greer Racing Results Frank Jelinski "John Winter" Henri Pescarolo Bob Wollek Hurley Haywood Parker Johnstone Steve Cameron Doug Peterson Bob Lesnett Mark Martin Wally Dallenbach Jr. Robby Gordon Dick Greer Al Bacon Mike Mees Peter Uria 2 Palm Beach #2 Bud Light Jaguar #48 Comptech Racing #62 Mazda Motorsports #07 Full Time Racing Results Davy Jones Parker Johnstone Peter Halsmer John Fergus 3 Sebring #83 Nissan Performance #8 Essex Racing #15 Roush Racing #95 Leitzinger Racing Results Geoff Brabham Gary Brabham Derek Daly Charles Morgan Jim Pace Robby Gordon Max Jones Bob Leitzinger David Loring 4 Miami #3 Bud Light Jaguar #48 Comptech Racing #62 Mazda Motorsports #96 Leitzinger Racing Results Raul Boesel Parker Johnstone Peter Halsmer David Loring 5 Long Beach Did not participate Did not participate #75 Cunningham Racing #07 Full Time Racing Results Steve Millen John Fergus 6 Road Atlanta #2 Bud Light Jaguar #48 Comptech Racing Did not participate Did not participate Results Davy Jones Parker Johnstone 7 Heartland #84 Nissan Performance #48 Comptech Racing Did not participate Did not participate Results Chip Robinson Parker Johnstone 8 Mosport Park Did not participate Did not participate #62 Mazda Motorsports #07 Full Time Racing Results Pete Halsmer John Fergus 9 Lime Rock #84 Nissan Performance #19 David Tennyson Did not participate Did not participate Results Chip Robinson David Tennyson Ken Knott 10 Mid-Ohio #2 Bud Light Jaguar #48 Comptech Racing #76 Cunningham Racing #07 Full Time Racing Results Davy Jones Parker Johnstone Jeremy Dale John Fergus 11 New Orleans #64 MTI Racing #19 David Tennyson #63 Mazda Motorsports #96 Leitzinger Racing Results Wayne Taylor David Tennyson Price Cobb David Loring 12 Watkins Glen #99 All American Racers #48 Comptech Racing Did not participate Did not participate Results Juan Manuel Fangio II Parker Johnstone 13 Laguna Seca #2 Bud Light Jaguar #80 Bieri Racing #63 Mazda Motorsports #07 Full Time Racing Results Davy Jones Ruggero Melgrati Price Cobb Jeff Purner 14 Portland #99 All American Racers #80 Bieri Racing #9 Roush Racing #00 Full Time Racing Results Juan Manuel Fangio II Ruggero Melgrati Robby Gordon John Fergus 15 Road America #2 Bud Light Jaguar #9 Essex Racing Team #75 Cunningham Racing #00 Full Time Racing Results Davy Jones Jim Pace Steve Millen John Fergus 16 Road Atlanta Did not participate Did not participate #9 Roush Racing #07 Full Time Racing Results Robby Gordon Jeff Purner 17 Watkins Glen Did not participate Did not participate #75 Cunningham Racing #00 Full Time Racing Results Steve Millen Jeremy Dale John Fergus 18 Lime Rock Did not participate Did not participate #75 Cunningham Racing #00 Full Time Racing Results Steve Millen John Fergus 19 Del Mar #99 All American Racers #49 Comptech Racing #9 Roush Racing #95 Leitzinger Racing Results Juan Manuel Fangio II Parker Johnstone Robby Gordon Bob Leitzinger
Championship Tables
GTP Place Driver Entrant Total 1 Geoff Brabham Nissan Performance Technology 175 2 Chip Robinson Nissan Performance Technology 170 3 Davy Jones Bud Light Jaguar Racing 158 4 Wayne Taylor MTI Racing 117 5 Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racers 107 6 Raul Boesel Bud Light Jaguar Racing 72 7 Tom Kendall Jim Miller RacingMTI Racing 69 8 Brian Bonner Tom Milner Racing 54 9 Bernd Schneider Joest Racing 49 10 Derek Daly Nissan Performance Technology 48 11 Henri Pescarolo Joest Racing 44 12 Frank Jelinski Joest Racing 43 13 Rocky Moran All American Racers 41 14 Jim Adams Dyson RacingHotchkis Racing 40 15 James Weaver Dyson RacingJohn Shapiro Racing 36 16 Chris Cord Dyson RacingHotchkis Racing 32 17 Scott Sharp Tom Milner Racing 30 18= Giampiero Moretti Momo-Gebhardt Racing 29 Jeff Purner Tom Milner Racing 29 20 Bob Earl Nissan Performance Technology 28 etc.
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes – 1991 IMSA GT Championship results
References