The 1989 Camel GT Championship season was the 19th 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 American Challenge (AC) class during select GT-only rounds. It began February 4, 1989, and ended October 22, 1989, after twenty rounds.
Schedule The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. The AC 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 4–5 2 Nissan Grand Prix of Miami 45 Minutes GT Streets of Miami March 5 3 Hours Proto 3 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 18 4 Nissan Grand Prix of Atlanta 500 km Proto Road Atlanta April 2 5 Pontiac Grand Prix of Palm Beach 3 Hours Proto West Palm Beach Street Circuit April 23 6 Summit Point Grand Prix 2 Hours 30 Minutes GT Summit Point Raceway May 21 7 Toyota Trucks Lime Rock Grand Prix 150 Laps, Proto Lime Rock Park May 29 8 Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio 500 km Proto Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 4 200 km GT 9 Audi quattro IMSA Weekend 500 km GT Mosport Park June 25 10 Camel Continental 500 km Proto Watkins Glen International July 2 11 Miller High Life 500 500 km All Road America July 16 12G.I. Joe's Camel Grand Prix 1 Hour 30 Minutes GT Portland International Raceway July 30 300 km Proto 13 Camel Grand Prix of the Heartland 2 Hours GT Heartland Park August 12 300 km Proto August 13 14 Nissan Camel Grand Prix of San Antonio 1 Hour GT San Antonio Street Circuit September 3 2 Hours Proto 15 Lincoln-Mercury California Grand Prix 300 km Proto Sears Point Raceway September 10 200 km GT 16 Kodak Copier 500 500 km GT Watkins Glen International September 24 17 GTE World Challenge of Tampa 360 km Proto Tampa Street Circuit October 1 18 Lime Rock 2 Hours 2 Hours GT Lime Rock Park October 1 19 Toyota Monterey Grand Prix 1 Hour GT Laguna Seca Raceway October 15 20 Camel Grand Prix of Southern California 1 Hour GT Del Mar Fairgrounds October 22 2 Hours Proto
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 #67 #9 Essex Racing #16 Stroh's Light Cougar #17 Al Bacon Performance Results Bob Wollek Derek Bell John Andretti Charles Morgan John Morrison Tom Hessert Pete Halsmer Bob Earl Mark Martin Paul Stewart Al Bacon Bob Reed Rod Millen 2 Miami #83 Electramotive Eng. #4 S&L Racing #6 Roush Racing #72 John Finger Results Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham Scott Schubot Pete Halsmer John Finger 3 Sebring #83 Electramotive Eng. #55 Huffaker Racing #11 Roush Racing #74 Huffaker Racing Results Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham Arie Luyendyk Bob Lesnett Dan Marvin Wally Dallenbach Jr. Dorsey Schroeder George Robinson Bart Kendall Johnny Unser 4 Road Atlanta #83 Electramotive Eng. #4 S&L Racing Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham Scott Schubot 5 Palm Beach #67 Busby Racing #4 S&L Racing Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results Bob Wollek John Andretti Scott Schubot Linda Ludemann 6 Summit Point Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #4 Audi of America #74 Robinson Racing Results Hans-Joachim Stuck George Robinson 7 Lime Rock #84 Electramotive Eng. #9 Essex Racing Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results Geoff Brabham Charles Morgan Jeff Purner 8 Mid-Ohio #83 Electramotive Eng. #9 Essex Racing #4 Audi of America #71 Team Highball Results Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham Charles Morgan Tom Hessert Hans-Joachim Stuck Amos Johnson 9 Mosport Park Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #6 Roush Racing #00 Full Time Racing Results Pete Halsmer Jeremy Dale 10 Watkins Glen #84 Electramotive Eng. #63 Mazda Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham Jim Downing Howard Katz 11 Road America #83 Electromotive Eng. #4 S&L Racing #7 Cunningham Racing #71 Team Highball Results Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham Scott Schubot Steve Millen Amos Johnson 12 Portland #60 Castrol Jaguar #63 Downing Atlanta #6 Roush Racing #00 Full Time Racing Results Price Cobb Jan Lammers Jim Downing Howard Katz Pete Halsmer Kal Showket 13 Heartland Park #83 Electramotive Eng. #4 S&L Racing #4 Audi of America #95 Leitzinger Racing Results Geoff Brabham Scott Schubot Linda Ludemann Hans-Joachim Stuck Bob Leitzinger 14 San Antonio Street Circuit #84 Electramotive Eng. #4 S&L Racing #9 Roush Racing #95 Leitzinger Racing Results Chip Robinson Scott Schubot Linda Ludemann Wally Dallenbach Jr. Bob Leitzinger 15 Sears Point Raceway #83 Electramotive Eng. #4 S&L Racing #4 Audi of America #07 Full Time Racing Results Geoff Brabham Scott Schubot Linda Ludemann Hans-Joachim Stuck Jeremy Dale 16 Watkins Glen Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #4 Audi of America #17 Al Bacon Performance Results Hans-Joachim Stuck Walter Röhrl Al Bacon 17 Tampa Street Circuit #60 Castrol Jaguar #9 Essex Racing Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results Price Cobb Charles Morgan Tom Hessert 18 Lime Rock Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #4 Audi of America #00 Full Time Racing Results Hans-Joachim Stuck Kal Showket 19 Laguna Seca Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #4 Audi of America #07 Full Time Racing Results Hans-Joachim Stuck Jeremy Dale 20 Del Mar Fairgrounds #60 Castrol Jaguar #4 S&L Racing #9 Roush Racing #07 Full Time Racing Results Jan Lammers Scott Schubot Linda Ludemann Wally Dallenbach Jr. Jeremy Dale
References
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1989 IMSA GT Championship results