The 1988 Camel GT Championship season was the 18th 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. It began January 30, 1988, and ended October 23, 1988, after seventeen rounds.
Schedule The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. Races marked as GT featured both GTO and GTU classes combined. 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 January 30January 31 2 Grand Prix of Miami 3 Hours Proto Streets of Miami February 28 40 Minutes GTU 3 Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 19 4 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix 500 km Proto Road Atlanta April 10 5Grand Prix of Palm Beach 3 Hours Proto West Palm Beach Street Circuit April 24 1 Hour GTO 6 Mid-Atlantic Toyota Grand Prix 3 Hours GT Summit Point Raceway May 22 7 Lime Rock Grand Prix 150 Laps Proto Lime Rock Park May 30 8 Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio 500 km Proto Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 5 200 km GT 9 Camel Continental 500 km Proto Watkins Glen International July 3 10 Miller High Life 500 500 km All Road America July 17 11 G.I. Joe's Grand Prix 1 Hour 30 Minutes GT Portland International Raceway July 31 300 km Proto 12 Lincoln-Mercury California Grand Prix 200 km GT Sears Point Raceway August 14 300 km Proto 13 Nissan Camel Grand Prix of San Antonio 3 Hours Proto San Antonio Street Circuit September 4 14 Lime Rock 2 Hours 90 Laps GTO Lime Rock Park September 5 50 Laps GTU 15 Kodak Copier 500 500 km GT Watkins Glen International September 25 16 Columbus Ford Dealers 500 300 km Proto Columbus Street Circuit October 2 45 Minutes GT 17 Camel Grand Prix of Southern California 45 Minutes GTU Del Mar Fairgrounds October 22 1 Hour GTO 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 #60 Castrol Jaguar #9 Essex Racing #11 Roush Racing #71 Team Highball Results Martin Brundle Raul Boesel John Nielsen David Simpson David Loring Tom Hessert Pete Halsmer Scott Pruett Bob Akin Paul Miller Bob Lazier Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw 2 Miami #16 Dyson Racing #80 Gaston Andrey Racing Did Not Participate #1 C&C Inc. Results Price Cobb James Weaver Martino Finotto Ruggero Melgrati Tommy Kendall 3 Sebring #86 Bayside Disposal #9 Essex Racing #5 Protofab Racing #71 Team Highball Results Hans-Joachim Stuck Klaus Ludwig David Loring Tom Hessert Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw 4 Road Atlanta #3 Electramotive Eng. #80 Gaston Andrey Racing Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results John Morton Geoff Brabham Martino Finotto Ruggero Melgrati 5 Palm Beach #83 Electramotive Eng. #9 Essex Racing #6 Roush Racing Did Not Participate Results John Morton Geoff Brabham David Loring Tom Hessert Pete Halsmer 6 Summit Point Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #11 Roush Racing #1 C&C Inc. Results Scott Pruett Tommy Kendall 7 Lime Rock #83 Electramotive Eng. #79 Whitehall Motorsports Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results Geoff Brabham Skeeter McKitterick 8 Mid-Ohio #83 Electramotive Eng. #01 Spice Engineering #98 All American Racers #1 C&C Inc. Results Tom Gloy Geoff Brabham Charles Morgan Dominic Dobson Chris Cord Tommy Kendall 9 Watkins Glen #83 Electramotive Eng. #79 Winters Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results John Morton Geoff Brabham Skeeter McKitterick Costas Los 10 Road America #83 Electromotive Eng. #55 Huffaker Racing #98 All American Racers #07 Full Time Racing Results John Morton Geoff Brabham Terry Visger Dan Marvin Dennis Aase Dorsey Schroeder 11 Portland #83 Electramotive Eng. #01 Spice Engineering #6 Roush Racing #02 C&C Inc. Results Geoff Brabham Charles Morgan Pete Halsmer Max Jones 12 Sears Point #83 Electramotive Eng. #55 AC Delco Pontiac #99 All American Racers #07 Full Time Racing Results Geoff Brabham Dan Marvin Willy T. Ribbs Dorsey Schroeder 13 San Antonio #16 Dyson Racing #55 Huffaker Racing Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results Price Cobb James Weaver Dan Marvin Bob Lobenberg 14 Lime Rock Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #5 Protofab Racing #07 Full Time Racing Results Wally Dallenbach Jr. Dorsey Schroeder 15 Watkins Glen Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #98 All American Racers #1 C&C Inc. Results Chris Cord Dennis Aase Tommy Kendall 16 Columbus #83 Electramotive Eng. #9 Essex Racing #16 Hoerr Racing #1 C&C Inc. Results Geoff Brabham David Loring Tom Hessert Irv Hoerr Tommy Kendall 17 Del Mar #61 Castrol Jaguar #55 Huffaker Racing #99 All American Racers #1 C&C Inc. Results Martin Brundle Jan Lammers Dan Marvin Willy T. Ribbs Tommy Kendall
Championship results The GTP Drivers Championship was won by Australian Geoff Brabham, driving a Nissan GTP ZX-T.IMSA GT Championship Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 23 January 2012
References
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1988 IMSA GT Championship results