The 1971 IMSA GT Series season was the inaugural season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was for Grand Tourer-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes, as well as former Trans Am Series cars in the TO and TU classes. It began April 18, 1971, and ended November 21, 1971, after six rounds.
Schedule
Rnd Race Length Circuit Date 1 Danville 300 Virginia International Raceway April 18 2 Carter Hall GT Alabama International Motor Speedway May 15 3 Piedmont 3 Hour 3 Hours Charlotte Motor Speedway May 23 4 Bridgehampton 3 Hours 3 Hours Bridgehampton Race Circuit June 27 5 Summit Point 250 Summit Point Raceway September 19 6 200 Miles of Daytona Beach Daytona International Speedway November 21
Season results Overall winner in bold. Rnd Circuit GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team TO Winning Team TU Winning Team Results GTO Winning Drivers GTU Winning Drivers TO Winning Drivers TU Winning Drivers 1 Virginia #57 Corvette #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #21 Javelin #71 Opel Results Dave Heinz Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Robert Hennig Richard Staples Amos Johnson Roger Mandeville Bunny Diggett 2 Alabama #57 Corvette #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #21 Javelin #21 Mini Results Dave Heinz Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Robert Hennig Joe Richardson 3 Charlotte #57 Corvette #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #21 Javelin #64 Mini Results Dave Heinz Or Costanzo Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Robert Hennig Bob Beasley Anthony Milne Richard Stevens 4 Bridgehampton #18 Es-Pa Racing #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #84 Camaro #85 Alfa Romeo Results Rodney Harris John Paul Sr. Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood George Lisberg Ray Cuomo Walt Simendinger Bob Heiberg 5 Summit Point #49 Mustang #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #42 Camaro #93 Jerry Walsh Results Lee McDonald Albert Pentrillo Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Steve Ross Jerry Walsh Lee Wiese 6 Daytona #57 Corvette #34 911 #3 Camaro #11 2002 Results Don Yenko Dave Heinz Bill Cuddy Tom Nehl Jim Fitzgerald Byron Morris Clint Abernethy
Constructors' Championship Points are awarded to the top six in each class in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1.
GTO standings Pos Constructor Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total 1 Chevrolet 9 9 9 9 6 9 51 2 Shelby 4 9 13
GTU standings Pos Constructor Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total 1 Porsche 9 9 9 9 9 9 54 2 Austin-Healey 1 1 1 3 3= MG 2 2 3= Alfa Romeo 2 2 5 Lotus 1 1
TO standings Pos Constructor Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total 1 Chevrolet 6 6 9 9 9 39 2 AMC 9 9 9 1 28 3 Ford 2 2
TU standings Pos Constructor Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total 1 Austin 4 9 9 6 6 34 2 BMW 6 4 9 19 3 Ford 3 3 9 4 19 4 Alfa Romeo 9 3 6 18 5 Opel 9 1 3 13 6 Datsun 4 4 2 10 7 Fiat 6 2 8 8 Saab 3 3 9 Audi 1 1
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1971 IMSA GT Championship results