The 1979 Winston GT season was the 9th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was a series for GTX class Group 5 cars and GTO and GTU class Grand tourer cars. It began February 3, 1979, and ended November 25, 1979, after fifteen rounds.
Schedule Not all classes participated in shorter events. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.
Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Date 1 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge 24 Hours All Daytona International Speedway February 3February 4 2 Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 17 3 Road Atlanta Grand Prix 75 Miles GTU Road Atlanta April 8 100 Miles GTX/GTO 4 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix 6 Hours All Riverside International Raceway April 22 5 Datsun Monterey Triple Crown 45 Minutes GTU Laguna Seca Raceway April 29 100 Miles GTX/GTO 6 Mother's Day Grand Prix 1 Hour GTU Hallett Motor Racing Circuit May 13 100 Miles GTX/GTO 7 Coca-Cola 350 45 Minutes GTU Lime Rock Park May 28 100 Miles GTX/GTO 8 Pepsi Grand Prix 100 Miles All Brainerd International Raceway June 17 9 Paul Revere 250 250 Miles All Daytona International Speedway July 4 10 Mid-Ohio GT 250 250 Miles All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course July 15 11 Sprite Grand Prix 75 Miles GTU Sears Point International Raceway July 29 100 Miles GTX/GTO 12 G.I. Joe's Grand Prix 100 Miles GTX/GTO Portland International Raceway August 5 45 Minutes GTU 13 Pabst 500 500 Miles All Road America September 2 14 Grand Prix of Road Atlanta 100 Miles GTX/GTO Road Atlanta September 23 75 Miles GTU 15 Winston GT 250 250 Miles All Daytona International Speedway November 25
Season results Rnd Circuit GTX Winning Team GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team Results GTX Winning Drivers GTO Winning Drivers GTU Winning Drivers 1 Daytona #0 Interscope Racing #65 Modena Sports Cars #7 Mazda Technical Center Results Ted Field Danny Ongais Hurley Haywood John Morton Tony Adamowicz Yoshimi Katayama Takashi Yorino Yojiro Terada 2 Sebring #9 Dick Barbour Racing #38 Boricua Racing #60 E. J. Pruitt & Sons Results Bob Akin Rob McFarlin Roy Woods Bonky Fernandez Tato Ferrer Chiqui Soldevilla Rusty Bond Ren Tilton 3 Road Atlanta #59 Brumos Porsche #55 Johnson Racing #83 Electramotive Results Peter Gregg Howard Meister Don Devendorf 4 Riverside #94 Whittington Bros. Racing #07 Morrison's #83 Electramotive Results Don Whittington Bill Whittington Dave Cowart Kenper Miller Don Devendorf Tony Adamowicz 5 Laguna Seca #59 Brumos Porsche #55 Johnson Racing #83 Electramotive Results Peter Gregg Howard Meister Don Devendorf 6 Hallett #2 McLaren North America #55 Johnson Racing #64 Dennis Aase Results David Hobbs Howard Meister Dennis Aase 7 Lime Rock #59 Brumos Porsche #55 Johnson Racing #38 Sam Posey Results Peter Gregg Howard Meister Sam Posey 8 Brainerd #59 Brumos Porsche #55 Johnson Racing #7 Walt Bohren Racing Results Peter Gregg Howard Meister Walt Bohren 9 Daytona #5 Busch Beer Racing #99 Phil Curran #83 Electramotive Results Charles Mendez Hurley Haywood Phil Curran Don Devendorf 10 Mid-Ohio #59 Brumos Porsche #55 Johnson Racing #83 Electramotive Results Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Howard Meister Alan Johnson Don Devendorf 11 Sears Point #59 Brumos Porsche #55 Johnson Racing #83 Electramotive Results Peter Gregg Howard Meister Don Devendorf 12 Portland #59 Brumos Porsche #21 Neil Shelton #83 Electramotive Results Peter Gregg Neil Shelton Don Devendorf 13 Road America #2 McLaren North America #44 Group 44 #79 Sports Ltd. Racing Results David Hobbs Derek Bell Bob Tullius Brian Fuerstenau Bob Bergstrom Rick Knoop 14 Road Atlanta #59 Brumos Porsche #25 Deren Automobile #83 Electramotive Results Peter Gregg Kenper Miller Don Devendorf 15 Daytona #94 Whittington Bros. Racing #46 DeNavarez Racing #83 Electramotive Results Bill Whittington Mauricio de Narváez Don Devendorf
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1979 IMSA GT Championship results