The 1978 Camel GT Challenge season was the 8th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was the first year of the new GTX class, which allowed for Group 5 cars to compete. The GTO and GTU class Grand tourer cars remained from before. It began February 4, 1978, and ended November 26, 1978, after fourteen rounds.
Schedule Not all classes participated in some events. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.
Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Date 1 24 Hours of Daytona 24 Hours All Daytona International Speedway February 4February 5 2 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 18 3 6 Hours of Talladega 6 Hours All Talladega Superspeedway April 2 4 Camel GT Challenge GTU Road Atlanta April 16 GTX/GTO 5 Monterey Triple Crown GTX/GTO Laguna Seca Raceway April 30 45 Minutes GTU 6 Hallett Grand Prix 1 Hour GTU Hallett Motor Racing Circuit May 7 GTX/GTO 7 Coca-Cola 300 GTX/GTO Lime Rock Park May 29 GTU 8 Pepsi Grand Prix All Brainerd International Raceway June 18 9 Paul Revere 250 All Daytona International Speedway July 4 10 Sears Point Grand Prix GTX/GTO Sears Point International Raceway July 30 GTU 11 G.I. Joe's Grand Prix GTX/GTO Portland International Raceway August 6 45 Minutes GTU 12 Camel GT Mid-Ohio 250 All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course August 27 13 Arthur Montgomery 100 GTU Road Atlanta September 4 GTX/GTO 14 Camel GT Daytona 250 All Daytona International Speedway November 26
Season results Rnd Circuit GTX Winning Team GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team Results GTX Winning Driver(s) GTO Winning Driver(s) GTU Winning Driver(s) 1 Daytona #99 Brumos Porsche #58 Diego Febles Racing #01 J. Dana Roehrig Results Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans Peter Gregg Diego Febles Alec Poole Dave White Gary Mesnick J. Dana Roehrig 2 Sebring #9 Dick Barbour Performance #33 JLP Racing #77 Bill Scott Racing Results Brian Redman Charles Mendez Bob Garretson John Paul, Sr. Bonky Fernández Francisco Romero Ernesto Soto 3 Talladega #59 Brumos Porsche #33 Boricua Racing #76 Quality Inn Results Peter Gregg Brad Frisselle Bonky Fernández Dave Cowart Lee Mueller Frank Thomas 4 Road Atlanta #59 Brumos Porsche Audi #25 Deren Automotive #01 Roehrig Racing Results Peter Gregg Kenper Miller Dave White 5 Laguna Seca #16 Vasek Polak #01 BMW #48 Datsun Results George Follmer John Morton Frank Leary 6 Hallett #2 McLaren North America #25 BMW #51 Porsche Results David Hobbs Kenper Miller Dennis Aase 7 Lime Rock #59 Brumos Porsche #58 Diego Febles Racing #33 Bob Sharp Racing Results Peter Gregg Diego Febles Sam Posey 8 Brainerd #59 Brumos Porsche #07 Morrison's Inc. #01 Porsche Results Peter Gregg Dave Cowart Dave White 9 Daytona #59 Brumos Porsche #25 BMW #01 Porsche Results Peter Gregg Kenper Miller Dave White 10 Sears Point #2 McLaren North America #55 Porsche #48 Datsun Results David Hobbs Howard Meister Frank Leary 11 Portland #59 Brumos Porsche #07 Morrison's Inc. #64 Porsche Results Peter Gregg Dave Cowart Dennis Aase 12 Mid-Ohio #94 Whittington Brothers Racing #07 Morrison's Inc. #42 Porsche Results Bill Whittington Jim Busby Dave Cowart Mauricio de Narvaez Bill Bean 13 Road Atlanta #59 Brumos Porsche #55 Andial Porsche-Meister Homes #83 Sun/Moon Electramotive Results Peter Gregg Howard Meister Don Devendorf 14 Daytona #59 Brumos Porsche #04 Chevrolet #79 Datsun Results Peter Gregg Rick Thompkins Richard Kendrick Scott Hoerr
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1978 IMSA GT Championship results