The 1973 Camel GT season was the 3rd 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 March 24, 1973, and ended November 25, 1973, after ten rounds. This year marked the decline of Trans Am and the beginning of it and IMSA GT becoming nigh indistinguishable.
Schedule Some events were run twice, with each running counting as one round.
Rnd Race Length Circuit Date 1 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours Sebring International Raceway March 24 2 Daytona 3 Hours 3 Hours Daytona International Raceway April 21 3 Pocono 500 Pocono International Raceway June 10 4 Paul Revere 250 Daytona International Speedway July 4 5 Mid-Ohio 6 Hour 6 Hours Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course July 15 6 Lime Rock 100 Lime Rock Park September 15 7 8 Atlanta 200 Road Atlanta September 30 9 3 Hours of Indianapolis 3 Hours Indianapolis Raceway Park October 14 10 Camel GT 250 at Daytona Daytona International Speedway November 25
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 Sebring #59 Dave Helmick #27 Don Lindley #17 Vince Gimondo #112 Jim Grob Racing results Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Dave Helmick Don Lindley Stephen Behr Brian Goellnicht Vince Gimondo Billy Dingman Jim Grob Juan Montalvo 2 Daytona #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi Corp. #32 Bob Bergstrom #88 Carter Racing Services #112 Jim Grob Racing results Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Bob Bergstrom Jim Cook Maurice Carter Jim Grob Juan Montalvo 3 Pocono #1 Toad Hall Motor Racing #62 Bob Bergstrom #88 Carter Racing Services #90 Z & W Mazda results Mike Keyser Stephen Behr Bob Bergstrom Jim Cook Maurice Carter Tony DeLorenzo Ray Walle Bob Speakman Richard Schuck 4 Daytona #96 Gene Felton #62 Bob Bergstrom #88 Carter Racing Services #32 BMW results Gene Felton Bob Bergstrom Maurice Carter Phil Dermer 5 Mid-Ohio #1 Toad Hall Motor Racing #62 Bob Bergstrom #3 Ausca, Inc. #60 Auto Sport by Jiri results Mike Keyser Bob Beasley Bob Bergstrom Jim Cook Harry Theodoracopulos Horst Kwech Dave Nicholas John Magee 6 Lime Rock #1 Toad Hall Motor Racing #62 Bob Bergstrom #18 Warren Agor #60 Auto Sport by Jiri results Mike Keyser Bob Bergstrom Warren Agor Dave Nicholas 7 Lime Rock #59 Peter Gregg #74 Ludwig Heimrath #18 Warren Agor #60 John Magee results Peter Gregg Ludwig Heimrath Sr. Warren Agor John Magee 8 Road Atlanta #59 Peter Gregg #74 Ludwig Heimrath Sr. #3 Ausca no finishers results Peter Gregg Ludwig Heimrath Sr. Horst Kwech 9 IRP #59 Peter Gregg #74 Ludwig Heimrath Sr. #3 Ausca #90 Z & W Mazda results Peter Gregg Ludwig Heimrath Sr. Harry Theodoracopulos Horst Kwech Ray Walle Ray Kraftson 10 Daytona #59 Peter Gregg #74 Ludwig Heimrath Sr. #18 Warren Agor Racing #35 BMW results Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Ludwig Heimrath Sr. Warren Agor Phil Dermer
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1973 IMSA GT Championship results