The Grand Prix of Charlotte is a sports car race held at the infield road course of the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The race was held sporadically in the 1970s by the IMSA GT Championship and also the revamped Can-Am series. IMSA held five straight races beginning in 1982. The race was revived in 2000 by the American Le Mans Series for one year.
In 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic making it impossible to have events at Lime Rock Park, IMSA announced on August 1, 2020 that the race will be revived as a two-hour (1:40 in racing length) on October 13 as a support race to the NASCAR Bank of America Roval 400 on the road course.
Results
Year Drivers Team Car Duration/Distance Race title Report Ref IMSA GT Championship 1971 Dave Heinz Or Costanzo Chevrolet Corvette 3 hours Piedmont 3 Hours report 1972—1973 Not held 1974 Peter Gregg Brumos Porsche Audi Porsche Carrera RSR Autopair 300 report 1975—1977 Not held Can-Am 1978 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Newman-Freeman Racing Spyder NF-10-Chevrolet 1 hour report 1979 Jacky Ickx Carl A. Haas Racing Team, Ltd. Lola T333CS-Chevrolet 1 hour, 30 minutes report 1980—1981 Not held IMSA GT Championship 1982 John Paul Sr. John Paul Jr. JLP Racing Porsche 935 JLP-3 Camel GT 500 report 1983 Al Holbert Jim Trueman Holbert Racing March 83G-Porsche Charlotte Camel GT report 1984 Randy Lanier Bill Whittington Blue Thunder Racing Team March 84G-Chevrolet Charlotte Camel GT 500 report 1985 Al Holbert Derek Bell Holbert Racing Porsche 962 Camel GT Grand Prix of Charlotte report 1986 Drake Olson Price Cobb Dyson Racing Porsche 962 Camel GT Grand Prix of Charlotte report 1987—1999 Not held American Le Mans Series 2000 JJ Lehto Jörg Müller BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LMR 2 Hours, 45 Minutes Grand Prix of Charlotte report 2001—2019 Not held WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 2020 Antonio García Jordan Taylor Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 1 Hour, 40 Minutes MOTUL 100% Synthetic Grand PrixReport
References
External links Ultimate Racing History: Charlotte archive Racing Sports Cars: Charlotte archive World Sports Racing Prototypes: IMSA archive, Can-Am archive