1978 IMSA GT Championship

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

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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 4
February 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 75 mi (121 km) GTU Road Atlanta April 16
100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO
5 Monterey Triple Crown 100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO Laguna Seca Raceway April 30
45 Minutes GTU
6 Hallett Grand Prix 1 Hour GTU Hallett Motor Racing Circuit May 7
100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO
7 Coca-Cola 300 100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO Lime Rock Park May 29
100 mi (160 km) GTU
8 Pepsi Grand Prix 100 mi (160 km) All Brainerd International Raceway June 18
9 Paul Revere 250 250 mi (400 km) All Daytona International Speedway July 4
10 Sears Point Grand Prix 100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO Sears Point International Raceway July 30
75 mi (121 km) GTU
11 G.I. Joe's Grand Prix 100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO Portland International Raceway August 6
45 Minutes GTU
12 Camel GT Mid-Ohio 250 250 mi (400 km) All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course August 27
13 Arthur Montgomery 100 75 mi (121 km) GTU Road Atlanta September 4
100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO
14 Camel GT Daytona 250 250 mi (400 km) All Daytona International Speedway November 26

Season results

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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
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