1987 IMSA GT Championship

The 1987 Camel GT Championship season was the 17th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was for GTP and Lights classes of prototypes, as well as Grand Tourer-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes. It began January 31, 1987, and ended October 25, 1987, after 21 rounds.

1987 IMSA GT Championship

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1986

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1988

Schedule

The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. Races marked as GT featured both GTO and GTU classes combined. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.

Rnd	Race	Length	Class	Circuit	Date
1	SunBank 24 at Daytona	24 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	January 31 February 1
2	Grand Prix of Miami	3 Hours	Proto	Streets of Miami	March 1
		45 Minutes	GT
3	12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 21
4	Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix	500 km	Proto	Road Atlanta	April 12
5	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix	300 km	GT	Riverside International Raceway	April 26
		500 km	Proto
6	Nissan Monterey Triple Crown	300 km	GT	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 2
		300 km	Proto		May 3
7	Arizona 300	300 km	GT	Firebird International Raceway	May 17
8	Lime Rock Grand Prix	150 Laps	Proto	Lime Rock Park	May 24
9	Champion Spark Plug Grand Prix	250 km	GT	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 7
		500 km	Proto
10	Grand Prix of Palm Beach	2 Hours	GTO	West Palm Beach street course	June 20
		45 Minutes	GTU		June 21
		3 Hours	Proto
11	Kuppenheimer GT Challenge	300 km	GT	Road Atlanta	June 28
12	Camel Continental	500 km	Proto	Watkins Glen International	July 5
13	Mid-Atlantic Toyota Grand Prix	300 km	GT	Summit Point Raceway	July 12
14	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	300 km	Proto	Portland International Raceway	July 26
		300 km	GT		July 27
15	Ford California Grand Prix	300 km	GT	Sears Point Raceway	August 1
		300 km	Proto		August 2
16	Löwenbräu Classic	500 miles	All	Road America	August 16
17	Nissan Grand Prix of San Antonio	3 Hours	Proto	San Antonio street course	September 6
18	150 Lap Lime Rock	150 Laps	GT	Lime Rock Park	September 7
19	Kodak Copier 500	500 km	GT	Watkins Glen International	September 27
20	Columbus Ford Dealers 500	300 km	Proto	Columbus street course	October 4
		45 Minutes	GT
21	Camel Grand Prix of Southern California	1 Hour	GTO	Del Mar Fairgrounds	October 24
		2 Hours	Proto		October 25
		45 Minutes	GTU

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GTP Winning Team	Lights Winning Team	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team	Results
		GTP Winning Drivers	Lights Winning Drivers	GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#14 Holbert Racing	#01 AT&T Spice	#11 Roush Racing	#71 Team Highball	Results
		Al Holbert Chip Robinson Al Unser Jr. Derek Bell	Bob Earl Jeff Kline Don Bell	Bill Elliott Scott Pruett Lyn St. James Tom Gloy	Bob Lazier Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw
2	Miami	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#42 White-Allen	#4 Dingman Bros.	#12 Aspen Inn	Results
		Elliot Forbes-Robinson Geoff Brabham	Chip Mead Charles Monk	Bob Earl	John Finger
3	Sebring	#86 Bayside Disposal	#42 White-Allen	#28 Protofab Racing	#17 Al Bacon Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass Bobby Rahal	John Higgins Howard Cherry Charles Monk	Greg Pickett Tommy Riggins	Al Bacon Bob Reed
4	Road Atlanta	#16 Dyson Racing	#01 Collins & Aikman	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
		Price Cobb James Weaver	Don Bell Jeff Kline
5	Riverside	#44 Group 44	#01 Collins & Aikman	#98 All American Racers Dennis Aase	#71 Team Highball	Results
		Hurley Haywood John Morton	Don Bell Jeff Kline	Chris Cord	Amos Johnson
6	Laguna Seca	#85 Bayside Disposal	#01 Collins & Aikman	#98 All American Racers Dennis Aase	#75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
		Klaus Ludwig	Don Bell	Chris Cord	Tommy Kendall
7	Firebird	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#76 Peerless-Hendrick	#75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
				Jack Baldwin	Tommy Kendall
8	Lime Rock	#1 Holbert Racing	#70 Z&W Motorsports	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
		Al Holbert	David Loring
9	Mid-Ohio	#86 Bayside Disposal	#01 Collins & Aikman	#99 All American Racers	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass Bobby Rahal	Don Bell Jeff Kline	Willy T. Ribbs	Terry Visger
10	Palm Beach	#44 Group 44	#42 White-Allen	#22 Roush Racing	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Hurley Haywood John Morton	Chip Mead Howard Cherry	Tom Gloy	Terry Visger
11	Road Atlanta	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#99 All American Racers	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
				Willy T. Ribbs	Terry Visger
12	Watkins Glen	#16 Dyson Racing	#09 Ball Bros.	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
		Price Cobb Vern Schuppan	Steve Durst Mike Brockman
13	Summit Point	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#99 All American Racers	#71 Team Highball	Results
				Willy T. Ribbs	Amos Johnson
14	Portland	#14 Holbert Racing	#63 Certified Brakes	#98 All American Racers Dennis Aase	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Chip Robinson	Jim Downing	Chris Cord	Terry Visger
15	Sears Point	#86 Bayside Disposal	#43 White-Allen	#76 Peerless-Hendrick	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass	Chip Mead	Jack Baldwin	Terry Visger
16	Road America	#16 Dyson Racing	#6 Spice Engineering	#28 Mobil 1 Mid-America	#75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
		Price Cobb Johnny Dumfries	Jim Rothbarth Charles Morgan	Paul Dallenbach Chris Kneifel	Tommy Kendall
17	San Antonio	#14 Holbert Racing	#01 Spice Engineering	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
		Al Holbert Chip Robinson Derek Bell	Don Bell Jeff Kline
18	Lime Rock	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#4 Dingman Bros.	#75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
				Bob Earl	Tommy Kendall
19	Watkins Glen	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#99 All American Racers	#71 Team Highball	Results
				Willy T. Ribbs	Amos Johnson
20	Columbus	#86 Bayside Disposal	#6 Spice Engineering	#76 Peerless-Hendrick	#75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
		Bobby Rahal	Charles Morgan	Jack Baldwin	Tommy Kendall
21	Del Mar	#85 Bayside Disposal	#6 Spice Engineering	#98 All American Racers Dennis Aase	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass	Jim Rothbarth Charles Morgan	Chris Cord	Terry Visger

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1987 IMSA GT Championship results