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.
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
|
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| 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
|
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| 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
|
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| 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
|
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| 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