1978 IMSA GT Championship season

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1978 IMSA GT Championship season
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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.

[edit] Schedule

Not all classes participated in shorter 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	Road Atlanta Grand Prix	75 Miles	GTU	Road Atlanta	April 16
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
5	Monterey Triple Crown	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Laguna Seca Raceway	April 30
		45 Minutes	GTU
6	Hallett Grand Prix	1 Hour	GTU	Hallett Motor Racing Circuit	May 7
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
7	Coca-Cola 300	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Lime Rock Park	May 29
		100 Miles	GTU
8	Pepsi Grand Prix	100 Miles	All	Brainerd International Raceway	June 18
9	Paul Revere 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 4
10	Sears Point Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Sears Point International Raceway	July 30
		75 Miles	GTU
11	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Portland International Raceway	August 6
		45 Minutes	GTU
12	Camel GT Mid-Ohio 250	250 Miles	All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	August 27
13	Arthur Montgomery 100	75 Miles	GTU	Road Atlanta	September 4
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
14	Camel GT Daytona 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	November 26

[edit] External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1978 IMSA GT Championship results

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