1979 IMSA GT Championship season

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1979 IMSA GT Championship season
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The 1979 Winston GT season was the 9th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was a series comprised of GTX class Group 5 cars and GTO and GTU class Grand tourer cars. It began February 3, 1979 and ended November 25, 1979 after fifteen 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 Hour Pepsi Challenge	24 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	February 3 February 4
2	Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 17
3	Road Atlanta Grand Prix	75 Miles	GTU	Road Atlanta	April 8
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
4	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix	6 Hours	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 22
5	Datsun Monterey Triple Crown	45 Minutes	GTU	Laguna Seca Raceway	April 29
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
6	Mother's Day Grand Prix	1 Hour	GTU	Hallett Motor Racing Circuit	May 13
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
7	Coca-Cola 350	45 Minutes	GTU	Lime Rock Park	May 28
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
8	Pepsi Grand Prix	100 Miles	All	Brainerd International Raceway	June 17
9	Paul Revere 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 4
10	Mid-Ohio GT 250	250 Miles	All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	July 15
11	Sprite Grand Prix	75 Miles	GTU	Sears Point International Raceway	July 29
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
12	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Portland International Raceway	August 5
		45 Minutes	GTU
13	Pabst 500	500 Miles	All	Road America	September 2
14	Grand Prix of Road Atlanta	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Road Atlanta	September 23
		75 Miles	GTU
15	Winston GT 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	November 25

[edit] External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1979 IMSA GT Championship results

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