1981 IMSA GT Championship

1981 IMSA GT Championship
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The 1981 Camel GT Championship season was the 11th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was a series for GTX class Group 5 cars and GTO and GTU class Grand tourer cars. It began January 31, 1981 and ended November 29, 1981 after sixteen rounds.

Schedule

The GTU class did not participate with the GTX and GTO classes in shorter events, instead holding their own separate event which included touring car competitors from the IMSA Champion Spark Plug Challenge, but did not race for points in the IMSA GT Championship. 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	January 31 February 1
2	Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 21
3	Road Atlanta Grand Prix	45 Minutes	GTU	Road Atlanta	April 12
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
4	Los Angeles Times/Toyota Grand Prix	6 Hours	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 26
5	Datsun Monterey Triple Crown	45 Minutes	GTU	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 3
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
6	Coca-Cola 400	45 Minutes	GTU	Lime Rock Park	May 24
		200 Miles	GTX/GTO
7	Red Roof Inns GT 200	200 Miles	All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	May 31
8	Pepsi Grand Prix	200 km	All	Brainerd International Raceway	June 14
9	Paul Revere 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 5
10	Datsun California Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Sears Point Raceway	July 26
		75 Miles	GTU
11	G.I. Joe's/Camel Grand Prix	45 Minutes	GTU	Portland International Raceway	August 2
		100 Miles	GTX/GTO
12	Molson 1000	6 Hours	All	Mosport Park	August 16
13	Pabst 500	500 Miles	All	Road America	August 23
14	Grand Prix of Road Atlanta	45 Minutes	GTU	Road Atlanta	September 13
		150 Miles	GTX/GTO
15	Kenwood Stereo 500	500 Miles	All	Pocono Raceway	September 27
16	Camel GT 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	November 29

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GTX Winning Team	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team	Results
		GTX Winning Drivers	GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#9 Garretson/Style Auto	#14 Bavarian Motors Intl.	#62 Kegel Enterprises	Results
		Bob Garretson Bobby Rahal Brian Redman	Alf Gebhardt Hans-Joachim Stuck Walter Brun	Bill Koll Jeff Kline Rob McFarlin
2	Sebring	#86 Bayside Disposal Racing	#58 Charles Kendall	#98 Kent Racing	Results
		Hurley Haywood Al Holbert Bruce Leven	Chuck Kendall Pete Smith Dennis Aase	Lee Mueller Walt Bohren
3	Road Atlanta	#1 John Fitzpatrick Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#7 Kent Racing	Results
		John Fitzpatrick	Dave Cowart	Walt Bohren
4	Riverside	#1 John Fitzpatrick Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#23 Raytown Datsun	Results
		John Fitzpatrick Jim Busby	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Frank Carney Dick Davenport
5	Laguna Seca	#7 Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#92 Kent Racing	Results
		Brian Redman	Dave Cowart	Lee Mueller
6	Lime Rock	#7 Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#98 Kent Racing	Results
		Brian Redman	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Walt Bohren
7	Mid-Ohio	#7 Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#85 Logan Blackburn	Results
		Brian Redman	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Logan Blackburn
8	Brainerd	#6 Team Zakspeed Roush	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#92 Kent Racing	Results
		Klaus Ludwig	Dave Cowart	Lee Mueller
9	Daytona	#46 DeNarvaez Enterprises	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#23 Raytown Datsun	Results
		Mauricio DeNarvaez Hurley Haywood	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Dick Davenport
10	Sears Point	#6 Team Zakspeed Roush	#11 Kendall Racing	#22 Personalized Autohaus	Results
		Klaus Ludwig	Dennis Aase	Wayne Baker
11	Portland	#7 Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#92 Kent Racing	Results
		Brian Redman	Dave Cowart	Lee Mueller
12	Mosport	#3 Andial Meister Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#92 Kent Racing	Results
		Rolf Stommelen Harald Grohs	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Lee Mueller Walt Bohren
13	Road America	#3 Andial Meister Racing	#11 Kendall Racing	#92 Kent Racing	Results
		Rolf Stommelen Harald Grohs	Chuck Kendall Pete Smith Dennis Aase	Lee Mueller Walt Bohren
14	Road Atlanta	#7 Kent-Cooke/Woods Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#98 Kent Racing	Results
		Brian Redman	Kenper Miller	Walt Bohren
15	Pocono	#18 JLP Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#98 Kent Racing	Results
		John Paul, Sr. John Paul, Jr.	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Walt Bohren Rick Knoop
16	Daytona	#18 JLP Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#98 Kent Racing	Results
		John Paul, Jr.	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Walt Bohren

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1981 IMSA GT Championship results