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
Previous:	1986	Next:	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
2	Grand Prix of Miami	45 Minutes	GT	Streets of Miami	March 1
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
5	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix	500 km	Proto	Riverside International Raceway	April 26
6	Nissan Monterey Triple Crown	300 km	GT	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 2
6	Nissan Monterey Triple Crown	300 km	Proto	Laguna Seca Raceway	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
9	Champion Spark Plug Grand Prix	500 km	Proto	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 7
10	Grand Prix of Palm Beach	2 Hours	GTO	West Palm Beach street course	June 20
		45 Minutes	GTU		June 21
		3 Hours	Proto		June 21
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
14	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	300 km	GT	Portland International Raceway	July 27
15	Ford California Grand Prix	300 km	GT	Sears Point Raceway	August 1
15	Ford California Grand Prix	300 km	Proto	Sears Point Raceway	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
20	Columbus Ford Dealers 500	45 Minutes	GT	Columbus street course	October 4
21	Camel Grand Prix of Southern California	1 Hour	GTO	Del Mar Fairgrounds	October 24
		2 Hours	GTP		October 25
		45 Minutes	GTU		October 25

Season results

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

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External links

World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1987 IMSA GT Championship results

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