1989 IMSA GT Championship

The 1989 Camel GT Championship season was the 19th 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, as well as a tube-frame American Challenge (AC) class during select GT-only rounds. It began February 4, 1989, and ended October 22, 1989, after twenty rounds.

1989 IMSA GT Championship
Previous:	1988	Next:	1990

Schedule

The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. The AC class only participated in GT-only events. 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	February 4-5
2	Nissan Grand Prix of Miami	45 Minutes	GT	Streets of Miami	March 5
2	Nissan Grand Prix of Miami	3 Hours	Proto	Streets of Miami	March 5
3	12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 18
4	Nissan Grand Prix of Atlanta	500 km	Proto	Road Atlanta	April 2
5	Pontiac Grand Prix of Palm Beach	3 Hours	Proto	West Palm Beach street course	April 23
6	Summit Point Grand Prix	2 Hours 30 Minutes	GT	Summit Point Raceway	May 21
7	Toyota Trucks Lime Rock Grand Prix	150 Laps, 229.5 mi (369.3 km)	Proto	Lime Rock Park	May 29
8	Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio	500 km	Proto	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 4
8	Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio	200 km	GT	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 4
9	Audi quattro IMSA Weekend	500 km	GT	Mosport Park	June 25
10	Camel Continental	500 km	Proto	Watkins Glen International	July 2
11	Miller High Life 500	500 km	All[1]	Road America	July 16
12	G.I. Joe's Camel Grand Prix	1 Hour 30 Minutes	GT	Portland International Raceway	July 30
12	G.I. Joe's Camel Grand Prix	300 km	Proto	Portland International Raceway	July 30
13	Camel Grand Prix of the Heartland	2 Hours	GT	Heartland Park	August 12
13	Camel Grand Prix of the Heartland	300 km	Proto	Heartland Park	August 13
14	Nissan Camel Grand Prix of San Antonio	1 Hour	GT	San Antonio street course	September 3
14	Nissan Camel Grand Prix of San Antonio	2 Hours	Proto	San Antonio street course	September 3
15	Lincoln-Mercury California Grand Prix	300 km	Proto	Sears Point Raceway	September 10
15	Lincoln-Mercury California Grand Prix	200 km	GT	Sears Point Raceway	September 10
16	Kodak Copier 500	500 km	GT	Watkins Glen International	September 24
17	GTE World Challenge of Tampa	360 km	Proto	Florida State Fairgrounds	October 1
18	Lime Rock 2 Hours	2 Hours	GT	Lime Rock Park	October 1
19	Toyota Monterey Grand Prix	1 Hour	GT	Laguna Seca Raceway	October 15
20	Camel Grand Prix of Southern California	1 Hour	GT	Del Mar Fairgrounds	October 22
20	Camel Grand Prix of Southern California	2 Hours	Proto	Del Mar Fairgrounds	October 22

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	#67 Miller-BF Goodrich	#9 Essex Racing	#16 Stroh's Light Cougar	#17 Al Bacon Performance	Results
1	Daytona	Bob Wollek Derek Bell John Andretti	Charles Morgan John Morrison Tom Hessert	Pete Halsmer Bob Earl Mark Martin Paul Stewart	Al Bacon Bob Reed Rod Millen	Results
2	Miami	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#4 S&L Racing	#6 Roush Racing	#72 John Finger	Results
2	Miami	Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham	Scott Schubot	Pete Halsmer	John Finger	Results
3	Sebring	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#55 Huffaker Racing	#11 Roush Racing	#74 Huffaker Racing	Results
3	Sebring	Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham Arie Luyendyk	Bob Lesnett Dan Marvin	Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Dorsey Schroeder	George Robinson Bart Kendall Johnny Unser	Results
4	Road Atlanta	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#4 S&L Racing	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
4	Road Atlanta	Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham	Scott Schubot			Results
5	Palm Beach	#67 Busby Racing	#4 S&L Racing	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
5	Palm Beach	Bob Wollek John Andretti	Scott Schubot Linda Ludemann			Results
6	Summit Point	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#4 Audi of America	#74 Robinson Racing	Results
6	Summit Point			Hans-Joachim Stuck	George Robinson	Results
7	Lime Rock	#84 Electramotive Eng.	#9 Essex Racing	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
7	Lime Rock	Geoff Brabham	Charles Morgan Jeff Purner			Results
8	Mid-Ohio	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#9 Essex Racing	#4 Audi of America	#71 Team Highball	Results
8	Mid-Ohio	Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham	Charles Morgan Tom Hessert	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Amos Johnson	Results
9	Mosport	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#6 Roush Racing	#00 Full Time Racing	Results
9	Mosport			Pete Halsmer	Jeremy Dale	Results
10	Watkins Glen	#84 Electramotive Eng.	#63 Mazda	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
10	Watkins Glen	Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham	Jim Downing Howard Katz			Results
11	Road America	#83 Electromotive Eng.	#4 S&L Racing	#7 Cunningham Racing	#71 Team Highball	Results
11	Road America	Chip Robinson Geoff Brabham	Scott Schubot	Steve Millen	Amos Johnson	Results
12	Portland	#60 Castrol Jaguar	#63 Downing Atlanta	#6 Roush Racing	#00 Full Time Racing	Results
12	Portland	Price Cobb Jan Lammers	Jim Downing Howard Katz	Pete Halsmer	Kal Showket	Results
13	Heartland Park	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#4 S&L Racing	#4 Audi of America	#95 Leitzinger Racing	Results
13	Heartland Park	Geoff Brabham	Scott Schubot Linda Ludemann	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Bob Leitzinger	Results
14	San Antonio	#84 Electramotive Eng.	#4 S&L Racing	#9 Roush Racing	#95 Leitzinger Racing	Results
14	San Antonio	Chip Robinson	Scott Schubot Linda Ludemann	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Bob Leitzinger	Results
15	Sears Point	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#4 S&L Racing	#4 Audi of America	#07 Full Time Racing	Results
15	Sears Point	Geoff Brabham	Scott Schubot Linda Ludemann	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Jeremy Dale	Results
16	Watkins Glen	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#4 Audi of America	#17 Al Bacon Performance	Results
16	Watkins Glen			Hans-Joachim Stuck Walter Röhrl	Al Bacon	Results
17	Tampa	#60 Castrol Jaguar	#9 Essex Racing	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
17	Tampa	Price Cobb	Charles Morgan Tom Hessert			Results
18	Lime Rock	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#4 Audi of America	#00 Full Time Racing	Results
18	Lime Rock			Hans-Joachim Stuck	Kal Showket	Results
19	Laguna Seca	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#4 Audi of America	#07 Full Time Racing	Results
19	Laguna Seca			Hans-Joachim Stuck	Jeremy Dale	Results
20	Del Mar	#60 Castrol Jaguar	#4 S&L Racing	#9 Roush Racing	#07 Full Time Racing	Results
20	Del Mar	Jan Lammers	Scott Schubot Linda Ludemann	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Jeremy Dale	Results

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References

"Road America 500 Kilometers Entry List". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved October 28, 2016.

External links

World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1989 IMSA GT Championship results

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[1] "Road America 500 Kilometers Entry List". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved October 28, 2016.