Grand Prix of Charlotte

The Grand Prix of Charlotte is a sports car race held at the infield road course of the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The race was held sporadically in the 1970s by the IMSA GT Championship and also the revamped Can-Am series. IMSA held five straight races beginning in 1982. The race was revived in 2000 by the American Le Mans Series for one year.

In 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic making it impossible to have events at Lime Rock Park, IMSA announced on August 1, 2020 that the race will be revived as a two-hour (1:40 in racing length) on October 13 as a support race to the NASCAR Bank of America Roval 400 on the road course.

Results

Year Drivers Team Car Duration/Distance Race Title Report
IMSA GT Championship
1971 Dave Heinz
Or Costanzo
Chevrolet Corvette 3 hours Piedmont 3 Hours report
1972

1973
Not held
1974 Peter Gregg Brumos Porsche Audi Porsche Carrera RSR 300 miles (480 km) Autopair 300 report
1975

1977
Not held
Can-Am
1978 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Newman-Freeman Racing Spyder NF-10-Chevrolet 1 hour report
1979 Jacky Ickx Carl A. Haas Racing Team, Ltd. Lola T333CS-Chevrolet 1 hour, 30 minutes report
1980

1981
Not held
IMSA GT Championship
1982 John Paul, Sr.
John Paul, Jr.
JLP Racing Porsche 935 JLP-3 500 kilometres (310 mi) Camel GT 500 report
1983 Al Holbert
Jim Trueman
Holbert Racing March 83G-Porsche 500 kilometres (310 mi) Charlotte Camel GT report
1984 Randy Lanier
Bill Whittington
Blue Thunder Racing Team March 84G-Chevrolet 500 kilometres (310 mi) Charlotte Camel GT 500 report
1985 Al Holbert
Derek Bell
Holbert Racing Porsche 962 500 kilometres (310 mi) Camel GT Grand Prix of Charlotte report
1986 Drake Olson
Price Cobb
Dyson Racing Porsche 962 500 kilometres (310 mi) Camel GT Grand Prix of Charlotte report
1987

1999
Not held
American Le Mans Series
2000 JJ Lehto
Jörg Müller
BMW Motorsport BMW V12 LMR 2 Hours, 45 Minutes Grand Prix of Charlotte report
2001

2019
Not held
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2020
1 Hour, 40 Minutes To be announced
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