1985 IMSA GT Championship

1985 IMSA GT Championship

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The 1985 Camel GT Championship season was the 15th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was for prototypes in the existing GTP class and new, smaller Lights class, as well as Grand Tourer-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes. It began on February 2, 1985, and ended on December 1, 1985, after seventeen rounds.

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	February 2 February 3
2	Löwenbräu Grand Prix of Miami	3 Hours	Proto	Streets of Miami	February 24
		45 Minutes	GTO
		45 Minutes	GTU
3	Coca-Cola Classic 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 23
4	Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix	500 km	All	Road Atlanta	April 14
5	Los Angeles Times/Nissan Grand Prix	600 km	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 28
6	Nissan Monterey Triple Crown	300 km	Proto	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 5
		100 km	GT
7	Grand Prix of Charlotte	300 km	GT	Charlotte Motor Speedway	May 18
		500 km	Proto		May 19
8	Coca-Cola 500	2 Hours	GT	Lime Rock Park	May 27
		2 Hours	Proto
9	Lumbermen's 500k	300 km	GT	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 8
		500 km	Proto		June 9
10	Camel Continental	3 Hours	GT	Watkins Glen International	July 6
		3 Hours	Proto
11	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	200 km	GT	Portland International Raceway	July 28
		300 km	Proto
12	Ford California Grand Prix	300 km	Proto	Sears Point Raceway	August 4
		100 km	GT
13	Löwenbräu Classic	500 Miles	All	Road America	August 25
14	Grand Prix at Pocono	500 km	All	Pocono Raceway	September 8
15	Serengeti Drivers New York 500	500 km	All	Watkins Glen International	September 29
16	Columbus Ford Dealers 500	1 Hour	GT	Columbus street course	October 5
		500 km	Proto		October 6
17	Eastern 3 Hours of Daytona	3 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	December 1

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GTP Winning Team	Lights Winning Team	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team	Results
		GTP Winning Drivers	Lights Winning Drivers	GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#8 Henn's Swap Shop	#93 Mid-O Racing	#65 Roush Protofab	#71 Team Highball	Results
		A. J. Foyt Al Unser Bob Wollek Thierry Boutsen	Don Marsh Kelly Marsh Ron Pawley	Wally Dallenbach Jr. Doc Bundy John Jones	Jack Dunham Amos Johnson Yojiro Terada
2	Miami	#14 Holbert Racing	#63 RGP 500 Racing	#06 Roush Protofab	#76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
		Al Holbert Derek Bell	Jim Downing John Maffuci	Willy T. Ribbs	Jack Baldwin
3	Sebring	#8 Preston Henn	#63 Jim Downing	#65 Roush Protofab	#56 SP Racing	Results
		A. J. Foyt Bob Wollek	Jim Downing John Maffuci	Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones	Gary Auberlen Peter Jauker Adrian Gang Cary Eisenlohr
4	Road Atlanta	#04 Group 44	#72 Fabcar	#65 Roush Protofab	#76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
		Hurley Haywood Brian Redman	Elliot Forbes-Robinson Tom Winters	Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones	Jack Baldwin
5	Riverside	#68 BF Goodrich	#63 RGP 500 Racing	#65 Roush Protofab	#76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
		Pete Halsmer John Morton	Jim Downing John Maffucci	Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones	Jack Baldwin Jeff Kline
6	Laguna Seca	#14 Holbert Racing	#6 Charles Morgan	#98 All American Racers	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Al Holbert	Bill Alsup	Dennis Aase	Bob Earl
7	Charlotte	#14 Holbert Racing	#63 RGP 500 Racing	#53 Danny Smith	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Al Holbert Derek Bell	Jim Downing John Maffuci	Danny Smith	Bob Earl
8	Lime Rock	#16 Dyson Racing	#9 Essex Racing	#7 Brooks Racing	#99 All American Racers	Results
		Drake Olson	Peter Greenfield Michael Greenfield	Darin Brassfield	Chris Cord
9	Mid-Ohio	#14 Holbert Racing	#75 Malibu Grand Prix	#65 Roush Protofab	#84 Entech Racing	Results
		Al Holbert Derek Bell	Jack Baldwin Jeff Kline	Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones	Clay Young
10	Watkins Glen	#14 Holbert Racing	#6 Charles Morgan	#7 Brooks Racing	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Al Holbert Derek Bell	Charles Morgan Bill Alsup	Darin Brassfield Klaus Ludwig	Bob Earl
11	Portland	#14 Holbert Racing	#63 RGP 500 Racing	#7 Brooks Racing	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Al Holbert	Jim Downing	Darin Brassfield	Bob Earl
12	Sears Point	#86 Bayside Disposal	#75 Malibu Grand Prix	#7 Brooks Racing	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Bob Wollek	Jeff Kline	Darin Brassfield	Bob Earl
13	Road America	#16 Dyson Racing	#93 Mid-O Racing	#65 Roush Protofab	#76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
		Bobby Rahal Drake Olson	Don Marsh Kelly Marsh Ron Pawley	Lyn St. James John Jones	Jack Baldwin Jeff Kline
14	Pocono	#14 Holbert Racing	#9 Essex Racing	#77 Brooks Racing	#99 All American Racers	Results
		Al Holbert Derek Bell	Scott Schubot Dennis Vitolo	Darin Brassfield Scott Pruett	Chris Cord Dennis Aase
15	Watkins Glen	#14 Holbert Racing	#63 RGP 500 Racing	#07 Roush Racing	#76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
		Al Holbert Derek Bell	Jim Downing John Maffuci	Lyn St. James	Jack Baldwin
16	Columbus	#16 Dyson Racing	#63 RGP 500 Racing	#5 Dingman Bros.	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Price Cobb Drake Olson	Jim Downing John Maffuci	Steve Millen	Bob Earl
17	Daytona	#14 Holbert Racing	#63 Jim Downing	#65 Roush Protofab	#99 All American Racers	Results
		Al Holbert Al Unser Jr.	Jim Downing John Maffuci	Lyn St. James John Jones	Chris Cord

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1985 IMSA GT Championship results