1988 IMSA GT Championship

The 1988 Camel GT Championship season was the 18th 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 30, 1988, and ended October 23, 1988, 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	January 30 January 31
2	Grand Prix of Miami	3 Hours	Proto	Streets of Miami	February 28
2	Grand Prix of Miami	40 Minutes	GTU	Streets of Miami	February 28
3	Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 19
4	Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix	500 km	Proto	Road Atlanta	April 10
5	Grand Prix of Palm Beach	3 Hours	Proto	West Palm Beach street course	April 24
5	Grand Prix of Palm Beach	1 Hour	GTO	West Palm Beach street course	April 24
6	Mid-Atlantic Toyota Grand Prix	3 Hours	GT	Summit Point Raceway	May 22
7	Lime Rock Grand Prix	150 Laps	Proto	Lime Rock Park	May 30
8	Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio	500 km	Proto	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 5
8	Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio	200 km	GT	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 5
9	Camel Continental	500 km	Proto	Watkins Glen International	July 3
10	Miller High Life 500	500 km	All	Road America	July 17
11	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	1 Hour 30 Minutes	GT	Portland International Raceway	July 31
11	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	300 km	Proto	Portland International Raceway	July 31
12	Lincoln-Mercury California Grand Prix	200 km	GT	Sears Point Raceway	August 14
12	Lincoln-Mercury California Grand Prix	300 km	Proto	Sears Point Raceway	August 14
13	Nissan Camel Grand Prix of San Antonio	3 Hours	Proto	San Antonio street course	September 4
14	Lime Rock 2 Hours	90 Laps	GTO	Lime Rock Park	September 5
14	Lime Rock 2 Hours	50 Laps	GTU	Lime Rock Park	September 5
15	Kodak Copier 500	500 km	GT	Watkins Glen International	September 25
16	Columbus Ford Dealers 500	300 km	Proto	Columbus street course	October 2
16	Columbus Ford Dealers 500	45 Minutes	GT	Columbus street course	October 2
17	Camel Grand Prix of Southern California	45 Minutes	GTU	Del Mar Fairgrounds	October 22
		1 Hour	GTO
		2 Hours	Proto

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	#60 Castrol Jaguar	#9 Essex Racing	#11 Roush Racing	#71 Team Highball	Results
1	Daytona	Martin Brundle Raul Boesel John Nielsen	David Simpson David Loring Tom Hessert	Pete Halsmer Scott Pruett Bob Akin Paul Miller	Bob Lazier Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw	Results
2	Miami	#16 Dyson Racing	#80 Gaston Andrey Racing	Did Not Participate	#1 C&C Inc.	Results
2	Miami	Price Cobb James Weaver	Martino Finotto Ruggero Melgrati		Tommy Kendall	Results
3	Sebring	#86 Bayside Disposal	#9 Essex Racing	#5 Protofab Racing	#71 Team Highball	Results
3	Sebring	Hans-Joachim Stuck Klaus Ludwig	David Loring Tom Hessert	Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones	Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw	Results
4	Road Atlanta	#3 Electramotive Eng.	#80 Gaston Andrey Racing	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
4	Road Atlanta	John Morton Geoff Brabham	Martino Finotto Ruggero Melgrati			Results
5	Palm Beach	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#9 Essex Racing	#6 Roush Racing	Did Not Participate	Results
5	Palm Beach	John Morton Geoff Brabham	David Loring Tom Hessert	Pete Halsmer		Results
6	Summit Point	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#11 Roush Racing	#1 C&C Inc.	Results
6	Summit Point			Scott Pruett	Tommy Kendall	Results
7	Lime Rock	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#79 Whitehall Motorsports	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
7	Lime Rock	Geoff Brabham	Skeeter McKitterick			Results
8	Mid-Ohio	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#01 Spice Engineering	#98 All American Racers	#1 C&C Inc.	Results
8	Mid-Ohio	Tom Gloy Geoff Brabham	Charles Morgan Dominic Dobson	Chris Cord	Tommy Kendall	Results
9	Watkins Glen	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#79 Winters	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
9	Watkins Glen	John Morton Geoff Brabham	Skeeter McKitterick Costas Los			Results
10	Road America	#83 Electromotive Eng.	#55 Huffaker Racing	#98 All American Racers	#07 Full Time Racing	Results
10	Road America	John Morton Geoff Brabham	Terry Visger Dan Marvin	Dennis Aase	Dorsey Schroeder	Results
11	Portland	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#01 Spice Engineering	#6 Roush Racing	#02 C&C Inc.	Results
11	Portland	Geoff Brabham	Charles Morgan	Pete Halsmer	Max Jones	Results
12	Sears Point	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#55 AC Delco Pontiac	#99 All American Racers	#07 Full Time Racing	Results
12	Sears Point	Geoff Brabham	Dan Marvin	Willy T. Ribbs	Dorsey Schroeder	Results
13	San Antonio	#16 Dyson Racing	#55 Huffaker Racing	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
13	San Antonio	Price Cobb James Weaver	Dan Marvin Bob Lobenberg			Results
14	Lime Rock	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#5 Protofab Racing	#07 Full Time Racing	Results
14	Lime Rock			Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Dorsey Schroeder	Results
15	Watkins Glen	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	#98 All American Racers	#1 C&C Inc.	Results
15	Watkins Glen			Chris Cord Dennis Aase	Tommy Kendall	Results
16	Columbus	#83 Electramotive Eng.	#9 Essex Racing	#16 Hoerr Racing	#1 C&C Inc.	Results
16	Columbus	Geoff Brabham	David Loring Tom Hessert	Irv Hoerr	Tommy Kendall	Results
17	Del Mar	#61 Castrol Jaguar	#55 Huffaker Racing	#99 All American Racers	#1 C&C Inc.	Results
17	Del Mar	Martin Brundle Jan Lammers	Dan Marvin	Willy T. Ribbs	Tommy Kendall	Results