1979 IMSA GT Championship

1979 IMSA GT Championship season
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The 1979 Winston GT season was the 9th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was a series for GTX class Group 5 cars and GTO and GTU class Grand tourer cars. It began February 3, 1979 and ended November 25, 1979 after fifteen rounds.

Schedule

Not all classes participated in shorter events. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.

Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Date
1 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge 24 Hours All Daytona International Speedway February 3
February 4
2 Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 17
3 Road Atlanta Grand Prix 75 Miles GTU Road Atlanta April 8
100 Miles GTX/GTO
4 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix 6 Hours All Riverside International Raceway April 22
5 Datsun Monterey Triple Crown 45 Minutes GTU Laguna Seca Raceway April 29
100 Miles GTX/GTO
6 Mother's Day Grand Prix 1 Hour GTU Hallett Motor Racing Circuit May 13
100 Miles GTX/GTO
7 Coca-Cola 350 45 Minutes GTU Lime Rock Park May 28
100 Miles GTX/GTO
8 Pepsi Grand Prix 100 Miles All Brainerd International Raceway June 17
9 Paul Revere 250 250 Miles All Daytona International Speedway July 4
10 Mid-Ohio GT 250 250 Miles All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course July 15
11 Sprite Grand Prix 75 Miles GTU Sears Point International Raceway July 29
100 Miles GTX/GTO
12 G.I. Joe's Grand Prix 100 Miles GTX/GTO Portland International Raceway August 5
45 Minutes GTU
13 Pabst 500 500 Miles All Road America September 2
14 Grand Prix of Road Atlanta 100 Miles GTX/GTO Road Atlanta September 23
75 Miles GTU
15 Winston GT 250 250 Miles All Daytona International Speedway November 25

Season results

Rnd Circuit GTX Winning Team GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team Results
GTX Winning Drivers GTO Winning Drivers GTU Winning Drivers
1 Daytona United States #0 Interscope Racing United States #65 Modena Sports Cars Japan #7 Mazda Technical Center Results
United States Ted Field
United States Danny Ongais
United States Hurley Haywood
United States John Morton
United States Tony Adamowicz
Japan Yoshimi Katayama
Japan Takashi Yorino
Japan Yojiro Terada
2 Sebring United States #9 Dick Barbour Racing Puerto Rico #38 Boricua Racing United States #60 E. J. Pruitt & Sons Results
United States Bob Akin
United States Rob McFarlin
United States Roy Woods
Puerto Rico Bonky Fernandez
Puerto Rico Tato Ferrer
Puerto Rico Chiqui Soldevilla
United States Rusty Bond
United States Ren Tilton
3 Road Atlanta United States #59 Brumos Porsche United States #55 Johnson Racing United States #83 Electramotive Results
United States Peter Gregg United States Howard Meister United States Don Devendorf
4 Riverside United States #94 Whittington Bros. Racing United States #07 Morrison's United States #83 Electramotive Results
United States Don Whittington
United States Bill Whittington
United States Dave Cowart
United States Kenper Miller
United States Don Devendorf
United States Tony Adamowicz
5 Laguna Seca United States #59 Brumos Porsche United States #55 Johnson Racing United States #83 Electramotive Results
United States Peter Gregg United States Howard Meister United States Don Devendorf
6 Hallett United States #2 McLaren North America United States #55 Johnson Racing United States #64 Dennis Aase Results
United Kingdom David Hobbs United States Howard Meister United States Dennis Aase
7 Lime Rock United States #59 Brumos Porsche United States #55 Johnson Racing United States #38 Sam Posey Results
United States Peter Gregg United States Howard Meister United States Sam Posey
8 Brainerd United States #59 Brumos Porsche United States #55 Johnson Racing United States #7 Walt Bohren Racing Results
United States Peter Gregg United States Howard Meister United States Walt Bohren
9 Daytona United States #5 Busch Beer Racing United States #99 Phil Curran United States #83 Electramotive Results
United States Charles Mendez
United States Hurley Haywood
United States Phil Curran United States Don Devendorf
10 Mid-Ohio United States #59 Brumos Porsche United States #55 Johnson Racing United States #83 Electramotive Results
United States Peter Gregg
United States Hurley Haywood
United States Howard Meister
United States Alan Johnson
United States Don Devendorf
11 Sears Point United States #59 Brumos Porsche United States #55 Johnson Racing United States #83 Electramotive Results
United States Peter Gregg United States Howard Meister United States Don Devendorf
12 Portland United States #59 Brumos Porsche United States #21 Neil Shelton United States #83 Electramotive Results
United States Peter Gregg United States Neil Shelton United States Don Devendorf
13 Road America United States #2 McLaren North America United States #44 Group 44 United States #79 Sports Ltd. Racing Results
United Kingdom David Hobbs
United Kingdom Derek Bell
United States Bob Tullius
United States Brian Fuerstenau
United States Bob Bergstrom
United States Rick Knoop
14 Road Atlanta United States #59 Brumos Porsche United States #25 Deren Automobile United States #83 Electramotive Results
United States Peter Gregg United States Kenper Miller United States Don Devendorf
15 Daytona United States #94 Whittington Bros. Racing Colombia #46 DeNavarez Racing United States #83 Electramotive Results
United States Bill Whittington Colombia Mauricio DeNavarez United States Don Devendorf

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