1996 IMSA GT Championship

1996 IMSA GT Championship season
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The 1996 Exxon World Sports Car Championship and Supreme GT Series seasons were the 26th season of the IMSA GT Championship. It consisted of open-cockpit prototypes referred to as World Sports Car (WSC) and Grand Tourer-style racing cars divided into GTS-1 and GTS-2 classes. It began February 3, 1996 and ended October 6, 1996 after ten rounds.

Schedule

Most races on the schedule had WSC and GTS-1 classes running together, while the GTS-2 class ran separate races, sometimes with different lengths. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time for the whole race.

Rnd	Race	Length	Class	Circuit	Date
1	Rolex 24 at Daytona	24 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	February 3 February 4
2	Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 17
3	Advance Auto Parts Grand Prix of Atlanta	40 Minutes	GTS-2	Road Atlanta	April 21
		3 Hours	WSC/GTS-1
4	Exxon Superflo 500 at Texas	500 Miles	All	Texas World Speedway	May 5
5	The Dodge Dealers Grand Prix	1 Hour	GTS-2	Lime Rock Park	May 27
		1 Hour 45 Minutes	WSC/GTS-1
6	First Union Six Hours at the Glen	Six Hours	All	Watkins Glen International	June 9
7	Toshiba California Grand Prix	45 Minutes	GTS-2	Sears Point Raceway	July 14
		3 Hours	WSC/GTS-1
8	Chrysler Mosport 500	3 Hours	All	Mosport International Raceway	August 25
9	Sprint Grand Prix of Dallas	45 Minutes	GTS-2	Dallas street circuit	September 1
		2 Hours	WSC/GTS-1
10	Daytona IMSA Finale	3 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	October 6

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	WSC Winning Team	GTS-1 Winning Team	GTS-2 Winning Team	Results
		WSC Winning Drivers	GTS-1 Winning Drivers	GTS-2 Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#4 Doyle Racing	#5 Brix Racing	#55 Stadler Motorsports	Results
		Jim Pace Scott Sharp Wayne Taylor	Rob Morgan Charles Morgan Joe Pezza Jon Gooding Irv Hoerr	Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Ulli Richter
2	Sebring	#4 Doyle Racing	#74 Champion Porsche	#99 Schumacher Racing	Results
		Jim Pace Wayne Taylor Eric van der Poele	Hans-Joachim Stuck Bill Adam	Larry Schumacher Will Pace Andy Pilgrim
3	Road Atlanta	#30 Momo Corse	#1 Brix Racing	#93 Ecuador Mobil 1 Racing	Results
		Gianpiero Moretti Max Papis	Irv Hoerr Darin Brassfield	Henry Taleb
4	Texas	#4 Doyle Racing	#1 Brix Racing	#99 Schumacher Racing	Results
		Jim Pace Wayne Taylor	Irv Hoerr Darin Brassfield	Larry Schumacher Andy Pilgrim
5	Lime Rock	#30 Momo Corse	#1 Brix Racing	#93 Ecuador Mobil 1 Racing	Results
		Gianpiero Moretti Max Papis	Irv Hoerr	Henry Taleb
6	Watkins Glen	#30 Momo Corse	#5 Brix Racing	#26 Alex Job Racing	Results
		Gianpiero Moretti Max Papis	Irv Hoerr Darin Brassfield Brian Cunningham Brian DeVries	Hurley Haywood Charles Slater Tom Hessert
7	Sears Point	#4 Doyle Racing	#5 Brix Racing	#07 PTG	Results
		Scott Sharp Wayne Taylor	Irv Hoerr Darin Brassfield	Peter Halsmer
8	Mosport	#20 Dyson Racing	#1 Brix Racing	#06 PTG	Results
		Butch Leitzinger John Paul Jr.	Irv Hoerr	Boris Said Pete Halsmer
9	Dallas	#20 Dyson Racing	#5 Brix Racing	#07 PTG	Results
		Butch Leitzinger	Irv Hoerr	Pete Halsmer
10	Daytona	#20 Dyson Racing	#91 Rock Valley	#06 PTG	Results
		Butch Leitzinger John Paul Jr.	Stu Hayner Roger Schramm	Javier Quiros

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1996 IMSA GT Championship standings