1981 IMSA GT Championship

The 1981 Camel GT Championship season was the 11th 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 January 31, 1981, and ended November 29, 1981, after sixteen rounds.

Schedule

The GTU class did not participate with the GTX and GTO classes in shorter events, instead holding their own separate event which included touring car competitors from the IMSA Champion Spark Plug Challenge, but did not race for points in the IMSA GT Championship. 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	January 31 February 1
2	Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 21
3	Road Atlanta Grand Prix	45 Minutes	GTU	Road Atlanta	April 12
3	Road Atlanta Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Road Atlanta	April 12
4	Los Angeles Times/Toyota Grand Prix	6 Hours	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 26
5	Datsun Monterey Triple Crown	45 Minutes	GTU	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 3
5	Datsun Monterey Triple Crown	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 3
6	Coca-Cola 400	45 Minutes	GTU	Lime Rock Park	May 24
6	Coca-Cola 400	200 Miles	GTX/GTO	Lime Rock Park	May 24
7	Red Roof Inns GT 200	200 Miles	All	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	May 31
8	Pepsi Grand Prix	200 km	All	Brainerd International Raceway	June 14
9	Paul Revere 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	July 5
10	Datsun California Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Sears Point Raceway	July 26
10	Datsun California Grand Prix	75 Miles	GTU	Sears Point Raceway	July 26
11	G.I. Joe's/Camel Grand Prix	45 Minutes	GTU	Portland International Raceway	August 2
11	G.I. Joe's/Camel Grand Prix	100 Miles	GTX/GTO	Portland International Raceway	August 2
12	Molson 1000	6 Hours	All	Mosport Park	August 16
13	Pabst 500	500 Miles	All	Road America	August 23
14	Grand Prix of Road Atlanta	45 Minutes	GTU	Road Atlanta	September 13
14	Grand Prix of Road Atlanta	150 Miles	GTX/GTO	Road Atlanta	September 13
15	Kenwood Stereo 500	500 Miles	All	Pocono Raceway	September 27
16	Camel GT 250	250 Miles	All	Daytona International Speedway	November 29

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GTX Winning Team	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	GTX Winning Drivers	GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers	Results
1	Daytona	#9 Garretson/Style Auto	#14 Bavarian Motors Intl.	#62 Kegel Enterprises	Results
1	Daytona	Bob Garretson Bobby Rahal Brian Redman	Alf Gebhardt Hans-Joachim Stuck Walter Brun	Bill Koll Jeff Kline Rob McFarlin	Results
2	Sebring	#86 Bayside Disposal Racing	#58 Charles Kendall	#98 Kent Racing	Results
2	Sebring	Hurley Haywood Al Holbert Bruce Leven	Chuck Kendall Pete Smith Dennis Aase	Lee Mueller Walt Bohren	Results
3	Road Atlanta	#1 John Fitzpatrick Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#7 Kent Racing	Results
3	Road Atlanta	John Fitzpatrick	Dave Cowart	Walt Bohren	Results
4	Riverside	#1 John Fitzpatrick Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#23 Raytown Datsun	Results
4	Riverside	John Fitzpatrick Jim Busby	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Frank Carney Dick Davenport	Results
5	Laguna Seca	#7 Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#92 Kent Racing	Results
5	Laguna Seca	Brian Redman	Dave Cowart	Lee Mueller	Results
6	Lime Rock	#7 Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#98 Kent Racing	Results
6	Lime Rock	Brian Redman	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Walt Bohren	Results
7	Mid-Ohio	#7 Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#85 Logan Blackburn	Results
7	Mid-Ohio	Brian Redman	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Logan Blackburn	Results
8	Brainerd	#6 Team Zakspeed Roush	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#92 Kent Racing	Results
8	Brainerd	Klaus Ludwig	Dave Cowart	Lee Mueller	Results
9	Daytona	#46 DeNarvaez Enterprises	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#23 Raytown Datsun	Results
9	Daytona	Mauricio DeNarvaez Hurley Haywood	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Dick Davenport	Results
10	Sears Point	#6 Team Zakspeed Roush	#11 Kendall Racing	#22 Personalized Autohaus	Results
10	Sears Point	Klaus Ludwig	Dennis Aase	Wayne Baker	Results
11	Portland	#7 Kent-Cooke/Wood Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#92 Kent Racing	Results
11	Portland	Brian Redman	Dave Cowart	Lee Mueller	Results
12	Mosport	#3 Andial Meister Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#92 Kent Racing	Results
12	Mosport	Rolf Stommelen Harald Grohs	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Lee Mueller Walt Bohren	Results
13	Road America	#3 Andial Meister Racing	#11 Kendall Racing	#92 Kent Racing	Results
13	Road America	Rolf Stommelen Harald Grohs	Chuck Kendall Pete Smith Dennis Aase	Lee Mueller Walt Bohren	Results
14	Road Atlanta	#7 Kent-Cooke/Woods Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#98 Kent Racing	Results
14	Road Atlanta	Brian Redman	Kenper Miller	Walt Bohren	Results
15	Pocono	#18 JLP Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#98 Kent Racing	Results
15	Pocono	John Paul, Sr. John Paul Jr.	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Walt Bohren Rick Knoop	Results
16	Daytona	#18 JLP Racing	#25 Red Lobster Racing	#98 Kent Racing	Results
16	Daytona	John Paul Jr.	Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Walt Bohren	Results

External links

World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1981 IMSA GT Championship results

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