1985 IMSA GT Championship

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
6	Nissan Monterey Triple Crown	100 km	GT	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 5
7	Grand Prix of Charlotte	300 km	GT	Charlotte Motor Speedway	May 18
7	Grand Prix of Charlotte	500 km	Proto	Charlotte Motor Speedway	May 19
8	Coca-Cola 500	2 Hours	GT	Lime Rock Park	May 27
8	Coca-Cola 500	2 Hours	Proto	Lime Rock Park	May 27
9	Lumbermen's 500k	300 km	GT	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 8
9	Lumbermen's 500k	500 km	Proto	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 9
10	Camel Continental	3 Hours	GT	Watkins Glen International	July 6
10	Camel Continental	3 Hours	Proto	Watkins Glen International	July 6
11	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	200 km	GT	Portland International Raceway	July 28
11	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	300 km	Proto	Portland International Raceway	July 28
12	Ford California Grand Prix	300 km	Proto	Sears Point Raceway	August 4
12	Ford California Grand Prix	100 km	GT	Sears Point Raceway	August 4
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
16	Columbus Ford Dealers 500	500 km	Proto	Columbus street course	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
Rnd	Circuit	GTP Winning Drivers	Lights Winning Drivers	GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers	Results
1	Daytona	#8 Henn's Swap Shop	#93 Mid-O Racing	#65 Roush Protofab	#71 Team Highball	Results
1	Daytona	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	Results
2	Miami	#14 Holbert Racing	#63 RGP 500 Racing	#06 Roush Protofab	#76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
2	Miami	Al Holbert Derek Bell	Jim Downing John Maffuci	Willy T. Ribbs	Jack Baldwin	Results
3	Sebring	#8 Preston Henn	#63 Jim Downing	#65 Roush Protofab	#56 SP Racing	Results
3	Sebring	A. J. Foyt Bob Wollek	Jim Downing John Maffuci	Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones	Gary Auberlen Peter Jauker Adrian Gang Cary Eisenlohr	Results
4	Road Atlanta	#04 Group 44	#72 Fabcar	#65 Roush Protofab	#76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
4	Road Atlanta	Hurley Haywood Brian Redman	Elliot Forbes-Robinson Tom Winters	Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones	Jack Baldwin	Results
5	Riverside	#68 BF Goodrich	#63 RGP 500 Racing	#65 Roush Protofab	#76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
5	Riverside	Pete Halsmer John Morton	Jim Downing John Maffucci	Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones	Jack Baldwin Jeff Kline	Results
6	Laguna Seca	#14 Holbert Racing	#6 Charles Morgan	#98 All American Racers	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
6	Laguna Seca	Al Holbert	Bill Alsup	Dennis Aase	Bob Earl	Results
7	Charlotte	#14 Holbert Racing	#63 RGP 500 Racing	#53 Danny Smith	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
7	Charlotte	Al Holbert Derek Bell	Jim Downing John Maffuci	Danny Smith	Bob Earl	Results
8	Lime Rock	#16 Dyson Racing	#9 Essex Racing	#7 Brooks Racing	#99 All American Racers	Results
8	Lime Rock	Drake Olson	Peter Greenfield Michael Greenfield	Darin Brassfield	Chris Cord	Results
9	Mid-Ohio	#14 Holbert Racing	#75 Malibu Grand Prix	#65 Roush Protofab	#84 Entech Racing	Results
9	Mid-Ohio	Al Holbert Derek Bell	Jack Baldwin Jeff Kline	Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones	Clay Young	Results
10	Watkins Glen	#14 Holbert Racing	#6 Charles Morgan	#7 Brooks Racing	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
10	Watkins Glen	Al Holbert Derek Bell	Charles Morgan Bill Alsup	Darin Brassfield Klaus Ludwig	Bob Earl	Results
11	Portland	#14 Holbert Racing	#63 RGP 500 Racing	#7 Brooks Racing	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
11	Portland	Al Holbert	Jim Downing	Darin Brassfield	Bob Earl	Results
12	Sears Point	#86 Bayside Disposal	#75 Malibu Grand Prix	#7 Brooks Racing	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
12	Sears Point	Bob Wollek	Jeff Kline	Darin Brassfield	Bob Earl	Results
13	Road America	#16 Dyson Racing	#93 Mid-O Racing	#65 Roush Protofab	#76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
13	Road America	Bobby Rahal Drake Olson	Don Marsh Kelly Marsh Ron Pawley	Lyn St. James John Jones	Jack Baldwin Jeff Kline	Results
14	Pocono	#14 Holbert Racing	#9 Essex Racing	#77 Brooks Racing	#99 All American Racers	Results
14	Pocono	Al Holbert Derek Bell	Scott Schubot Dennis Vitolo	Darin Brassfield Scott Pruett	Chris Cord Dennis Aase	Results
15	Watkins Glen	#14 Holbert Racing	#63 RGP 500 Racing	#07 Roush Racing	#76 Malibu Grand Prix	Results
15	Watkins Glen	Al Holbert Derek Bell	Jim Downing John Maffuci	Lyn St. James	Jack Baldwin	Results
16	Columbus	#16 Dyson Racing	#63 RGP 500 Racing	#5 Dingman Bros.	#55 Huffaker Racing	Results
16	Columbus	Price Cobb Drake Olson	Jim Downing John Maffuci	Steve Millen	Bob Earl	Results
17	Daytona	#14 Holbert Racing	#63 Jim Downing	#65 Roush Protofab	#99 All American Racers	Results
17	Daytona	Al Holbert Al Unser Jr.	Jim Downing John Maffuci	Lyn St. James John Jones	Chris Cord	Results

External links

World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1985 IMSA GT Championship results

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