1991 IMSA GT Championship

The 1991 Camel GT Championship and Exxon Supreme GT Series seasons were the 21st 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, as well as a tube-frame All-American Challenge (AAC) class during select rounds. It began February 2, 1991, and ended October 13, 1991, after nineteen rounds.

Schedule

The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. The AAC class only participated in GT-only events. 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 Toyota Camel Grand Prix of Palm Beach 1 Hour GTO/GTU West Palm Beach street course March 2
2 Hours Proto March 3
30 Minutes AAC
3 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 16
4 Nissan Camel Grand Prix of Miami 1 Hour GT Streets of Miami April 6
2 Hours Proto April 7
5 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 1 Hour GT Long Beach Street Circuit April 13
6 Nissan Grand Prix of Atlanta 300 km Proto Road Atlanta April 28
7 Camel Grand Prix of the Heartland 300 km Proto Heartland Park May 5
8 Nissan Grand Prix of Mosport 300 km GT Mosport Park May 20
9 Toyota Trucks Lime Rock Grand Prix 2 Hours Proto Lime Rock Park May 26
10 Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio 1 Hour GT Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 1
300 km Proto June 2
11 Nissan Grand Prix du Mardi Gras 1 Hour GT New Orleans street course June 15
2 Hours Proto June 16
12 Camel Continental 500 km Proto Watkins Glen International June 30
13 Grand Auto Supply Camel GT 1 Hour GT Laguna Seca Raceway July 20
300 km Proto July 21
14 G.I. Joe's/Camel Grand Prix 300 km Proto Portland International Raceway July 28
1 Hour 30 Minutes GT
15 Nissan Grand Prix of Road America 300 km Proto Road America August 25
200 km GT
16 Road Atlanta 300 1 Hour 45 Minutes GT Road Atlanta September 1
17 The New York 500 500 km GT Watkins Glen International September 22
18 The Jamesway 300 2 Hours GT Lime Rock Park September 28
19 Camel Grand Prix of Greater San Diego 1 Hour GT Del Mar Fairgrounds October 12
2 Hours Proto October 13

Season results

Rnd Circuit GTP Winning Team Lights Winning Team GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team Results
GTP Winning Drivers Lights Winning Drivers GTO Winning Drivers GTU Winning Drivers
1 Daytona Germany #7 Joest Racing United States #48 Comptech Acura United States #15 Whistler Mustang United States #82 Greer Racing Results
Germany Frank Jelinski
Germany "John Winter"
France Henri Pescarolo
France Bob Wollek
United States Hurley Haywood
United States Parker Johnstone
United States Steve Cameron
United States Doug Peterson
United States Bob Lesnett
United States Mark Martin
United States Wally Dallenbach Jr.
United States Robby Gordon
United States Dick Greer
United States Al Bacon
United States Mike Mees
United States Peter Uria
2 Palm Beach United Kingdom #2 Bud Light Jaguar United States #48 Comptech Racing United States #62 Mazda Motorsports United States #07 Full Time Racing Results
United States Davy Jones United States Parker Johnstone United States Peter Halsmer United States John Fergus
3 Sebring United States #83 Nissan Performance United States #8 Essex Racing United States #15 Roush Racing United States #95 Leitzinger Racing Results
Australia Geoff Brabham
Australia Gary Brabham
Republic of Ireland Derek Daly
United States Charles Morgan
United States Jim Pace
United States Robby Gordon
United States Max Jones
United States Bob Leitzinger
United States David Loring
4 Miami United Kingdom #3 Bud Light Jaguar United States #48 Comptech Racing United States #62 Mazda Motorsports United States #96 Leitzinger Racing Results
Brazil Raul Boesel United States Parker Johnstone United States Peter Halsmer United States David Loring
5 Long Beach Did not participate Did not participate United States #75 Cunningham Racing United States #07 Full Time Racing Results
New Zealand Steve Millen United States John Fergus
6 Road Atlanta United Kingdom #2 Bud Light Jaguar United States #48 Comptech Racing Did not participate Did not participate Results
United States Davy Jones United States Parker Johnstone
7 Heartland United States #84 Nissan Performance United States #48 Comptech Racing Did not participate Did not participate Results
United States Chip Robinson United States Parker Johnstone
8 Mosport Did not participate Did not participate United States #62 Mazda Motorsports United States #07 Full Time Racing Results
United States Pete Halsmer United States John Fergus
9 Lime Rock United States #84 Nissan Performance Canada #19 David Tennyson Did not participate Did not participate Results
United States Chip Robinson Canada David Tennyson
United States Ken Knott
10 Mid-Ohio United Kingdom #2 Bud Light Jaguar United States #48 Comptech Racing United States #76 Cunningham Racing United States #07 Full Time Racing Results
United States Davy Jones United States Parker Johnstone Canada Jeremy Dale United States John Fergus
11 New Orleans United States #64 MTI Racing Canada #19 David Tennyson United States #63 Mazda Motorsports United States #96 Leitzinger Racing Results
South Africa Wayne Taylor Canada David Tennyson United States Price Cobb United States David Loring
12 Watkins Glen United States #99 All American Racers United States #48 Comptech Racing Did not participate Did not participate Results
Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio II United States Parker Johnstone
13 Laguna Seca United Kingdom #2 Bud Light Jaguar Canada #80 Bieri Racing United States #63 Mazda Motorsports United States #07 Full Time Racing Results
United States Davy Jones Italy Ruggero Melgrati United States Price Cobb United States Jeff Purner
14 Portland United States #99 All American Racers Canada #80 Bieri Racing United States #9 Roush Racing United States #00 Full Time Racing Results
Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio II Italy Ruggero Melgrati United States Robby Gordon United States John Fergus
15 Road America United Kingdom #2 Bud Light Jaguar United States #9 Essex Racing Team United States #75 Cunningham Racing United States #00 Full Time Racing Results
United States Davy Jones United States Jim Pace New Zealand Steve Millen United States John Fergus
16 Road Atlanta Did not participate Did not participate United States #9 Roush Racing United States #07 Full Time Racing Results
United States Robby Gordon United States Jeff Purner
17 Watkins Glen Did not participate Did not participate United States #75 Cunningham Racing United States #00 Full Time Racing Results
New Zealand Steve Millen
Canada Jeremy Dale
United States John Fergus
18 Lime Rock Did not participate Did not participate United States #75 Cunningham Racing United States #00 Full Time Racing Results
New Zealand Steve Millen United States John Fergus
19 Del Mar United States #99 All American Racers United States #49 Comptech Racing United States #9 Roush Racing United States #95 Leitzinger Racing Results
Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio II United States Parker Johnstone United States Robby Gordon United States Bob Leitzinger

Championship Tables

GTP

Place Driver Entrant Total
1 Australia Geoff Brabham Nissan Performance Technology 175
2 United States Chip Robinson Nissan Performance Technology 170
3 United States Davy Jones Bud Light Jaguar Racing 158
4 South Africa Wayne Taylor MTI Racing 117
5 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racers 107
6 Brazil Raul Boesel Bud Light Jaguar Racing 72
7 United States Tom Kendall Jim Miller Racing
MTI Racing
69
8 United States Brian Bonner Tom Milner Racing 54
9 Germany Bernd Schneider Joest Racing 49
10 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Nissan Performance Technology 48
11 France Henri Pescarolo Joest Racing 44
12 Germany Frank Jelinski Joest Racing 43
13 United States Rocky Moran All American Racers 41
14 United States Jim Adams Dyson Racing
Hotchkis Racing
40
15 United Kingdom James Weaver Dyson Racing
John Shapiro Racing
36
16 United States Chris Cord Dyson Racing
Hotchkis Racing
32
17 United States Scott Sharp Tom Milner Racing 30
18= Italy Giampiero Moretti Momo-Gebhardt Racing 29
United States Jeff Purner Tom Milner Racing 29
20 United States Bob Earl Nissan Performance Technology 28
etc.

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