The 1988 Camel GT Championship season was the 18th 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. It began January 30, 1988, and ended October 23, 1988, after seventeen rounds.
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 |
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1 | SunBank 24 at Daytona | 24 Hours | All | Daytona International Speedway | January 30 January 31 |
2 | Grand Prix of Miami | 3 Hours | Proto | Streets of Miami | February 28 |
40 Minutes | GTU | ||||
3 | Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring | 12 Hours | All | Sebring International Raceway | March 19 |
4 | Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix | 500 km | Proto | Road Atlanta | April 10 |
5 | Grand Prix of Palm Beach | 3 Hours | Proto | West Palm Beach street course | April 24 |
1 Hour | GTO | ||||
6 | Mid-Atlantic Toyota Grand Prix | 3 Hours | GT | Summit Point Raceway | May 22 |
7 | Lime Rock Grand Prix | 150 Laps | Proto | Lime Rock Park | May 30 |
8 | Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio | 500 km | Proto | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | June 5 |
200 km | GT | ||||
9 | Camel Continental | 500 km | Proto | Watkins Glen International | July 3 |
10 | Miller High Life 500 | 500 km | All | Road America | July 17 |
11 | G.I. Joe's Grand Prix | 1 Hour 30 Minutes | GT | Portland International Raceway | July 31 |
300 km | Proto | ||||
12 | Lincoln-Mercury California Grand Prix | 200 km | GT | Sears Point Raceway | August 14 |
300 km | Proto | ||||
13 | Nissan Camel Grand Prix of San Antonio | 3 Hours | Proto | San Antonio street course | September 4 |
14 | Lime Rock 2 Hours | 90 Laps | GTO | Lime Rock Park | September 5 |
50 Laps | GTU | ||||
15 | Kodak Copier 500 | 500 km | GT | Watkins Glen International | September 25 |
16 | Columbus Ford Dealers 500 | 300 km | Proto | Columbus street course | October 2 |
45 Minutes | GT | ||||
17 | Camel Grand Prix of Southern California | 45 Minutes | GTU | Del Mar Fairgrounds | October 22 |
1 Hour | GTO | ||||
2 Hours | Proto |
Rnd | Circuit | GTP Winning Team | Lights Winning Team | GTO Winning Team | GTU Winning Team | Results |
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GTP Winning Drivers | Lights Winning Drivers | GTO Winning Drivers | GTU Winning Drivers | |||
1 | Daytona | #60 Castrol Jaguar | #9 Essex Racing | #11 Roush Racing | #71 Team Highball | Results |
Martin Brundle Raul Boesel John Nielsen | David Simpson David Loring Tom Hessert | Pete Halsmer Scott Pruett Bob Akin Paul Miller | Bob Lazier Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw | |||
2 | Miami | #16 Dyson Racing | #80 Gaston Andrey Racing | Did Not Participate | #1 C&C Inc. | Results |
Price Cobb James Weaver | Martino Finotto Ruggero Melgrati | Tommy Kendall | ||||
3 | Sebring | #86 Bayside Disposal | #9 Essex Racing | #5 Protofab Racing | #71 Team Highball | Results |
Hans-Joachim Stuck Klaus Ludwig | David Loring Tom Hessert | Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones | Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw | |||
4 | Road Atlanta | #3 Electramotive Eng. | #80 Gaston Andrey Racing | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Results |
John Morton Geoff Brabham | Martino Finotto Ruggero Melgrati | |||||
5 | Palm Beach | #83 Electramotive Eng. | #9 Essex Racing | #6 Roush Racing | Did Not Participate | Results |
John Morton Geoff Brabham | David Loring Tom Hessert | Pete Halsmer | ||||
6 | Summit Point | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | #11 Roush Racing | #1 C&C Inc. | Results |
Scott Pruett | Tommy Kendall | |||||
7 | Lime Rock | #83 Electramotive Eng. | #79 Whitehall Motorsports | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Results |
Geoff Brabham | Skeeter McKitterick | |||||
8 | Mid-Ohio | #83 Electramotive Eng. | #01 Spice Engineering | #98 All American Racers | #1 C&C Inc. | Results |
Tom Gloy Geoff Brabham | Charles Morgan Dominic Dobson | Chris Cord | Tommy Kendall | |||
9 | Watkins Glen | #83 Electramotive Eng. | #79 Winters | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Results |
John Morton Geoff Brabham | Skeeter McKitterick Costas Los | |||||
10 | Road America | #83 Electromotive Eng. | #55 Huffaker Racing | #98 All American Racers | #07 Full Time Racing | Results |
John Morton Geoff Brabham | Terry Visger Dan Marvin | Dennis Aase | Dorsey Schroeder | |||
11 | Portland | #83 Electramotive Eng. | #01 Spice Engineering | #6 Roush Racing | #02 C&C Inc. | Results |
Geoff Brabham | Charles Morgan | Pete Halsmer | Max Jones | |||
12 | Sears Point | #83 Electramotive Eng. | #55 AC Delco Pontiac | #99 All American Racers | #07 Full Time Racing | Results |
Geoff Brabham | Dan Marvin | Willy T. Ribbs | Dorsey Schroeder | |||
13 | San Antonio | #16 Dyson Racing | #55 Huffaker Racing | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Results |
Price Cobb James Weaver | Dan Marvin Bob Lobenberg | |||||
14 | Lime Rock | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | #5 Protofab Racing | #07 Full Time Racing | Results |
Wally Dallenbach Jr. | Dorsey Schroeder | |||||
15 | Watkins Glen | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | #98 All American Racers | #1 C&C Inc. | Results |
Chris Cord Dennis Aase | Tommy Kendall | |||||
16 | Columbus | #83 Electramotive Eng. | #9 Essex Racing | #16 Hoerr Racing | #1 C&C Inc. | Results |
Geoff Brabham | David Loring Tom Hessert | Irv Hoerr | Tommy Kendall | |||
17 | Del Mar | #61 Castrol Jaguar | #55 Huffaker Racing | #99 All American Racers | #1 C&C Inc. | Results |
Martin Brundle Jan Lammers | Dan Marvin | Willy T. Ribbs | Tommy Kendall |
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