The 1995 Exxon World Sports Car Championship and Supreme GT Series seasons were the 25th season of the IMSA GT Championship. It consisted of open-cockpit prototypes referred to as the World Sports Car (WSC) class and Grand Tourer-style racing cars divided into GTS-1 and GTS-2 classes. It began February 4, 1995, and ended October 8, 1995, after eleven rounds.
Most races on the schedule had all three classes running together, while shorter events saw the classes separated into separate events of varying length. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time for the whole race.
Rnd | Race | Length | Class | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Rolex 24 at Daytona | 24 Hours | All | Daytona International Speedway | February 4 February 5 |
2 | Exxon MasterCard 12 Hours of Sebring | 12 Hours | All | Sebring International Raceway | March 18 |
3 | Rain-X/Motorola Grand Prix of Atlanta | 3 Hours | All | Road Atlanta | April 30 |
4 | Moosehead Grand Prix | 3 Hours | All | CFB Shearwater | May 21 |
5 | The Dodge Dealers Grand Prix of Lime Rock | 1 Hour | GTS | Lime Rock Park | May 29 |
1 Hour 45 Minutes | WSC | ||||
6 | The Glen Continental | 3 Hours | All | Watkins Glen International | June 24 |
7 | Apple Computer Inc. California Grand Prix | 1 Hour | GTS-2 | Sears Point Raceway | July 16 |
1 Hour 45 Minutes | WSC/GTS-1 | ||||
8 | Chrysler Mosport 500 | 3 Hours | All | Mosport International Raceway | August 13 |
9 | Seitel Texas World Grand Prix | 3 Hours | All | Texas World Speedway | September 10 |
10 | Exxon World Sports Car Championships | 1 Hour | GTS-2 | Phoenix International Raceway | September 30 |
2 Hours | WSC/GTS-1 | ||||
11 | Acxiom Grand Prix du Mardi Gras | 1 Hour | GTS-2 | New Orleans street course | October 8 |
1 Hour 45 Minutes | WSC/GTS-1 |
Rnd | Circuit | WSC Winning Team | GTS-1 Winning Team | GTS-2 Winning Team | Results |
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WSC Winning Drivers | GTS-1 Winning Drivers | GTS-2 Winning Drivers | |||
1 | Daytona | #2 Brix Racing† | #70 Roush Racing | #54 Stadler Motorsport | Results |
Jeremy Dale Jay Cochran Fredrik Ekblom | Tommy Kendall Paul Newman Mike Brockman Mark Martin | Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Ulli Richter Renato Mastropietro | |||
2 | Sebring | #3 Scandia Motorsports | #75 Cunningham Racing | #26 Alex Job Racing | Results |
Andy Evans Fermín Vélez Eric van de Poele | Johnny O'Connell John Morton Steve Millen | Bill Auberlen Charles Slater Joe Cogbill | |||
3 | Road Atlanta | #16 Dyson Racing | #4 Brix Racing | #04 Juan Dibos | Results |
James Weaver | Irv Hoerr | Eduardo Dibos | |||
4 | Halifax | #3 Scandia Racing Team | #75 Cunningham Racing | #55 Jorge Trejos | Results |
Fermín Vélez Mauro Baldi | Johnny O'Connell | Jorge Trejos Dennis Aase | |||
5 | Lime Rock | #30 Momo | #5 Brix Racing | #19 Bill Auberlen | Results |
Wayne Taylor Gianpiero Moretti | Darin Brassfield | Bill Auberlen | |||
6 | Watkins Glen | #16 Dyson Racing | #4 Brix Racing | #99 Schumacher Racing | Results |
Butch Leitzinger James Weaver | Irv Hoerr | Larry Schumacher Andy Pilgrim | |||
7 | Sears Point | #16 Dyson Racing | #75 Cunningham Racing | #63 The Racer's Group | Results |
James Weaver | Johnny O'Connell | Kevin Buckler | |||
8 | Mosport | #16 Dyson Racing | #47 Charles Morgan | #55 Jorge Trejos | Results |
James Weaver Andy Wallace | Charles Morgan Rob Morgan | Jorge Trejos Joe Varde | |||
9 | Texas | #30 Momo | #4 Brix Racing | #19 Bill Auberlen | Results |
Wayne Taylor | Irv Hoerr | Bill Auberlen | |||
10 | Phoenix | #3 Scandia Racing Team | #4 Brix Racing | #19 Bill Auberlen | Results |
Fermín Vélez | Irv Hoerr | Bill Auberlen | |||
11 | New Orleans | #16 Dyson Racing | #4 Brix Racing | #26 Alex Job Racing | Results |
James Weaver | Irv Hoerr | Bill Auberlen |
† - The 24 Hours of Daytona was won by Kremer Racing, but their car did not comply with WSC rules and therefore did not score points. Brix Racing was the highest finishing WSC-class car.
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