Grand Prix of Charlotte

MOTUL 100% Synthetic Grand Prix

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Venue	Charlotte Motor Speedway
Corporate sponsor	Motul
First race	1971
First IMSA race	2020
Duration	1 Hours 40 Minutes
Previous names	Grand Prix of Charlotte
Most wins (driver)	Al Holbert (2)
Most wins (team)	Holbert Racing (2)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Porsche (4)

The Grand Prix of Charlotte is a sports car race held at the infield road course of the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The race was held sporadically in the 1970s by the IMSA GT Championship and also the revamped Can-Am series. IMSA held five straight races beginning in 1982. The race was revived in 2000 by the American Le Mans Series for one year.

In 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic making it impossible to have events at Lime Rock Park, IMSA announced on August 1, 2020 that the race will be revived as a two-hour (1:40 in racing length) on October 13 as a support race to the NASCAR Bank of America Roval 400 on the road course.

Results

Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval (1971–2014)

Year	Drivers	Team	Car	Duration/Distance	Race title	Report	Ref
IMSA GT Championship
1971	Dave Heinz Or Costanzo		Chevrolet Corvette	3 hours	Piedmont 3 Hours	report	[1]
1972 — 1973	Not held
1974	Peter Gregg	Brumos Porsche Audi	Porsche Carrera RSR	300 miles (480 km)	Autopair 300	report	[2]
1975 — 1977	Not held
Can-Am
1978	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Newman-Freeman Racing	Spyder NF-10-Chevrolet	1 hour		report	[3]
1979	Jacky Ickx	Carl A. Haas Racing Team, Ltd.	Lola T333CS-Chevrolet	1 hour, 30 minutes		report	[4]
1980 — 1981	Not held
IMSA GT Championship
1982	John Paul Sr. John Paul Jr.	JLP Racing	Porsche 935 JLP-3	500 kilometres (310 mi)	Camel GT 500	report	[5]
1983	Al Holbert Jim Trueman	Holbert Racing	March 83G-Porsche	500 kilometres (310 mi)	Charlotte Camel GT	report	[6]
1984	Randy Lanier Bill Whittington	Blue Thunder Racing Team	March 84G-Chevrolet	500 kilometres (310 mi)	Charlotte Camel GT 500	report	[7]
1985	Al Holbert Derek Bell	Holbert Racing	Porsche 962	500 kilometres (310 mi)	Camel GT Grand Prix of Charlotte	report	[8]
1986	Drake Olson Price Cobb	Dyson Racing	Porsche 962	500 kilometres (310 mi)	Camel GT Grand Prix of Charlotte	report	[9]
1987 — 1999	Not held
American Le Mans Series
2000	JJ Lehto Jörg Müller	BMW Motorsport	BMW V12 LMR	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	Grand Prix of Charlotte	report	[10]
2001 — 2019	Not held
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2020	Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	1 Hour, 40 Minutes	MOTUL 100% Synthetic Grand Prix	Report	[11]

References

1. "Charlotte 3 Hours 1971". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
2. "Charlotte 300 Miles 1974". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
3. "Can-Am Charlotte 1978". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
4. "Can-Am Charlotte 1979". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
5. "Charlotte 500 Kilometres 1982". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
6. "Charlotte 500 Kilometres 1983". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
7. "Charlotte 500 Kilometres 1984". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
8. "Charlotte 500 Kilometres 1985". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
9. "Charlotte 500 Kilometres 1986". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
10. "American Le Mans Series Charlotte 2000". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
11. "100 min Charlotte [GT] 2020". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

External links

• Ultimate Racing History: Charlotte archive
• Racing Sports Cars: Charlotte archive
• World Sports Racing Prototypes: IMSA archive, Can-Am archive