# 1971 IMSA GT Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1971_IMSA_GT_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1971_IMSA_GT_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_IMSA_GT_Championship > Source revision: 1284905689 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1st season of the racing series organized by IMSA 1971 [IMSA GT Championship](/source/IMSA_GT_Championship) Previous *none* Next [1972](/source/1972_IMSA_GT_Championship) The **1971 IMSA GT Series season** was the inaugural season of the [IMSA GT Championship](/source/IMSA_GT_Championship) [auto racing](/source/Auto_racing) series. It was for [Grand Tourer](/source/Grand_Tourer)-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes, as well as former [Trans Am Series](/source/Trans_Am_Series) cars in the TO and TU classes. It began April 18, 1971, and ended November 21, 1971, after six rounds. ## Schedule Rnd Race Length Circuit Date 1 Danville 300 300 mi (480 km) Virginia International Raceway April 18 2 Carter Hall GT 200 mi (320 km) Alabama International Motor Speedway May 15 3 Piedmont 3 Hour 3 Hours Charlotte Motor Speedway May 23 4 Bridgehampton 3 Hours 3 Hours Bridgehampton Race Circuit June 27 5 Summit Point 250 250 mi (400 km) Summit Point Raceway September 19 6 200 Miles of Daytona Beach 200 mi (320 km) Daytona International Speedway November 21 ## Season results Overall winner in **bold**. Rnd Circuit GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team TO Winning Team TU Winning Team Results GTO Winning Drivers GTU Winning Drivers TO Winning Drivers TU Winning Drivers 1 Virginia #57 Corvette #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #21 Javelin #71 Opel Results Dave Heinz Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Robert Hennig Richard Staples Amos Johnson Roger Mandeville Bunny Diggett 2 Alabama #57 Corvette #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #21 Javelin #21 Mini Results Dave Heinz Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Robert Hennig Joe Richardson 3 Charlotte #57 Corvette #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #21 Javelin #64 Mini Results Dave Heinz Or Costanzo Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Robert Hennig Bob Beasley Anthony Milne Richard Stevens 4 Bridgehampton #18 Es-Pa Racing #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #84 Camaro #85 Alfa Romeo Results Rodney Harris John Paul Sr. Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood George Lisberg Ray Cuomo Walt Simendinger Bob Heiberg 5 Summit Point #49 Mustang #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #42 Camaro #93 Jerry Walsh Results Lee McDonald Albert Pentrillo Peter Gregg Hurley Haywood Steve Ross Jerry Walsh Lee Wiese 6 Daytona #57 Corvette #34 911 #3 Camaro #11 2002 Results Don Yenko Dave Heinz Bill Cuddy Tom Nehl Jim Fitzgerald Byron Morris Clint Abernethy ## Constructors' Championship Points are awarded to the top six in each class in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. ### GTO standings Pos Constructor Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total 1 Chevrolet 9 9 9 9 6 9 51 2 Shelby 4 9 13 ### GTU standings Pos Constructor Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total 1 Porsche 9 9 9 9 9 9 54 2 Austin-Healey 1 1 1 3 3= MG 2 2 3= Alfa Romeo 2 2 5 Lotus 1 1 ### TO standings Pos Constructor Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total 1 Chevrolet 6 6 9 9 9 39 2 AMC 9 9 9 1 28 3 Ford 2 2 ### TU standings Pos Constructor Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total 1 Austin 4 9 9 6 6 34 2 BMW 6 4 9 19 3 Ford 3 3 9 4 19 4 Alfa Romeo 9 3 6 18 5 Opel 9 1 3 13 6 Datsun 4 4 2 10 7 Fiat 6 2 8 8 Saab 3 3 9 Audi 1 1 ## External links - [World Sports Racing Prototypes](https://web.archive.org/web/20070911134558/http://wsrp.ic.cz/imsa1971.html) - 1971 IMSA GT Championship results v t e International Motor Sports Association seasons IMSA Camel GT / Exxon Championship 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 American Le Mans Series 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 IMSA SportsCar Championship 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 SCCA US Road Racing Championship 1998 1999 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 This Auto racing-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Autoracing-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AAutoracing-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Autoracing-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1971 IMSA GT Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_IMSA_GT_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_IMSA_GT_Championship?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.