# 1978 IMSA GT Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1978_IMSA_GT_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1978_IMSA_GT_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_IMSA_GT_Championship > Source revision: 1284905650 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 8th season of the racing series organized by IMSA 1978 [IMSA GT Championship](/source/IMSA_GT_Championship) Previous [1977](/source/1977_IMSA_GT_Championship) Next [1979](/source/1979_IMSA_GT_Championship) The **1978 [Camel](/source/Camel_(cigarette)) GT Challenge season** was the 8th season of the [IMSA GT Championship](/source/IMSA_GT_Championship) [auto racing](/source/Auto_racing) series. It was the first year of the new GTX class, which allowed for [Group 5](/source/Group_5_(racing)) cars to compete. The GTO and GTU class [Grand tourer](/source/Grand_tourer) cars remained from before. It began February 4, 1978, and ended November 26, 1978, after fourteen rounds. ## Schedule Not all classes participated in some events. Races marked with *All* had all classes on track at the same time. Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Date 1 24 Hours of Daytona 24 Hours All Daytona International Speedway February 4 February 5 2 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 18 3 6 Hours of Talladega 6 Hours All Talladega Superspeedway April 2 4 Camel GT Challenge 75 mi (121 km) GTU Road Atlanta April 16 100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO 5 Monterey Triple Crown 100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO Laguna Seca Raceway April 30 45 Minutes GTU 6 Hallett Grand Prix 1 Hour GTU Hallett Motor Racing Circuit May 7 100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO 7 Coca-Cola 300 100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO Lime Rock Park May 29 100 mi (160 km) GTU 8 Pepsi Grand Prix 100 mi (160 km) All Brainerd International Raceway June 18 9 Paul Revere 250 250 mi (400 km) All Daytona International Speedway July 4 10 Sears Point Grand Prix 100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO Sears Point International Raceway July 30 75 mi (121 km) GTU 11 G.I. Joe's Grand Prix 100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO Portland International Raceway August 6 45 Minutes GTU 12 Camel GT Mid-Ohio 250 250 mi (400 km) All Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course August 27 13 Arthur Montgomery 100 75 mi (121 km) GTU Road Atlanta September 4 100 mi (160 km) GTX/GTO 14 Camel GT Daytona 250 250 mi (400 km) All Daytona International Speedway November 26 ## Season results Rnd Circuit GTX Winning Team GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team Results GTX Winning Driver(s) GTO Winning Driver(s) GTU Winning Driver(s) 1 Daytona #99 Brumos Porsche #58 Diego Febles Racing #01 J. Dana Roehrig Results Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans Peter Gregg Diego Febles Alec Poole Dave White Gary Mesnick J. Dana Roehrig 2 Sebring #9 Dick Barbour Performance #33 JLP Racing #77 Bill Scott Racing Results Brian Redman Charles Mendez Bob Garretson John Paul, Sr. Bonky Fernández Francisco Romero Ernesto Soto 3 Talladega #59 Brumos Porsche #33 Boricua Racing #76 Quality Inn Results Peter Gregg Brad Frisselle Bonky Fernández Dave Cowart Lee Mueller Frank Thomas 4 Road Atlanta #59 Brumos Porsche Audi #25 Deren Automotive #01 Roehrig Racing Results Peter Gregg Kenper Miller Dave White 5 Laguna Seca #16 Vasek Polak #01 BMW #48 Datsun Results George Follmer John Morton Frank Leary 6 Hallett #2 McLaren North America #25 BMW #51 Porsche Results David Hobbs Kenper Miller Dennis Aase 7 Lime Rock #59 Brumos Porsche #58 Diego Febles Racing #33 Bob Sharp Racing Results Peter Gregg Diego Febles Sam Posey 8 Brainerd #59 Brumos Porsche #07 Morrison's Inc. #01 Porsche Results Peter Gregg Dave Cowart Dave White 9 Daytona #59 Brumos Porsche #25 BMW #01 Porsche Results Peter Gregg Kenper Miller Dave White 10 Sears Point #2 McLaren North America #55 Porsche #48 Datsun Results David Hobbs Howard Meister Frank Leary 11 Portland #59 Brumos Porsche #07 Morrison's Inc. #64 Porsche Results Peter Gregg Dave Cowart Dennis Aase 12 Mid-Ohio #94 Whittington Brothers Racing #07 Morrison's Inc. #42 Porsche Results Bill Whittington Jim Busby Dave Cowart Mauricio de Narvaez Bill Bean 13 Road Atlanta #59 Brumos Porsche #55 Andial Porsche-Meister Homes #83 Sun/Moon Electramotive Results Peter Gregg Howard Meister Don Devendorf 14 Daytona #59 Brumos Porsche #04 Chevrolet #79 Datsun Results Peter Gregg Rick Thompkins Richard Kendrick Scott Hoerr ## External links - [World Sports Racing Prototypes](https://web.archive.org/web/20091128135133/http://wsrp.ic.cz/imsa1978.html) - 1978 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. 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