1987 IMSA GT Championship

{{short description|17th season of the racing series organized by IMSA}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Motorsport season | series = IMSA GT Championship | year = 1987 }} The '''1987 [[Camel (cigarette)|Camel]] GT Championship season''' was the 17th 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 31, 1987, and ended October 25, 1987, after 21 rounds.

==Schedule== 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.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! Rnd ! Race ! Length ! Class ! Circuit ! Date |- ! 1 | [[24 Hours of Daytona|SunBank 24 at Daytona]] | 24 Hours | align="center" | All | [[Daytona International Speedway]] | January 31 February 1 |- ! rowspan=2 | 2 | rowspan=2 | Grand Prix of Miami | 3 Hours | align="center" | Proto | rowspan=2 | [[Bicentennial Park (Miami)|Streets of Miami]] | rowspan=2 | March 1 |- | 45 Minutes | align="center" | GT |- ! 3 | [[12 Hours of Sebring]] | 12 Hours | align="center" | All | [[Sebring International Raceway]] | March 21 |- ! 4 | [[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] Grand Prix | 500 km | align="center" | Proto | [[Road Atlanta]] | April 12 |- ! rowspan=2 | 5 | rowspan=2 | [[Los Angeles Times Grand Prix]] | 300 km | align="center" | GT | rowspan=2 | [[Riverside International Raceway]] | rowspan=2 | April 26 |- | 500 km | align="center" | Proto |- ! rowspan=2 | 6 | rowspan=2 | [[Nissan Motors|Nissan]] Monterey Triple Crown | 300 km | align="center" | GT | rowspan=2 | [[Laguna Seca|Laguna Seca Raceway]] | May 2 |- | 300 km | align="center" | Proto | May 3 |- ! 7 | Arizona 300 | 300 km | align="center" | GT | [[Firebird Motorsports Park|Firebird International Raceway]] | May 17 |- ! 8 | Lime Rock Grand Prix | 150 Laps | align="center" | Proto | [[Lime Rock Park]] | May 24 |- ! rowspan=2 | 9 | rowspan=2 | Champion Spark Plug Grand Prix | 250 km | align="center" | GT | rowspan=2 | [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course]] | rowspan=2 | June 7 |- | 500 km | align="center" | Proto |- ! rowspan=3 | 10 | rowspan=3 |Grand Prix of Palm Beach | 2 Hours | align="center" | GTO | rowspan=3 | [[West Palm Beach Street Circuit]] | June 20 |- | 45 Minutes | align="center" | GTU | rowspan=2 | June 21 |- | 3 Hours | align="center" | Proto |- ! 11 | Kuppenheimer GT Challenge | 300 km | align="center" | GT | [[Road Atlanta]] | June 28 |- ! 12 | [[Camel Continental]] | 500 km | align="center" | Proto | [[Watkins Glen International]] | July 5 |- ! 13 | Mid-Atlantic [[Toyota]] Grand Prix | 300 km | align="center" | GT | [[Summit Point Raceway]] | July 12 |- ! rowspan=2 | 14 | rowspan=2 |[[G.I. Joe's]] Grand Prix | 300 km | align="center" | Proto | rowspan=2 | [[Portland International Raceway]] | July 26 |- | 300 km | align="center" | GT | July 27 |- ! rowspan=2 | 15 | rowspan=2 | [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] California Grand Prix | 300 km | align="center" | GT | rowspan=2 | [[Sonoma Raceway|Sears Point Raceway]] | August 1 |- | 300 km | align="center" | Proto | August 2 |- ! 16 | [[Löwenbräu]] Classic | 500 miles | align="center" | All | [[Road America]] | August 16 |- ! 17 | [[Nissan Motors|Nissan]] Grand Prix of San Antonio | 3 Hours | align="center" | Proto | [[San Antonio Street Circuit]] | September 6 |- ! 18 | 150 Lap Lime Rock | 150 Laps | align="center" | GT | [[Lime Rock Park]] | September 7 |- ! 19 | [[Eastman Kodak|Kodak]] Copier 500 | 500 km | align="center" | GT | [[Watkins Glen International]] | September 27 |- ! rowspan=2 | 20 | rowspan=2 | Columbus [[Ford Motor Company|Ford Dealers]] 500 | 300 km | align="center" | Proto | rowspan=2 | [[Columbus Street Circuit]] | rowspan=2 | October 4 |- | 45 Minutes | align="center" | GT |- ! rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 | [[Camel (cigarette)|Camel]] Grand Prix of Southern California | 1 Hour | align="center" | GTO | rowspan=3 | [[Del Mar Fairgrounds#Racetrack|Del Mar Fairgrounds]] | October 24 |- | 2 Hours | align="center" | Proto | rowspan=2 | October 25 |- | 45 Minutes | align="center" | GTU |}

==Season results== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! rowspan=2 | Rnd ! rowspan=2 | Circuit ! GTP Winning Team ! Lights Winning Team ! GTO Winning Team ! GTU Winning Team ! rowspan=2 | Results |- ! GTP Winning Drivers ! Lights Winning Drivers ! GTO Winning Drivers ! GTU Winning Drivers |- ! rowspan=2 | 1 | rowspan=2 | [[Daytona International Speedway|Daytona]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #14 [[Holbert Racing]]''' | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} #01 [[American Telephone & Telegraph|AT&T]] [[Spice Engineering|Spice]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #11 [[Roush Racing]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #71 Team Highball''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 24 Hours of Daytona|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Holbert]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chip Robinson]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Unser Jr.]] {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Bell (auto racer)|Derek Bell]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Earl]] {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Kline {{flagicon|USA}} Don Bell | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Elliott]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Pruett]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lyn St. James]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Gloy]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Lazier]] {{flagicon|USA}} Amos Johnson {{flagicon|USA}} Dennis Shaw |- ! rowspan=2 | 2 | rowspan=2 | [[Miami, Florida|Miami]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #83 Electramotive Eng.''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #42 White-Allen''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #4 Dingman Bros.''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #12 Aspen Inn''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Grand Prix of Miami|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Elliot Forbes-Robinson]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Brabham]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chip Mead]] {{flagicon|CAN}} Charles Monk | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Earl]] | {{flagicon|USA}} John Finger |- ! rowspan=2 | 3 | rowspan=2 | [[Sebring International Raceway|Sebring]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #86 Bayside Disposal''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #42 White-Allen''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #28 Protofab Racing''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #17 Al Bacon Racing''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 12 Hours of Sebring|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Jochen Mass]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Rahal]] | {{flagicon|USA}} John Higgins {{flagicon|USA}} Howard Cherry {{flagicon|CAN}} Charles Monk | {{flagicon|USA}} Greg Pickett {{flagicon|USA}} Tommy Riggins | {{flagicon|USA}} Al Bacon {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Reed |- ! rowspan=2 | 4 | rowspan=2 | [[Road Atlanta]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #16 [[Dyson Racing]]''' | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} #01 [[Collins & Aikman]]''' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Atlanta Grand Prix|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Price Cobb]] {{flagicon|GBR}} [[James Weaver (racing driver)|James Weaver]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Don Bell {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Kline | | |- ! rowspan=2 | 5 | rowspan=2 | [[Riverside International Raceway|Riverside]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #44 Group 44''' | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} #01 Collins & Aikman''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #98 [[All American Racers Dennis Aase]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #71 Team Highball''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hurley Haywood]] {{flagicon|USA}} John Morton | {{flagicon|USA}} Don Bell {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Kline | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Cord]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Amos Johnson |- ! rowspan=2 | 6 | rowspan=2 | [[Laguna Seca]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #85 Bayside Disposal''' | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} #01 Collins & Aikman''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #98 [[All American Racers Dennis Aase]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #75 Clayton Cunningham''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Monterey Triple Crown|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Klaus Ludwig]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Don Bell | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Cord]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Kendall]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 7 | rowspan=2 | [[Firebird Motorsports Park|Firebird]] | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #76 Peerless-[[Hendrick Motorsports|Hendrick]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #75 Clayton Cunningham''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Arizona 300|Results]] |- | | | {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Baldwin | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Kendall]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 8 | rowspan=2 | [[Lime Rock Park|Lime Rock]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #1 [[Holbert Racing]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #70 Z&W Motorsports''' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Lime Rock Grand Prix|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Holbert]] | {{flagicon|USA}} David Loring | | |- ! rowspan=2 | 9 | rowspan=2 | [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course|Mid-Ohio]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #86 Bayside Disposal''' | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} #01 Collins & Aikman''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #99 [[All American Racers]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #55 Huffaker Racing''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Ohio Grand Prix|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Jochen Mass]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Rahal]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Don Bell {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Kline | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willy T. Ribbs]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Visger |- ! rowspan=2 | 10 | rowspan=2 | [[West Palm Beach Street Circuit|Palm Beach]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #44 Group 44''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #42 White-Allen''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #22 [[Roush Racing]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #55 Huffaker Racing''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Grand Prix of Palm Beach|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hurley Haywood]] {{flagicon|USA}} John Morton | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chip Mead]] {{flagicon|USA}} Howard Cherry | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Gloy]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Visger |- ! rowspan=2 | 11 | rowspan=2 | [[Road Atlanta]] | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #99 [[All American Racers]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #55 Huffaker Racing''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Kuppenheimer GT Challenge|Results]] |- | | | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willy T. Ribbs]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Visger |- ! rowspan=2 | 12 | rowspan=2 | [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #16 [[Dyson Racing]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #09 Ball Bros.''' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Watkins Glen Continental|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Price Cobb]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Vern Schuppan]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Durst {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Brockman | | |- ! rowspan=2 | 13 | rowspan=2 | [[Summit Point Raceway|Summit Point]] | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #99 [[All American Racers]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #71 Team Highball''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Summit Point Grand Prix|Results]] |- | | | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willy T. Ribbs]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Amos Johnson |- ! rowspan=2 | 14 | rowspan=2 | [[Portland International Raceway|Portland]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #14 [[Holbert Racing]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #63 Certified Brakes''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #98 [[All American Racers Dennis Aase]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #55 Huffaker Racing''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Portland Grand Prix|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chip Robinson]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Jim Downing | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Cord]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Visger |- ! rowspan=2 | 15 | rowspan=2 | [[Sonoma Raceway|Sears Point]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #86 Bayside Disposal''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #43 White-Allen''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #76 Peerless-[[Hendrick Motorsports|Hendrick]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #55 Huffaker Racing''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 California Grand Prix|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Jochen Mass]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chip Mead]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Baldwin | {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Visger |- ! rowspan=2 | 16 | rowspan=2 | [[Road America]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #16 [[Dyson Racing]]''' | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} #6 [[Spice Engineering]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #28 [[Mobil 1]] Mid-America''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #75 Clayton Cunningham''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Road America 500|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Price Cobb]] {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Johnny Dumfries]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Jim Rothbarth {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Morgan | {{flagicon|USA}} Paul Dallenbach {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Kneifel]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Kendall]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 17 | rowspan=2 | [[San Antonio Street Circuit|San Antonio]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #14 [[Holbert Racing]]'''<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 7, 1987 |title=Grand Prix of San Antonio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-antonio-light-grand-prix-of-san-anto/194320542/ |work=[[San Antonio Light]] |page=C11 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} #01 [[Spice Engineering]]''' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Grand Prix of San Antonio|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Holbert]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chip Robinson]] {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Bell (auto racer)|Derek Bell]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Don Bell {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Kline | | |- ! rowspan=2 | 18 | rowspan=2 | [[Lime Rock Park|Lime Rock]] | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #4 Dingman Bros.''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #75 Clayton Cunningham''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Lime Rock 150 Laps|Results]] |- | | | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Earl]] | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Kendall]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 19 | rowspan=2 | [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]] | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | align="center" | ''Did Not Participate'' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #99 [[All American Racers]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #71 Team Highball''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 New York 500|Results]] |- | | | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willy T. Ribbs]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Amos Johnson |- ! rowspan=2 | 20 | rowspan=2 | [[Columbus Street Circuit|Columbus]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #86 Bayside Disposal''' | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} #6 [[Spice Engineering]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #76 Peerless-[[Hendrick Motorsports|Hendrick]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #75 Clayton Cunningham''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Columbus 500|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Rahal]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Morgan | {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Baldwin | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Kendall]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 21 | rowspan=2 | [[Del Mar Fairgrounds#Racetrack|Del Mar]] | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #85 Bayside Disposal''' | '''{{flagicon|GBR}} #6 [[Spice Engineering]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #98 [[All American Racers Dennis Aase]]''' | '''{{flagicon|USA}} #55 Huffaker Racing''' | rowspan=2 | [[1987 Grand Prix of Southern California|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Jochen Mass]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Jim Rothbarth {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Morgan | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Cord]] | {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Visger |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090408195145/http://wsrp.ic.cz/imsa1987.html World Sports Racing Prototypes] - 1987 IMSA GT Championship results

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