1988 IMSA GT Championship season

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1988 IMSA GT Championship season
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The 1988 Camel GT Championship season was the 18th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was comprised of 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 30, 1988 and ended October 23, 1988 after seventeen rounds.

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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.

Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Date
1 Flag of Florida SunBank 24 at Daytona 24 Hours All Daytona International Speedway January 30
January 31
2 Flag of Florida Grand Prix of Miami 3 Hours Proto Miami street course February 28
40 Minutes GTU
3 Flag of Florida Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 19
4 Flag of Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix 500 km Proto Road Atlanta April 10
5 Flag of Florida Grand Prix of Palm Beach 3 Hours Proto West Palm Beach street course April 24
1 Hour GTO
6 Flag of West Virginia Mid-Atlantic Toyota Grand Prix 3 Hours GT Summit Point Raceway May 22
7 Flag of Connecticut Lime Rock Grand Prix 150 Laps Proto Lime Rock Park May 30
8 Flag of Ohio Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio 500 km Proto Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 5
200 km GT
9 Flag of New York Camel Continental 500 km Proto Watkins Glen International July 3
10 Flag of Wisconsin Miller High Life 500 500 km All Road America July 17
11 Flag of Oregon G.I. Joe's Grand Prix 1 Hour 30 Minutes GT Portland International Raceway July 31
300 km Proto
12 Flag of California Lincoln-Mercury California Grand Prix 200 km GT Sears Point Raceway August 14
300 km Proto
13 Flag of Texas Nissan Camel Grand Prix of San Antonio 3 Hours Proto San Antonio street course September 4
14 Flag of Connecticut Lime Rock 2 Hours 90 Laps GTO Lime Rock Park September 5
50 Laps GTU
15 Flag of New York Kodak Copier 500 500 km GT Watkins Glen International September 25
16 Flag of Ohio Columbus Ford Dealers 500 300 km Proto Columbus street course October 2
45 Minutes GT
17 Flag of California Camel Grand Prix of Southern California 45 Minutes GTU Del Mar Fairgrounds October 22
1 Hour GTO
2 Hours Proto

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