1971 IMSA GT Championship


The 1971 IMSA GT Series season was the inaugural season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was for Grand Tourer-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes, as well as former Trans Am Series cars in the TO and TU classes. It began April 18, 1971, and ended November 21, 1971, after six rounds.

Schedule

RndRaceLengthCircuitDate
1Danville 300Virginia International RacewayApril 18
2Carter Hall GTAlabama International Motor SpeedwayMay 15
3Piedmont 3 Hour3 HoursCharlotte Motor SpeedwayMay 23
4Bridgehampton 3 Hours3 HoursBridgehampton Race CircuitJune 27
5Summit Point 250Summit Point RacewaySeptember 19
6200 Miles of Daytona BeachDaytona International SpeedwayNovember 21

Season results

Overall winner in bold.
RndCircuitGTO Winning TeamGTU Winning TeamTO Winning TeamTU Winning TeamResults
RndCircuitGTO Winning DriversGTU Winning DriversTO Winning DriversTU Winning DriversResults
1Virginia#57 Corvette#59 Brumos Porsche-Audi#21 Javelin#71 OpelResults
1Virginia Dave Heinz Peter Gregg
Hurley Haywood
Robert Hennig
Richard Staples
Amos Johnson
Roger Mandeville
Bunny Diggett
Results
2Alabama#57 Corvette#59 Brumos Porsche-Audi#21 Javelin#21 MiniResults
2Alabama Dave Heinz Peter Gregg
Hurley Haywood
Robert Hennig Joe RichardsonResults
3Charlotte#57 Corvette#59 Brumos Porsche-Audi#21 Javelin#64 MiniResults
3Charlotte Dave Heinz
Or Costanzo
Peter Gregg
Hurley Haywood
Robert Hennig
Bob Beasley
Anthony Milne
Richard Stevens
Results
4Bridgehampton#18 Es-Pa Racing#59 Brumos Porsche-Audi#84 Camaro#85 Alfa RomeoResults
4Bridgehampton Rodney Harris
John Paul Sr.
Peter Gregg
Hurley Haywood
George Lisberg
Ray Cuomo
Walt Simendinger
Bob Heiberg
Results
5Summit Point#49 Mustang#59 Brumos Porsche-Audi#42 Camaro#93 Jerry WalshResults
5Summit Point Lee McDonald
Albert Pentrillo
Peter Gregg
Hurley Haywood
Steve Ross Jerry Walsh
Lee Wiese
Results
6Daytona#57 Corvette#34 911#3 Camaro#11 2002Results
6Daytona Don Yenko
Dave Heinz
Bill Cuddy Tom Nehl
Jim Fitzgerald
Byron Morris
Clint Abernethy
Results

Constructors' Championship

Points are awarded to the top six in each class in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1.

GTO standings

GTU standings

TO standings

TU standings