1974 IMSA GT Championship

The 1974 Camel GT Challenge season was the 4th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. The series was for GTO and GTU class Grand tourer racing cars. It began April 21, 1974, and ended December 1, 1974, after twelve rounds. 1974 would be the first time that the series would leave the United States, with races in Canada and Mexico. It would also be the only time IMSA GT would leave northern North America (i.e. the United States and Canada). The TO and TU classes, which had been composed of former Trans Am Series cars from before the championship's debut, were dropped due to Trans Am having been "absorbed" by IMSA GT and thus becoming nigh indistinguishable from IMSA.

Schedule

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Some events were run twice, with each running counting as one round.

Rnd Race Length Circuit Date
1   Atlanta 6 Hour 6 Hours Road Atlanta April 21
2   Monterey Triple Crown 100 mi (160 km) Laguna Seca Raceway May 12
3 100 mi (160 km)
4   Ontario 4 Hour 4 Hours Ontario Motor Speedway May 19
5   Mid-Ohio Twin 6s 5 Hours Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course June 30
6   Paul Revere 250 250 mi (400 km) Daytona International Speedway July 4
7   Bama 200 200 mi (320 km) Talladega Superspeedway August 10
8   Charlotte 300 300 mi (480 km) Charlotte Motor Speedway August 18
9   Lime Rock 100 100 mi (160 km) Lime Rock Park September 2
10 100 mi (160 km)
11   1000 km of Mexico City 1,000 km (620 mi) Magdalena Mixhuca October 20
12   Daytona Finale 250 mi (400 km) Daytona International Speedway December 1

Season results

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Rnd Circuit GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team Results
GTO Winning Drivers GTU Winning Drivers
1 Road Atlanta #14 Paris Properties #51 Johnson-Bozzani Porsche-Audi Results
  Al Holbert
  Elliot Forbes-Robinson
  Michael Sherwin
  Freddy Baker
2 Laguna Seca #81 F.A.R. West Racing #45 F.A.R. Performance Results
  Elliot Forbes-Robinson   Walt Maas
3 Laguna Seca #0 Toad Hall Motor Racing #45 F.A.R. Performance Results
  Milt Minter   Walt Maas
4 Ontario #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #45 F.A.R. Performance Results
  Peter Gregg   Walt Maas
  Frank Leary
5 Mid-Ohio #14 Holbert's Porsche/Audi #77 Bruce Jennings Results
  Al Holbert
  Peter Gregg
  Bruce Jennings
  Bob Beasley
6 Daytona #4 Applejack Racing #79 Juan Montalvo Results
  Hurley Haywood   Juan Montalvo
7 Talladega #48 John Greenwood Racing #89 Barrick Motor Racing Results
  Milt Minter   Don Parish
8 Charlotte #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #46 Spencer Buzbee Results
  Peter Gregg   Spencer Buzbee
  Craig Ross
9 Lime Rock #59 Brumos Porsche-Audi #58 Adrian Gang Results
  Peter Gregg   Adrian Gang
10 Lime Rock #1 Toad Hall Motor Racing #2 Tom Ciccone Results
  Michael Keyser   Tom Ciccone
11 Mexico City #15 Héctor Rebaque Sr. #58 Adrian Gang Results
  Guillermo Rojas
  Héctor Rebaque
  Fred van Beuren, Jr.
  Adrian Gang
  Dennis Aase
12 Daytona #75 John Greenwood #79 Juan Montalvo Results
  John Greenwood   Juan Montalvo
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