1994 IMSA GT Championship

The 1994 Exxon World Sports Car Championship and Supreme GT Series seasons were the 24th season of the IMSA GT Championship. It was the first year for the new World Sports Car (WSC) class of open-cockpit prototypes in the premiere category, replacing the previous closed-cockpit GTP class. Grand Tourer-style racing cars were also raced and ran in the GTS, GTO, and GTU classes. It began February 5, 1994, and ended October 1, 1994, after nine rounds.

Schedule

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Most races on the schedule had separate races for the WSC class and the GT classes, while longer events ran both classes at the same time. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time for the whole race.

Rnd Race Length Class Circuit Date
1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 Hours All Daytona International Speedway February 5
February 6
2 Contac 12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours All Sebring International Raceway March 19
3 Grand Prix of Atlanta 1 Hour GT Road Atlanta April 17
2 Hours WSC
4 The New England Dodge Dealers Grand Prix 1 Hour GT Lime Rock Park May 30
2 Hours WSC
5 The Glen Continental 3 Hours All Watkins Glen International June 26
6 Indy Grand Prix 1 Hour GT Indianapolis Raceway Park July 10
2 Hours WSC
7 Monterey Sports Car Grand Prix 1 Hour GT Laguna Seca Raceway July 24
2 Hours WSC
8 Grand Prix of Portland 1 Hour GT Portland International Raceway August 7
2 Hours WSC
9 Exxon World Sports Car Championships 1 Hour GT Phoenix International Raceway October 1
2 Hours WSC

Season results

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Rnd Circuit WSC Winning Team GTS Winning Team GTO Winning Team GTU Winning Team Results
WSC Winning Drivers GTS Winning Drivers GTO Winning Drivers GTU Winning Drivers
1 Daytona   #2 Brix Racing   #76 Cunningham Racing Did not participate   #65 Heico Motorsports Results
  Price Cobb
  Bob Schader
  Jeremy Dale
  Ruggero Melgrati
  Scott Pruett
  Butch Leitzinger
  Paul Gentilozzi
  Steve Millen
  Ulli Richeter
  Karl-Heinz Wlazik
  Dirk Ebeling
  Gunter Döbler
2 Sebring   #9 Auto Toy Store   #75 Cunningham Racing Did not participate   #49 Mark Sandridge Results
  James Weaver
  Derek Bell
  Andy Wallace
  John Morton
  Johnny O'Connell
  Steve Millen
  Mark Sandridge
  Nick Ham
  Joe Verde
3 Road Atlanta   #50 Euromotorsport   #75 Cunningham Racing   #17 Garfield's Auto   #95 Leitzinger Racing Results
  Jay Cochran   Steve Millen   Joe Pezza   Jim Pace
4 Lime Rock   #30 Momo   #6 Brix Racing   #17 Garfield's Auto   #19 Bill Auberlen Results
  Gianpiero Moretti
  Eliseo Salazar
  Irv Hoerr   Joe Pezza   Bill Auberlen
5 Watkins Glen   #30 Momo   #6 Brix Racing   #00 Brian DeVries   #4 Dibos Racing Results
  Gianpiero Moretti
  Eliseo Salazar
  Irv Hoerr   Brian DeVries   Eduardo Dibos
6 Indianapolis   #30 Momo   #6 Brix Racing   #17 Garfield's Auto   #95 Leitzinger Racing Results
  Gianpiero Moretti
  Eliseo Salazar
  Irv Hoerr   Joe Pezza   Jim Pace
7 Laguna Seca   #3 Scandia Motorsports   #76 Cunningham Racing   #17 Garfield's Auto   #95 Leitzinger Racing Results
  Andy Evans
  Fermín Vélez
  Johnny O'Connell   Joe Pezza   Jim Pace
8 Portland   #2 Brix Racing   #75 Cunningham Racing   #21 Tommy Riggins   #9 Leitzinger Racing Results
  Jeremy Dale   Steve Millen   Tommy Riggins   Butch Hamlet
9 Phoenix   #2 Brix Racing   #76 Cunningham Racing   #28 Paul Gentilozzi   #19 Bill Auberlen Results
  Jeremy Dale   Johnny O'Connell   Paul Gentilozzi   Bill Auberlen

† - The GTO class was combined with the GTS class for Daytona and Sebring.

Championship standings

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Place Driver Team Total
1   Wayne Taylor Downing / Atlanta 190
2   Jeremy Dale Brix Racing 187
3   Jim Downing Downing / Atlanta 178
4   Andy Evans Scandia Motorsport 169
Place Driver Team Total
1   Steve Millen Cunningham Racing 137
2   Johnny O'Connell Cunningham Racing 129
3   Irv Hoerr Brix Racing 117
4   Darin Brassfield Brix Racing 85
Place Driver Team Total
1   Joe Pezza Garfield's Auto 113
2   Brian De Vries Brian De Vries 87
3   Charles Morgan Charles Morgan 57
4   Tommy Riggins Tommy Riggins 43
Place Driver Team Total
1   Jim Pace Leitzinger Racing 105
2   Eduardo Dibos jr Dibos Racing Team Peru 101
3   John O'Steen Rohr Corporation 88
4   Bill Auberlen Bill Auberlen 76
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