IMSA GT Championship Category Sportscar racing Country North America Inaugural season 1971 Folded 1998 (front to rear) Tommy Kendall and Wayne Taylor (both driving an Intrepid RM-1) leads eventual winner Davy Jones (Jaguar XJR-16) and Chip Robinson, followed by Geoff Brabham (both in Nissan NPT-91), Raul Boesel (XJR-16) and James Weaver (Porsche 962) in the Nissan Grand Prix of Ohio, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, 1991 [1] [2] IMSA GT was a sports car racing series organized by International Motor Sports Association. Races took place primarily in the United States, and occasionally in Canada. Contents 1 History 2 Initial divisions 3 History of the top series in the GT Championship 3.1 Camel GT era 3.2 GT spaceframe era 3.3 GTP era 3.4 Fall of GTP 3.5 World Sports Cars 3.6 End of an era 4 Champions 5 See also 6 References 7 External links History The series was founded in 1969 by John and ...