The 1998 Professional SportsCar Racing Championship season was the 28th season of the

IMSA GT Championship 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. History The series was founded in 1969 by John and Peggy Bishop, and Bill ...

, the final one of the original IMSA. It consisted of an open-cockpit World Sports Car (WSC) class of

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and

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-style racing cars divided into GT1, GT2, and GT3 classes. It began March 22, 1998, and ended October 25, 1998, after eight rounds. The IMSA GT Championship was replaced by the

American Le Mans Series The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consisted of a series of Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le M ...

in 1999, which was supported by the

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(ACO). This series, based on the

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, was initially previewed during the 1998 season with the running of the inaugural

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. Professional SportsCar Racing remained as the series organizer. Of note is the lack of the

24 Hours of Daytona The 24 Hours of Daytona, also known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car racing, sports car Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Flo ...

and the

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, both of which were acquired by the revived

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United States Road Racing Championship The United States Road Racing Championship (USRRC) was a Sports Car Club of America series for professional racing drivers. SCCA Executive Director John Bishop helped to create the series in 1962 to recover races that had been taken by rival USAC R ...

Schedule

† - Two separate races were held for Lime Rock: One for WSC, one for the GT classes.

Season results

Teams Championship

Points are awarded to the finishers in the following order: * 25-21-19-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-... Exception however for the 12 Hours of Sebring, which awarded in the following order: * 30-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-... Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.

WSC Standings

GT1 Standings

GT2 Standings

GT3 Standings

External links

World Sports Racing Prototypes
- 1998 IMSA GT Championship season results {{DEFAULTSORT:1998 Imsa Gt Championship Season IMSA GT Championship seasons

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