The 1993
Camel
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GT Championship and
Exxon
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Supreme GT Championship seasons were the 23rd 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 F ...
auto racing
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
series. It was the final year of the Camel's sponsorship of the prototype class, and the final year of the GTP and GTP Lights prototype categories before they were replaced with the
World Sports Car
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(WSC) class of prototypes the following year.
Schedule
The GT classes did not participate in all events. Races marked with ''All'' had all classes on track at the same time.
Entries
Prototypes
GTP
GTP Lights
WSC
World Sports Cars were classified with GTP cars in the final standings, but were run as a separate class in sprint races.
Le Mans Cars
Non-GTP prototypes raced at the
24 Hours of Daytona
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under this class.
GT
GTS
GTO cars ran as part of the GTS class in endurance races.
GTO
GTO cars only raced as a separate class at sprint races.
GTU
Invitational GT
Production-based GT cars were allowed to compete in endurance races and selected sprint races as part of this class, not scoring championship points.
International GT
A class for
ACO-spec GT cars was introduced for the
Road America
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and
Laguna Seca Laguna Seca may refer to:
* Laguna Seca Formation, a geologic formation in California
* Laguna Seca (Mexico), see Convention of London
* Laguna Seca (Santa Clara County), a seasonal lake in California
* Laguna Seca, Texas, United States
* Rancho La ...
races, but no cars appeared at Laguna Seca.
Race results
Championship standings
Drivers' Championships
GTP
GTP Lights
WSC
WSC cars were counted as part of the GTP class for points standings.
GTS
GTO
GTU
References
{{IMSA GT Championships
IMSA GT Championship seasons
1993 in American motorsport