1993 IMSA GT Championship Season
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The 1993
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GT Championship and
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Supreme GT Championship seasons were the 23rd season of the
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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
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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
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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
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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