Grand Prix of Charlotte

The Grand Prix of Charlotte was a sports car race held at the infield road course of the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The race was held sporadically in the 1970s by the IMSA GT Championship and also the revamped Can-Am series. IMSA held five straight races beginning in 1982. The race was revived in 2000 by the American Le Mans Series, and has not been held since.

Results

Year	Drivers	Team	Car	Duration/Distance	Race Title	Report
IMSA GT Championship
1971	Dave Heinz Or Costanzo		Chevrolet Corvette	3 hours	Piedmont 3 Hours	report
1972 — 1973	Not held
1974	Peter Gregg	Brumos Porsche Audi	Porsche Carrera RSR	300 miles (480 km)	Autopair 300	report
1975 — 1977	Not held
Can-Am
1978	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Newman-Freeman Racing	Spyder NF-10-Chevrolet	1 hour		report
1979	Jacky Ickx	Carl A. Haas Racing Team, Ltd.	Lola T333CS-Chevrolet	1 hour, 30 minutes		report
1980 — 1981	Not held
IMSA GT Championship
1982	John Paul, Sr. John Paul, Jr.	JLP Racing	Porsche 935 JLP-3	500 kilometres (310 mi)	Camel GT 500	report
1983	Al Holbert Jim Trueman	Holbert Racing	March 83G-Porsche	500 kilometres (310 mi)	Charlotte Camel GT	report
1984	Randy Lanier Bill Whittington	Blue Thunder Racing Team	March 84G-Chevrolet	500 kilometres (310 mi)	Charlotte Camel GT 500	report
1985	Al Holbert Derek Bell	Holbert Racing	Porsche 962	500 kilometres (310 mi)	Camel GT Grand Prix of Charlotte	report
1986	Drake Olson Price Cobb	Dyson Racing	Porsche 962	500 kilometres (310 mi)	Camel GT Grand Prix of Charlotte	report
1987 — 1999	Not held
American Le Mans Series
2000	JJ Lehto Jörg Müller	BMW Motorsport	BMW V12 LMR	2 Hours, 45 Minutes	Grand Prix of Charlotte	report

External links

• Ultimate Racing History: Charlotte archive
• Racing Sports Cars: Charlotte archive
• World Sports Racing Prototypes: IMSA archive, Can-Am archive