Grand Prix of Atlanta

Grand Prix of Atlanta

Venue	Road Atlanta
First race	1970
Last race	2013
Duration	2 hours, 45 minutes
Previous names	Grand Prix of Road Atlanta
Most wins (driver)	Peter Gregg (6)
Most wins (team)	Brumos Racing (4)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Porsche (15)

The Grand Prix of Atlanta is a sports car race held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The first running was held in 1973, as part of the IMSA GT Championship. The race was held annually from 1973 until 1999, with separate spring and fall races held from 1976–1982. With the rise of the Petit Le Mans as Road Atlanta's marquee sports car event, the Grand Prix was held only sporadically in the American Le Mans Series era.

In 1993 only, the event was held on the combined road course at Atlanta Motor Speedway as Road Atlanta was going through a bankruptcy and sale.

Winners

Date	Overall Winner(s)	Team	Car	Distance/Duration	Race Title	Report
IMSA GT Championship
1973	Peter Gregg	Peter Gregg	Porsche 911 Carrera	200 miles (320 km)	Camel 200	report
1974	Al Holbert Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Paris Properties	Porsche Carrera RSR	6 hours	6 Hours of Atlanta	report
1975	Peter Gregg	Brumos Porsche	Porsche Carrera RSR	100 miles (160 km)		report
	Al Holbert	Holbert's Porsche-Audi	Porsche Carrera RSR	100 miles (160 km)
1976 (spring)	Al Holbert	Dickinson/Holbert Racing	Chevy Monza	100 miles (160 km)		report
1976 (fall)	Al Holbert Jim Busby	Busby Racing	Chevy Monza	500 km (310 mi)	WZGC 93 FM Camel GT	report
1977 (spring)	Al Holbert	Holbert Racing	Chevy Monza	100 miles (160 km)	WQXI Camel GT Road Atlanta 100 Miles	report
1977 (fall)	David Hobbs	McLaren North America	BMW 320i Turbo	100 miles (160 km)	Labor Day Race	report
1978 (spring)	Peter Gregg	Brumos Porsche-Audi	Porsche 935	100 miles (160 km)	Camel GT Challenge	report
1978 (fall)	Peter Gregg	Brumos Porsche-Audi	Porsche 935	100 miles (160 km)	Arthur Montgomery 100 Camel GT Challenge	report
1979 (spring)	Peter Gregg	Brumos Porsche-Audi	Porsche 935/79	100 miles (160 km)		report
1979 (fall)	Peter Gregg	Peter Gregg Racing	Porsche 935/79	100 miles (160 km)		report
1980 (spring)	Bill Whittington	Whittington Brothers Racing	Porsche 935 K3	100 miles (160 km)		report
1980 (fall)	John Fitzpatrick	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 935 K3/80	50 miles (80 km)		report
	Giampiero Moretti	Momo/Electrodyne	Porsche 935J	50 miles (80 km)
1981 (spring)	John Fitzpatrick	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Porsche 935 K3/80	100 miles (160 km)		report
1981 (fall)	Brian Redman	Cooke Woods Racing	Lola T600-Chevrolet	150 miles (80 km)		report
1982 (spring)	John Paul, Jr.	JLP Racing	Porsche 935 JLP-3	150 miles (80 km)		report
1982 (fall)	John Paul, Jr. John Paul, Sr.	JLP Racing	Porsche 935 JLP-3	500 km (310 mi)	Sprite 500 Camel GT Endurance	report
1983	Bob Tullius Bill Adam	Group 44	Jaguar XJR-5	500 km (310 mi)	Nissan/Datsun Camel GT 500 Kilometers	report
1984	Don Whittington	Marty Hinze Racing	March 83G-Chevrolet	500 km (310 mi)	Road Atlanta 500 Kilometers Camel GT	report
1985	Brian Redman Hurley Haywood	Group 44	Jaguar XJR-5	500 km (310 mi)	Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix Camel GT	report
1986	Sarel van der Merwe Doc Bundy	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet Corvette GTP	500 km (310 mi)	Atlanta Journal-Constitution Camel Grand Prix	report
1987	James Weaver Price Cobb	Dyson Racing	Porsche 962	500 km (310 mi)	Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix	report
1988	Geoff Brabham John Morton	Electramotive Engineering	Nissan GTP ZX-T	500 km (310 mi)	Atlanta Journal-Constitution Camel GP	report
1989	Geoff Brabham Chip Robinson	Electramotive Engineering	Nissan GTP ZX-T	500 km (310 mi)	Nissan Camel Grand Prix of Road Atlanta	report
1990	Geoff Brabham Derek Daly	Nissan Performance	Nissan GTP ZX-T	500 km (310 mi)	Nissan Grand Prix of Atlanta	report
1991	Davy Jones	Bud Light/Jaguar Racing	Jaguar XJR-16	300 km (190 mi)	Nissan Grand Prix of Road Atlanta	report
1992	Davy Jones	Jaguar Racing	Jaguar XJR-14	1 hour, 45 minutes	Nissan Grand Prix of Road Atlanta	report
1993	Juan Manuel Fangio II	All American Racers	Eagle Mk III-Toyota	1 hour, 45 minutes	Toyota Grand Prix of Atlanta	report
1994	Jay Cochran	Euromotorsport	Ferrari 333SP	2 hours	IMSA Grand Prix of Atlanta	report
1995	James Weaver	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	3 hours	Rain-X/Motorola Grand Prix of Atlanta	report
1996	Gianpiero Moretti Max Papis	Momo Corse	Ferrari 333SP	3 hours	Advance Auto Parts presents The Grand Prix of Atlanta	report
1997	Butch Leitzinger James Weaver	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	2 hours	NAPA Auto Parts Grand Prix of Atlanta Presented By Royal Purple Motor Oil	report
1998	Butch Leitzinger James Weaver	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	3 hours, 45 minutes	Sports Car Grand Prix at Road Atlanta	report
American Le Mans Series
1999	Eric van de Poele Mimmo Schiattarella	Team Rafanelli SRL	Riley & Scott Mk III-Judd	2 hours, 45 minutes	The Grand Prix at Road Atlanta presented by Lease Plan USA	report
2000–2002	not held
2003	Johnny Herbert JJ Lehto	ADT Champion Racing	Audi R8	2 hours, 45 minutes	Chevy Grand Prix of Atlanta	report
2004	not held
2005	Marco Werner JJ Lehto	ADT Champion Racing	Audi R8	2 hours, 45 minutes	Sportsbook.com Grand Prix of Atlanta	report
2006–2012	not held
Rolex Sports Car Series
2013	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	Chip Ganassi Racing	Riley Mk. XXVI-BMW	2 hours, 45 minutes	Visual Studio Ultimate Grand Prix of Atlanta	report

See also

• Road Atlanta Can-Am
• Petit Le Mans

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes IMSA archive
• Racing Sports Cars Road Atlanta archive
• Ultimate Racing History Road Atlanta archive