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The Grand Prix of Las Vegas was a sports car race held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway near Las Vegas, Nevada. It began as an IMSA GT Championship event in 1997, and became an American Le Mans Series event in 1999. It has not been held since 2000.
From the late 1990s until 2013, top-level sports car racing in North America was split between the high-tech American Le Mans Series and the low-cost Rolex Sports Car Series. These two series were merged in 2014 to form the United SportsCar Championship, [1] which was subsequently renamed as the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2016.
It consisted of open-cockpit prototypes referred to as World Sports Car (WSC) and Grand Tourer-style racing cars divided into GTS-1, GTS-2, and GTS-3 classes. It began February 1, 1997, and ended October 26, 1997, after eleven rounds. 1997 would mark the final year in IMSA GT for the 24 Hours of Daytona and the Six Hours of Watkins Glen.
The series was founded in 1969 by John and Peggy Bishop, [3] and Bill France, Sr. [4] Racing began in 1971, and was originally aimed at two of FIA's stock car categories, running two classes each; the GT (Groups 3 and 4) and touring (Group 1 and 2) classes.
The following is a list of circuits that have hosted International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) SportsCar Championship races from the inaugural season in 1971 up to and including the 2024 season. The list includes the combined IMSA history of races held as part of the IMSA GT Championship , the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series , the American ...
Grand Prix of Las Vegas (3 P) L. Los Angeles Times Grand Prix (2 P) M. Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio (15 P) ... Pages in category "IMSA GT Championship races"
Meyer Shank Racing, the reigning IMSA sports car championship team with back-to-back Rolex 24 at Daytona victories, will pause the program in 2024 and focus only on its IndyCar organization. Shank ...
The 1998 Professional SportsCar Racing Championship season was the 28th season of the IMSA GT Championship, the final one of the original IMSA. It consisted of an open-cockpit World Sports Car (WSC) class of prototypes and Grand Tourer-style racing cars divided into GT1, GT2, and GT3 classes. It began March 22, 1998, and ended October 25, 1998 ...