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This page is about the IMSA sports car Grand Prix. For the 1970s Formula 1 Grand Prix, see Canadian Grand Prix. For the 1960s MotoGP Grand Prix, see Canadian motorcycle Grand Prix.

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Chevrolet Grand Prix
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship


Venue	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Corporate sponsor	Chevrolet
First race	1975
First WSCC race	2014
Duration	2 hours 40 minutes
Previous names	Mosport 6 Hours, Mosport 1000, Mosport 500, Mosport Festival, Grand Prix of Mosport, Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix
Most wins (driver)	Lucas Luhr (5)
Most wins (team)	Audi Sport North America (6)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Porsche (8)

The Chevrolet Grand Prix is an exciting annual car race. It happens every July in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. The race takes place at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. It's part of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. This championship is run by the IMSA.

The first race was held in 1975. Today, the race lasts two hours and forty minutes. This time limit helps make it good for television. In the past, this Grand Prix was part of other big racing series. These included the World Sportscar Championship and the American Le Mans Series. It was also part of the IMSA GT Championship.

Discovering the Race's Past
Race Champions: Who Won?
See also

Discovering the Race's Past

Cars lined up at the 2003 Grand Prix of Mosport.

Cars racing at Turn 1 during the 2007 Grand Prix of Mosport.

The Canadian Tire Motorsport Park has a long racing history. The first big international sports car races happened there in 1961. These included the Players 200 and the first Canadian Grand Prix. Famous drivers like Stirling Moss and Peter Ryan won these early races.

In 1966, the track hosted a race for the new Can-Am Series. A year later, in 1967, it even hosted a Formula One Grand Prix. The Mosport track held more Can-Am races than any other place. These races continued until the series ended in 1986.

IMSA Races Begin at Mosport

Audi Sport North America has won the most races as a team, with 6 victories.

In 1975, the IMSA brought its sports cars to the track. Their Camel GT Challenge was part of the Labatt's Blue 5000 Weekend. The first IMSA race was 100 miles long. Hurley Haywood won it in a Porsche Carrera.

The race was part of the World Sports Car Championship six times. The first time was in 1976. The last time was in 1985. This was the last time a major FIA World Championship event was held at the track.

IMSA returned to Mosport from 1989 to 1992. They held races just for their GTO and GTU car classes. In 1995, new "World Sports Cars" brought prototype cars back to the track. This was the first time in ten years.

The American Le Mans Series Era

In 1999, the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) came to Mosport. This was a new series for IMSA. It brought back special prototype cars. These cars were built for the super-fast speeds of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

Cars from brands like Audi, BMW, and Porsche raced here. They set the fastest speeds ever recorded at the track. In the 2008 Grand Prix of Mosport, Rinaldo Capello set the fastest lap. He did it in an Audi R10 TDI. His time was an amazing 1 minute, 4.094 seconds.

Mosport was one of only four tracks that hosted an ALMS race every year. It was on their schedule for fifteen years.

Porsche cars have won the most races overall, with 8 victories.

Modern Racing and Recent Times

In 2014, the Grand Prix became part of the new IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. This happened after the ALMS joined with another series called Grand-Am.

Sadly, in 2020 and 2021, the Grand Prix did not happen. This was the first time in 25 years. The races were canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Race Champions: Who Won?

Year	Date	Drivers	Team	Car	Distance/Duration	Race Title	Report
IMSA GT Championship
1975	June 14	Hurley Haywood	G.W. Dickinson	Porsche Carrera	100 miles (160 km)	Labatt's Blue 5000 Weekend	Report
World Sports Car Championship
1976	Aug 22	Jackie Oliver	Shadow	Shadow DN4 Chevrolet	200 miles (320 km)	Player's 200 Weekend	Report
1977	Aug 20	Ludwig Heimrath Paul Miller	Heimrath Racing	Porsche 934/5	6 hours	Molson Diamond Can-Am Trans-Am Weekend	Report
1978 1979	Not held
World Sportscar Championship & IMSA GT Championship
1980	Aug 17	John Fitzpatrick Brian Redman	Dick Barbour Racing/Sachs USA	Porsche 935 K3/80	6 hours	Molson Canadian 1000	Report
1981	Aug 16	Harald Grohs Rolf Stommelen	Andial Meister Racing	Porsche 935 K3	6 hours	Molson 1000	Report
IMSA GT Championship
1982	Aug 15	John Paul Jr. John Paul Sr.	JLP Racing	Porsche 935 JLP-3	6 hours	Labatt's 50 GT	Report
1983	Aug 14	Bob Tullius Bill Adam	Group 44	Jaguar XJR-5	6 hours	Labatt's GT	Report
World Sportscar Championship
1984	Aug 5	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956	1,000 km (620 mi)	Budweiser GT	Report
1985	Aug 11	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 962C	1,000 km (620 mi)	Budweiser GT	Report
1986 1987 1988	Not held
IMSA GT Championship
1989	June 25	Pete Halsmer	Roush Racing	Mercury Cougar XR-7	500 km (310 mi) (GTO/GTU/AC only)	The Audi Quattro IMSA Weekend	Report
1990	June 24	Steve Millen	Cunningham Racing	Nissan 300ZX	300 km (190 mi) (GTO/GTU/AAC only)	The Nissan Grand Prix	Report
1991	May 20	Pete Halsmer	Mazda Motorsports	Mazda RX-7	300 km (190 mi) (GTO/GTU/AAC only)	The Nissan Grand Prix	Report
1992	May 18	Jeremy Dale	Cunningham Racing	Nissan 300ZX	2 hours (GTS/GTO/GTU only)	The Nissan Grand Prix	Report
1993 1994	Not held
1995	Aug 13	Andy Wallace James Weaver	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	3 Hours	Chrysler Mosport 500	Report
1996	Aug 25	Butch Leitzinger John Paul Jr.	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	3 Hours	Chrysler Mosport 500	Report
1997	Aug 31	Ron Fellows Rob Morgan	Central Arkansas Racing	Ferrari 333 SP	2 Hours	Mosport Festival	Report
1998	Aug 9	Butch Leitzinger James Weaver	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III-Ford	2 hours, 45 minutes	Mosport Festival	Report
American Le Mans Series
1999	June 27	Jan Magnussen Johnny O'Connell	Panoz Motor Sports	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	2 hours, 45 minutes	The Grand Prix at Mosport	Report
2000	Aug 6	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	2 hours, 45 minutes	The globemegawheels.com Grand Prix at Mosport	Report
2001	Aug 19	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	2 hours, 45 minutes	Gran Turismo 3 Grand Prix at Mosport	Report
2002	Aug 18	Rinaldo Capello Tom Kristensen	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	2 hours, 45 minutes	Grand Prix at Mosport sponsored by mail2web.com	Report
2003	Aug 17	Frank Biela Marco Werner	Infineon Team Joest	Audi R8	2 hours, 45 minutes	The Toronto Grand Prix of Mosport	Report
2004	Aug 8	Butch Leitzinger James Weaver	Dyson Racing	MG-Lola EX257	2 hours, 45 minutes	The Toronto Grand Prix of Mosport	Report
2005	Sept 4	Butch Leitzinger James Weaver	Dyson Racing	MG-Lola EX257	2 hours, 45 minutes	Labour Day Weekend Grand Prix of Mosport	Report
2006	Sept 3	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10 TDI	2 hours, 45 minutes	Mobil 1 presents the Labour Day Weekend Grand Prix of Mosport	Report
2007	Aug 26	Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard	Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	2 hours, 45 minutes	Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport	Report
2008	Aug 24	Lucas Luhr Marco Werner	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10 TDI	2 hours, 45 minutes	Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport	Report
2009	Aug 30	David Brabham Scott Sharp	Patrón Highcroft Racing	Acura ARX-02a	2 hours, 45 minutes	Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport	Report
2010	Aug 29	Romain Dumas Klaus Graf	Muscle Milk Team Cytosport	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	2 hours, 45 minutes	Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport	Report
2011	July 24	Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr	Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing	Lola-Aston Martin B08/62	2 hours, 45 minutes	Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport	Report
2012	July 22	Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	HPD ARX-03a	2 hours, 45 minutes	Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport	Report
2013	July 21	Klaus Graf Lucas Luhr	Muscle Milk Pickett Racing	HPD ARX-03c	2 hours, 45 minutes	Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix	Report
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
2014	July 13	Olivier Pla Gustavo Yacamán	OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2-Nissan	2 hours, 45 minutes	Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix	Report
2015	July 12	Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor	Wayne Taylor Racing	Dallara Corvette DP	2 hours, 40 minutes	Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix	Report
2016	July 10	Dane Cameron Eric Curran	Whelen Engineering Racing	Coyote Corvette DP	2 hours, 40 minutes	Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix	Report
2017	July 9	Dane Cameron Eric Curran	Whelen Engineering Racing	Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac LT1 6.2 L V8	2 hours, 40 minutes	Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix	Report
2018	July 8	Colin Braun Jon Bennett	CORE Autosport	Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	2 hours, 40 minutes	Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix	Report
2019	July 7	Oliver Jarvis Tristan Nunez	Mazda Team Joest	Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	2 hours, 40 minutes	Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix	Report
2020 2021	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	July 3	Renger van der Zande Sébastien Bourdais	Cadillac Racing	Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac LT1 5.5 L V8	2 hours, 40 minutes	Chevrolet Grand Prix	Report
2023	July 9	Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Acura ARX-06 Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6	2 hours, 40 minutes	Chevrolet Grand Prix	Report
2024	July 14	TBD	TBD	TBD	2 hours, 40 minutes	TBA	Report