Editing IMSA (section)

===John Bishop and SCCA===
John Bishop, a [[Sikorsky Aircraft|Sikorsky]] employee, first became involved in motorsport in the 1950s when he met Dave Allen, a [[Sports Car Club of America]] (SCCA) staff member. Allen offered Bishop a management position on the SCCA Contest Board, which Bishop quickly accepted.  Bishop moved to [[Westport, Connecticut]] shortly thereafter.<ref name="IMSAblog Apr 06">{{cite web|url=http://alex62.typepad.com/imsablog/2006/04/index.html|title=IMSAblog: A tribute to John Bishop|access-date=21 January 2008|date=23 April 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724075858/http://alex62.typepad.com/imsablog/2006/04/index.html|archive-date=2011-07-24|url-status=live}}</ref> Bishop's duties consisted of defining technical rules and general administration of SCCA competition, as well as providing artwork for many of the club's magazines and event programmes.<ref name="prototypes, p14">{{cite book
 | first1 = J. A. | last1 = Martin
 | first2 = Ken | last2 = Wells
 | title = [[Prototypes: The History of the IMSA GTP Series]]
 | edition = 1st
 |date= January 2001
 | publisher = [[David Bull Publishing]]
 | location = United States
 | isbn = 1-893618-01-3
 | pages = 13–14
 }}</ref> He became well known in the motorsport scene and enjoyed a good relationship with the organization's president and [[Kimberly-Clark]] heir, James H. Kimberly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journaltimes.com/news/national/article_1cf5aebc-1b3c-5dd7-983f-de6c744a43a2.html|title=James Kimberly, Kleenex heir, dies|last=By|date=2 February 1994 |access-date=2 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201184552/http://journaltimes.com/news/national/article_1cf5aebc-1b3c-5dd7-983f-de6c744a43a2.html|archive-date=2014-12-01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="IMSAblog Feb 06">{{cite web|url=http://alex62.typepad.com/imsablog/2006/01/index.html|title=IMSAblog: Do you want to know about GT racing in the 70s|access-date=21 January 2008|date=January 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930224952/http://alex62.typepad.com/imsablog/2006/01/index.html|archive-date=2011-09-30|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1958, things changed for Bishop as the SCCA experienced internal changes. A new executive director position was created, to which each regional executive reported. This position was taken by Hugo Rush, who later became instrumental in Allen's departure. Although Bishop's relationship with Rush was not good, Bishop gained a vast amount of experience and began to show his qualities as a manager.<ref name="IMSAblog Apr 06"/>

Rush would later depart due to his disagreement with the club as it moved to promote professional motor sports. Bishop took his place as executive director and was now responsible for both amateur and professional programs. To ensure a more serious level of competition, he was tasked with rewriting the technical rules for the newly formed Pro Racing program.<ref name="IMSAblog Apr 06"/>

The SCCA had now taken the big step up to professional racing.  By 1962, the SCCA was tasked with managing major [[World Championship for Makes]] rounds, particularly at [[Daytona International Speedway|Daytona]], [[Sebring International Raceway|Sebring]], [[Bridgehampton Race Circuit|Bridgehampton]] and [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]].  The club was also involved in the [[US Grand Prix]].   Bishop helped to create the USRRC ([[United States Road Racing Championship]]) series for [[Group 7 (racing)|Group 7]] sports cars to recover races that had been taken by rival [[United States Automobile Club]] (USAC). Bishop was also instrumental in founding the SCCA [[Trans-Am]] series and the SCCA/[[Canadian Auto Sport Clubs|CASC]] [[Can-Am]] series.<ref name="IMSAblog Apr 06"/>

In 1969, the tension and in-fighting caused Bishop to resign.<ref name="IMSAblog Apr 06"/>