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Wikipedia / 1986 IMSA GT Championship

The 1986 Camel GT Championship season was the 16th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was for GTP and Lights classes of prototypes, as well as Grand Tourer-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes. It began February 1, 1986, and ended October 26, 1986, after eighteen rounds.

Schedule

The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. Races marked as GT featured both GTO and GTU classes combined, while Proto signifies GTP and Lights running together. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.

Rnd

Race

Length

Class

Circuit

Date

1

SunBank 24 at Daytona

24 Hours

All

Daytona International Speedway

February 1February 2

2

Löwenbräu Grand Prix of Miami

45 Minutes

GTO

Streets of Miami

March 2

30 Minutes

Lights

45 Minutes

GTU

3 Hours

GTP

3

Coca-Cola Classic 12 Hours of Sebring

12 Hours

All

Sebring International Raceway

March 22

4

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix

45 Minutes

GT

Road Atlanta

April 5

500km

Proto

5

Los Angeles Times/Ford Grand Prix

6 Hours

All

Riverside International Raceway

April 27

6

Monterey Triple Crown

300km

Proto

Laguna Seca Raceway

May 4

100km

GT

7

Charlotte Grand Prix

300km

GT

Charlotte Motor Speedway

May 17

500km

Proto

May 18

8

Lime Rock Grand Prix

150 Laps

Proto

Lime Rock Park

May 26

9

Mid-Ohio Grand Prix

250km

GT

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

June 8

500km

Proto

10

Grand Prix of Palm Beach

45 Minutes

GTU

West Palm Beach Street Circuit

June 22

45 Minutes

GTO

3 Hours

Proto

11

Camel Continental

500 Miles

All

Watkins Glen International

July 6

12

G.I. Joe's Grand Prix

300km

GT

Portland International Raceway

July 27

300km

Proto

13

Ford California Grand Prix

300km

Proto

Sears Point Raceway

August 3

100km

GT

14

Löwenbräu Classic

500 Miles

All

Road America

August 24

15

Camel Grand Prix

2 Hours

GT

Lime Rock Park

September 1

16

Kodak Copier 500

300km

GT

Watkins Glen International

September 20

500km

Proto

September 21

17

Columbus Ford Dealers 500

500km

Proto

Columbus Street Circuit

October 5

1 Hour

GT

18

Eastern 3 Hours of Daytona

100km

GTU

Daytona International Speedway

October 26

3 Hours

Proto/GTO

Season results

Rnd

Circuit

GTP Winning Team

Lights Winning Team

GTO Winning Team

GTU Winning Team

Results

GTP Winning Drivers

Lights Winning Drivers

GTO Winning Drivers

GTU Winning Drivers

1

Daytona

#14 Holbert Racing

#13 Outlaw Racing

#64 Raintree Corp.

#71 Team Highball

Results

Al Holbert Al Unser Jr. Derek Bell

Frank Rubino Ray Mummery John Schneider

Lee Mueller Maurice Hassey Lanny Hester

Jack Dunham Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw

2

Miami

#86 Bayside Disposal

#01 AT&T

#76 Peerless Racing

#55 Huffaker Eng.

Results

Bob Wollek Paolo Barilla

Don Bell

Jack Baldwin

Bob Earl

3

Sebring

#5 Bob Akin Racing

#66 Mike Meyer Racing

#7 7-Eleven Roush

#38 Mandeville Auto

Results

Bob Akin Hans-Joachim Stuck Jo Gartner

Mike Meyer Jeff Kline Jim Rothbarth

Scott Pruett Caitlyn Jenner

Roger Mandeville Danny Smith

4

Road Atlanta

#52 Hendrick

#63 Certified Brakes

#11 Roush Racing

#55 Huffaker Eng.

Results

Doc Bundy Sarel van der Merwe

Jim Downing John Maffucci

Scott Pruett

Bob Earl

5

Riverside

#16 Dyson Racing

#63 Certified Brakes

#76 Peerless Racing

#38 Mandeville Auto

Results

Price Cobb Rob Dyson

Jim Downing John Maffucci

Jack Baldwin Jim Miller

Roger Mandeville Danny Smith

6

Laguna Seca

#7 Zakspeed USA

#24 Spice Engineering

#07 Roush Racing

#75 Clayton Cunningham

Results

Klaus Ludwig

Bob Earl

Scott Pruett

Tommy Kendall

7

Charlotte

#16 Dyson Racing

#24 Spice Engineering

#76 City Peerless

#75 Clayton Cunningham

Results

Price Cobb Drake Olson

Bob Earl Ray Bellm

Jack Baldwin

Tommy Kendall

8

Lime Rock

#14 Holbert Racing

#70 Z&W Motorsports

Did Not Participate

Did Not Participate

Results

Al Holbert

David Loring

9

Mid-Ohio

#14 Holbert Racing

#09 Ball Bros. Racing

#11 Roush Racing

#55 Huffaker Eng.

Results

Al Holbert Derek Bell

Steve Durst Mike Brockman

Scott Pruett

Bob Earl

10

Palm Beach

#52 Hendrick

#80 Gaston Andrey

#11 Roush Racing

#38 Mandeville

Results

Doc Bundy Sarel van der Merwe

Carlo Facetti Ruggero Melgrati

Scott Pruett

Roger Mandeville

11

Watkins Glen

#14 Holbert Racing

#6 Morgan Perf.

#76 Peerless Racing

#38 Mandeville Auto

Results

Al Holbert Derek Bell

Charles Morgan Logan Blackburn

Jack Baldwin Geoff Bodine

Roger Mandeville Danny Smith

12

Portland

#14 Holbert Racing

#63 Certified Brakes

#7 Roush Racing

#55 Huffaker Racing

Results

Al Holbert

Jim Downing

Scott Pruett Caitlyn Jenner

Bob Earl

13

Sears Point

#16 Dyson Racing

#63 Certified Brakes

#77 Brooks Racing

#75 Clayton Cunningham

Results

Price Cobb Rob Dyson

Jim Downing

Willy T. Ribbs

Tommy Kendall

14

Road America

#14 Holbert Racing

#80 Gaston Andrey

#98 All American Racers

#38 Mandeville Auto

Results

Al Holbert Al Unser Jr.

Martino Finotto Ruggero Melgrati

Rocky Moran Dennis Aase

Roger Mandeville Danny Smith

15

Lime Rock

Did Not Participate

Did Not Participate

#76 Peerless-Hendrick

#75 Clayton Cunningham

Results

Jack Baldwin

Tommy Kendall

16

Watkins Glen

#18 BMW North America

#24 Spice Engineering

#98 All American Racers

#38 Mandeville Auto

Results

John Andretti Davy Jones

Bob Earl Chip Ganassi

Dennis Aase

Roger Mandeville

17

Columbus

#85 Bayside Disposal

#09 Ball Bros. Racing

#77 Brooks Racing

#38 Mandeville Auto

Results

Scott Pruett Bob Wollek

Steve Durst Mike Brockman

Willy T. Ribbs

Roger Mandeville

18

Daytona

#44 Group 44

#73 Howard Katz

#11 Roush Racing

#38 Mandeville Auto

Results

Bob Tullius Chip Robinson

Howard Katz Steve Phillips

Scott Pruett

Roger Mandeville

Notes

References