1987 24 Hours of Daytona

The 25th Annual SunBank 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 31-February 1, 1987[1] at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1987 IMSA GT Championship.

1987 24 Hours of Daytona
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Index: Races | Winners
Track map of Daytona International Speedway

Victory overall and in the GTP class went to the No. 14 Holbert Racing Porsche 962 driven by Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, Al Unser Jr., and Al Holbert.[2][3] Victory in the GTO Class went to the No. 11 Roush Racing Ford Mustang driven by Tom Gloy, Bill Elliott, Lyn St. James, and Scott Pruett. Victory in the Lights class went to the No. 01 Spice Engineering/AT&T Spice SE86CL driven by Bob Earl, Don Bell, and Jeff Kline. Victory in the GTU class went to the No. 71 Team Highball Mazda RX-7 driven by Amos Johnson, Dennis Shaw, and Bob Lazier.

Race results

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Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps
1 GTP 14   Holbert Racing   Chip Robinson
  Derek Bell
  Al Unser Jr.
  Al Holbert
Porsche 962 753
2 GTP 3   Brun Motorsport   Gianfranco Brancatelli
  Oscar Larrauri
  Massimo Sigala
Porsche 962 745
3 GTP 16   Dyson Racing   Price Cobb
  Rob Dyson
  Vern Schuppan
Porsche 962 742
4
DNF
GTP 1   A. J. Foyt Enterprises   A. J. Foyt
  Al Unser
  Danny Sullivan
Porsche 962 723
5 GTP 10   Hotchkis Racing, Inc.   Jim Adams
  John Hotchkis
  John Hotchkis Jr.
Porsche 962 719
6 GTP 5   Bob Akin Racing   Hans-Joachim Stuck
  James Weaver
  Bob Akin
Porsche 962 700
7 GTO 11   Roush Racing   Tom Gloy
  Bill Elliott
  Lyn St. James
  Scott Pruett
Ford Mustang 685
8 GTO 98   All American Racers   Chris Cord
  Steve Millen
Toyota Celica Turbo 681
9 GTO 22   Roush Racing   Deborah Gregg
  Bobby Akin
  Scott Pruett
  Scott Goodyear
Ford Mustang 649
10 GTU 71   Team Highball   Amos Johnson
  Dennis Shaw
  Bob Lazier
Mazda RX-7 642
11 Lights 01   Spice Engineering/AT&T   Bob Earl
  Don Bell
  Jeff Kline
Spice SE86CL 630
12 Lights 42   White Allen Porsche   Howard Cherry
  John Higgins
  James King
  Chip Mead
Fabcar CL 626
13 GTU 82   Aspen Inn   Mike Mees
  Dick Greer
  John Finger
Mazda RX-7 622
14 Lights 36   Erie Scientific Racing   John Grooms
  Tom Bagley
  Frank Jellinek
  Augie Pabst
Badger BB 621
15 GTO 30   Skoal Bandit   Buz McCall
  Walt Bohren
  Paul Dallenbach
Chevrolet Camaro 616
16 Lights 19   Scott Schubot   Jim Brown
  Scott Schubot
  Linda Ludemann
Tiga GT285 597
17
DNF
GTO 99   All American Racers   Ricky Rudd
  Jerrill Rice
  Juan Manuel Fangio II
Toyota Celica Turbo 591
18 GTU 09   901 Racing   Peter Uria
  Larry Figaro
  John Hayes-Harlow
  Kyle Rathbun
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 580
19 GTO 38   Mandeville Auto/Tech   Roger Mandeville
  Kelly Marsh
  Danny Smith
Mazda RX-7 572
20 GTO 33   Roush Racing   Bruce Jenner
  Todd Morici
  Gary Baker
Ford Mustang 571
21 Lights 27   MSB Racing   Dave Cowart
  Kenper Miller
  Jim Fowells
Argo JM19 566
22 Lights 66   RM Racing   Charles Morgan
  Chris Gennone
  Jim Rothbarth
Royale RP40 554
23
DNF
GTU 75   CCR   Max Jones
  Bart Kendall
  Tommy Kendall
Mazda RX-7 522
24
DNF
GTO 21   Western Chemical   Robert Peters
  Tom Nehl
  Kent Painter
Chevrolet Camaro 520
25 GTO 20   Hi-Tech Coating   Tom Juckette
  Bill McDill
  Mike Laws
Chevrolet Camaro 520
26 GTO 26   Bob's Speed Products   Ken Bupp
  Guy Church
  Del Russo Taylor
Pontiac Firebird 510
27 GTU 68   Schaderacing   Steve DePoyster
  Mike Jocelyn
  Jim Kurz
  Bob Schader
Mazda RX-7 503
28 GTU 78   Chambers Racing   Dennis Chambers
  Mike Meyer
  Tom Burdsall
Mazda RX-7 498
29 GTO 29   OMR Engines   Gene Felton
  Oma Kimbrough
  Hoyt Overbagh
  Lee Perkinson
Chevrolet Camaro 470
30 GTU 00   S Squared Engineering   Charles Slater
  Ernie Senator
  Dave Duttinger
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 414
31
DNF
GTO 28   Protofab Racing   Greg Pickett
  Darrell Waltrip
  Terry Labonte
Chevrolet Camaro 410
32
DNF
Lights 96   Hessert Racing   Tom Hessert Jr.
  Keith Rinzler
  Eduardo Dibós Chappuis
Tiga GT286 409
33 GTO 24   Car Enterprises   Craig Rubright
  Garrett Jenkins
  Roy Newsome
Chevrolet Corvette 404
34
DNF
GTO 6   Protofab Racing   Wally Dallenbach Jr.
  John Jones
  Tommy Riggins
Chevrolet Camaro 402
35
DNF
GTU 47   Chaunce Wallace Racing   Richard Oakley
  Chaunce Wallace
  Doug Mills
Mazda RX-7 386
36
DNF
GTP 51   Cosmik-Roy Baker Racing   Costas Los
  John Schneider
  David Andrews
Tiga GC286 354
37
DNF
Lights 63   Certified Brakes Racing   Jim Downing
  John O'Steen
  John Maffucci
Argo JM19 352
38 GTO 32   K&P Racing   Mark Kennedy
  Karl Keck
  Mark Montgomery
  David Fuller
Chevrolet Corvette 346
39
DNF
GTO 87   Morrison-Cook Motorsport   Tommy Morrison
  Richard Ceppos
  Don Knowles
  Stu Hayner
Chevrolet Corvette 337
40
DNF
GTP 7   Zakspeed   Whitney Ganz
  David Hobbs
  Giampiero Moretti
Ford Mustang Probe 328
41 GTO 83   Sasco Motorsports   Tom Gaffney
  Paul Reisman
  Richard Stone
  Bob Hebert
Pontiac Firebird 316
42 GTU 08   Simms Romano   Vance Swifts
  John Drew
  Dean Hall
  Paul Romano
Mazda RX-7 298
43
DNF
GTP 8   Primus Motorsport   Brian Redman
  Chris Kneifel
  Elliott Forbes-Robinson
Porsche 962 283
44
DNF
GTO 90   Road Circuit Tech   Andy Petery
  Les Delano
  Craig Carter
Buick Somerset 281
45
DNF
GTU 17   Al Bacon Racing   Al Bacon
  Rod Millen
  Bob Reed
Mazda RX-7 277
46
DNF
Lights 89   Ball Brothers Racing   Steve Durst
  Mike Brockman
  Tony Belcher
  Mark Abel
Spice SE86CL 273
47
DNF
GTO 76   Peerless/Hendrick   Jack Baldwin
  Eppie Wietzes
Chevrolet Camaro 261
48
DNF
GTP 52   Hendrick Motorsports   Sarel van der Merwe
  Doc Bundy
Chevrolet Corvette GTP 255
49
DNF
Lights 80   Gaston Andrey Racing   Roger Andrey
  Angelo Pallavicini
  Uli Bieri
Alba AR2 246
50
DNF
GTP 25   DeAtley Motorsports   Jerry Brassfield
  Michael Roe
  John Bauer
  Norton Gaston
March 85G 245
51
DNF
Lights 31   Gebhardt Racing USA   Stanley Dickens
  Frank Jelinski
  Gary Robinson
  Greg Hobbs
Gebhardt JC853 236
52
DNF
GTO 64   Raintree Corporation   Ken Johnson
  Maurice Hassey
  Lanny Hester
Ford Mustang 225
53
DNF
GTO 55   Greg Walker Racing   Nort Northam
  Scott Lagasse
  Dennis Krueger
Chevrolet Corvette 223
54
DNF
GTP 44   Group 44   Bob Tullius
  Hurley Haywood
  John Morton
Jaguar XJR-7 216
55
DNF
GTO 92   Van Every Racing   Lance van Every
  Rusty Bond
  Ash Tisdelle
Chevrolet Camaro 202
56
DNF
GTP 86   Bayside Disposal Racing   Klaus Ludwig
  Jochen Mass
Porsche 962 144
57
DNF
GTO 77   Brooks Racing   Bobby Archer
  Tommy Archer
  Robert Lappalainen
  Leo Franchi
Chevrolet Camaro 121
58
DNF
GTP 4   Roush Racing   Scott Pruett
  Pete Halsmer
  Tom Gloy
Ford Mustang Maxum GTP 120
59
DNF
Lights 23   Motion Promotions   George Petrilak
  Graham Duxbury
  Bill Jacobson
  Helmut Silberberger
Argo JM16 119
60
DNF
Lights 9   Essex Racing   Steve Phillips
  Howard Katz
  Ron Nelson
Tiga GT285 111
61
DNF
GTO 13   Go Racing   Keith Lawhorn
  Vince Gimondo
  Ken Grostic
Oldsmobile Calais 104
62
DNF
GTP 67   Uniroyal Goodrich   Bob Wollek
  Jim Busby
  Darin Brassfield
Porsche 962 89
63
DNF
GTO 50   Paul Canary Racing   Paul Canary
  Jerry Winston
  Phil Currin
Chevrolet Corvette 88
64
DNF
GTU 54   SP Racing   Bill Auberlen
  Karl Durkheimer
  Dieter Oest
  Gary Auberlen
Porsche 911 Carrera 87
65
DNF
GTO 88   Morrison-Cook Motorsport   John Heinricy
  Bob McConnell
  Bill Adam
  Bobby Carradine
Chevrolet Corvette 77
66
DNF
GTO 74   Whitehall Rocketsports   Paul Gentilozzi
  Irv Hoerr
  Ted Boody
Oldsmobile Toronado 52
67
DNF
Lights 43   White Allen Porsche   Tom Pumpelly
  Scott Overbey
  Tim McAdam
  Thomas Schwietz
Fabcar CL 42
68
DNF
GTU 41   Hugo Gralia   Hugo Gralia
  Dennis Dobkin
  Carlos Padrera
  Secondo Tagliero
Mazda RX-7 30
69
DNF
Lights 79   Whitehall Rocketsports   Paul Lewis
  Skeeter McKitterick
  Tom Winters
Alba AR5 28
Source:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1987 - Racing Sports Cars".
  2. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1987 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
  3. ^ "1987 Daytona 24 Hours | Motorsport Database".
  4. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1987 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".