Daytona 24 Hours 1986 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: The 24th Sunbank 24 at Daytona		Date: 2.2.1986
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 5.729 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
International Motor Sport Association (round 1) IMSA GTO (round 1) IMSA GTU (round 1) International Motor Sport Association (round 1)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	1/2
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	80
Practiced:	70
Qualified:	69
Started:	66
Finished:	17

Classes:	Pract	Start
IMSA GTP	23	21
IMSA GTP Lights	12	12
IMSA GTO	24	23
IMSA GTU	11	10

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Race notes:
5 full-course cautions for 24 laps (79 minutes)

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 75 minutes on 30-31/1
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 345 minutes on 30-31/1
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	14	Porsche 962	Holbert / Bell / Unser, Jr.
IMSA GTP Lights:	13	Argo JM19 Mazda	Rubino / Mummery / Schneider
IMSA GTO:	64	Ford Mustang	Mueller / Hassey / Hester
IMSA GTU:	71	Mazda RX-7	Johnson / Shaw / Dunham
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	45	Hawk-March 85G Buick	John Paul, Jr. (USA)	1:42.519	201.347 km/h	lap 3
IMSA GTP Lights:	80	Alba AR6 Ferrari	Almo Coppelli (I)	1:56.075	177.689 km/h	lap 63
IMSA GTO:	50	Ford Mustang	Bill Elliot (USA)	1:55.383	178.756 km/h	lap 50
IMSA GTU:	36	Porsche 924 Carrera	Dave Panaccione (USA)	2:03.394	167.150 km/h	lap 61
Pole Positions:
Overall:	52	Chevrolet Corvette GTP	Sarel van der Merwe (ZA)	1:39.318	207.668 km/h
IMSA GTP Lights:	80	Alba AR6 Ferrari	Carlo Facetti (I)	1:53.167	113.249 km/h
IMSA GTO:	07	Ford Mustang	Scott Pruett (USA)	1:49.709	188.000 km/h
IMSA GTU:	38	Mazda RX-7	Roger Mandeville (USA)	2:01.438	169.842 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (14), Chevrolet (10), Mazda (6), Ford (5), Pontiac (5), March (5)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (17), Mazda (14), Chevrolet (12), Ford (6), Pontiac (5)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 962 (9), Mazda RX-7 (6), Chevrolet Corvette (5), Pontiac Firebird (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (170), GB (7), I (6), CDN (4), D (4), DR (3), PR (3), NL (2), CO (2), F (2)
Most used colours:	white (46%), red (17%), blue (13%), yellow (10%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (48%), front-engined (45%), rear-engined (7%)
Oldest known drivers:	Preston Henn (55), Martino Finotto (53), Claude Ballot-Léna (50)
Youngest known drivers:	Tom Kendall (20), Darin Brassfield (23), Ivan Capelli (23)
Female drivers:	Deborah Gregg

Official Race Programme:

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