Daytona 24 Hours 1988 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: The 26th Annual SunBank 24 at Daytona		Date: 31.1.1988
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:	intermittent rain
Start time:	30/1 15:30
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	82
Practiced:	79
Qualified:	76
Started:	75
Finished:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start
IMSA GTP	24	22
IMSA GTP Lights	20	19
IMSA GTO	21	20
IMSA GTU	14	14

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
10 full-course cautions for 2 hours 38 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
3 qualifying sessions held for a total of 60 minutes on 28-29/1
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 345 minutes on 27-29/1
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	60	Jaguar XJR-9 D	Brundle / Boesel / Nielsen
IMSA GTP Lights:	9	Tiga GT286 Chevrolet	Simpson / Hessert / Loring
IMSA GTO:	11	Mercury Merkur XR4Ti	Pruett / Miller / Akin / Halsmer
IMSA GTU:	71	Mazda RX-7	Johnson / Shaw / Lazier
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	16	Porsche 962	Price Cobb (USA)	1:41.693	202.819 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	67	Porsche 962	Mauro Baldi (I)	1:38.917	208.511 km/h
IMSA GTP Lights:	79	Spice SE87L Pontiac Fiero GTP	McKitterick / Koll / Winters / Ballot-Léna / Hytten	1:51.791
IMSA GTO:	6	Mercury Merkur XR4Ti	Miller / Akin / Gentilozzi	1:49.152
IMSA GTU:	71	Mazda RX-7	Johnson / Shaw / Lazier	1:59.721
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (13), Mazda (9), Chevrolet (8), Spice (6), Argo (5)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (16), Mazda (14), Chevrolet (9), Pontiac (8), Buick (8)
Top car types by numbers:	Mazda RX-7 (9), Porsche 962 (8), Chevrolet Camaro (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (197), GB (10), I (9), CDN (7), F (4), D (3), CH (2), AUS (2), IRL (2), MEX (2), NL (2), ZA (2), PR (2), RA (2)
Most used colours:	white (44%), red (19%), blue (14%), yellow (6%), black (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (55%), front-engined (37%), rear-engined (8%)
Oldest known drivers:	Dick Greer (56), Martino Finotto (55), Monte Shelton (54)
Youngest known drivers:	P. J. Jones (19), Butch Leitzinger (19), Bill Auberlen (20)
Woman drivers:	Deborah Gregg, Linda Ludemann, Lyn St. James

Official Race Programme:

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