Road America 500 Miles 1986 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: The Löwenbräu Classic		Date: 24.8.1986
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 500 Miles
International Motor Sport Association (round 14) IMSA GTO (round 13) IMSA GTU (round 13) International Motor Sport Association (round 14)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	500 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	73
Practiced:	unknown
Started:	60
Finished:	31

Classes:	Start
IMSA GTP	16
IMSA GTP Lights	18
IMSA GTO	13
IMSA GTU	13

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

Winners:
Overall:	14	Porsche 962	Holbert / Unser, Jr.
IMSA GTP Lights:	80	Alba AR6 Ferrari	Finotto / Melgrati
IMSA GTO:	98	Toyota Celica Turbo	Moran / Aase
IMSA GTU:	38	Mazda RX-7	Mandeville / Smith
Leaders:
laps 10-28:	19	BMW GTP	Watson/Hobbs
laps 1-9:	83	Nissan GTP ZX-T	Brabham
laps 29-30:	14	Porsche 962	Holbert/Under Jr.
laps 31-53:	19	BMW GTP	Watson/Hobbs
laps 54-58:	14	Porsche 962	Holbert/Under Jr.
laps 59-71:	19	BMW GTP	Watson/Hobbs
laps 72-125:	14	Porsche 962	Holbert/Under Jr.
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	19	BMW GTP	John Watson (GB)	2:01.531	190.688 km/h	lap 64
IMSA GTP Lights:	70	Denali - Mazda GTP	David Loring (USA)	2:15.050	171.600 km/h	lap 3
IMSA GTO:	11	Ford Mustang	Scott Pruett (USA)	2:16.120	170.251 km/h	lap 108
IMSA GTU:	38	Mazda RX-7	Roger Mandeville (USA)	2:25.950	158.784 km/h	lap 92
Pole Positions:
Overall:	52	Chevrolet Corvette GTP	Sarel van der Merwe (ZA)	1:58.064	196.287 km/h
IMSA GTP Lights:	80	Alba AR6 Ferrari	Ruggero Melgrati (I)	2:14.412	172.414 km/h
IMSA GTO:	11	Ford Mustang	Pruett / Jenner	2:12.083	175.454 km/h
IMSA GTU:	38	Mazda RX-7	Roger Mandeville (USA)	2:25.609	159.156 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Mazda (8), Tiga (7), Chevrolet (6), Pontiac (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Mazda (18), Porsche (13), Chevrolet (7), Pontiac (5), Ford (3), Buick (3), Nissan (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Mazda RX-7 (8), Porsche 962 (7), Chevrolet Camaro (5), Tiga GT286 (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (102), GB (5), I (3), CDN (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (61%), front-engined (35%), rear-engined (4%)
Average engine size:	2923 cc (with regard to 31% turbocharged cars and 30% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 4270 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Dick Greer (54), Martino Finotto (53), Brian Redman (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Tom Kendall (20), Davy Jones (22), Scott Overbey (22)
Female drivers:	Deborah Gregg

Official Race Programme:

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