Road America 500 Miles 1987 - Racing Sports Cars

Event:		Date: 16.8.1987
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 500 Miles
International Motor Sport Association (round 13) IMSA GTO (round 13) IMSA GTU (round 13) International Motor Sport Association (round 13)

Weather:	changeable, later heavy rain
Start time:	12:00
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	500 miles
Attendance:	20000

Entered:	59
Practiced:	unknown
Started:	53
Finished:	36

Classes:	Start
IMSA GTP	10
IMSA GTP Lights	16
IMSA GTO	16
IMSA GTU	11

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Race notes:
Race was stopped due to rain. Originally scheduled for 125 laps (500 miles).

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 105 minutes on 14/8
single car qualifying session held on 14/8
1 qualifying sessions held for a total of 20 minutes on 15/8
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	16	Porsche 962	Cobb / Dumfries
IMSA GTP Lights:	6	Spice SE87L Pontiac Fiero GTP	Rothbarth / Morgan
IMSA GTO:	28	Chevrolet Camaro	Dallenbach / Kneifel
IMSA GTU:	75	Mazda RX-7	Tom Kendall
Leaders:
laps 1-5:	83	Nissan GTP ZX-T	Forbes-Robinson
laps 28-32:	14	Porsche 962	Holbert
laps 33-34:	16	Porsche 962	Cobb
laps 35-50:	83	Nissan GTP ZX-T	Forbes-Robinson
laps 51-53:	83	Nissan GTP ZX-T	Morton
lap 54:	16	Porsche 962	Dumfries
laps 55-60:	14	Porsche 962	Robinson
laps 61-82:	16	Porsche 962	Dumfries
laps 6-8:	16	Porsche 962	Cobb
laps 9-27:	83	Nissan GTP ZX-T	Forbes-Robinson
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	83	Nissan GTP ZX-T	Elliot Forbes-Robinson (USA)	2:03.330	187.907 km/h	lap 25
IMSA GTP Lights:	70	Denali - Mazda	David Loring (USA)	2:17.410	168.653 km/h	lap 42
IMSA GTO:	76	Chevrolet Camaro	Jack Baldwin (USA)	2:15.040	171.612 km/h	lap 21
IMSA GTU:	32	Nissan 300ZX-T	Max Jones (USA)	2:22.290	162.869 km/h	lap 19
Pole Positions:
Overall:	83	Nissan GTP ZX-T	Forbes-Robinson / Morton	2:02.797
IMSA GTP Lights:	01	Spice SE87L Pontiac Fiero GTP	Jeff Kline (USA)	2:16.964	169.202 km/h
IMSA GTO:	76	Chevrolet Camaro	Jack Baldwin (USA)	2:14.874	169.202 km/h
IMSA GTU:	32	Nissan 300ZX-T	Max Jones (USA)	2:23.005	162.055 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Mazda (8), Chevrolet (7), Spice (4), Tiga (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Mazda (14), Porsche (12), Chevrolet (8), Pontiac (6), Buick (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Mazda RX-7 (8), Porsche 962 (7), Spice SE87L (3), Chevrolet Camaro (3), Chevrolet Corvette (3), Tiga GT286 (3), Ford Mustang (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (90), GB (3), RA (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (51%), front-engined (44%), rear-engined (5%)
Average engine size:	3127 cc (with regard to 26% turbocharged cars and 25% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 4315 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Dick Greer (55), Bobby Brown (48), Gianpiero Moretti (47)
Youngest known drivers:	Paul Dallenbach (20), Tom Kendall (21), Scott Pruett (27)
Female drivers:	Linda Ludemann, Lyn St. James

Official Race Programme:

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