Sebring 12 Hours 1987 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 12 Hours of Sebring Grand Prix of Endurance		Date: 21.3.1987
Track: Sebring International Raceway (United States), 6.614 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
International Motor Sport Association (round 3) IMSA GTO (round 3) IMSA GTU (round 3) International Motor Sport Association (round 3)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	40000

Entered:	92
Practiced:	85
Qualified:	74
Started:	74
Finished:	38

Classes:	Pract	Start
IMSA GTP	9	9
IMSA GTP Lights	21	20
IMSA GTO	36	30
IMSA GTU	19	15

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

Race notes:
6 full-course cautions for 2 hours 31 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 135 minutes on 19-20/3
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held on 19/3

Winners:
Overall:	86	Porsche 962	Mass / Rahal
IMSA GTP Lights:	42	Fabcar CL Porsche	Higgins / Monk / Cherry
IMSA GTO:	28	Chevrolet Camaro	Pickett / Riggins
IMSA GTU:	17	Mazda RX-7	Bacon / Reed
Leaders:
laps 1-4:	86	Porsche 962
laps 258-297:	86	Porsche 962
laps 27-64:	14	Porsche 962
laps 5-26:	16	Porsche 962
laps 65-68:	86	Porsche 962
laps 69-257:	14	Porsche 962
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	14	Porsche 962	Chip Robinson (USA)	2:05.000	190.495 km/h	lap 151
IMSA GTP Lights:	01	Spice Pontiac Fiero GTP	Jeff Kline (USA)	2:19.770	170.365 km/h	lap 21
IMSA GTO:	28	Chevrolet Camaro	Greg Pickett (USA)	2:17.590	173.064 km/h	lap 112
IMSA GTU:	17	Mazda RX-7	Al Bacon (USA)	2:32.930	139.611 km/h	lap 48
Pole Positions:
Overall:	14	Porsche 962	Chip Robinson (USA)	2:02.961	193.654 km/h
IMSA GTP Lights:	80	Alba AR6 Ferrari	Ruggero Melgrati (I)	2:14.960	176.436 km/h
IMSA GTO:	76	Chevrolet Camaro	Jack Baldwin (USA)	2:15.369	175.903 km/h
IMSA GTU:	17	Mazda RX-7	Al Bacon (USA)	2:26.963	162.025 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (15), Chevrolet (15), Mazda (10), Tiga (5), Ford (4), Pontiac (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (18), Mazda (17), Chevrolet (15), Pontiac (6), Buick (5)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Camaro (11), Mazda RX-7 (10), Porsche 962 (8)
Driver nationalities:	USA (179), CDN (7), GB (4), I (3), PR (3), D (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (51%), mid-engined (41%), rear-engined (8%)
Oldest known drivers:	Dick Greer (55), Martino Finotto (54), Brian Redman (50)
Youngest known drivers:	Bill Auberlen (19), Paul Dallenbach (20), Tom Kendall (21)
Female drivers:	Linda Ludemann, Lyn St. James

Official Race Programme:

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