1986 IMSA GT Championship

1986 IMSA GT Championship

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The 1986 Camel GT Championship season was the 16th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was for GTP and Lights classes of prototypes, as well as Grand Tourer-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes. It began February 1, 1986, and ended October 26, 1986, after eighteen rounds.

Schedule

The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. Races marked as GT featured both GTO and GTU classes combined, while Proto signifies GTP and Lights running together. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.

Rnd	Race	Length	Class	Circuit	Date
1	SunBank 24 at Daytona	24 Hours	All	Daytona International Speedway	February 1 February 2
2	Löwenbräu Grand Prix of Miami	45 Minutes	GTO	Streets of Miami	March 2
		30 Minutes	Lights
		45 Minutes	GTU
		3 Hours	GTP
3	Coca-Cola Classic 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	All	Sebring International Raceway	March 22
4	Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix	45 Minutes	GT	Road Atlanta	April 5
		500 km	Proto
5	Los Angeles Times/Ford Grand Prix	6 Hours	All	Riverside International Raceway	April 27
6	Monterey Triple Crown	300 km	Proto	Laguna Seca Raceway	May 4
		100 km	GT
7	Charlotte Grand Prix	300 km	GT	Charlotte Motor Speedway	May 17
		500 km	Proto		May 18
8	Lime Rock Grand Prix	150 Laps	Proto	Lime Rock Park	May 26
9	Mid-Ohio Grand Prix	250 km	GT	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	June 8
		500 km	Proto
10	Grand Prix of Palm Beach	45 Minutes	GTU	West Palm Beach street course	June 22
		45 Minutes	GTO
		3 Hours	Proto
11	Camel Continental	500 Miles	All	Watkins Glen International	July 6
12	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix	300 km	GT	Portland International Raceway	July 27
		300 km	Proto
13	Ford California Grand Prix	300 km	Proto	Sears Point Raceway	August 3
		100 km	GT
14	Löwenbräu Classic	500 Miles	All	Road America	August 24
15	Camel Grand Prix	2 Hours	GT	Lime Rock Park	September 1
16	Kodak Copier 500	300 km	GT	Watkins Glen International	September 20
		500 km	Proto		September 21
17	Columbus Ford Dealers 500	500 km	Proto	Columbus street course	October 5
		1 Hour	GT
18	Eastern 3 Hours of Daytona	100 km	GTU	Daytona International Speedway	October 26
		3 Hours	Proto/GTO

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GTP Winning Team	Lights Winning Team	GTO Winning Team	GTU Winning Team	Results
		GTP Winning Drivers	Lights Winning Drivers	GTO Winning Drivers	GTU Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #13 Outlaw Racing	Template:Flagicon #64 Raintree Corp.	Template:Flagicon #71 Team Highball	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr. Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Template:Flagicon Frank Rubino Template:Flagicon Ray Mummery Template:Flagicon John Schneider	Template:Flagicon Lee Mueller Template:Flagicon Maurice Hassey Template:Flagicon Lanny Hester	Template:Flagicon Jack Dunham Template:Flagicon Amos Johnson Template:Flagicon Dennis Shaw
2	Miami	Template:Flagicon #86 Bayside Disposal	Template:Flagicon #01 AT&T	Template:Flagicon #76 Peerless Racing	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Eng.	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek Template:Flagicon Paolo Barilla	Template:Flagicon Don Bell	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl
3	Sebring	Template:Flagicon #5 Bob Akin Racing	Template:Flagicon #66 Mike Meyer Racing	Template:Flagicon #7 7-Eleven Roush	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville Auto	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bob Akin Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck Template:Flagicon Jo Gartner	Template:Flagicon Mike Meyer Template:Flagicon Jeff Kline Template:Flagicon Jim Rothbarth	Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett Template:Flagicon Caitlyn JennerTemplate:Efn	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville Template:Flagicon Danny Smith
4	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #52 Hendrick	Template:Flagicon #63 Certified Brakes	Template:Flagicon #11 Roush Racing	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Eng.	Results
		Template:Flagicon Doc Bundy Template:Flagicon Sarel van der Merwe	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing Template:Flagicon John Maffucci	Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl
5	Riverside	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #63 Certified Brakes	Template:Flagicon #76 Peerless Racing	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville Auto	Results
		Template:Flagicon Price Cobb Template:Flagicon Rob Dyson	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing Template:Flagicon John Maffucci	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin Template:Flagicon Jim Miller	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville Template:Flagicon Danny Smith
6	Laguna Seca	Template:Flagicon #7 Zakspeed USA	Template:Flagicon #24 Spice Engineering	Template:Flagicon #07 Roush Racing	Template:Flagicon #75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
		Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl	Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett	Template:Flagicon Tommy Kendall
7	Charlotte	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #24 Spice Engineering	Template:Flagicon #76 City Peerless	Template:Flagicon #75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
		Template:Flagicon Price Cobb Template:Flagicon Drake Olson	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl Template:Flagicon Ray Bellm	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin	Template:Flagicon Tommy Kendall
8	Lime Rock	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #70 Z&W Motorsports	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert	Template:Flagicon David Loring
9	Mid-Ohio	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #09 Ball Bros. Racing	Template:Flagicon #11 Roush Racing	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Eng.	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Template:Flagicon Steve Durst Template:Flagicon Mike Brockman	Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl
10	Palm Beach	Template:Flagicon #52 Hendrick	Template:Flagicon #80 Gaston Andrey	Template:Flagicon #11 Roush Racing	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville	Results
		Template:Flagicon Doc Bundy Template:Flagicon Sarel van der Merwe	Template:Flagicon Carlo Facetti Template:Flagicon Ruggero Melgrati	Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville
11	Watkins Glen	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #6 Morgan Perf.	Template:Flagicon #76 Peerless Racing	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville Auto	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Derek Bell	Template:Flagicon Charles Morgan Template:Flagicon Logan Blackburn	Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin Template:Flagicon Geoff Bodine	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville Template:Flagicon Danny Smith
12	Portland	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #63 Certified Brakes	Template:Flagicon #7 Roush Racing	Template:Flagicon #55 Huffaker Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing	Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett Template:Flagicon Caitlyn JennerTemplate:Efn	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl
13	Sears Point	Template:Flagicon #16 Dyson Racing	Template:Flagicon #63 Certified Brakes	Template:Flagicon #77 Brooks Racing	Template:Flagicon #75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
		Template:Flagicon Price Cobb Template:Flagicon Rob Dyson	Template:Flagicon Jim Downing	Template:Flagicon Willy T. Ribbs	Template:Flagicon Tommy Kendall
14	Road America	Template:Flagicon #14 Holbert Racing	Template:Flagicon #80 Gaston Andrey	Template:Flagicon #98 All American Racers	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville Auto	Results
		Template:Flagicon Al Holbert Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr.	Template:Flagicon Martino Finotto Template:Flagicon Ruggero Melgrati	Template:Flagicon Rocky Moran Template:Flagicon Dennis Aase	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville Template:Flagicon Danny Smith
15	Lime Rock	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	Template:Flagicon #76 Peerless-Hendrick	Template:Flagicon #75 Clayton Cunningham	Results
				Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin	Template:Flagicon Tommy Kendall
16	Watkins Glen	Template:Flagicon #18 BMW North America	Template:Flagicon #24 Spice Engineering	Template:Flagicon #98 All American Racers	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville Auto	Results
		Template:Flagicon John Andretti Template:Flagicon Davy Jones	Template:Flagicon Bob Earl Template:Flagicon Chip Ganassi	Template:Flagicon Dennis Aase	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville
17	Columbus	Template:Flagicon #85 Bayside Disposal	Template:Flagicon #09 Ball Bros. Racing	Template:Flagicon #77 Brooks Racing	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville Auto	Results
		Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek	Template:Flagicon Steve Durst Template:Flagicon Mike Brockman	Template:Flagicon Willy T. Ribbs	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville
18	Daytona	Template:Flagicon #44 Group 44	Template:Flagicon #73 Howard Katz	Template:Flagicon #11 Roush Racing	Template:Flagicon #38 Mandeville Auto	Results
		Template:Flagicon Bob Tullius Template:Flagicon Chip Robinson	Template:Flagicon Howard Katz Template:Flagicon Steve Phillips	Template:Flagicon Scott Pruett	Template:Flagicon Roger Mandeville

External links

• World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1986 IMSA GT Championship results