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1987 24 Hours of Daytona

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1987 24 Hours of Daytona
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Index: Races | Winners
Track map of Daytona International Speedway

The 25th Annual SunBank 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 31-February 1, 1987[1] at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1987 IMSA GT Championship.

Victory overall and in the GTP class went to the No. 14 Holbert Racing Porsche 962 driven by Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, Al Unser Jr., and Al Holbert.[2][3] Victory in the GTO Class went to the No. 11 Roush Racing Ford Mustang driven by Tom Gloy, Bill Elliott, Lyn St. James, and Scott Pruett. Victory in the Lights class went to the No. 01 Spice Engineering/AT&T Spice SE86CL driven by Bob Earl, Don Bell, and Jeff Kline. Victory in the GTU class went to the No. 71 Team Highball Mazda RX-7 driven by Amos Johnson, Dennis Shaw, and Bob Lazier.

Race results

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Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps
1 GTP 14 United States Holbert Racing United States Chip Robinson
United Kingdom Derek Bell
United States Al Unser Jr.
United States Al Holbert
Porsche 962 753
2 GTP 3 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli
Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Italy Massimo Sigala
Porsche 962 745
3 GTP 16 United States Dyson Racing United States Price Cobb
United States Rob Dyson
Australia Vern Schuppan
Porsche 962 742
4
DNF
GTP 1 United States A. J. Foyt Enterprises United States A. J. Foyt
United States Al Unser
United States Danny Sullivan
Porsche 962 723
5 GTP 10 United States Hotchkis Racing, Inc. United States Jim Adams
United States John Hotchkis
United States John Hotchkis Jr.
Porsche 962 719
6 GTP 5 United States Bob Akin Racing Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
United Kingdom James Weaver
United States Bob Akin
Porsche 962 700
7 GTO 11 United States Roush Racing United States Tom Gloy
United States Bill Elliott
United States Lyn St. James
United States Scott Pruett
Ford Mustang 685
8 GTO 98 United States All American Racers United States Chris Cord
New Zealand Steve Millen
Toyota Celica Turbo 681
9 GTO 22 United States Roush Racing United States Deborah Gregg
United States Bobby Akin
United States Scott Pruett
Canada Scott Goodyear
Ford Mustang 649
10 GTU 71 United States Team Highball United States Amos Johnson
United States Dennis Shaw
United States Bob Lazier
Mazda RX-7 642
11 Lights 01 United States Spice Engineering/AT&T United States Bob Earl
United States Don Bell
United States Jeff Kline
Spice SE86CL 630
12 Lights 42 United States White Allen Porsche United States Howard Cherry
United States John Higgins
United States James King
United States Chip Mead
Fabcar CL 626
13 GTU 82 United States Aspen Inn United States Mike Mees
United States Dick Greer
United States John Finger
Mazda RX-7 622
14 Lights 36 United States Erie Scientific Racing United States John Grooms
United States Tom Bagley
United States Frank Jellinek
United States Augie Pabst
Badger BB 621
15 GTO 30 United States Skoal Bandit United States Buz McCall
United States Walt Bohren
United States Paul Dallenbach
Chevrolet Camaro 616
16 Lights 19 United States Scott Schubot United States Jim Brown
United States Scott Schubot
United States Linda Ludemann
Tiga GT285 597
17
DNF
GTO 99 United States All American Racers United States Ricky Rudd
United States Jerrill Rice
Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio II
Toyota Celica Turbo 591
18 GTU 09 United States 901 Racing United States Peter Uria
United States Larry Figaro
United Kingdom John Hayes-Harlow
United States Kyle Rathbun
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 580
19 GTO 38 United States Mandeville Auto/Tech United States Roger Mandeville
United States Kelly Marsh
United States Danny Smith
Mazda RX-7 572
20 GTO 33 United States Roush Racing United States Bruce Jenner
United States Todd Morici
United States Gary Baker
Ford Mustang 571
21 Lights 27 United States MSB Racing United States Dave Cowart
United States Kenper Miller
United States Jim Fowells
Argo JM19 566
22 Lights 66 United States RM Racing United States Charles Morgan
United States Chris Gennone
United States Jim Rothbarth
Royale RP40 554
23
DNF
GTU 75 United States CCR United States Max Jones
United States Bart Kendall
United States Tommy Kendall
Mazda RX-7 522
24
DNF
GTO 21 United States Western Chemical Canada Robert Peters
United States Tom Nehl
United States Kent Painter
Chevrolet Camaro 520
25 GTO 20 United States Hi-Tech Coating United States Tom Juckette
United States Bill McDill
United States Mike Laws
Chevrolet Camaro 520
26 GTO 26 United States Bob's Speed Products United States Ken Bupp
United States Guy Church
United States Del Russo Taylor
Pontiac Firebird 510
27 GTU 68 United States Schaderacing United States Steve DePoyster
United States Mike Jocelyn
United States Jim Kurz
United States Bob Schader
Mazda RX-7 503
28 GTU 78 United States Chambers Racing United States Dennis Chambers
United States Mike Meyer
United States Tom Burdsall
Mazda RX-7 498
29 GTO 29 United States OMR Engines United States Gene Felton
United States Oma Kimbrough
United States Hoyt Overbagh
United States Lee Perkinson
Chevrolet Camaro 470
30 GTU 00 United States S Squared Engineering United States Charles Slater
United States Ernie Senator
United States Dave Duttinger
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 414
31
DNF
GTO 28 United States Protofab Racing United States Greg Pickett
United States Darrell Waltrip
United States Terry Labonte
Chevrolet Camaro 410
32
DNF
Lights 96 United States Hessert Racing United States Tom Hessert Jr.
United States Keith Rinzler
Peru Eduardo Dibós Chappuis
Tiga GT286 409
33 GTO 24 United States Car Enterprises United States Craig Rubright
United States Garrett Jenkins
United States Roy Newsome
Chevrolet Corvette 404
34
DNF
GTO 6 United States Protofab Racing United States Wally Dallenbach Jr.
Canada John Jones
United States Tommy Riggins
Chevrolet Camaro 402
35
DNF
GTU 47 United States Chaunce Wallace Racing United States Richard Oakley
United States Chaunce Wallace
Canada Doug Mills
Mazda RX-7 386
36
DNF
GTP 51 United Kingdom Cosmik-Roy Baker Racing Greece Costas Los
United States John Schneider
United Kingdom David Andrews
Tiga GC286 354
37
DNF
Lights 63 United States Certified Brakes Racing United States Jim Downing
United States John O'Steen
United States John Maffucci
Argo JM19 352
38 GTO 32 United States K&P Racing United States Mark Kennedy
United States Karl Keck
United States Mark Montgomery
United States David Fuller
Chevrolet Corvette 346
39
DNF
GTO 87 United States Morrison-Cook Motorsport United States Tommy Morrison
United States Richard Ceppos
United States Don Knowles
United States Stu Hayner
Chevrolet Corvette 337
40
DNF
GTP 7 Germany Zakspeed United States Whitney Ganz
United Kingdom David Hobbs
Italy Giampiero Moretti
Ford Mustang Probe 328
41 GTO 83 United States Sasco Motorsports United States Tom Gaffney
United States Paul Reisman
United States Richard Stone
United States Bob Hebert
Pontiac Firebird 316
42 GTU 08 United States Simms Romano Canada Vance Swifts
United States John Drew
United States Dean Hall
United States Paul Romano
Mazda RX-7 298
43
DNF
GTP 8 United States Primus Motorsport United Kingdom Brian Redman
United States Chris Kneifel
United States Elliott Forbes-Robinson
Porsche 962 283
44
DNF
GTO 90 United States Road Circuit Tech United States Andy Petery
United States Les Delano
United States Craig Carter
Buick Somerset 281
45
DNF
GTU 17 United States Al Bacon Racing United States Al Bacon
United States Rod Millen
United States Bob Reed
Mazda RX-7 277
46
DNF
Lights 89 United States Ball Brothers Racing United States Steve Durst
United States Mike Brockman
United States Tony Belcher
United States Mark Abel
Spice SE86CL 273
47
DNF
GTO 76 United States Peerless/Hendrick United States Jack Baldwin
Canada Eppie Wietzes
Chevrolet Camaro 261
48
DNF
GTP 52 United States Hendrick Motorsports South Africa Sarel van der Merwe
United States Doc Bundy
Chevrolet Corvette GTP 255
49
DNF
Lights 80 United States Gaston Andrey Racing United States Roger Andrey
Switzerland Angelo Pallavicini
Canada Uli Bieri
Alba AR2 246
50
DNF
GTP 25 United States DeAtley Motorsports United States Jerry Brassfield
Republic of Ireland Michael Roe
United States John Bauer
United States Norton Gaston
March 85G 245
51
DNF
Lights 31 United States Gebhardt Racing USA Sweden Stanley Dickens
Germany Frank Jelinski
United States Gary Robinson
United Kingdom Greg Hobbs
Gebhardt JC853 236
52
DNF
GTO 64 United States Raintree Corporation United States Ken Johnson
United States Maurice Hassey
United States Lanny Hester
Ford Mustang 225
53
DNF
GTO 55 United States Greg Walker Racing United States Nort Northam
United States Scott Lagasse
United States Dennis Krueger
Chevrolet Corvette 223
54
DNF
GTP 44 United States Group 44 United States Bob Tullius
United States Hurley Haywood
United States John Morton
Jaguar XJR-7 216
55
DNF
GTO 92 United States Van Every Racing United States Lance van Every
United States Rusty Bond
United States Ash Tisdelle
Chevrolet Camaro 202
56
DNF
GTP 86 United States Bayside Disposal Racing Germany Klaus Ludwig
Germany Jochen Mass
Porsche 962 144
57
DNF
GTO 77 United States Brooks Racing United States Bobby Archer
United States Tommy Archer
Finland Robert Lappalainen
United States Leo Franchi
Chevrolet Camaro 121
58
DNF
GTP 4 United States Roush Racing United States Scott Pruett
United States Pete Halsmer
United States Tom Gloy
Ford Mustang Maxum GTP 120
59
DNF
Lights 23 United States Motion Promotions United States George Petrilak
South Africa Graham Duxbury
United States Bill Jacobson
United States Helmut Silberberger
Argo JM16 119
60
DNF
Lights 9 United States Essex Racing United States Steve Phillips
United States Howard Katz
United States Ron Nelson
Tiga GT285 111
61
DNF
GTO 13 United States Go Racing United States Keith Lawhorn
United States Vince Gimondo
United States Ken Grostic
Oldsmobile Calais 104
62
DNF
GTP 67 United States Uniroyal Goodrich France Bob Wollek
United States Jim Busby
United States Darin Brassfield
Porsche 962 89
63
DNF
GTO 50 United States Paul Canary Racing United States Paul Canary
United States Jerry Winston
United States Phil Currin
Chevrolet Corvette 88
64
DNF
GTU 54 United States SP Racing United States Bill Auberlen
United States Karl Durkheimer
United States Dieter Oest
United States Gary Auberlen
Porsche 911 Carrera 87
65
DNF
GTO 88 United States Morrison-Cook Motorsport United States John Heinricy
United States Bob McConnell
Canada Bill Adam
United States Bobby Carradine
Chevrolet Corvette 77
66
DNF
GTO 74 United States Whitehall Rocketsports United States Paul Gentilozzi
United States Irv Hoerr
United States Ted Boody
Oldsmobile Toronado 52
67
DNF
Lights 43 United States White Allen Porsche United States Tom Pumpelly
United States Scott Overbey
United States Tim McAdam
United States Thomas Schwietz
Fabcar CL 42
68
DNF
GTU 41 United States Hugo Gralia United States Hugo Gralia
United States Dennis Dobkin
United States Carlos Padrera
United States Secondo Tagliero
Mazda RX-7 30
69
DNF
Lights 79 United States Whitehall Rocketsports United States Paul Lewis
United States Skeeter McKitterick
United States Tom Winters
Alba AR5 28
Source:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1987 - Racing Sports Cars".
  2. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1987 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".
  3. ^ "1987 Daytona 24 Hours | Motorsport Database".
  4. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1987 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars".