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 1February 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 Circuit 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 Circuit 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 #14 Holbert Racing #13 Outlaw Racing #64 Raintree Corp. #71 Team Highball Results Al Holbert Al Unser Jr. Derek Bell Frank Rubino Ray Mummery John Schneider Lee Mueller Maurice Hassey Lanny Hester Jack Dunham Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw 2 Miami #86 Bayside Disposal #01 AT&T #76 Peerless Racing #55 Huffaker Eng. Results Bob Wollek Paolo Barilla Don Bell Jack Baldwin Bob Earl 3 Sebring #5 Bob Akin Racing #66 Mike Meyer Racing #7 7-Eleven Roush #38 Mandeville Auto Results Bob Akin Hans-Joachim Stuck Jo Gartner Mike Meyer Jeff Kline Jim Rothbarth Scott Pruett Caitlyn Jenner Roger Mandeville Danny Smith 4 Road Atlanta #52 Hendrick #63 Certified Brakes #11 Roush Racing #55 Huffaker Eng. Results Doc Bundy Sarel van der Merwe Jim Downing John Maffucci Scott Pruett Bob Earl 5 Riverside #16 Dyson Racing #63 Certified Brakes #76 Peerless Racing #38 Mandeville Auto Results Price Cobb Rob Dyson Jim Downing John Maffucci Jack Baldwin Jim Miller Roger Mandeville Danny Smith 6 Laguna Seca #7 Zakspeed USA #24 Spice Engineering #07 Roush Racing #75 Clayton Cunningham Results Klaus Ludwig Bob Earl Scott Pruett Tommy Kendall 7 Charlotte #16 Dyson Racing #24 Spice Engineering #76 City Peerless #75 Clayton Cunningham Results Price Cobb Drake Olson Bob Earl Ray Bellm Jack Baldwin Tommy Kendall 8 Lime Rock #14 Holbert Racing #70 Z&W Motorsports Did Not Participate Did Not Participate Results Al Holbert David Loring 9 Mid-Ohio #14 Holbert Racing #09 Ball Bros. Racing #11 Roush Racing #55 Huffaker Eng. Results Al Holbert Derek Bell Steve Durst Mike Brockman Scott Pruett Bob Earl 10 Palm Beach #52 Hendrick #80 Gaston Andrey #11 Roush Racing #38 Mandeville Results Doc Bundy Sarel van der Merwe Carlo Facetti Ruggero Melgrati Scott Pruett Roger Mandeville 11 Watkins Glen #14 Holbert Racing #6 Morgan Perf. #76 Peerless Racing #38 Mandeville Auto Results Al Holbert Derek Bell Charles Morgan Logan Blackburn Jack Baldwin Geoff Bodine Roger Mandeville Danny Smith 12 Portland #14 Holbert Racing #63 Certified Brakes #7 Roush Racing #55 Huffaker Racing Results Al Holbert Jim Downing Scott Pruett Caitlyn Jenner Bob Earl 13 Sears Point #16 Dyson Racing #63 Certified Brakes #77 Brooks Racing #75 Clayton Cunningham Results Price Cobb Rob Dyson Jim Downing Willy T. Ribbs Tommy Kendall 14 Road America #14 Holbert Racing #80 Gaston Andrey #98 All American Racers #38 Mandeville Auto Results Al Holbert Al Unser Jr. Martino Finotto Ruggero Melgrati Rocky Moran Dennis Aase Roger Mandeville Danny Smith 15 Lime Rock Did Not Participate Did Not Participate #76 Peerless-Hendrick #75 Clayton Cunningham Results Jack Baldwin Tommy Kendall 16 Watkins Glen #18 BMW North America #24 Spice Engineering #98 All American Racers #38 Mandeville Auto Results John Andretti Davy Jones Bob Earl Chip Ganassi Dennis Aase Roger Mandeville 17 Columbus #85 Bayside Disposal #09 Ball Bros. Racing #77 Brooks Racing #38 Mandeville Auto Results Scott Pruett Bob Wollek Steve Durst Mike Brockman Willy T. Ribbs Roger Mandeville 18 Daytona #44 Group 44 #73 Howard Katz #11 Roush Racing #38 Mandeville Auto Results Bob Tullius Chip Robinson Howard Katz Steve Phillips Scott Pruett Roger Mandeville
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References
External links World Sports Racing Prototypes - 1986 IMSA GT Championship results