1987 24 Hours of Daytona

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.

Track map of Daytona International Speedway

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

Class winners in bold.

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

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