1986 Sebring 12 hour race

One of the three BMW GTPs originally entered for the race. After accidents with the other two cars, this vehicle did not enter the race. Drivers were John Andretti and Davy Jones .

Royale RP40

The 34th Sebring 12-hour race , also the 34th Running Coca-Cola Classic 12 Hours of Sebring, Sebring International Raceway , took place on March 22, 1986 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the third round of the IMSA GTP series this year.

The race

The 1986 IMSA GTP series began on February 2 with the Daytona 24-hour race . In 1986 Al Holbert , Derek Bell and Al Unser junior won there in a Porsche 962 . In the second round of the season, the 3-hour race in Miami , which took place three weeks before Sebring, Bob Wollek and Paolo Barilla , who also drove a Porsche 962, won.

In 1986 the race was held for the last time on the former runway of the Sebring Regional Airport . The airport was built in 1940 as Hendricks Army Airfield , where the United States Army Air Corps performed test flights with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress . The north-south runway was part of the racetrack for four decades. The long, bumpy straight ensured Sebring's high average speeds, which peaked in 1986. In qualifying the Americans drove Whitney whole on a Hawk-March 85G with V6 - Buick - turbo engine a time of 2: 11.416 minutes. The average speed over one lap was 214.258 km / h. The appearance of the new BMW GTP , with great factory support from BMW in Germany, turned into a disaster. Three cars were registered. One burned out completely during training after an electrical defect. In the second GTP prototype, Bobby Rahal had a spectacular accident when the car got underpuff, took off, came up on the side and then rolled over several times. Rahal was completely uninjured, but the car was destroyed. As a result, BMW North America withdrew the third racing car. Like so many other Sebring events before that, the race ended spectacularly. The Porsche 962 driven by Bob Akin , Hans-Joachim Stuck and Jo Gartner lost a bike on the last lap and ended up on Victory Lane as a three-wheeler.

For Gartner, the victory at Sebring was his greatest success in international motorsport. A few months later, he had a fatal accident at the Le Mans 24-hour race .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTP	5	Bob Akin Motor Racing	Bob Akin Hans-Joachim Stuck Jo Gartner	Porsche 962	287
2	GTP	67	BF Goodrich	In it Brassfield John Morton Jim Busby	Porsche 962	279
3	GTP	14th	Holbert Racing	Al Holbert Derek Bell Al Unser junior	Porsche 962	269
4th	GTO	7th	7-Eleven Roush Racing	Scott Pruett Bruce Jenner	Ford Mustang	265
5	GTO	50	Roush Folger's Motorcraft	Bill Elliot Ricky Rudd	Ford Mustang	265
6th	Lights	66	STS-Mike Meyer Racing	Jim Rothbarth Mike Meyer Jeff Kline	Royale RP40	246
7th	GTO	88	Morrison Cook Motorsport	Ron Grable John Heinricy Bobby Carradine	Chevrolet Corvette	245
8th	GTU	38	Mandeville Auto Tech	Roger Mandeville Danny Smith	Mazda RX-7	240
9	Lights	63	Certified Brakes Racing	Jim Downing John Maffucci John O'Steen	Argo JM19	238
10	GTO	58	Rick Borlase	Rick Borlase Jim Torres Michael Hammond	Porsche 934	231
11	GTO	90	Road Circuit Technology	Les Delano Jeremy Nightingale Patty Moise	Chevrolet Camaro	230
12	GTU	75	CCR	Bob Reed Tom Kendall John Hogdal	Mazda RX-7	226
13	GTP	16	MHR Racing	Marty Hinze Jack Newsum Tom Blackaller	Porsche 935K3	222
14th	GTU	78	901 Racing	Peter Uria Larry Figaro Jack Refenning	Porsche Carrera RSR	220
15th	Lights	61	Deco sales	Brent O'Neill Steve Shelton Don Courtney	Argo JM16	219
16	GTU	45	Turbo Concepts	Herman Galeano Christian Jacobs Pedro Cardenas	Porsche 911	209
17th	Lights	29	Ares Sports	Ron Canizares Bill Jacobson Howard Katz	Tiga GT285	198
18th	GTU	39	R & H Racing	Rainer Brezinka Rudy Bartling John Centano	Porsche 911	197
19th	Lights	42	White Allen Porsche	John Higgins Chip Mead Howard Cherry	Fabcar CL	184
20th	GTO	64	Raintree Corporation	Lanny Hester Maurice Hassey	Ford Mustang	173
21st	GTO	26th	Bob's Speed ​​Products	Del Russo Taylor Mike Hackney Arvid Albanese	Pontiac Firebird	172
22nd	GTU	54	SP Racing	Gary Auberlen Peter Jauker Cary Eisenlohr Karl Durkheimer	Porsche 911	166
23	GTU	21st	Wonzer Racing	John Hofstra Charles Slater Mick Robinson	Porsche 911	160
24	GTU	57	Cryderacing	Reed Kryder Tom Palmer Todd Morici	Nissan 280ZX	157
25th	GTU	85	Highlands County Racing	William Boyer Steve Roberts Mike Rand Robby Unser	Pontiac Firebird	151
26th	GTU	85	K&P Racing	David Fuller Mark Montgomery	Chevrolet Corvette	127
27	GTU	08	Simms-Romano Enterprises	Paul Romano Jim Freeman James Nelson	Mazda RX-7	125
28	GTO	96	Bob's Speed ​​Products	Bob Lee Bill Julian Timothy Lee Jim Saxon	Buick Skyhawk	97
29	GTO	48	Gary Wonzer	Gary Wonzer Miguel Pagan Bruce Dewey Tom Cripe	Porsche Carrera RSR	94
Failed
30th	GTO	92	Van Every Racing	Lance Van Every Ash Tisdelle Rusty Bond	Chevrolet Camaro	233
31	GTU	35	Team Dallas	Jack Griffin Bobby Hefner Skip Winfree	Porsche Carrera RSR	225
32	GTU	35	Roush Racing	Chris Marte Tim Coconis	Ford Mustang	200
33	Lights	22nd	Team 22 Sherri Cup	Paul Corazzo Ed Flemke Tom Hessert	Royale RP40	181
34	Lights	6th	Morgan Performance	Charles Morgan Logan Blackburn	Tiga GT286	181
35	GTO	34	Latino Racing	Kikos Fonseca Luis Mendez Enrique Molins	Porsche 934	174
36	GTO	02	Spirit Racing	Wally Dallenbach Tommy Byrne	Chevrolet Camaro	171
37	GTO	87	Morrison Cook Motorspor	Don Knowles Bob McConnell Tommy Morrison	Chevrolet Corvette	171
38	GTU	87	Al Bacon Racing	Al Bacon Bill Scott Dennis Krueger	Mazda RX-7	168
39	Lights	37	Burdsall Newsome Racing	Roy Newsome Tom Burdsall Peter Welter	Tiga GT285	162
40	GTP	33	Roy Baker Promotions	Costas Los Dudley Wood	Tiga GC285	160
41	GTU	60	Latino Racing	Luis Mendez Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche 911	159
42	GTO	31	CRT Contracting Corporation	Ken Bupp Guy Church EJ Generotti	Chevrolet Camaro	156
43	Lights	11	Kendall Racing	Chuck Kendall Paul Lewis Max Jones	Lola T616	153
44	GTP	46	RC Buick Hawk	John Paul Jr. Whitney Quite Ken Madren	Hawk-March 85G	151
45	GTU	71	Team highball	Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw Jack Dunham	Mazda RX-7	150
46	GTO	30th	Skoal bandits	Pancho Carter Buz McCall Tom Sheehy Walt Drill	Chevrolet Camaro	147
47	GTO	47	Dingman Bros Racing	Elliot Forbes-Robinson Tommy Riggins	Pontiac Firebird	147
48	GTP	04	Group 44	Brian Redman Vern Schuppan Hurley Haywood	Jaguar XJR-7	146
49	GTO	9	OMR engines	Ric Moore Hoyt Overbagh Chris Gennone	Chevrolet Camaro	145
50	GTP	8th	Henn's Swap Shop Racing	Drake Olson A.J. Foyt	Porsche 962	141
51	GTU	89	Team Hunt Racing	Tom Hunt James Shelton	Mazda RX-7	140
52	Lights	27	MSB Racing	Jim Fowell's Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Argo JM19	136
53	Lights	01	Gaston Andrey Racing	Roger Andrey Bob Herlin Rick Mancuso	Alba AR2	123
54	GTO	83	Shafer Racing	George Shafer Joe Maloy Bill McVay	Chevrolet Camaro	114
55	GTP	44	Group 44	Bob Tullius Chip Robinson Claude Ballot-Léna	Jaguar XJR-7	106
56	Lights	93	Mid-O Racing	Kelly Marsh Ron Pawley Don Marsh	Argo JM16	102
57	GTO	25th	Lucas Truck Service	Tom Nehl Jim Fortin Scott Gaylord	Chevrolet Camaro	96
58	GTU	41	Lion rampant	Chaunce Wallace Van McDonald Kevin Bruce	Mazda RX-7	90
59	GTU	36	Case Racing	Ron Case Dave Panaccione	Porsche 924 Carrera	83
60	GTO	98	All American Racers	Chris Cord Dennis Aase	Toyota Celica Turbo	73
61	GTO	28	Texas Enterprises US Tobacco	Terry Labonte Phil Parsons Benny Parsons	Oldsmobile Calais	67
62	Lights	13	Outlaw Racing Team	Frank Rubino Ray Mummery Reggie Smith	Argo JM19	65
63	GTO	51	Dave Heinz Imports	Dave Heinz Donald Yenko Steve Zwiren	Chevrolet Corvette	65
64	GTO	76	Peerless Racing	Jack Baldwin Jim Miller	Chevrolet Camaro	57
65	Lights	80	Gaston Andrey Racing	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto Ruggero Melgrati	Alba AR6	41
66	GTP	05	Jerry Kendall	Jerry Kendall Dave White Werner Frank	Porsche 935-84	40
67	GTO	73	Eurospec imports	Carlos Munoz Carlos Migoya Luis Albiza	Chevrolet Camaro	40
68	GTP	00	Hotchkis Racing	Jim Adams John Hotchkis John Kalagian	March 83G	38
69	GTP	86	Bayside Disposal Racing	Bob Wollek Paolo Barilla Bruce Leven	Porsche 962	36
70	GTP	24	Global Racing	Carlos Ruesch Hugo Gralia Alan Andrea John Clark	Mazda RX-7	28
71	GTO	69	Rick Balderson	Bill Gardner John Greene Steve Noffke	Chevrolet Monza	28
72	GTO	55	Bud Light Corvette	Craig Rubright Greg Walker Nort Northam	Chevrolet Corvette	27
73	GTO	77	Sunrise Racing	Jeff Loving James Lee	Chevrolet Camaro	16
74	GTP	0	Momo Joest Racing	Giampiero Moretti Randy Lanier Louis Krages	Porsche 962	10
75	GTP	4th	Lee Racing	Jim Mullen Lew Price Carson Baird	Chevrolet Corvette GTP	9
76	GTO	72	Whitehall Rocketsports	Bob Bergstrom Paul Gentilozzi Gene Felton Tom Winters	Oldsmobile Toronado	9
Not started
77	GTP	12	BMW North America	David Hobbs John Watson	BMW GTP	1
78	GTP	18th	BMW North America	Bobby Rahal John Watson	BMW GTP	2
79	GTP	19th	BMW North America	John Andretti Davy Jones	BMW GTP	3
80	GTO	56	Hi-Fi hospital	Bob Henderson Timothy Lee Victor Costanzo	Chevrolet Camaro	4th
81	GTU	87	Mosler Racing	George Alderman Joe Hill Steve Alexander	Ferrari 308 GTB	5
82	GTP	68	BF Goodrich	Jim Busby Oscar Larrauri	Porsche 962	6th
83	Lights	79	Whitehall Rocketsports	Skeeter McKitterick Bill Koll	Alba AR5	7th
84	GTU	91	Foreign Matter Racing	Fin Tomlinson John Finger Ron Finger	Mazda RX-7	8th
85	GTP	04T	Group 44		Jaguar XJR-7	9

¹ Car fire during training ² Accident during training ³ withdrawn ⁴ not started ⁵ not started ⁶ accident during training ⁷ engine damage during training ⁸ not started ⁹ training car

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
86	Lights	06	Hi-tech racing	Joe Varde Tico Almeida	Alba AR5
87	GTP	2	Leon Bros Racing	Al Leon Art Leon Calvin Fish	March 85G
88	GTU	65	CR Enterprise	Foko Gritzalis Cameron Worth	Mazda RX-3
89	GTO	73	Hi-Tech Coatings	Richard McDill Tom Juckette Bill McDill	Chevrolet Camaro
90	GTO	74	Whitehall Rocketsports	Paul Gentilozzi Bob Bergstrom Gene Felton Tom Winters	Oldsmobile Toronado

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTP	Bob Akin	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Jo Gartner	Porsche 962	Overall victory
Lights	Jim Rothbarth	Mike Meyer	Jeff Kline	Royale RP40	Rank 6
GTO	Scott Pruett	Bruce Jenner		Ford Mustang	Rank 4
GTU	Roger Mandeville	Danny Smith		Mazda RX-7	Rank 8

Racing data

• Reported: 90
• Started: 76
• Rated: 29
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold
• Route length: 7.821 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12:02: 22.989 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 287
• Total distance of the winning team: 2244.745 km
• Winner's average: 186.446 km / h
• Pole position: Whitney Ganz - Hawk-March 85G (# 46) - 2: 11.416 - 214.258 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Derek Bell - Porsche 962 (# 14) - 2: 13.857 - 210.352 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd round of the IMSA GTP series in 1986

literature

• Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results at Racing Sports Cars

Previous race, 3 Hours of Miami 1986

IMSA-GTP series

Successor race 500 km from Road Atlanta 1986