1986 IMSA GT Championship

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.

1986 IMSA GT Championship

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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	#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[a]	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[a]	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

Notes

1. Jenner changed her name due to gender transition in 2015.^[1]