1986 12 Hours of Sebring

The 12 Hours of Sebring Grand Prix of Endurance, was the third round of the 1986 IMSA GT Championship and was held at the Sebring International Raceway, on March 22, 1986. Victory overall went to the No. 5 Bob Akin Motor Racing Porsche 962 driven by Bob Akin, Hans-Joachim Stuck, and Jo Gartner.^[1][2][3]

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Tyre	Laps
1	GTP	5	Bob Akin Motor Racing	Bob Akin   Hans-Joachim Stuck   Jo Gartner	Porsche 962	Y	287
2	GTP	67	BF Goodrich	Darin Brassfield   John Morton   Jim Busby	Porsche 962	BF	279
3	GTP	14	Holbert Racing	Al Holbert   Derek Bell   Al Unser Jr.	Porsche 962	G	269
4	GTO	7	7-Eleven/Roush Racing	Scott Pruett   Bruce Jenner	Ford Mustang	G	265
5	GTO	50	Roush/Folger's/Motorcraft	Bill Elliott   Ricky Rudd	Ford Mustang	?	265
6	Lights	66	STS-Mike Meyer Racing	Jim Rothbarth   Mike Meyer   Jeff Kline	Royale RP40	?	246
7	GTO	88	Morrison Cook Motorsport	Ron Grable   John Heinricy   Bobby Carradine	Chevrolet Corvette	G	245
8	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	G	238
10 DNF	GTO	92	Van Every Racing	Lance van Every   Ash Tisdelle   Rusty Bond	Chevrolet Camaro	G	233
11	GTO	58	Rick Borlase	Rick Borlase   Jim Torres   Michael Hammond	Porsche 934	F	231
12	GTO	90	Road Circuit Technology	Les Delano   Jeremy Nightingale   Patty Moise	Chevrolet Camaro	G	230
13	GTU	75	C C R	Bob Reed   Tommy Kendall   John Hogdal	Mazda RX-7	F	226
14 DNF	GTU	35	Team Dallas	Jack Griffin   Bobby Hefner   Skip Winfree	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	G	225
15	GTP	16	MHR Racing	Marty Hinze   Jack Newsum   Tom Blackaller	Porsche 935 K3	G	222
16	GTU	78	901 Racing	Peter Uria   Larry Figaro   Jack Refenning	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	G	220
17	Lights	61	Deco Sales	Brent O'Neill   Steve Shelton   Don Courtney	Argo JM16	?	219
18	GTU	45	Turbo Concepts	Herman Galeano   Christian Jacobs   Pedro Cardenas	Porsche 911	G	209
19	GTO	62	Roush Racing	Chris Marte   Tim Coconis	Ford Mustang	G	200
20	Lights	29	Ares Sports	Ron Canizares   Bill Jacobson   Howard Katz	Tiga GT285	?	198
21	GTU	39	R&H Racing	Rainer Brezinka   Rudy Bartling   John Centano	Porsche 911	G	197
22	Lights	42	White/Allen Porsche	John Higgins   Chip Mead   Howard Cherry	Fabcar CL	B	184
23 DNF	Lights	22	Team 22/Sherri Cup	Paul Corazzo   Ed Flemke   Tom Hessert	Royale RP40	H	181
24 DNF	Lights	6	Morgan Performance	Charles Morgan   Logan Blackburn	Tiga GT286	B	181
25 DNF	GTO	34	Latino Racing	Kikos Fonseca   Luis Mendez   "Jamsal"	Porsche 934	F	174
26	GTO	64	Raintree Corporation	Lanny Hester   Maurice Hassey	Ford Mustang	G	173
27	GTO	26	Bob's Speed Products	Del Russo Taylor   Mike Hackney   Arvid Albanese	Pontiac Firebird	G	172
28 DNF	GTO	02	Spirit Racing	Wally Dallenbach Jr.   Tommy Byrne	Chevrolet Camaro	G	171
29 DNF	GTO	87	Morrison Cook Motorsport	Don Knowles   Bob McConnell   Tommy Morrison	Chevrolet Corvette	G	171
30 DNF	GTU	17	Al Bacon Racing	Al Bacon   Bill Scott   Dennis Krueger	Mazda RX-7	B	168
31	GTU	54	S P Racing	Gary Auberlen   Peter Jauker   Cary Eisenlohr   Karl Durkheimer	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	B	166
32 DNF	Lights	37	Burdsall/Newsome Racing	Roy Newsome   Tom Burdsall   Peter Welter	Tiga GT285	H	162
33 DNF	GTP	99	Roy Baker Promotions	Costas Los   Dudley Wood	Tiga GC285	?	160
34	GTU	21	Wonzer Racing	John Hofstra   Charles Slater   Mick Robinson	Porsche 911	G	160
35 DNF	GTU	60	Latino Racing	Luis Mendez   Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	F	159
36	GTU	57	Kryderacing	Reed Kryder   Tom Palmer   Todd Morici	Nissan 280ZX	G	157
37 DNF	GTO	31	CRT Contracting Corporation	Ken Bupp   Guy Church   E. J. Generotti	Chevrolet Camaro	H	156
38 DNF	Lights	11	Kendall Racing	Chuck Kendall   Paul Lewis   Max Jones	Lola T616	B	153
39 DNF	GTP	46	R C Buick Hawk	John Paul Jr.   Whitney Ganz   Ken Madren	March 85G	G	151
40	GTO	85	Highlands County Racing	William Boyer   Steve Roberts   Mike Rand   Robby Unser	Pontiac Firebird	?	151
41 DNF	GTU	71	Team Highball	Amos Johnson   Dennis Shaw   Jack Dunham	Mazda RX-7	Y	150
42 DNF	GTO	30	Skoal Bandits	Pancho Carter   Buz McCall   Tom Sheehy   Walt Bohren	Chevrolet Camaro	G	147
43 DNF	GTO	47	Dingman Bros Racing	Elliot Forbes-Robinson   Tommy Riggins	Pontiac Firebird	G	147
44 DNF	GTP	04	Group 44	Brian Redman   Vern Schuppan   Hurley Haywood	Jaguar XJR-7	G	146
45 DNF	GTO	9	OMR Engines	Ric Moore   Hoyt Overbagh   Chris Gennone	Chevrolet Camaro	G	145
46 DNF	GTP	8	Henn's Swap Shop Racing	Drake Olson   A. J. Foyt	Porsche 962	G	141
47 DNF	GTU	89	Team Hunt Racing	Tom Hunt   James Shelton	Mazda RX-7	H	140
48 DNF	Lights	27	MSB Racing	Jim Fowells   Dave Cowart   Kenper Miller	Argo JM19	H	136
49 DNF	GTP	82	K&P Racing	David Fuller   Mark Montgomery	Chevrolet Corvette	?	127
50 DNF	GTU	08	Simms-Romano Enterprises	Paul Romano   Jim Freeman   James Nelson	Mazda RX-7	?	125
51 DNF	Lights	01	Gaston Andrey Racing	Roger Andrey   Bob Herlin   Rick Mancuso	Alba AR2	B	123
52 DNF	GTO	83	Shafer Racing	George Shafer   Joe Maloy   Bill McVay	Chevrolet Camaro	?	114
53 DNF	GTP	44	Group 44	Bob Tullius   Chip Robinson   Claude Ballot-Léna	Jaguar XJR-7	G	106
54 DNF	Lights	93	Mid-O Racing	Kelly Marsh   Ron Pawley   Don Marsh	Argo JM16	?	102
55	GTO	96	Bob's Speed Products	Bob Lee   Bill Julian   Timothy S. Lee   Jim Saxon	Buick Skyhawk	G	97
56 DNF	GTO	25	Lucas Truck Service	Tom Nehl   Jim Fortin   Scott Gaylord	Chevrolet Camaro	?	96
57	GTO	48	Gary Wonzer	Gary Wonzer   Miguel Pagan   Bruce Dewey   Tom Cripe	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	?	94
58 DNF	GTU	41	Lion Rampant	Chaunce Wallace   Van McDonald   Kevin Bruce	Mazda RX-7	B	90
59 DNF	GTU	36	Case Racing	Ron Case   Dave Panaccione	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	F	83
60 DNF	GTO	98	All American Racers	Chris Cord   Dennis Aase	Toyota Celica	G	73
61 DNF	GTO	28	Texas Enterprises/US Tobacco	Terry Labonte   Phil Parsons   Benny Parsons	Oldsmobile Calais	?	67
62 DNF	Lights	13	Outlaw Racing Team	Frank Rubino   Ray Mummery   Reggie Smith	Argo JM19	H	65
63 DNF	GTO	51	Dave Heinz Imports	Dave Heinz   Don Yenko   Steve Zwiren	Chevrolet Corvette	?	65
64 DNF	GTO	76	Peerless Racing	Jack Baldwin   Jim Miller	Chevrolet Camaro	G	57
65 DNF	Lights	80	Gaston Andrey Racing	Carlo Facetti   Martino Finotto   Ruggero Melgrati	Alba AR6	B	41
66 DNF	GTP	05	Jerry Kendall	Jerry Kendall   Dave White   Werner Frank	Porsche 935	G	40
67 DNF	GTO	73	Eurospec Imports	Carlos Munoz   Carlos Migoya   Luis Albiza	Chevrolet Camaro	G	40
68 DNF	GTP	00	Hotchkis Racing	Jim Adams   John Hotchkis   John Kalagian	March 83G	B	38
69 DNF	GTP	86	Bayside Disposal Racing	Bob Wollek   Paolo Barilla   Bruce Leven	Porsche 962	B	36
70 DNF	GTU	24	Global Racing	Carlos Ruesch   Hugo Gralia   Alan Andrea   John Clark	Mazda RX-7	H	28
71 DNF	GTO	69	Rick Balderson	Bill Gardner   John Greene   Steve Noffke	Chevrolet Monza	H	28
72 DNF	GTO	55	Bud Light Corvette	Craig Rubright   Greg Walker   Nort Northam	Chevrolet Corvette	?	27
73 DNF	GTO	77	Sunrise Racing	Jeff Loving   James Lee	Chevrolet Camaro	?	16
74 DNF	GTP	0	Joest Racing	Giampiero Moretti   Randy Lanier   "John Winter"	Porsche 962	G	10
75 DNF	GTP	4	Lee Racing	Jim Mullen   Lew Price   Carson Baird	Chevrolet Corvette GTP	?	9
76 DNF	GTO	72	Whitehall-Rocketsports	Bob Bergstrom   Paul Gentilozzi   Gene Felton   Tom Winters	Oldsmobile Toronado	?	9
DNS	GTU	91	Foreign Matter Racing	Fin Tomlinson   John Finger   Ron Finger	Mazda RX-7	Y	0
DNS	GTO	56	Hi-Fi Hospital	Bob Henderson   Timothy Lee   Victor Costanzo	Chevrolet Camaro	?	0
DNS	GTP	12	BMW North America	David Hobbs   John Watson	BMW GTP	G	0
DNS	GTP	18	BMW North America	Bobby Rahal   John Watson	BMW GTP	G	0
DNS	GTP	19	BMW North America	John Andretti   Davy Jones	BMW GTP	G	0
DNS	GTP	68	BF Goodrich	Jim Busby   Oscar Larrauri	Porsche 962	BF	0
DNS	Lights	79	Whitehall-Rocketsports	Skeeter McKitterick   Bill Koll	Alba AR5	?	0

Class Winners

Class	Winners
GTP	Akin / Stuck / Gartner	Porsche 962
Lights	Rothbarth / Meyer / Kline	Royale RP40
GTO	Elliott / Rudd	Ford Mustang
GTU	Mandeville / Smith	Mazda RX-7

References

1. "Sebring 12 Hours". Racing Sports Cars.
2. "1986 Sebring 12 Hours". Motorsport Database.
3. "Akin's Porsche Wins Sebring 12-Hour Race". The New York Times. March 23, 1986.