1988 24 Hours of Daytona

The 26th Annual SunBank 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 30–31, 1988 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1988 IMSA GT Championship.

1988 24 Hours of Daytona

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Track map of Daytona International Speedway

The sister car of the overall race winner.

Victory overall and in the GTP class went to the No. 60 Castrol Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJR-9 driven by Martin Brundle, Raul Boesel, and John Nielsen. Victory in the GTO Class went to the No. 11 Roush Racing Merkur XR4Ti driven by Scott Pruett, Paul Miller, Bob Akin, and Pete Halsmer. Victory in the Lights class went to the No. 9 Essex Racing Service Tiga GT286 driven by David Simpson, Tom Hessert Jr., and David Loring. 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	Chassis	Laps
					Engine
1	GTP	60	Castrol Jaguar Racing	Martin Brundle Raul Boesel John Nielsen	Jaguar XJR-9	728
					Jaguar 6.0L V12 N/A
2	GTP	67	Uniroyal Goodrich	Bob Wollek Mauro Baldi Brian Redman	Porsche 962	727
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
3	GTP	66	Castrol Jaguar Racing	Eddie Cheever John Watson Johnny Dumfries	Jaguar XJR-9	713
					Jaguar 6.0L V12 N/A
4	GTP	86	Bayside Motorsport	Klaus Ludwig Hans-Joachim Stuck Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 962	694
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
5	GTP	15	Kalagian Racing	Jim Rothbarth Bernard Jourdain Michel Jourdain Sr. Rob Stevens	Porsche 962	680
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
6	GTP	1	Copenhagen-A. J. Foyt Racing	A. J. Foyt Al Unser Jr. Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Porsche 962	675
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
7 DNF	GTP	14	Holbert Racing	Al Holbert Chip Robinson Derek Bell	Porsche 962	660
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
8 DNF	GTP	09	Jiffy Lube Firebird	Steve Durst Mike Brockman Bob Earl Gary Belcher	Spice SE86CL	651
					Pontiac 4.5L V6 N/A
9	GTP	16	Dyson Racing	Price Cobb James Weaver Rob Dyson Vern Schuppan	Porsche 962	638
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
10	GTO	11	Roush Racing	Scott Pruett Paul Miller Bob Akin Pete Halsmer	Merkur XR4Ti	634
					Ford 5.9L V8 N/A
11	GTO	03	Skoal Bandit Racing	Buz McCall Paul Dallenbach Max Jones Jack Baldwin	Chevrolet Camaro	634
					Chevrolet 5.7L V8 N/A
12	Lights	9	Essex Racing Service	David Simpson Tom Hessert Jr. David Loring	Tiga GT286	617
					Buick 3.0L V6 N/A
13	Lights	63	Downing/Atlanta	Howard Katz Hiro Matsushita Jim Downing	Argo JM19	615
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
14	Lights	55	Huffaker Racing	Terry Visger Paul Lewis Jon Woodner	Spice SE86CL	599
					Pontiac Super Duty 3.0L I4 N/A
15	GTU	71	Team Highball	Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw Buddy Lazier	Mazda RX-7	598
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
16	GTO	38	Mandeville Auto/Tech	Roger Mandeville Kelly Marsh Don Marsh	Mazda RX-7	597
					Mazda 1.9L 3 Rotor
17	GTU	04	SP Racing	Gary Auberlen Adrian Gang Cary Eisenlohr Bill Auberlen	Porsche 911 Carrera	586
					Porsche Flat 6 N/A
18	GTU	89	901 Racing	Peter Uria Jack Refenning Larry Figaro Rusty Scott	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	577
					Porsche 3.2L Flat 6 N/A
19	GTU	47	Cumberland Valley Racing	Richard Oakley Matt Mnich Doug Mills	Mazda RX-7	573
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
20	GTO	33	Roush Racing	Andy Petery Les Delano Craig Carter	Mercury Capri	568
					Ford 5.9L V8 N/A
21 DNF	Lights	01	AT&T Spice Engineering	Don Bell Charles Morgan Costas Los	Spice SE87L	566
					Pontiac Super Duty 3.0L I4 N/A
22	Lights	19	Essex Racing Service	Ron McKay Bill Jacobson Jim Brown	Tiga GT286	557
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
23	Lights	42	Lamas Motor Racing	Jack Newsum Howard Cherry Tim McAdam John Higgins	Fabcar CL	554
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 N/A
24	GTU	95	Leitzinger Racing	Bob Leitzinger Chuck Kurtz Butch Leitzinger	Nissan 300ZX Z32	541
					Nissan VG30DE 3.0L V6 N/A
25	GTO	68	Greg Walker Racing	Greg Walker King Smith Scott Lagasse	Chevrolet Corvette C4	527
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8 N/A
26 DNF	GTP	61	Castrol Jaguar Racing	Davy Jones Danny Sullivan Jan Lammers	Jaguar XJR-9	512
					Jaguar 6.0L V12 N/A
27	Lights	80	Gaston Andrey Racing	Martino Finotto Pietro Silva Guido Daccò	Alba AR6	506
					Ferrari 2.9L V8 N/A
28 DNF	GTO	99	All American Racers	Willy T. Ribbs Rocky Moran Juan Manuel Fangio II	Toyota Celica Turbo ST165	502
					Toyota 4T-GTE 2.1L I4 Turbo
29 DNF	Lights	36	Erie Scientific	John Grooms Tom Bagley John Fergus Frank Jellinek	Argo JM16	496
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
30 DNF	GTO	18	Jack Lewis Enterprises	Bob Beasley Steve Volk Jack Lewis	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	490
					Porsche Flat 6 N/A
31 DNF	GTO	84	Car Enterprises	Bill Wesel Craig Rubright Garrett Jenkins	Chevrolet Camaro	479
					Chevrolet 5.7L V8 N/A
32 DNF	GTO	5	Polyvoltac/Protofab	Tommy Archer Chip Mead Bill Adam	Chevrolet Corvette	467
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8 N/A
33	GTU	56	Escort Porsche	Karl Durkheimer Monte Shelton Jim Torres Nort Northam	Porsche 911 Carrera	455
					Porsche Flat 6 N/A
34 DNF	GTU	75	CCR	Bart Kendall Johnny Unser Tom Frank	Mazda RX-7	446
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
35	GTU	17	Al Bacon Performance	Al Bacon Bob Reed John Hogdal	Mazda RX-7	445
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
36 DNF	GTP	7	Tom Milner Racing	Bruce Jenner Scott Goodyear Arie Luyendyk Tom Gloy Calvin Fish Thomas Schwietz	Ford Probe GTP	418
					Cosworth BDA 2.1L I4 Turbo
37 DNF	GTO	98	All American Racers	Chris Cord Dennis Aase Steve Millen	Toyota Celica Turbo ST165	416
					Toyota 4T-GTE 2.1L I4 Turbo
38	GTO	92	Puleo Racing	Steve Zwiren Mark Montgomery Anthony Puleo	Pontiac Firebird	402
					Chevrolet 5.7L V8 N/A
39 DNF	GTO	2	Polyvoltac/Protofab	Greg Pickett John Jones Tommy Riggins	Chevrolet Corvette C4	398
					Chevrolet 5.9L V8 N/A
40 DNF	GTO	76	CCR	John Morton Parnelli Jones P. J. Jones	Mazda RX-7	389
					Mazda 1.9L 3 Rotor
41 DNF	GTO	6	Roush Racing	Kenper Miller Bob Akin Paul Gentilozzi	Merkur XR4Ti	388
					Ford 2.5L I4 Turbo
42 DNF	Lights	23	Motion Promotion	George Petrilak Rex McDaniel Bruce MacInnes	Argo JM16	379
					Buick 3.0L V6 N/A
43 DNF	Lights	4	S&L Racing	Jim Miller Linda Ludemann Scott Schubot	Spice SE88P	369
					Buick 3.0L V6 N/A
44 DNF	GTO	22	Roush Racing	Mark Martin Lyn St. James Deborah Gregg Pete Halsmer	Mercury Capri	349
					Ford 5.9L V8 N/A
45 DNF	GTO	81	Sentry Bank Equipment	Ken Bupp Jack Boxstrom Kent Painter Guy Church	Chevrolet Camaro	345
					Chevrolet 5.7L V8 N/A
46 DNF	GTP	72	Roy Baker	Mike Allison Stephen Hynes Chris Ashmore	Tiga GC286	329
					Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 N/A
47 DNF	Lights	35	Diman Racing	Mandy Gonzalez Skip Winfree Manuel Villa John Schneider	Royale RP40	302
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 N/A
48 DNF	Lights	79	Winters/Whitehall	Skeeter McKitterick Bill Koll Tom Winters Claude Ballot-Léna Mario Hytten	Spice SE87L	297
					Pontiac Super Duty 3.0L I4 N/A
49	GTU	51	Mardi Gras Racing	Colin Richard Rene Azcona Bob Copeman	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	278
					Porsche Flat 6 N/A
50 DNF	GTP	3	Brun Motorsport-Torno	Gianfranco Brancatelli Oscar Larrauri Massimo Sigala	Porsche 962	277
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
51	GTO	39	HRG Associates	Bob Hebert Paul Reisman Andy Strasser	Pontiac Firebird	269
52 DNF	GTU	82	Apenn Inn	Dick Greer Mike Mees John Finger	Mazda RX-7	243
53 DNF	GTP	31	Buick Momo March	Steve Phillips Jeff Andretti Michael Roe	March 86G	213
54 DNF	Lights	06	Brown Racing	Ron Nelson Bobby Brown Billy Hagen Sterling Marlin	Tiga GT286	165
55 DNF	GTO	29	Overbagh Motor Racing	Oma Kimbrough Hoyt Overbagh Chris Gennone David Kicak	Chevrolet Camaro	165
56 DNF	Lights	58	Gary Wonzer	Jonathan Green Joseph Hamilton Bill Bean Gary Wonzer	Lola T616	151
57 DNF	GTU	28	Florida Fixtures	Russ Church Daniel Urrutia E. J. Generotti Dennis Vitolo	Mazda RX-7	150
58 DNF	Lights	27	MSB Racing	Dave Cowart Jim Fowells Ray Mummery Mike Meyer	Argo JM19	146
59 DNF	Lights	88	Transact, Inc.	Steve Johnson Bob Strait Geoff Nicol	Argo JM19 B	132
60 DNF	Lights	40	Gaston Andrey Racing	Angelo Pallavicini Paolo Guatamacchia Uli Bieri Tommy Johnson	Alba AR2	126
61 DNF	GTP	44	Group 44	Bob Tullius Whitney Ganz Hurley Haywood	Jaguar XJR-7	122
62 DNF	GTO	12	Bobby Allison Racing	Bobby Allison Clifford Allison Dick Danielson	Buick Somerset	104
63 DNF	GTP	10	Hotchkis Racing, Inc.	Jim Adams John Hotchkis John Hotchkis Jr.	Porsche 962	98
64 DNF	GTP	05	A.D.A. Engineering	Wayne Taylor Ian Harrower Ian Flux Stanley Dickens	ADA 03	88
65 DNF	GTU	08	Simms-Romano Enterprises	Steve Burgner Paul Romano Bill Colom Jeff Green	Mazda RX-7	87
66 DNF	Lights	48	Lamas Motor Racing	Charles Monk Perry King Lorenzo Lamas	Fabcar CL	80
67	GTP	24	Briody Racing	John McComb Jim Briody Bob Nagel	March 84G	80
68 DNF	Lights	97	Winters/Whitehall	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Ricci Olindo Iacobelli	Spice SE88P	77
69 DNF	GTP	21	John Wood Racing	Brent O'Neill John Wood David Rocha	Alba AR5	68
70 DNF	GTU	53	Team Shelby	Tim Evans Jack Broomall Garth Ullom Neil Hanneman	Dodge Daytona	66
71 DNF	GTU	00	Full-Time Racing	Kal Showket Dorsey Schroeder Phil Currin	Dodge Daytona	62
72 DNF	GTP	96	URD Junior Team	Phil Mahre Hellmut Mundas Steve Mahre	URD C82	60
73 DNF	GTP	20	Data-Gas	Richard McDill Tom Juckette Bill McDill	March 84G	54
74 DNF	GTP	30	Buick Momo March	Michael Roe Giampiero Moretti Paolo Barilla	March 86G	39
75 DNF	GTO	94	Ash Tisdelle	Rusty Bond Ash Tisdelle Lance van Every	Chevrolet Camaro	18
DNS	GTP	8	Fabcar American Racing	Chip Mead Tim McAdam Larry McDonough	Fabcar GTP	-
DNS	GTO	45	K&P Racing	Karl Keck Mark Kennedy Gary Wonzer Brian Cameron	Chevrolet Corvette	-
DNS	Lights	65	Gary English	Gary English Jerry Thompson Gene Felton Mike Laws	Royale RP40	-
DNS	GTP	77	Tom Milner Racing	Arie Luyendyk Tom Gloy Tom Pumpelly	Ford Mustang Probe	-
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