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The Löwenbräu Classic (500 Mile Camel Grand Prix), Road America Elkhart Lake
24 august 1986
Winners average : 174,955km/h
60 starters
Time : 04:35:57:504
| 1 | 14 | PORSCHE 962 103 | Al Holbert-Al Unser Jr | 125 Laps | 1.GTP |
| 2 | 16 | PORSCHE 962 120 | Rob Dyson-Price Cobb | 120 Laps | 2.GTP |
| 3 | 98 | TOYOTA CELICA Tc | Rocky Moran-Dennis Aase | 115 Laps | 1.GTO |
| 4 | 11 | FORD MUSTANG | Scott Pruett-Bruce Jenner | 115 Laps | 2.GTO |
| 5 | 80 | ALBA AR6 Ferrari | Martino Finotto-Ruggero Melgrati | 115 Laps | 1.Lights |
| 6 | 5 | PORSCHE 962 113 | Bob Akin-Kees Nierop | 114 Laps | 3.GTP |
| 7 | 24 | SPICE FIERO PSGTPL1 | Chip Ganassi-David Sears | 113 Laps | 2.Lights |
| 8 | 70 | DENALI Mazda | David Loring-Pierre Honegger | 113 Laps | 3.Lights |
| 9 | 63 | ARGO JM19 Mazda 107 | Jim Downing-John Maffucci | 113 Laps | 4.Lights |
| 10 | 01 | ROYALE RP40 Buick JM16/101 | Don Bell-Jeff Kline | 112 Laps | 5.Lights |
| 11 | 68 | PORSCHE 962 119 | Darin Brassfield-John Morton | 112 Laps | 4.GTP |
| 12 | 94 | LOLA T616 Mazda | Mike Gagliardo-Thomas Knapp-Scott Overby | 111 Laps | 6.Lights |
| 13 | 39 | PORSCHE 930S 009 0005 | Jim Torres-Werner Frank | 110 Laps | 3.GTO |
| 14 | 29 | TIGA GT285 Mazda | Ron Canizares-Mike Strawtridge | 109 Laps | 7.Lights |
| 15 | 38 | MAZDA RX7 | Roger Mandeville-Danny Smith | 108 Laps | 1.GTU |
| 16 | 75 | MAZDA RX7 | Tom Kendall-Irv Hoerr | 108 Laps | 2.GTU |
| 17 | 45 | HAWK Buick | Jim Crawford-Whitney Ganz | 108 Laps | 5.GTP |
| 18 | 43 | BADGER BB Mazda | Frank Jellinek-John Grooms | 108 Laps | 8.Lights |
| 19 | 37 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Ken Bupp-Guy Church | 107 Laps | 4.GTO |
| 20 | 9 | TIGA GT286 Mazda | Bill Wolff-Tom Dalrymple | 107 Laps | 9.Lights |
| 21 | 93 | TIGA GT286 Mazda 330 | Kelly Marsh-Ron Pawley-Don Marsh | 106 Laps | 10.Lights |
| 22 | 86 | PORSCHE 962 121 | Bruce Leven-Paolo Barilla | 104 Laps | 6.GTP |
| 23 | 41 | MAZDA RX7 | Helmut Silberberger-Dennis Krueger | 103 Laps | 3.GTU |
| 24 | 82 | MAZDA RX7 | Dick Greer-Mike Mees | 103 Laps | 4.GTU |
| 25 | 58 | TIGA GT286 Porsche 331 | Deborah Gregg-John Lloyd | 103 Laps | 11.Lights |
| 26 | 17 | MAZDA RX7 | Al Bacon-Bob Reed | 102 Laps | 5.GTU |
| 27 | 31 | PORSCHE 914/6 | Mark Altman-Gary Altman | 101 Laps | 6.GTU |
| 28 | 78 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Leo Franchi-Steve Gentile-Paul DePirro | 100 Laps | 5.GTO |
| 29 | 73 | TIGA GT286 Chevrolet 322 | Howard Katz-Steve Phillips-Bill Alsup | 98 Laps | 12.Lights |
| 30 | 67 | PORSCHE 962 106 | Jim Busby-Wally Dallenbach Jr | 96 Laps | 7.GTP |
| 31 | 07 | FORD MUSTANG PROBE | Bobby Rahal-Pete Halsmer | 96 Laps | 8.GTP |
| 32 | 26 | PONTIAC FIREBIRD | Del Taylor-Mike Hackney | 93 Laps | 6.GTO |
| 33 | 04 | JAGUAR XJR7 001 | Brian Redman-Hurley Haywood | 92 Laps | 9.GTP |
| 34 | 99 | TOYOTA CELICA Tc | Chris Cord-Juan Fangio II | 88 Laps | 7.GTO |
| 35 | 76 | CHEVROLET CAMARO 861 | Jack Baldwin-Eppie Wietzes | 87 Laps | 8.GTO |
| 36 | 7 | FORD MUSTANG PROBE | Klaus Ludwig-Tom Gloy | 83 Laps | 10.GTP |
| 37 | 42 | FABCAR Porsche FGTP-701 | James King-Howard Cherry | 83 Laps | 13.Lights |
| 38 | 91 | PORSCHE 930S 009 00030 | Chet Vincentz-John Bauer | 82 Laps | 9.GTO |
| 39 | 71 | MAZDA RX7 | Amos Johnson-Dennis Shaw | 82 Laps | 7.GTU |
| 40 | 13 | ARGO JM16 Mazda 109 | Frank Rubino-Ray Mummery | 81 Laps | 14.Lights |
| 41 | 44 | JAGUAR XJR7 002 | Bob Tullius-Chip Robinson | 80 Laps | 11.GTP |
| 42 | 09 | TIGA GT285 Mazda 287 | Steve Durst-Mike Brockman | 80 Laps | 15.Lights |
| 43 | 19 | BMW GTP | John Watson-David Hobbs | 71 Laps | 12.GTP |
| 44 | 92 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Lance Van Every-Ash Tisdelle | 60 Laps | 10.GTO |
| 45 | 55 | PONTIAC FIERO GTU-001 | Bob Earl-Jon Woodner | 57 Laps | 8.GTU |
| 46 | 57 | NISSAN 280ZX | Reed Kryder-Steve Burgner | 54 Laps | 9.GTU |
| 47 | 83 | NISSAN ZX Tc GTP T710-3 | Elliot Forbes Robinson-Geoff Brabham | 44 Laps | 13.GTP |
| 48 | 6 | TIGA GT286 Buick 321 | Charles Morgan-Logan Blackburn | 42 Laps | 16.Lights |
| 49 | 15 | PONTIAC FIERO GTU-002 | Terry Visger | 37 Laps | 10.GTU |
| 50 | 72 | OLDSMOBILE TORONADO | Paul Gentilozzi-Tom Winters | 36 Laps | 11.GTO |
| 51 | 10 | PORSCHE 962 HR3F | Jim Adams-John Hotschkis | 27 Laps | 14.GTP |
| 52 | 47 | PONTIAC FIREBIRD | Tommy Riggins-Craig Carter | 23 Laps | 12.GTO |
| 53 | 81 | MAZDA RX7 | Paul Romano-James Nelson-David Droge | 22 Laps | 11.GTU |
| 54 | 48 | FABCAR Porsche FEP-002 | Tim McAdam-Chip Mead-John Higgins | 18 Laps | 17.Lights |
| 55 | 77 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Willy T.Ribbs-Greg Pickett | 10 Laps | 13.GTO |
| 56 | 66 | ROYALE RP40 Mazda JM16/097 | Jim Rothbarth-Mike Meyer | 8 Laps | 18.Lights |
| 57 | 02 | MAZDA RX7 | Roy Newsome-Vincent Mogera | 8 Laps | 12.GTU |
| 58 | 52 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE GTP T8610-HU1 | Sarel Van der Merwe-Doc Bundy | 3 Laps | 15.GTP |
| 59 | 32 | NISSAN 300ZX Tc | Lee Mueller-George Alderman | 3 Laps | 13.GTU |
| 60 | 18 | BMW GTP | Davy Jones-John Andretti | 2 Laps | 16.GTP |
| 4 | PONTIAC FIREBIRD | GTO | |||
| 12 | PONTIAC FIERO | GTU |
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