1988 12 Hours of Sebring

The 12 Hours of Sebring Grand Prix of Endurance, was the third round of the 1988 IMSA GT Championship and was held at the Sebring International Raceway, on March 19 1988. Victory overall went to the No. 86 Bayside Disposal Racing Porsche 962 driven by Klaus Ludwig and Hans-Joachim Stuck.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GTP	86	Bayside Disposal Racing	Klaus Ludwig Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 962	G	318
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
2	GTP	0	Joest Racing	"John Winter" Frank Jelinski Paolo Barilla	Porsche 962	G	309
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
3	GTP	16	Dyson Racing	Price Cobb James Weaver	Porsche 962	G	307
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
4	GTP	1	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	A. J. Foyt Hurley Haywood	Porsche 962	G	304
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
5	GTP	10	Hotchkis Racing	Jim Adams John Hotchkis John Hotchkis Jr.	Porsche 962	G	303
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
6	GTO	5	Protofab Racing	Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones	Chevrolet Corvette	G	289
					Chevrolet 5.8L V8 N/A
7	GTP	61	Castrol Jaguar Racing	Jan Lammers Davy Jones Danny Sullivan John Nielsen	Jaguar XJR-9	D	283
					Jaguar 6.0L V12 N/A
8	GTO	6	Roush Racing	Lyn St. James Deborah Gregg	Merkur XR4Ti	G	282
					Ford 2.5L I4 Turbo
9	Lights	9	Essex Racing	David Loring Tom Hessert	Tiga GT286	G	282
					Buick 3.0L V6 N/A
10	GTO	33	Roush Racing	Les Delano Andy Petery Craig Carter	Mercury Capri	?	278
					Ford 6.0L N/A
11	GTO	11	Roush Racing	Scott Pruett Pete Halsmer	Merkur XR4Ti	G	275
					Ford V8 N/A
12	GTO	76	Clayton Cunningham Racing	John Morton P. J. Jones	Mazda RX-7	F	273
					Mazda 3 Rotor
13	Lights	40	Gaston Audrey Racing	Uli Bieri Angelo Pallavicini Paolo Guatamacchia Martino Finotto	Tiga GT286	G	269
					Ferrari 3.0L V8 N/A
14 DNF	Lights	63	Jim Downing	Jim Downing Howard Katz Hiro Matsushita	Argo JM19	G	268
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
15	GTU	71	Team Highball	Dennis Shaw Amos Johnson	Mazda RX-7	Y	267
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
16	GTO	38	Mandeville Auto Tech	Roger Mandeville Kelly Marsh Don Marsh	Mazda RX-7	Y	266
					Mazda 1.9L 3 Rotor
17	GTU	75	Clayton Cunningham Racing	Bart Kendall Tom Frank	Mazda RX-7	F	265
					Mazda 2 Rotor
18	Lights	80	Gaston Andrey Racing	Martino Finotto Ruggero Melgrati Guido Daccò	Alba AR6	G	264
					Ferrari 3.0L V8 N/A
19	GTP	09	Ball Bros. Racing	Steve Durst Mike Brockman Jeff Kline	Spice SE88P	?	262
					Pontiac 4.5L V6 N/A
20	GTU	82	Dick Greer Racing	Dick Greer Matt Mnich John Finger Mike Mees	Mazda RX-7	Y	261
					Mazda 2 Rotor
21	Lights	23	Di-Tech Buick	Rex McDaniel George Petrilak Scott Livingston	Argo JM16	?	259
					Buick 3.0L V6 N/A
22	Lights	55	Huffaker Racing	Paul Lewis Terry Visger Jon Woodner	Spice SE86CL	F	251
					Pontiac 3.0L I4 N/A
23	GTU	53	Team Shelby	Jack Broomall Tim Evans Garth Ullom	Dodge Daytona	?	250
					?
24	GTO	94	Ash Tisdelle	Ash Tisdelle Lance van Every Nort Northam	Chevrolet Camaro	?	232
					?
25	GTU	20	Martinelli-Scott	Jack Refenning Rusty Bond Freddy Baker	Porsche 911 Carrera	G	232
					Porsche Flat 6 N/A
26 DNF	Lights	19	Essex Racing Services	Bill Jacobson John Schneider Jim Brown	Tiga GT286	G	229
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
27	Lights	01	Spice Engineering USA	Charles Morgan Don Bell Hendrik ten Cate	Spice SE87L	G	229
					Pontiac 3.0L I4 N/A
28	GTO	84	Car Enterprises	Craig Rubright Kermit Upton	Chevrolet Camaro	?	229
					Chevrolet V8 N/A
29	GTU	89	901 Racing	Peter Uria Larry Figaro Skip Winfree	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	G	226
					Porsche Flat 6 N/A
30 DNF	GTO	03	Skoal Bandit Racing	Buz McCall Paul Dallenbach Jack Baldwin	Chevrolet Camaro	G	225
					Chevrolet 5.7L V8 N/A
31	GTU	54	SP Racing	Bill Auberlen Adrian Gang Gary Auberlen	Porsche 911 Carrera	G	224
					Porsche Flat 6 N/A
32	GTU	17	Al Bacon Performance	Bob Reed Al Bacon Amos Johnson	Mazda RX-7	F	217
					Mazda 2 Rotor
33	GTU	90	Rudy Bartling	Rudy Bartling Rainer Brezinka Fritz Hochreuter	Porsche 911	G	217
					Porsche Flat 6 N/A
34	Lights	42	Lamas Motor Racing	Howard Cherry Charles Monk Lorenzo Lamas Jack Newsum Tim McAdam	Fabcar CL	G	212
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 N/A
35	GTO	92	Bob's Speed Product	Del Russo Taylor Bob Lee Gary Myers Mark Montgomery	Pontiac Firebird	?	205
					?
36	GTO	7	Highlands Race Team	Steve Roberts J. Kurt Roehrig	Pontiac Firebird	?	197
					?
37	GTU	00	Full Time Racing	Kal Showket Neil Hanneman	Dodge Daytona	?	183
					Dodge I4 N/A
38	GTO	69	Greg Walker Racing	Greg Walker Scott Lagasse King Smith	Chevrolet Corvette	G	174
					Chevrolet V8 N/A
39 DNF	GTP	49	HP Racing	Doc Bundy Whitney Ganz Bill Cooper	March 86G	?	173
					?
40	GTO	81	Sentry Bank Equipment	Ken Bupp Guy Church Robert Peters	Chevrolet Camaro	G	168
					Chevrolet V8 N/A
41 DNF	GTO	12	Spirit of Brandon	Henry Brosnaham Kent Keller	Chevrolet Camaro	?	161
					Chevrolet V8 N/A
42	GTU	18	Simms-Romano Enterprises	Paul Romano Bill McVey Robert Seaman William Hornack	Mazda RX-7	F	161
					Mazda 2 Rotor
43 DNF	GTP	22	Hendrick Motorsports	Sarel van der Merwe Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Chevrolet Corvette GTP	G	151
					Chevrolet 3.0L V6 Turbo
44 DNF	GTU	50	Marco Polo Motorsports	Dan Ripley Alan Freed Keith Rinzler	Pontiac Fiero	?	145
					?
45 DNF	GTU	02	C&C Inc.	Tommy Kendall Max Jones	Chevrolet Beretta	G	145
					?
46 DNF	GTP	14	Holbert Racing	Chip Robinson Al Holbert	Porsche 962	G	142
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
47 DNF	GTP	26	Hi-Tech Racing	Richard McDill Tom Juckette Bill McDill	March 84G	?	142
					?
48 DNF	Lights	97	Whitehall Motorsports	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Ricci Skeeter McKitterick	Spice SE88P	?	141
					Pontiac 3.0L I4 N/A
49 DNF	GTP	30	Momo Racing	Michael Roe Giampiero Moretti	March 86G	G	135
					Buick 3.0L V6 Turbo
50 DNF	GTO	2	Protofab Racing	Greg Pickett Tommy Riggins	Chevrolet Corvette	G	126
					?
51 DNF	Lights	4	S&L Racing	Jim Miller Linda Ludemann Scott Schubot	Spice SE88P	?	117
					Buick 3.0L V6 N/A
52 DNF	Lights	06	Bobby Brown Racing	Bobby Brown Billy Hagan Ron Nelson	Tiga GT286	G	102
					?
53 DNF	GTU	68	Latino Racing	Luis Mendez Kikos Fonseca	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	F	100
					Porsche Flat 6 N/A
54 DNF	GTO	98	All American Racers	Dennis Aase Chris Cord	Toyota Celica	G	99
					Toyota 2.1L I4 Turbo
55 DNF	Lights	57	Wonzer Racing	Bill Bean Gary Wonzer Mike Cooper	Lola T616	?	93
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
56 DNF	GTO	41	Ferrea Racing	Luis Sereix Daniel Urrutia	Chevrolet Camaro	?	88
					Chevrolet V8 N/A
57 DNF	GTP	72	Roy Baker Racing	Lon Bender Albert Naon Jr.	Tiga GC286	?	81
					Ford V8 N/A
58 DNF	GTP	39	Phoenix Race Cars	John Gunn Gary Belcher	Phoenix JG2	G	63
					Chevrolet V8 N/A
59 DNF	GTU	47	Cumberland Valley Racing	Richard Oakley Doug Mills	Mazda RX-7	F	37
					Mazda 2 Rotor
60 DNF	GTP	60	Castrol Jaguar Racing	Martin Brundle John Nielsen Raul Boesel	Jaguar XJR-9	D	31
					Jaguar 6.0L V12 N/A
61 DNF	GTU	07	Full Time Racing	Dorsey Schroeder Bruce MacInnes	Dodge Daytona	?	25
					Dodge 2.2L I4 N/A
62 DNF	GTP	15	John Kalagian Racing	Jim Rothbarth Bernard Jourdain	Porsche 962	G	21
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 Turbo
63 DNF	GTO	99	All American Racers	Willy T. Ribbs Juan Manuel Fangio II	Toyota Celica	G	16
					Toyota 2.1L I4 Turbo
64 DNF	GTP	31	Momo Racing	Tom Gloy Didier Theys Steve Phillips	March 86G	G	2
					Buick 4.5L V6 N/A
65 DNF	Lights	48	Lamas Motor Racing	Chip Mead Lorenzo Lamas Tim McAdam	Fabcar CL	G	2
					Porsche 3.0L Flat 6 N/A
DNS	GTU	56	Karl Durkheimer	Karl Durkheimer Jim Torres	Porsche 911 Carrera	G	0
					Porsche Flat 6 N/A
DNS	Lights	58	Wonzer Racing	Paul Goral Brian Cameron Gary Wonzer Peter Argetsinger	Lola T616	?	0
					Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor
DNS	GTP	96	Mahre Brothers	Phil Mahre Steve Mahre	URD C82	?	0
					?
DNS	GTO	45	Karl Keck	Mark Kennedy Karl Keck	Chevrolet Corvette	?	0
					Chevrolet V8 N/A
DNS	GTU	28	Guy W. Church	Russ Church E. J. Generotti Guy Church	Mazda RX-7	?	0
					Mazda 2 Rotor
DNS	GTU	51	HP Racing	Bob Copeman Joe Philips	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	?	0
					Porsche Flat 6 N/A
DNQ	GTO	66	Chaunce Wallace	Chaunce Wallace Warren Newell	Chevrolet Camaro	?	0
					Chevrolet V8 N/A
DNQ	GTU	46	Red Line Racing	Mike Guido Mike Graham Alan Crouch	BMW 325i	?	0
					BMW 2.5L I6 N/A
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