De 24 uur van Daytona 1987 was de 25e editie van deze endurancerace. De race werd verreden op 31 januari en 1 februari 1987 op de Daytona International Speedway nabij Daytona Beach, Florida.
De race werd gewonnen door de Holbert Racing #14 van Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, Al Unser jr. en Al Holbert. Voor Bell, Unser en Holbert was het hun tweede Daytona-zege, terwijl Robinson zijn eerste overwinning behaalde. De GTO-klasse werd gewonnen door de Roush Racing #11 van Tom Gloy, Bill Elliott, Lyn St. James en Scott Pruett. De GTU-klasse werd gewonnen door de Team Highball #71 van Amos Johnson, Dennis Shaw en Bob Lazier. De Lights-klasse werd gewonnen door de Spice Engineering/AT&T #01 van Bob Earl, Don Bell en Jeff Kline.
Race Winnaars in hun klasse zijn vetgedrukt.
Pos. Klasse No. Team Coureurs Chassis Ronden 1 GTP 14 Holbert Racing Chip Robinson Derek Bell Al Unser jr. Al Holbert Porsche 962 753 2 GTP 3 Brun Motorsport Gianfranco Brancatelli Oscar Larrauri Massimo Sigala Porsche 962 745 3 GTP 16 Dyson Racing Price Cobb Rob Dyson Vern Schuppan Porsche 962 742 DNF GTP 1 A.J. Foyt Enterprises A.J. Foyt Al Unser sr. Danny Sullivan Porsche 962 723 5 GTP 10 Hotchkis Racing, Inc. Jim Adams John Hotchkis John Hotchkis jr. Porsche 962 719 6 GTP 5 Bob Akin Racing Hans-Joachim Stuck James Weaver Bob Akin Porsche 962 700 7 GTO 11 Roush Racing Tom Gloy Bill Elliott Lyn St. James Scott Pruett Ford Mustang 685 8 GTO 98 All American Racers Chris Cord Steve Millen Toyota Celica Turbo 681 9 GTO 22 Roush Racing Deborah Gregg Bobby Akin Scott Pruett Scott Goodyear Ford Mustang 649 10 GTU 71 Team Highball Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw Bob Lazier Mazda RX-7 642 11 Lights 01 Spice Engineering/AT&T Bob Earl Don Bell Jeff Kline Spice SE86CL 630 12 Lights 42 White Allen Porsche Howard Cherry John Higgins James King Chip Mead Fabcar CL 626 13 GTU 82 Aspen Inn Mike Mees Dick Greer John Finger Mazda RX-7 622 14 Lights 36 Erie Scientific Racing John Grooms Tom Bagley Frank Jellinek Augie Pabst Badger BB 621 15 GTO 30 Skoal Bandit Buz McCall Walt Bohren Paul Dallenbach Chevrolet Camaro 616 16 Lights 19 Scott Schubot Jim Brown Scott Schubot Linda Ludemann Tiga GT285 597 DNF GTO 99 All American Racers Ricky Rudd Jerrill Rice Juan Manuel Fangio II Toyota Celica Turbo 591 18 GTU 09 901 Racing Peter Uria Larry Figaro John Hayes-Harlow Kyle Rathbun Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 580 19 GTO 38 Mandeville Auto/Tech Roger Mandeville Kelly Marsh Danny Smith Mazda RX-7 572 20 GTO 33 Roush Racing Bruce Jenner Todd Morici Gary Baker Ford Mustang 571 21 Lights 27 MSB Racing Dave Cowart Kenper Miller Jim Fowells Argo JM19 566 22 Lights 66 RM Racing Charles Morgan Chris Gennone Jim Rothbarth Royale RP40 554 DNF GTU 75 CCR Max Jones Bart Kendall Tommy Kendall Mazda RX-7 522 DNF GTO 21 Western Chemical Robert Peters Tom Nehl Kent Painter Chevrolet Camaro 520 25 GTO 20 Hi-Tech Coating Tom Juckette Bill McDill Mike Laws Chevrolet Camaro 520 26 GTO 26 Bob's Speed Products Ken Bupp Guy Church Del Russo Taylor Pontiac Firebird 510 27 GTU 68 Schaderacing Steve DePoyster Mike Jocelyn Jim Kurz Bob Schader Mazda RX-7 503 28 GTU 78 Chambers Racing Dennis Chambers Mike Meyer Tom Burdsall Mazda RX-7 498 29 GTO 29 OMR Engines Gene Felton Oma Kimbrough Hoyt Overbagh Lee Perkinson Chevrolet Camaro 470 30 GTU 00 S Squared Engineering Charles Slater Ernie Senator Dave Duttinger Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 414 DNF GTO 28 Protofab Racing Greg Pickett Darrell Waltrip Terry Labonte Chevrolet Camaro 410 DNF Lights 96 Hessert Racing Tom Hessert jr. Keith Rinzler Eduardo Dibós Chappuis Tiga GT286 409 33 GTO 24 Car Enterprises Craig Rubright Garrett Jenkins Roy Newsome Chevrolet Corvette 404 DNF GTO 6 Protofab Racing Wally Dallenbach jr. John Jones Tommy Riggins Chevrolet Camaro 402 DNF GTU 47 Chaunce Wallace Racing Richard Oakley Chaunce Wallace Doug Mills Mazda RX-7 386 DNF GTP 51 Cosmik-Roy Baker Racing Costas Los John Schneider David Andrews Tiga GC286 354 DNF Lights 63 Certified Brakes Racing Jim Downing John O'Steen John Maffucci Argo JM19 352 38 GTO 32 K&P Racing Mark Kennedy Karl Keck Mark Montgomery David Fuller Chevrolet Corvette 346 DNF GTO 87 Morrison-Cook Motorsport Tommy Morrison Richard Ceppos Don Knowles Stu Hayner Chevrolet Corvette 337 DNF GTP 7 Zakspeed Whitney Ganz David Hobbs Gianpiero Moretti Ford Mustang Probe 328 41 GTO 83 Sasco Motorsports Tom Gaffney Paul Reisman Richard Stone Bob Hebert Pontiac Firebird 316 42 GTU 08 Simms Romano Vance Swifts John Drew Dean Hall Paul Romano Mazda RX-7 298 DNF GTP 8 Primus Motorsport Brian Redman Chris Kneifel Elliott Forbes-Robinson Porsche 962 283 DNF GTO 90 Road Circuit Tech Andy Petery Les Delano Craig Carter Buick Somerset 281 DNF GTU 17 Al Bacon Racing Al Bacon Rod Millen Bob Reed Mazda RX-7 277 DNF Lights 89 Ball Brothers Racing Steve Durst Mike Brockman Tony Belcher Mark Abel Spice SE86CL 273 DNF GTO 76 Peerless/Hendrick Jack Baldwin Eppie Wietzes Chevrolet Camaro 261 DNF GTP 52 Hendrick Motorsports Sarel van der Merwe Doc Bundy Chevrolet Corvette GTP 255 DNF Lights 80 Gaston Andrey Racing Roger Andrey Angelo Pallavicini Uli Bieri Alba AR2 246 DNF GTP 25 DeAtley Motorsports Jerry Brassfield Michael Roe John Bauer Norton Gaston March 85G 245 DNF Lights 31 Gebhardt Racing USA Stanley Dickens Frank Jelinski Gary Robinson Greg Hobbs Gebhardt JC853 236 DNF GTO 64 Raintree Corporation Ken Johnson Maurice Hassey Lanny Hester Ford Mustang 225 DNF GTO 55 Greg Walker Racing Nort Northam Scott Lagasse Dennis Krueger Chevrolet Corvette 223 DNF GTP 44 Group 44 Bob Tullius Hurley Haywood John Morton Jaguar XJR-7 216 DNF GTO 92 Van Every Racing Lance van Every Rusty Bond Ash Tisdelle Chevrolet Camaro 202 DNF GTP 86 Bayside Disposal Racing Klaus Ludwig Jochen Mass Porsche 962 144 DNF GTO 77 Brooks Racing Bobby Archer Tommy Archer Robert Lappalainen Leo Franchi Chevrolet Camaro 121 DNF GTP 4 Roush Racing Scott Pruett Pete Halsmer Tom Gloy Ford Mustang Maxum GTP 120 DNF Lights 23 Motion Promotions George Petrilak Graham Duxbury Bill Jacobson Helmut Silberberger Argo JM16 119 DNF Lights 9 Essex Racing Steve Phillips Howard Katz Ron Nelson Tiga GT285 111 DNF GTO 13 Go Racing Keith Lawhorn Vince Gimondo Ken Grostic Oldsmobile Calais 104 DNF GTP 67 Uniroyal Goodrich Bob Wollek Jim Busby Darin Brassfield Porsche 962 89 DNF GTO 50 Paul Canary Racing Paul Canary Jerry Winston Phil Currin Chevrolet Corvette 88 DNF GTU 54 SP Racing Bill Auberlen Karl Durkheimer Dieter Oest Gary Auberlen Porsche 911 Carrera 87 DNF GTO 88 Morrison-Cook Motorsport John Heinricy Bob McConnell Bill Adam Bobby Carradine Chevrolet Corvette 77 DNF GTO 74 Whitehall Rocketsports Paul Gentilozzi Irv Hoerr Ted Boody Oldsmobile Toronado 52 DNF Lights 43 White Allen Porsche Tom Pumpelly Scott Overbey Tim McAdam Thomas Schwietz Fabcar CL 42 DNF GTU 41 Hugo Gralia Hugo Gralia Dennis Dobkin Carlos Padrera Secondo Tagliero Mazda RX-7 30 DNF Lights 79 Whitehall Rocketsports Paul Lewis Skeeter McKitterick Tom Winters Alba AR5 28
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