The 25th Annual SunBank 24 at Daytona was a 24-hour endurance sports car race held on January 31-February 1, 1987 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1987 IMSA GT Championship.

Victory overall and in the GTP class went to the No. 14 Holbert Racing Porsche 962 driven by Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, Al Unser Jr., and Al Holbert. Victory in the GTO Class went to the No. 11 Roush Racing Ford Mustang driven by Tom Gloy, Bill Elliott, Lyn St. James, and Scott Pruett. Victory in the Lights class went to the No. 01 Spice Engineering/AT&T Spice SE86CL driven by Bob Earl, Don Bell, and Jeff Kline. 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 Car Laps 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 4DNF GTP 1 A. J. Foyt Enterprises A. J. Foyt Al Unser 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 17DNF 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 23DNF GTU 75 CCR Max Jones Bart Kendall Tommy Kendall Mazda RX-7 522 24DNF 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 31DNF GTO 28 Protofab Racing Greg Pickett Darrell Waltrip Terry Labonte Chevrolet Camaro 410 32DNF 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 34DNF GTO 6 Protofab Racing Wally Dallenbach Jr. John Jones Tommy Riggins Chevrolet Camaro 402 35DNF GTU 47 Chaunce Wallace Racing Richard Oakley Chaunce Wallace Doug Mills Mazda RX-7 386 36DNF GTP 51 Cosmik-Roy Baker Racing Costas Los John Schneider David Andrews Tiga GC286 354 37DNF 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 39DNF GTO 87 Morrison-Cook Motorsport Tommy Morrison Richard Ceppos Don Knowles Stu Hayner Chevrolet Corvette 337 40DNF GTP 7 Zakspeed Whitney Ganz David Hobbs Giampiero 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 43DNF GTP 8 Primus Motorsport Brian Redman Chris Kneifel Elliott Forbes-Robinson Porsche 962 283 44DNF GTO 90 Road Circuit Tech Andy Petery Les Delano Craig Carter Buick Somerset 281 45DNF GTU 17 Al Bacon Racing Al Bacon Rod Millen Bob Reed Mazda RX-7 277 46DNF Lights 89 Ball Brothers Racing Steve Durst Mike Brockman Tony Belcher Mark Abel Spice SE86CL 273 47DNF GTO 76 Peerless/Hendrick Jack Baldwin Eppie Wietzes Chevrolet Camaro 261 48DNF GTP 52 Hendrick Motorsports Sarel van der Merwe Doc Bundy Chevrolet Corvette GTP 255 49DNF Lights 80 Gaston Andrey Racing Roger Andrey Angelo Pallavicini Uli Bieri Alba AR2 246 50DNF GTP 25 DeAtley Motorsports Jerry Brassfield Michael Roe John Bauer Norton Gaston March 85G 245 51DNF Lights 31 Gebhardt Racing USA Stanley Dickens Frank Jelinski Gary Robinson Greg Hobbs Gebhardt JC853 236 52DNF GTO 64 Raintree Corporation Ken Johnson Maurice Hassey Lanny Hester Ford Mustang 225 53DNF GTO 55 Greg Walker Racing Nort Northam Scott Lagasse Dennis Krueger Chevrolet Corvette 223 54DNF GTP 44 Group 44 Bob Tullius Hurley Haywood John Morton Jaguar XJR-7 216 55DNF GTO 92 Van Every Racing Lance van Every Rusty Bond Ash Tisdelle Chevrolet Camaro 202 56DNF GTP 86 Bayside Disposal Racing Klaus Ludwig Jochen Mass Porsche 962 144 57DNF GTO 77 Brooks Racing Bobby Archer Tommy Archer Robert Lappalainen Leo Franchi Chevrolet Camaro 121 58DNF GTP 4 Roush Racing Scott Pruett Pete Halsmer Tom Gloy Ford Mustang Maxum GTP 120 59DNF Lights 23 Motion Promotions George Petrilak Graham Duxbury Bill Jacobson Helmut Silberberger Argo JM16 119 60DNF Lights 9 Essex Racing Steve Phillips Howard Katz Ron Nelson Tiga GT285 111 61DNF GTO 13 Go Racing Keith Lawhorn Vince Gimondo Ken Grostic Oldsmobile Calais 104 62DNF GTP 67 Uniroyal Goodrich Bob Wollek Jim Busby Darin Brassfield Porsche 962 89 63DNF GTO 50 Paul Canary Racing Paul Canary Jerry Winston Phil Currin Chevrolet Corvette 88 64DNF GTU 54 SP Racing Bill Auberlen Karl Durkheimer Dieter Oest Gary Auberlen Porsche 911 Carrera 87 65DNF GTO 88 Morrison-Cook Motorsport John Heinricy Bob McConnell Bill Adam Bobby Carradine Chevrolet Corvette 77 66DNF GTO 74 Whitehall Rocketsports Paul Gentilozzi Irv Hoerr Ted Boody Oldsmobile Toronado 52 67DNF Lights 43 White Allen Porsche Tom Pumpelly Scott Overbey Tim McAdam Thomas Schwietz Fabcar CL 42 68DNF GTU 41 Hugo Gralia Hugo Gralia Dennis Dobkin Carlos Padrera Secondo Tagliero Mazda RX-7 30 69DNF Lights 79 Whitehall Rocketsports Paul Lewis Skeeter McKitterick Tom Winters Alba AR5 28Source:

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