PORSCHE RACING HISTORY1986 - Le Mans 24 Hours
1 June 1986 - Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France
Hans-Joachim Stuck, Derek Bell & Al Holbert win in a Porsche 962 C leading a Porsche 1st to 7th clean sweep
Overall - 1st to 7th : C1 - 1st to 7th : GTX 1st At 2:10am on the Sunday morning Jo Gartner’s Porsche 962 suffered a mechanical failure, turned hard left into the barriers on the Mulsanne Straight at 160 mph (260 km/h). The car somersaulted down the track, hit a telephone pole, crashed into trees and then caught fire after it came to a rest on top of the barriers on the opposite side of the track. Gartner was killed on impact due to a broken neck.
| No. | Car | # | Class | Drivers | Entrant | Pos | Class | Grid | Notes |
| 1 | Porsche 962 C | 962C-003 | C1 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (D)/Derek Bell (GB)/Al Holbert (USA) | Rothmans Porsche (D) | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 368 laps |
| 17 | Porsche 962 C | 962C-115 | C1 | Oscar Larrauri (RA)/Jésus Pareja (E)/Joël Gouhier (F) | Brun Motorsport (CH) | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 360 laps |
| 8 | Porsche 956 | 956-104 | C1 | George Follmer (USA)/John Morton (USA)/Kenper Miller (USA) | Joest Racing (D) | 3rd | 3rd | 11th | 355 laps |
| 33 | Porsche 956 B | 956-114 | C1 | Emilio de Villota (E)/Fermín Vélez (E)/George Fouché (ZA) | Danone Porsche Espana (GB) | 4th | 4th | 20th | 349 laps |
| 9 | Porsche 956 | 956-109 | C1 | Jürgen Lässig (D)/Fulvio Ballabio (I)/Dudley Wood (GB) | Obermaier Racing (D) | 5th | 5th | 19th | 345 laps |
| 63 | Porsche 936 C | JR-005 | C1 | Siegfried Brunn (D)/Ernst Schuster (D)/Rudi Seher (D) | Ernst Schuster (D) | 6th | 6th | 21st | 344 laps |
| 180 | Porsche 961 | WP0ZZZ93ZFS010016 | GTX | Claude Ballot-Léna (F)/René Metge (F) | Porsche AG (D) | 7th | 1st | 26th | 321 laps |
| 14 | Porsche 956 | 956GTi-106B | C1 | Mauro Baldi (I)/Price Cobb (USA)/Rob Dyson (USA) | Liqui Moly (GB) | 9th | 7th | 16th | 318 laps |
| 55 | Porsche 962 C | 962C-112 | C1 | Philippe Alliot (F)/Ron Romero (E)/Michel Trollé (F) | John Fitzpatrick Racing (GB) | 10th | 8th | 17th | 312 laps |
| 7 | Porsche 956 B | 956-117 | C1 | Klaus Ludwig (D)/Paolo Barilla (I)/"John Winter" Louis Krages (D) | Joest Racing (D) | DNF | 3rd | 196 laps - Engine | |
| 2 | Porsche 962 C | 962C-004 | C1 | Jochen Mass (B)/Bob Wollek (F)/Vern Schuppan (AUS) | Rothmans Porsche (D) | DNF | 1st | 180 laps - Accident | |
| 10 | Porsche 962 C | 962C-118 | C1 | Jo Gartner (A)/Sarel van der Merwe (ZA)/Kunimitsu Takahashi (J) | Porsche Kremer Racing (D) | DNF | 15th | 169 laps - Fatal Accident | |
| 12 | Porsche 956 | 956-105 | C1 | Pierre Yver (F)/Max Cohen-Olivar (MOR)/Hubert Striebig (F) | Porsche Kremer Racing (D) | DNF | 22nd | 160 laps - Withdrawn After Gartner's Accident | |
| 19 | Porsche 956 | 956-106 | C1 | Thierry Boutsen (B)/Didier Theys (B)/Alain Ferté (F) | Brun Motorsport (CH) | DNF | 4th | 89 laps - Accident | |
| 18 | Porsche 962 C | 962C-117 | C1 | Massimo Sigala (I)/Walter Brun (CH)/Frank Jelinski (D) | Brun Motorsport (CH) | DNF | 12th | 75 laps - Valves | |
| 3 | Porsche 962 C | 962C-002 | C1 | Vern Schuppan (AUS)/Drake Olson (USA) | Rothmans Porsche (D) | DNF | 8th | 41 laps - Gearbox |
World Sports-Prototype Championship Le Mans 24 Hours
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