The1986Camel GT Championship season was the 16th season of theIMSA GT Championshipauto racing series. It was for GTP and Lights classes of prototypes, as well asGrand Tourer-style racing cars which ran in the GTO and GTU classes. It began February 1, 1986, and ended October 26, 1986, after eighteen rounds.
The GT and Prototype classes did not participate in all events, nor did they race together at shorter events. Races marked asGT featured both GTO and GTU classes combined, whileProto signifies GTP and Lights running together. Races marked withAll had all classes on track at the same time.
| Rnd | Race | Length | Class | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SunBank 24 at Daytona | 24 Hours | All | Daytona International Speedway | February 1 February 2 |
| 2 | Löwenbräu Grand Prix of Miami | 45 Minutes | GTO | Streets of Miami | March 2 |
| 30 Minutes | Lights | ||||
| 45 Minutes | GTU | ||||
| 3 Hours | GTP | ||||
| 3 | Coca-Cola Classic12 Hours of Sebring | 12 Hours | All | Sebring International Raceway | March 22 |
| 4 | Atlanta Journal-Constitution Grand Prix | 45 Minutes | GT | Road Atlanta | April 5 |
| 500 km | Proto | ||||
| 5 | Los Angeles Times/FordGrand Prix | 6 Hours | All | Riverside International Raceway | April 27 |
| 6 | Monterey Triple Crown | 300 km | Proto | Laguna Seca Raceway | May 4 |
| 100 km | GT | ||||
| 7 | Charlotte Grand Prix | 300 km | GT | Charlotte Motor Speedway | May 17 |
| 500 km | Proto | May 18 | |||
| 8 | Lime Rock Grand Prix | 150 Laps | Proto | Lime Rock Park | May 26 |
| 9 | Mid-Ohio Grand Prix | 250 km | GT | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | June 8 |
| 500 km | Proto | ||||
| 10 | Grand Prix of Palm Beach | 45 Minutes | GTU | West Palm Beach street course | June 22 |
| 45 Minutes | GTO | ||||
| 3 Hours | Proto | ||||
| 11 | Camel Continental | 500 Miles | All | Watkins Glen International | July 6 |
| 12 | G.I. Joe's Grand Prix | 300 km | GT | Portland International Raceway | July 27 |
| 300 km | Proto | ||||
| 13 | Ford California Grand Prix | 300 km | Proto | Sears Point Raceway | August 3 |
| 100 km | GT | ||||
| 14 | Löwenbräu Classic | 500 Miles | All | Road America | August 24 |
| 15 | Camel Grand Prix | 2 Hours | GT | Lime Rock Park | September 1 |
| 16 | Kodak Copier 500 | 300 km | GT | Watkins Glen International | September 20 |
| 500 km | Proto | September 21 | |||
| 17 | ColumbusFord Dealers 500 | 500 km | Proto | Columbus street course | October 5 |
| 1 Hour | GT | ||||
| 18 | Eastern 3 Hours of Daytona | 100 km | GTU | Daytona International Speedway | October 26 |
| 3 Hours | Proto/GTO |
| Rnd | Circuit | GTP Winning Team | Lights Winning Team | GTO Winning Team | GTU Winning Team | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTP Winning Drivers | Lights Winning Drivers | GTO Winning Drivers | GTU Winning Drivers | |||
| 1 | Daytona |  #14Holbert Racing | #13 Outlaw Racing | #64 Raintree Corp. | #71 Team Highball | Results |
Al HolbertAl Unser Jr. Derek Bell | Frank Rubino Ray Mummery John Schneider | Lee Mueller Maurice Hassey Lanny Hester | Jack Dunham Amos Johnson Dennis Shaw | |||
| 2 | Miami | #86 Bayside Disposal | #01AT&T | #76 Peerless Racing | #55 Huffaker Eng. | Results |
 Bob Wollek Paolo Barilla | Don Bell | Jack Baldwin | Bob Earl | |||
| 3 | Sebring | #5Bob Akin Racing | #66 Mike Meyer Racing | #77-ElevenRoush | #38 Mandeville Auto | Results |
Bob Akin Hans-Joachim Stuck Jo Gartner | Mike Meyer Jeff Kline Jim Rothbarth | Scott PruettCaitlyn Jenner[a] | Roger Mandeville Danny Smith | |||
| 4 | Road Atlanta | #52Hendrick | #63 Certified Brakes | #11Roush Racing | #55 Huffaker Eng. | Results |
Doc Bundy Sarel van der Merwe | Jim Downing John Maffucci | Scott Pruett | Bob Earl | |||
| 5 | Riverside | #16Dyson Racing | #63 Certified Brakes | #76 Peerless Racing | #38 Mandeville Auto | Results |
| Price CobbRob Dyson | Jim Downing John Maffucci | Jack Baldwin Jim Miller | Roger Mandeville Danny Smith | |||
| 6 | Laguna Seca | #7Zakspeed USA | #24Spice Engineering | #07Roush Racing | #75 Clayton Cunningham | Results |
| Klaus Ludwig | Bob Earl | Scott Pruett | Tommy Kendall | |||
| 7 | Charlotte | #16Dyson Racing | #24Spice Engineering | #76 City Peerless | #75 Clayton Cunningham | Results |
| Price CobbDrake Olson | Bob EarlRay Bellm | Jack Baldwin | Tommy Kendall | |||
| 8 | Lime Rock | #14Holbert Racing | #70 Z&W Motorsports | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | Results |
| Al Holbert | David Loring | |||||
| 9 | Mid-Ohio | #14Holbert Racing | #09 Ball Bros. Racing | #11Roush Racing | #55 Huffaker Eng. | Results |
| Al HolbertDerek Bell | Steve Durst Mike Brockman | Scott Pruett | Bob Earl | |||
| 10 | Palm Beach | #52Hendrick | #80 Gaston Andrey | #11Roush Racing | #38 Mandeville | Results |
| Doc BundySarel van der Merwe | Carlo Facetti Ruggero Melgrati | Scott Pruett | Roger Mandeville | |||
| 11 | Watkins Glen | #14Holbert Racing | #6 Morgan Perf. | #76 Peerless Racing | #38 Mandeville Auto | Results |
| Al HolbertDerek Bell | Charles Morgan Logan Blackburn | Jack BaldwinGeoff Bodine | Roger Mandeville Danny Smith | |||
| 12 | Portland | #14Holbert Racing | #63 Certified Brakes | #7Roush Racing | #55 Huffaker Racing | Results |
| Al Holbert | Jim Downing | Scott PruettCaitlyn Jenner[a] | Bob Earl | |||
| 13 | Sears Point | #16Dyson Racing | #63 Certified Brakes | #77 Brooks Racing | #75 Clayton Cunningham | Results |
| Price CobbRob Dyson | Jim Downing | Willy T. Ribbs | Tommy Kendall | |||
| 14 | Road America | #14Holbert Racing | #80 Gaston Andrey | #98All American Racers | #38 Mandeville Auto | Results |
| Al HolbertAl Unser Jr. | Martino Finotto Ruggero Melgrati | Rocky Moran Dennis Aase | Roger Mandeville Danny Smith | |||
| 15 | Lime Rock | Did Not Participate | Did Not Participate | #76 Peerless-Hendrick | #75 Clayton Cunningham | Results |
| Jack Baldwin | Tommy Kendall | |||||
| 16 | Watkins Glen | #18BMW North America | #24Spice Engineering | #98All American Racers | #38 Mandeville Auto | Results |
| John AndrettiDavy Jones | Bob EarlChip Ganassi | Dennis Aase | Roger Mandeville | |||
| 17 | Columbus | #85 Bayside Disposal | #09 Ball Bros. Racing | #77 Brooks Racing | #38 Mandeville Auto | Results |
| Scott PruettBob Wollek | Steve Durst Mike Brockman | Willy T. Ribbs | Roger Mandeville | |||
| 18 | Daytona | #44 Group 44 | #73 Howard Katz | #11Roush Racing | #38 Mandeville Auto | Results |
| Bob TulliusChip Robinson | Howard Katz Steve Phillips | Scott Pruett | Roger Mandeville |