Hello
I was wandering through my collection of British Autosport magazines, and one of them had a Le Mans spectator guide with the entry list and a small presentation of the teams of the 1986 24h edition. I find it relatively easy to look for the drivers; most of them are alive. However, it's far more complicated to find team personnel and what happened to them, apart from some well-known names, because there are almost no sources online, so unless there is something or they're mentioned in any books or magazines I have, I know nothing of them.
I'll write here a list of the teams and the personnel mentioned in the guide. Some of them have already died, but I'll write all the names, as it might be interesting to discuss about these personalities, often forgotten in the literature, mainly focused on cars and drivers.
1,2,3,120 - Rothmans Porsche AG - Peter Falk, Helmut Bott, Norbert Singer, Walter Naeher, Klaus Bischoff, Roland Kussmaul
7,8 - Joest Racing - Reinhold Joest, Domingos Piedade
9 - Obermaier Racing - Hans Obermaier, Jürgen Lässig
10 - Kremer Racing - Erwin Kremer, Manfred Kremer
12,13 - Team Primagaz - Yves Courage, Murray Smith, Marcel Hubert
14 - Richard Lloyd Racing - Richard Lloyd, John Britten, Keith Greene, Nigel Stroud
17,18,19 - Brun Motorsport - Walter Brun, Peter Reinisch, Thomas Vogelgesang
20 - Tiga Team - Tim Lee-Davey, Howden Ganley, John McNeil, Terry Hoyle
23,32 - Nissan Motorsports - Yasaharu Namba, Kunihiko Kakimoto, Keith Greene
33,35 - John Fitzpatrick Racing - John Fitzpatrick, David Prewitt
36,38 - Toyota Team TOM'S/Dome - Nobuhide Tachi, Minoru Hayashi
41,100 - WM-Secateva - Roger Dorchy, Gérard Clabaux
45 - Team Oudet - Patrick Oudet
47 - Graff Racing - Jean-Philippe Grand
51,52,53 - Silk Cut TWR Jaguar - Tom Walkinshaw, Roger Silman, Alistair McQueen, Paul Davies, Eddie Hinkley
61,62 - Kouros Racing - Peter Sauber, Max Welti
63 - Schuster Team - Ernst Schuster
66 - Cosmik Racing - Costas Los, David Johnstone
70 - Spice Engineering - Gordon Spice, Jeff Hazell
72 - John Bartlett Racing
73 - Gebhardt Motorsport - Gunther Gebhardt
75 - ADA Engineering
78,79 - Ecurie Ecosse - Hugh McCaig
80 - Carma FF
82 - Grifo Autoracing
83 - Taverna Team
89 - Schanche Racing
90 - Winther Team Castrol
91 - PC Automotive
92 - ALD
94 - Bassaler Team
98,99 - Roy Baker Racing
102 - Team Rossiaud
104 - Ferrarin Team
105 - Kelmar Racing
106 - Strandell Motors
111 - MK Motorsports
115 - RC Racing - Richard Cleare
117,118 - Mazdaspeed - Takayoshi Ohashi, Alan Docking, Nigel Stroud
