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13th race of the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The 1986 Miller High Life 500 was the 13th stock car race of the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the fifth iteration of the event . The race was held on Sunday, June 8, 1986, before an audience of 50,000 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania , at Pocono International Raceway , a 2.5 miles (4.0 km ) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete.[1]
In the final laps of the race, Hendrick Motorsports ' Tim Richmond gambled on fuel strategy, opting to run the final 36 laps under one tank of fuel. With four laps left, a crash involving several drivers, incliudng Buddy Arrington , Geoff Bodine , and Morgan Shepherd occurred. Due to a lengthy cleanup, the race finished under caution, securing Richmond's sixth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing 's Dale Earnhardt and Ranier-Lundy Racing 's Cale Yarborough finished second and third, respectively.[2] [3]
Background [ edit ]
The layout of Pocono International Raceway , the venue where the race was held.
The race was held at Pocono International Raceway , which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania . The track hosts two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event. Until 2019, the track also hosted an IndyCar Series race.
Pocono International Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation . It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.
Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race . The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.
Entry list [ edit ]
(R ) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying [ edit ]
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Saturday, June 7, at 10:00 AM EST . Each driver had one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round were guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, at 3:00 PM EST . As with the first round, each driver had one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 were decided on time,[4] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to two were given.
Geoff Bodine , driving for Hendrick Motorsports , won the pole, setting a time of 58.584 and an average speed of 153.625 miles per hour (247.235 km/h) in the first round.[5]
Jerry Ward , a United States Air Force lieutenant colonel and chaplain, was the only driver that failed to qualify.[5]
Full qualifying results [ edit ]
Race results [ edit ]
Fin
St
#
Driver
Team
Make
Laps
Led
Status
Pts
Winnings
1
3
25
Tim Richmond
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
200
97
running
185
$46,705
2
8
3
Dale Earnhardt
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet
200
8
running
175
$29,750
3
10
28
Cale Yarborough
Cale Yarborough Motorsports
Ford
200
0
running
165
$15,450
4
14
15
Ricky Rudd
Bud Moore Engineering
Ford
200
3
running
165
$18,375
5
11
9
Bill Elliott
Melling Racing
Ford
200
10
running
160
$19,725
6
7
27
Rusty Wallace
Blue Max Racing
Pontiac
200
0
running
150
$13,825
7
18
26
Joe Ruttman
King Racing
Buick
200
4
running
151
$10,150
8
25
7
Kyle Petty
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford
200
2
running
147
$12,085
9
1
5
Geoff Bodine
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet
200
65
running
143
$14,660
10
37
8
Bobby Hillin Jr.
Stavola Brothers Racing
Buick
199
0
running
134
$9,915
11
24
75
Jody Ridley
RahMoc Enterprises
Pontiac
199
0
running
130
$8,035
12
16
98
Ron Bouchard
Curb Racing
Pontiac
199
0
running
127
$3,750
13
12
22
Bobby Allison
Stavola Brothers Racing
Buick
198
0
running
124
$10,530
14
22
71
Dave Marcis
Marcis Auto Racing
Pontiac
198
0
running
121
$7,230
15
21
18
Tommy Ellis
Freedlander Motorsports
Chevrolet
197
0
running
118
$5,190
16
31
70
J. D. McDuffie
McDuffie Racing
Pontiac
196
0
running
115
$6,505
17
30
6
D. K. Ulrich
U.S. Racing
Chevrolet
196
0
running
0
$6,245
18
15
47
Morgan Shepherd
Race Hill Farm Team
Buick
195
4
accident
114
$3,475
19
13
43
Richard Petty
Petty Enterprises
Pontiac
195
0
running
106
$5,770
20
29
81
Chet Fillip (R )
Fillip Racing
Ford
194
0
running
103
$3,510
21
27
67
Buddy Arrington
Arrington Racing
Ford
193
4
accident
105
$5,400
22
33
52
Jimmy Means
Jimmy Means Racing
Pontiac
193
0
running
97
$5,025
23
5
12
Neil Bonnett
Junior Johnson & Associates
Chevrolet
189
0
running
94
$10,545
24
35
48
Jerry Cranmer
Hylton Motorsports
Chevrolet
188
0
running
0
$4,855
25
36
74
Jack Ely
Wawak Racing
Chevrolet
185
0
running
0
$2,135
26
4
33
Harry Gant
Mach 1 Racing
Chevrolet
184
0
accident
85
$10,780
27
23
90
Ken Schrader
Donlavey Racing
Ford
162
0
valve
82
$5,680
28
26
17
Pancho Carter
Hamby Racing
Chevrolet
145
2
engine
84
$4,605
29
20
07
Randy LaJoie
Snellman Racing
Chevrolet
144
0
engine
76
$1,815
30
39
92
Jonathan Lee Edwards
Edwards Racing
Buick
136
0
ignition
73
$1,760
31
17
66
Phil Parsons
Jackson Bros. Motorsports
Oldsmobile
131
0
engine
70
$1,705
32
32
64
Eddie Bierschwale
Langley Racing
Ford
126
0
accident
67
$3,625
33
2
55
Benny Parsons
Jackson Bros. Motorsports
Oldsmobile
90
1
valve
69
$1,570
34
34
85
Bobby Gerhart
Bobby Gerhart Racing
Chevrolet
87
0
handling
61
$1,515
35
6
44
Terry Labonte
Hagan Enterprises
Oldsmobile
60
0
engine
58
$8,405
36
19
88
Buddy Baker
Baker–Schiff Racing
Oldsmobile
60
0
engine
55
$1,460
37
40
20
Rick Newsom
Newsom Racing
Buick
59
0
engine
52
$1,380
38
38
24
Buddie Boys
Crawford Clements Racing
Pontiac
51
0
accident
49
$1,355
39
28
23
Michael Waltrip (R )
Bahari Racing
Pontiac
12
0
engine
46
$1,200
40
9
11
Darrell Waltrip
Junior Johnson & Associates
Chevrolet
7
0
engine
43
$12,225
Failed to qualify
41
76
Jerry Ward
Arrington Racing
Ford
Official race results
Standings after the race [ edit ]
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos
Driver
Points
1
Dale Earnhardt
2,097
2
Darrell Waltrip
1,846 (-251)
3
Bobby Allison
1,775 (-322)
4
Rusty Wallace
1,750 (–347)
2
5
Tim Richmond
1,742 (–355)
1
6
Bill Elliott
1,737 (–360)
2
7
Ricky Rudd
1,674 (–423)
2
8
Terry Labonte
1,626 (–471)
1
9
Harry Gant
1,608 (–489)
10
Kyle Petty
1,548 (–549)
Official driver's standings
Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
References [ edit ]
^ Sernoffsky, Dan (June 9, 1986). "Richmond Takes Yellow, Checkered Flags" . Lebanon Daily News . p. 11 . Retrieved January 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Wasser, Scott (June 7, 1986). "Running of Miller 500 set Sunday" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . pp. 1C, 8C . Retrieved January 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b Higgins, Tom (June 8, 1986). "Bodine Leads Pack Today At Pocono" . The Charlotte Observer . pp. 1B, 8B . Retrieved January 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
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