1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 |
| Name of Track: | Michigan International Speedway |
| Date: | August 17th |
Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile, moderate-banked, tri-oval superspeedway.
This NASCAR sanctioned race track is located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than 1,200 acres near Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. It is used for NASCAR and high-level open wheel motor racing events.
One Of NASCAR's Fastest TracksMichigan is now one of the fastest tracks in NASCAR due to its wide, sweeping corners and long straightaways; typical qualifying speeds are in excess of 190 mph and corner entry speeds easily exceed 200.
The track opened in 1968 and is owned by International Speedway Corporation (ISC). Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (to open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest to stock car standards).
From 1996 to 2000, the track was referred to as Michigan Speedway. This was to keep consistency with other tracks owned by Roger Penske's Motorsports International before its merger with ISC.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Elliott | 9 | 3 | $55,950 | 200 | 0 | running | Coors |
| 2 | Tim Richmond | 25 | 2 | $27,980 | 200 | 0 | running | Folger's |
| 3 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 | 4 | $27,275 | 200 | 0 | running | Budweiser |
| 4 | Geoffrey Bodine | 5 | 6 | $17,225 | 200 | 0 | running | Levi Garrett |
| 5 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | 12 | $18,750 | 199 | 0 | running | Wrangler Jeans |
| 6 | Rusty Wallace | 27 | 7 | $12,525 | 199 | 0 | running | Alugard |
| 7 | Cale Yarborough | 28 | 28 | $6,815 | 199 | 0 | running | Hardee's |
| 8 | Harry Gant | 33 | 5 | $14,815 | 199 | 0 | running | Skoal Bandit |
| 9 | Phil Parsons | 66 | 9 | $5,700 | 199 | 0 | running | Skoal |
| 10 | David Pearson | 21 | 15 | $6,605 | 199 | 0 | running | Chattanooga Chew |
| 11 | Ken Schrader | 90 | 17 | $11,195 | 199 | 0 | running | Red Baron Frozen Pizza |
| 12 | Terry Labonte | 44 | 24 | $11,370 | 198 | 0 | engine | Piedmont Airlines |
| 13 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | 8 | 11 | $0 | 198 | 0 | running | Miller American |
| 14 | Alan Kulwicki | 35 | 14 | $4,210 | 198 | 0 | running | Quincy's Steak House |
| 15 | Chet Fillip | 81 | 27 | $3,685 | 197 | 0 | running | Circle Bar Truck Corral |
| 16 | Eddie Bierschwale | 64 | 21 | $7,735 | 197 | 0 | running | Sunny King |
| 18 | Richard Petty | 43 | 30 | $6,705 | 194 | 0 | engine | STP |
| 19 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | 32 | $6,375 | 194 | 0 | running | Pannill Knitting |
| 21 | Ricky Rudd | 15 | 18 | $10,195 | 191 | 0 | running | Motorcraft |
| 22 | Bobby Gerhart | 85 | 37 | $2,085 | 191 | 0 | running | Frederick |
| 23 | Jim Hull | 17 | 41 | $5,390 | 191 | 0 | running | Duraliner |
| 24 | Bobby Allison | 22 | 8 | $8,865 | 190 | 0 | running | Miller American |
| 26 | Benny Parsons | 55 | 1 | $4,680 | 185 | 0 | crash | Copenhagen |
| 28 | Kyle Petty | 7 | 22 | $8,570 | 169 | 0 | crash | 7-Eleven |
| 29 | Rodney Combs | 2 | 38 | $1,515 | 150 | 0 | trans | Solder Seal / Gunk |
| 30 | Joe Ruttman | 26 | 13 | $4,505 | 142 | 0 | engine | Quaker State |
| 32 | Michael Waltrip | 23 | 29 | $1,370 | 124 | 0 | running | Hawaiian Punch |
| 33 | Butch Miller | 8 | 20 | $1,325 | 122 | 0 | camshaft | Classic |
| 34 | Neil Bonnett | 12 | 16 | $9,655 | 115 | 0 | handling | Budweiser |
| 35 | Dave Marcis | 71 | 34 | $3,990 | 84 | 0 | ignition | Helen Rae Special |
| 36 | Morgan Shepherd | 47 | 19 | $1,205 | 80 | 0 | crash | Race Hill Farm |
| 38 | Greg Sacks | 10 | 26 | $1,195 | 60 | 0 | crash | TRW |
| 39 | Tommy Ellis | 18 | 25 | $1,190 | 50 | 0 | engine | Freedlander Financial |
| 40 | Rick Wilson | 4 | 23 | $1,185 | 37 | 0 | valve | Kodak Film |
| 41 | Buddy Baker | 88 | 10 | $1,185 | 27 | 0 | rear end | Crisco |
