1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates

Template:American Championship Car season The 1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 8th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART. The season consisted of 17 races, and one non-points exhibition event. Bobby Rahal was the national champion, and the rookie of the year was Chip Robinson. The 1986 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Bobby Rahal won the Indy 500, and would later become the first driver since 1980 to win Indy and the CART championship in the same season.

The first two races of the season were won by Kevin Cogan (Phoenix) and Michael Andretti (Long Beach), respectively, the first career wins for both drivers on the CART circuit. Rain delayed the Indianapolis 500, postponing it for six days. Bobby Rahal, driving for Truesports, passed Kevin Cogan with two laps to go, and won for car owner Jim Trueman, who was stricken with cancer. Trueman died less than two weeks later.

The season would shape up as a two-man battle between Rahal and Michael Andretti. Andretti won at Milwaukee, which put him in the points lead for the first time. On Father's Day, Andretti was leading on the final lap at Portland. His car ran out of fuel on the final turn of the final lap, and his father Mario beat him to the finish line by 0.07 seconds. It would go down in lore as one of the most shocking finishes in Indy car history, as well as the closest finish in Indy car history on a road course (until 1997).

Rahal was back in victory lane in July, winning the inaugural Molson Indy Toronto, but Michael Andretti still held the points lead. Rahal won four out of five races during a stretch in August and September, and emerged with a 9-point lead in the standings with two races left. Michael Andretti won a key victory at the second-to-last race of the season at Phoenix, while Rahal finished 3rd.

Going into the season finale at Tamiami Park, Rahal held a scant 3-point lead over Andretti. Neither driver was a factor at Miami, and just past the halfway point, Andretti dropped out with a broken halfshaft. Rahal effectively clinched the championship when Andretti dropped out. Roberto Guerrero won the pole and dominated the race, leading the first 111 laps. But on the final lap, his car sputtered and he ran out of fuel. Al Unser Jr. slipped by to steal the victory, his lone win of 1986. Unser Jr. won from 19th starting position, the furthest back any driver had won a CART road/street course race at the time.

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1986 Indy Car World Series season. All cars used Goodyear tires.

Team Chassis Engine No* Drivers Rounds
Bignotti-Cotter Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX 2 (5) Template:Flagicon Roberto Guerrero All
Curb-All American Racers March 86C Cosworth DFX 33 Template:Flagicon Tom Sneva All
66 Template:Flagicon Ed Pimm All except 8, 11-12, 14
Template:Flagicon Derek Daly 8, 11-12, 14
Eagle 86GC 98 Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers 1-3
Dick Simon Racing Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX 22 Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel All
23 Template:Flagicon Dick Simon 3, 10, 12
Template:Flagicon Chip Robinson 6-7, 17
Template:Flagicon Ian Ashley 8, 11, 14
Galles Racing Lola T86/00 (2-11, 13-17)[1]
March 86C(1, 12)[2] 		Cosworth DFX (1-4, 12-17)[3]
Honda/Judd (5-11)[4] 		8 Template:Flagicon Geoff Brabham All
Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX 9 Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno 1-11, 13-17
Template:Flagicon Pancho Carter 12
15 3, 9-10
Hemelgarn Racing March 86C (1, 3, 9-10, 13)[5] Cosworth DFX (1, 9-10, 13)[6]
Buick V-6 (3)[7] 		71 Template:Flagicon Scott Brayton 1, 3, 9-10, 13
Cosworth DFX Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Sr. 2, 4-8, 11-12, 14-17
81 3
Kraco Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX 18 Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti All
Leader Card Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX 24 Template:Flagicon Gary Bettenhausen 1, 3-4, 9-10, 12-13, 16
Template:Flagicon Dominic Dobson 2, 5-8, 11, 14-15, 17
March 85C 42 Template:Flagicon Phil Krueger 3
Machinists Union Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX 55 Template:Flagicon Josele Garza 1-11, 17
Template:Flagicon Johnny Parsons 12-13, 16
Template:Flagicon Desiré Wilson 14-15
59 11
Template:Flagicon Chip Ganassi 1, 3
Template:Flagicon Johnny Parsons 4, 7, 9-10
95 3
Alex Morales Motorsports March 86C Cosworth DFX 6 Template:Flagicon Rich Vogler 3
21 Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford All
Newman/Haas Racing Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX 5 (2) Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti All
Patrick Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX 7 Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan All
20 Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi All
Penske Racing March 86C (1, 3-5, 7-11, 13-16)[8]
Penske PC-15 (2, 6, 12, 17)[9] 		Cosworth DFX (1, 3-5, 7-10)[10]
Chevy 265A (2, 6, 11-17)[11] 		1/ 86 (4) Template:Flagicon Rick Mears All
March 86C (1-16)[12]
Penske PC-15 (17) 		Cosworth DFX (1-16)[13]
Chevy 265A (17) 		4 (1) Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan All
March 86C (9-10, 17)
Penske PC-15 (1, 3) 		Chevy 265A (1, 3, 9-10, 17 11 Template:Flagicon Al Unser 1, 3, 9-10, 17
Doug Shierson Racing Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX 30 Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr. All
Truesports March 86C Cosworth DFX 3 Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal All
Part-time entries
A. J. Foyt Enterprises March 86C Cosworth DFX 14 Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt 1, 3-4, 9-10, 13, 16-17
Chevy V6 44 Template:Flagicon Mike Nish 3
Cosworth DFX 84 Template:Flagicon George Snider 3, 9
Template:Flagicon Sammy Swindell 10
Arciero Racing March 86C

March 85C (11, 13)

Cosworth DFX 12 Template:Flagicon Randy Lanier 1-9
Template:Flagicon Steve Chassey 11, 14-16
Template:Flagicon Eddie Cheever 17
Template:Flagicon Jeff MacPherson 13
Bettenhausen Motorsports March 86C Cosworth DFX 16 Template:Flagicon Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 3
Lola T86/00/ March 86C 61 Template:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk All except 5 and 12
Dale Coyne Racing Coyne DC-1 Chevy 19 Template:Flagicon Dale Coyne All except 3-4
Gohr Racing March 86C Buick V-6 (Until Mid-Ohio)

Cosworth DFX

56 Template:Flagicon Steve Chassey 3-4, 9
Template:Flagicon Rocky Moran 6-7, 10-11, 13-17
Template:Flagicon John Morton 8
March 85C Buick V-6 65 Template:Flagicon Rupert Keegan 3
J.P. Racing Lola T900 Cosworth DFX 10 Template:Flagicon Spike Gehlhausen 3, 9-10, 13
March Engineering March 86C Buick V-6 25 Template:Flagicon Danny Ongais 3
31 Template:Flagicon Jim Crawford 3
Mosquito Autosport March 85C Cosworth DFX 16 (19) Template:Flagicon Rick Miaskiewicz 2-4, 6-8
Pace Racing Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX 36 Template:Flagicon Randy Lewis 2, 6-8, 11, 14-15, 17
Template:Flagicon Dennis Firestone 3, 9-10, 12, 13, 16
Team Menard March 86C Cosworth DFX 28 Template:Flagicon Herm Johnson 3
  • - The number in parentheses for chassis & engine indicates the round number it was used at.
  • - The number in parentheses for car number is the number the car used at the Indianapolis 500, if a different number was used.

Season summary

Schedule

Rd Date Name Circuit Location
1 April 6 Template:Flagicon Dana 200 for Special Olympics <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona
2 April 13 Template:Flagicon Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
3 May 31* Template:Flagicon Indianapolis 500 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Indiana
4 June 8** Template:Flagicon Miller American 200 in Honor of Rex Mays <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
5 June 15 Template:Flagicon Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
6 June 29 Template:Flagicon Chase Grand Prix at the Meadowlands <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Meadowlands Sports Complex East Rutherford, New Jersey
7 July 6 Template:Flagicon Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
8 July 20 Template:Flagicon Molson Indy Toronto <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Streets of Toronto Toronto, Ontario
9 August 2 Template:Flagicon Michigan 500 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
10 August 17 Template:Flagicon Domino's Pizza 500 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Pocono International Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania
11 August 31 Template:Flagicon Escort Radar Warning 200 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
12 September 7 Template:Flagicon Molson Indy Montreal <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Sanair Super Speedway Saint-Pie, Quebec
13 September 28 Template:Flagicon Pepsi Cola 250 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
14 October 4*** Template:Flagicon Race For Life 200 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
15 October 12 Template:Flagicon Nissan Monterey Grand Prix Featuring the Champion Spark Plug 300 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California
16 October 19 Template:Flagicon Circle K/Fiesta Bowl 200 <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona
17 November 9 Template:Flagicon Nissan Indy Challenge <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Tamiami Park Miami, Florida

<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> O  Oval/Speedway
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Road/Street course
NC Non-championship event
*The Indianapolis 500 was scheduled for May 25, but postponed due to rain.
**The Miller American 200 in Honor of Rex Mays was scheduled for June 1, but postponed due to the delay of running the Indianapolis 500 on May 31.
***The Road America race was started on September 21, but stopped after a few laps due to rain, the rest was run on October 4.

Race results

Rd Event Name Pole Position Winner Winning team Race time
1 Dana 200 for Special Olympics Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan Patrick Racing 1:39:42
2 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti Kraco Racing 1:57:34
3 Indianapolis 500 Template:Flagicon Rick Mears Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal Truesports 2:55:43
4 Miller American 200 in Honor of Rex Mays Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti Kraco Racing 1:42:45
5 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Newman/Haas Racing 1:50:53
6 Chase Grand Prix at the Meadowlands Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan Team Penske 1:49:17
7 Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan Team Penske 1:43:01
8 Molson Indy Toronto Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal Truesports 2:05:50
9 Michigan 500 Template:Flagicon Rick Mears Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford Alex Morales Motorsports 3:38:45
10 Domino's Pizza 500 Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Newman/Haas Racing 3:17:13
11 Escort Radar Warning 200 Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal Truesports 1:56:18
12 Molson Indy Montreal Template:Flagicon Rick Mears Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal Truesports 1:48:05
13 Pepsi Cola 250 Template:Flagicon Rick Mears Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal Truesports 1:22:33
14 Race for Life 200 Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing 2:26:42
15 Champion Spark Plug 300k Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal Truesports 1:33:20
16 Circle K/Fiesta Bowl 200 Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti Kraco Racing 1:29:06
17 Nissan Indy Challenge Template:Flagicon Roberto Guerrero Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr. Doug Shierson Racing 1:52:45
  • Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the CART title.

Drivers points standings

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Pos Driver PHX1 Template:Flagicon LBH Template:Flagicon INDY Template:Flagicon MIL Template:Flagicon POR Template:Flagicon MEA Template:Flagicon CLE Template:Flagicon TOR Template:Flagicon MIS1 Template:Flagicon POC Template:Flagicon MOH Template:Flagicon SAN Template:Flagicon MIS2 Template:Flagicon ROA Template:Flagicon LAG Template:Flagicon PHX2 Template:Flagicon MIA Template:Flagicon Pts
1 Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal 16 18 1 6 20 3 15 1 10* 14 1 1* 1 5 1* 3 8 179
2 Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti 15* 1* 6 1* 2* 20 2 19 11 11* 10 6 2* 2* 3 1* 18 171
3 Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan 4 11 9 11 11 1 1* 2 25 16 3* 5 12 6 2 2 26 147
4 Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr. 12 2 5 8 3 9 8 4* 8 6 5 2 21 11 23 6 1 137
5 Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti 7 5 32 5 1 24 3 3 21 1 24 8 10 9 4 4 11 136
6 Template:Flagicon Kevin Cogan 1 17 2 12 14 21 23 5 22 2 4 4 4 20 9 14 4 115
7 Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi 3 16 7 24 12 2 13 17 20 19 21 3 3 1 7 5 20 103
8 Template:Flagicon Rick Mears 19 20 3* 3 16 19 4 8 12 8 17 18 8 3 17 20 3 89
9 Template:Flagicon Roberto Guerrero 8 DNS 4 18 13 4* 17 20 24 21 2 17 22 4 5 12 2* 87
10 Template:Flagicon Tom Sneva 2 4 33 2 4 17 5 9 18 15 12 13 5 12 22 18 22 82
11 Template:Flagicon Johnny Rutherford 5 9 8 4 15 7 10 10 1 18 8 16 9 14 12 9 12 78
12 Template:Flagicon Geoff Brabham 10 3 12 21 7 22 14 14 4 12 20 11 11 22 6 8 5 64
13 Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel 13 19 13 14 8 23 6 7 5 5 7 9 15 8 14 13 19 54
14 Template:Flagicon Josele Garza 23 7 18 7 17 8 7 23 2 7 14 24 45
15 Template:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Sr. 8 20 15 5 5 19 24 11 19 10 19 16 6 38
16 Template:Flagicon Roberto Moreno 20 6 19 13 18 18 25 18 6 10 16 6 16 20 10 17 30
17 Template:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk 6 15 15 9 16 24 6 23 17 18 13 7 10 15 21 29
18 Template:Flagicon Ed Pimm 22 22 17 10 6 12 DNS 15 24 7 11 7 10 29
19 Template:Flagicon Pancho Carter 16 3 3 15 28
20 Template:Flagicon Randy Lanier 11 13 10 20 9 6 9 21 19 21
21 Template:Flagicon A. J. Foyt 17 24 19 9 4 16 22 23 16
22 Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers 9 14 DNQ 8 23 9 13
23 Template:Flagicon Derek Daly DNQ 6 10 13 11
24 Template:Flagicon Johnny Parsons 27 22 21 16 29 7 23 11 8
25 Template:Flagicon Randy Lewis 10 10 20 11 15 24 18 14 8
26 Template:Flagicon Chip Robinson <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> RY  14 7 6
27 Template:Flagicon Spike Gehlhausen DNQ 7 22 18 6
28 Template:Flagicon Ian Ashley 15 9 23 4
29 Template:Flagicon Sammy Swindell 9 4
30 Template:Flagicon Mike Nish <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  DNQ DNS 10 24 22 3
31 Template:Flagicon Dominic Dobson <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  12 19 11 18 16 19 18 21 13 3
32 Template:Flagicon Rick Miaskiewicz <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  21 DNQ 16 15 11 13 DNS 2
33 Template:Flagicon Gary Bettenhausen 21 11 23 26 13 21 20 19 2
34 Template:Flagicon Dale Coyne DNQ 23 21 DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ 26 23 12 DNQ 17 DNS DNQ 25 2
35 Template:Flagicon John Morton 12 1
36 Template:Flagicon Rocky Moran <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  13 16 25 25 DNQ 21 15 21 16 0
37 Template:Flagicon Jeff MacPherson 22 15 13 DNQ 0
38 Template:Flagicon Desiré Wilson 13 19 16 0
39 Template:Flagicon Scott Brayton 24 30 13 27 19 0
40 Template:Flagicon Dennis Firestone Wth 17 28 14 14 17 0
41 Template:Flagicon Al Unser 18 22 14 20 15 0
42 Template:Flagicon Dick Simon 14 22 23 20 0
43 Template:Flagicon Chip Ganassi 14 21 0
44 Template:Flagicon Steve Chassey DNQ 17 28 17 0
45 Template:Flagicon Danny Ongais 23 0
46 Template:Flagicon Tom Phillips 24 0
47 Template:Flagicon Rich Vogler 25 0
48 Template:Flagicon George Snider 26 27 0
49 Template:Flagicon Eddie Cheever 27 0
50 Template:Flagicon Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 28 0
51 Template:Flagicon Jim Crawford 29 0
52 Template:Flagicon Phil Krueger 31 0
- Template:Flagicon Rupert Keegan <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  DNQ -
- Template:Flagicon Herm Johnson DNQ -
- Template:Flagicon Steve Bren <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  DNQ -
- Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr. Wth -
Pos Driver PHX1 Template:Flagicon LBH Template:Flagicon INDY Template:Flagicon MIL Template:Flagicon POR Template:Flagicon MEA Template:Flagicon CLE Template:Flagicon TOR Template:Flagicon MIS1 Template:Flagicon POC Template:Flagicon MOH Template:Flagicon SAN Template:Flagicon MIS2 Template:Flagicon ROA Template:Flagicon LAG Template:Flagicon PHX2 Template:Flagicon MIA Template:Flagicon Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th-6th place
Light Blue 7th–12th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 12)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Driver
replacement
(Rpl)
Injured
(Inj)
Race not held
(NH)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> RY  Rookie of the Year
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> R  Rookie

See also

References

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