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1986 CART PPG Indy Car World Series

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.

1986 CART season
PPG Indy Car World Series


Bobby Rahal
Season
Races17
Start dateApril 6
End dateNovember 11
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States Bobby Rahal
Constructors' CupUnited Kingdom March
Manufacturers' CupUnited Kingdom Cosworth
Nations' CupUnited States United States
Rookie of the YearUnited States Chip Robinson
Indianapolis 500 winnerUnited States Bobby Rahal
← 1985
1987 →

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

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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) Colombia  Roberto Guerrero All
Curb-All American Racers March 86C Cosworth DFX 33 United States  Tom Sneva All
66 United States  Ed Pimm All except 8, 11-12, 14
Republic of Ireland  Derek Daly 8, 11-12, 14
Eagle 86GC 98 Netherlands  Jan Lammers 1-3
Dick Simon Racing Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX 22 Brazil  Raul Boesel All
23 United States  Dick Simon 3, 10, 12
United States  Chip Robinson 6-7, 17
United Kingdom  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 Australia  Geoff Brabham All
Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX 9 Brazil  Roberto Moreno 1-11, 13-17
United States  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 United States  Scott Brayton 1, 3, 9-10, 13
Cosworth DFX Canada  Jacques Villeneuve Sr. 2, 4-8, 11-12, 14-17
81 3
Kraco Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX 18 United States  Michael Andretti All
Leader Card Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX 24 United States  Gary Bettenhausen 1, 3-4, 9-10, 12-13, 16
United States  Dominic Dobson 2, 5-8, 11, 14-15, 17
March 85C 42 United States  Phil Krueger 3
Machinists Union Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX 55 Mexico  Josele Garza 1-11, 17
United States  Johnny Parsons 12-13, 16
South Africa  Desiré Wilson 14-15
59 11
United States  Chip Ganassi 1, 3
United States  Johnny Parsons 4, 7, 9-10
95 3
Alex Morales Motorsports March 86C Cosworth DFX 6 United States  Rich Vogler 3
21 United States  Johnny Rutherford All
Newman/Haas Racing Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX 5 (2) United States  Mario Andretti All
Patrick Racing March 86C Cosworth DFX 7 United States  Kevin Cogan All
20 Brazil  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) United States  Rick Mears All
March 86C (1-16)[12]
Penske PC-15 (17)
Cosworth DFX (1-16)[13]
Chevy 265A (17)
4 (1) United States  Danny Sullivan All
March 86C (9-10, 17)
Penske PC-15 (1, 3)
Chevy 265A (1, 3, 9-10, 17 11 United States  Al Unser 1, 3, 9-10, 17
Doug Shierson Racing Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX 30 United States  Al Unser Jr. All
Truesports March 86C Cosworth DFX 3 United States  Bobby Rahal All
Part-time entries
A. J. Foyt Enterprises March 86C Cosworth DFX 14 United States  A. J. Foyt 1, 3-4, 9-10, 13, 16-17
Chevy V6 44 United States  Mike Nish 3
Cosworth DFX 84 United States  George Snider 3, 9
United States  Sammy Swindell 10
Arciero Racing March 86C

March 85C (11, 13)

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

Cosworth DFX

56 United States  Steve Chassey 3-4, 9
United States  Rocky Moran 6-7, 10-11, 13-17
United States  John Morton 8
March 85C Buick V-6 65 United Kingdom  Rupert Keegan 3
J.P. Racing Lola T900 Cosworth DFX 10 United States  Spike Gehlhausen 3, 9-10, 13
March Engineering March 86C Buick V-6 25 United States  Danny Ongais 3
31 United Kingdom  Jim Crawford 3
Mosquito Autosport March 85C Cosworth DFX 16 (19) United States  Rick Miaskiewicz 2-4, 6-8
Pace Racing Lola T86/00 Cosworth DFX 36 United States  Randy Lewis 2, 6-8, 11, 14-15, 17
Australia  Dennis Firestone 3, 9-10, 12, 13, 16
Team Menard March 86C Cosworth DFX 28 United States  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

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Schedule

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

 O  Oval/Speedway
 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

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Rd Event Name Pole Position Winner Winning team Race time
1 Dana 200 for Special Olympics United States  Mario Andretti United States  Kevin Cogan Patrick Racing 1:39:42
2 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach United States  Danny Sullivan United States  Michael Andretti Kraco Racing 1:57:34
3 Indianapolis 500 United States  Rick Mears United States  Bobby Rahal Truesports 2:55:43
4 Miller American 200 in Honor of Rex Mays United States  Michael Andretti United States  Michael Andretti Kraco Racing 1:42:45
5 Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 Brazil  Emerson Fittipaldi United States  Mario Andretti Newman/Haas Racing 1:50:53
6 Chase Grand Prix at the Meadowlands United States  Michael Andretti United States  Danny Sullivan Team Penske 1:49:17
7 Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix United States  Danny Sullivan United States  Danny Sullivan Team Penske 1:43:01
8 Molson Indy Toronto Brazil  Emerson Fittipaldi United States  Bobby Rahal Truesports 2:05:50
9 Michigan 500 United States  Rick Mears United States  Johnny Rutherford Alex Morales Motorsports 3:38:45
10 Domino's Pizza 500 United States  Michael Andretti United States  Mario Andretti Newman/Haas Racing 3:17:13
11 Escort Radar Warning 200 United States  Mario Andretti United States  Bobby Rahal Truesports 1:56:18
12 Molson Indy Montreal United States  Rick Mears United States  Bobby Rahal Truesports 1:48:05
13 Pepsi Cola 250 United States  Rick Mears United States  Bobby Rahal Truesports 1:22:33
14 Race for Life 200 United States  Bobby Rahal Brazil  Emerson Fittipaldi Patrick Racing 2:26:42
15 Champion Spark Plug 300k United States  Mario Andretti United States  Bobby Rahal Truesports 1:33:20
16 Circle K/Fiesta Bowl 200 United States  Bobby Rahal United States  Michael Andretti Kraco Racing 1:29:06
17 Nissan Indy Challenge Colombia  Roberto Guerrero United States  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 United States  LBH United States  INDY United States  MIL United States  POR United States  MEA United States  CLE United States  TOR Canada  MIC1 United States  POC United States  MDO United States  SAN Canada  MIC2 United States  ROA United States  LAG United States  PHX2 United States  MIA United States  Pts
1 United States  Bobby Rahal 16 18 1 6 20 3 15 1 10* 14 1 1* 1 5 1* 3 8 179
2 United States  Michael Andretti 15* 1* 6 1* 2* 20 2 19 11 11* 10 6 2* 2* 3 1* 18 171
3 United States  Danny Sullivan 4 11 9 11 11 1 1* 2 25 16 3* 5 12 6 2 2 26 147
4 United States  Al Unser Jr. 12 2 5 8 3 9 8 4* 8 6 5 2 21 11 23 6 1 137
5 United States  Mario Andretti 7 5 32 5 1 24 3 3 21 1 24 8 10 9 4 4 11 136
6 United States  Kevin Cogan 1 17 2 12 14 21 23 5 22 2 4 4 4 20 9 14 4 115
7 Brazil  Emerson Fittipaldi 3 16 7 24 12 2 13 17 20 19 21 3 3 1 7 5 20 103
8 United States  Rick Mears 19 20 3* 3 16 19 4 8 12 8 17 18 8 3 17 20 3 89
9 Colombia  Roberto Guerrero 8 DNS 4 18 13 4* 17 20 24 21 2 17 22 4 5 12 2* 87
10 United States  Tom Sneva 2 4 33 2 4 17 5 9 18 15 12 13 5 12 22 18 22 82
11 United States  Johnny Rutherford 5 9 8 4 15 7 10 10 1 18 8 16 9 14 12 9 12 78
12 Australia  Geoff Brabham 10 3 12 21 7 22 14 14 4 12 20 11 11 22 6 8 5 64
13 Brazil  Raul Boesel 13 19 13 14 8 23 6 7 5 5 7 9 15 8 14 13 19 54
14 Mexico  Josele Garza 23 7 18 7 17 8 7 23 2 7 14 24 45
15 Canada  Jacques Villeneuve Sr. 8 20 15 5 5 19 24 11 19 10 19 16 6 38
16 Brazil  Roberto Moreno 20 6 19 13 18 18 25 18 6 10 16 6 16 20 10 17 30
17 Netherlands  Arie Luyendyk 6 15 15 9 16 24 6 23 17 18 13 7 10 15 21 29
18 United States  Ed Pimm 22 22 17 10 6 12 DNS 15 24 7 11 7 10 29
19 United States  Pancho Carter 16 3 3 15 28
20 United States  Randy Lanier 11 13 10 20 9 6 9 21 19 21
21 United States  A. J. Foyt 17 24 19 9 4 16 22 23 16
22 Netherlands  Jan Lammers 9 14 DNQ 8 23 9 13
23 Republic of Ireland  Derek Daly DNQ 6 10 13 11
24 United States  Johnny Parsons 27 22 21 16 29 7 23 11 8
25 United States  Randy Lewis 10 10 20 11 15 24 18 14 8
26 United States  Chip Robinson  RY  14 7 6
27 United States  Spike Gehlhausen DNQ 7 22 18 6
28 United Kingdom  Ian Ashley 15 9 23 4
29 United States  Sammy Swindell 9 4
30 United States  Mike Nish  R  DNQ DNS 10 24 22 3
31 United States  Dominic Dobson  R  12 19 11 18 16 19 18 21 13 3
32 United States  Rick Miaskiewicz  R  21 DNQ 16 15 11 13 DNS 2
33 United States  Gary Bettenhausen 21 11 23 26 13 21 20 19 2
34 United States  Dale Coyne DNQ 23 21 DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ 26 23 12 DNQ 17 DNS DNQ 25 2
35 United States  John Morton 12 1
36 United States  Rocky Moran  R  13 16 25 25 DNQ 21 15 21 16 0
37 United States  Jeff MacPherson 22 15 13 DNQ 0
38 South Africa  Desiré Wilson 13 19 16 0
39 United States  Scott Brayton 24 30 13 27 19 0
40 Australia  Dennis Firestone Wth 17 28 14 14 17 0
41 United States  Al Unser 18 22 14 20 15 0
42 United States  Dick Simon 14 22 23 20 0
43 United States  Chip Ganassi 14 21 0
44 United States  Steve Chassey DNQ 17 28 17 0
45 United States  Danny Ongais 23 0
46 United States  Tom Phillips 24 0
47 United States  Rich Vogler 25 0
48 United States  George Snider 26 27 0
49 United States  Eddie Cheever 27 0
50 United States  Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 28 0
51 United Kingdom  Jim Crawford 29 0
52 United States  Phil Krueger 31 0
- United Kingdom  Rupert Keegan  R  DNQ -
- United States  Herm Johnson DNQ -
- United States  Steve Bren  R  DNQ -
- United States  John Paul Jr. Wth -
Pos Driver PHX1 United States  LBH United States  INDY United States  MIL United States  POR United States  MEA United States  CLE United States  TOR Canada  MIC1 United States  POC United States  MDO United States  SAN Canada  MIC2 United States  ROA United States  LAG United States  PHX2 United States  MIA United States  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
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Driver Season Stats".
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