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The ''1986 Champion Spark Plug 400'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was held on August 17, 1986, at Michigan International Speedway in the American community of Brooklyn, Michigan. Michigan International Speedway has been a Ford dominated track starting in 1984, and a Mercury track before that from 1969-78. It was also a track that suited a smooth driver or a driver that could change his driving tactics for Michigan International Speedway. ==Summary== There were 41 drivers on the starting grid for this event. Gary Fedewa (uncle of later Busch Series driver Tim Fedewa), Dick Trickle, USAC veteran Cliff Hucul of Canada, Ronnie Thomas, Joe Booher, and Howard Mark failed to qualify for this race. In this 200-lap event, Buddy Baker deserved his last-place finish due to a problem with the rear end of his vehicle on lap 27. Various problems including engine troubles and crashes caused several drivers not to finish the race. All of the drivers in this racing event were born in the United States of America, and prior to the green flag the total number of Winston Cup wins among all 41 drivers equaled 672, and a total of 20 Winston Cups.〔(''1986 Champion Spark Plug 400'' ) racing information at Racing Reference〕 Sixty-four thousand people witnessed a race lasting for almost three hours. Bill Elliott managed to defeat Tim Richmond by almost one and a half seconds. Benny Parsons earned the pole position for this racing event by driving up to during qualifying. While the opening laps in the race saw four different drivers duel each other for the lead, only Bill Elliott and Darrell Waltrip would be able to fight for the first-place position on the closing laps. Michael Waltrip would become the lowest-finishing driver to finish the race; even though he only logged in 122 laps of actual racing.〔 The total prize purse for the contenders in this event was $345,585 ($ in today's American dollars).〔(''1986 Champion Spark Plug 400'' ) racing information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 Winnings for each individual driver varied from $55,950 ($ in today's American dollars) to a meager $1,185 ($ in today's American dollars).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1986 Champion Spark Plug 400」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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