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The ''1986 Miller High Life 400'' was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was held on February 23, 1986, at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway in the American community of Richmond, Virginia. Almost the entire grid was born in the United States of America; Canadian-born Trevor Boys was the only foreigner on the starting grid. Individual winnings for this event ranged from the winner's share of $37,880 ($ when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finishers' share of $2,515 ($ when adjusted for inflation); the total prize purse of this event stood at $225,435 ($ when adjusted for inflation). The crash involving Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt would eventually be known as the "clash of the titans" between two of NASCAR's greatest villains of the 1980s. When Waltrip raced for Dale Earnhardt in the late 1990s, the NASCAR fans gave up their original grudge for them and started to cheer them on. ==Summary== There were 35 drivers who originally qualified for this race; only 31 of them were able to qualify in compliance with NASCAR's then-current rules and regulations. The drivers who failed to qualify were: Johnathan Lee Edwards, Alan Kulwicki, Ronnie Thomas and Eddie Bierschwale. Bierschwale would later be scouted into a temporary ride so that he would make the field after all. His last-place finisher on the second lap of this 400-lap racing event was a minor setback in his NASCAR career.〔 Kyle Petty would defeat Joe Ruttman in his 1986 Ford Thunderbird under the final caution flag of the race in front of twenty-five thousand avid stock car racing fans. Dale Earnhardt managed to dominate the middle section of the race by leading for a duration of 128 laps.〔 Petty's first victory would further propagate the winning attitude that his father Richard first inspired approximately 27 years prior to this event.〔(Results of the ''1986 Miller High Life 400'' ) at Race Database〕 After the race, Earnhardt had to pay a $3,000 fine ($ when adjusted for inflation) plus a $10,000 security bond for an incident involving himself and the back end of Darrell Waltrip's vehicle ($ when adjusted for inflation). It didn't help matters that Earnhardt's neck was snapped and his vision was temporarily blurred as a result of this incident.〔(''Enduring Performance: 1986 Miller High Life 400'' ) at NASCAR.com〕 The three crew chiefs that helped their drivers into achieving remarkable finishes were Leonard Wood, Larry McReynolds and Kirk Shelmerdine. These three crew chiefs were the shining examples of "old school" NASCAR. Even though Shelmerdine failed to get Earnhardt into winner's circle during this event; his precedent for getting him into four Winston Cup championships would help Earnhardt become a threat to his racing competition on any given weekend. Geoffrey Bodine would lead the championship standings for 1986 after this race with a 332 points with Darrell Waltrip only two points behind him. While Bill Elliott hovered just below the top-ten championship points earners, Benny Parsons had eliminated all of his chances of clinching the title after this race was over.〔 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 Miller High Life 400」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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