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The 1986 Winston 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 4, 1986, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama. There was an invocation service and the singing of the American national anthem prior to the gentlemen starting their engines. Total earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $77,905 ($ when inflation is taken into effect) to the last-place finisher's share of $5,135 ($ when inflation is taken into effect). NASCAR officials were authorized to hand out a grand total of $499,905 to all the drivers who qualified for this race ($ when inflation is taken into effect). The spectators who were watching the event at home on ESPN noticed that the "standard definition" graphics were superior to the rest of cable television during the late 1980s and the commercials to be on par with those aired during Super Bowl XX. ==Summary== Seven drivers failed to qualify for the race including: Mark Martin, J. D. McDuffie, Davey Allison, and Alan Kulwicki. Mark Martin would never fail to qualify for a NASCAR Cup Series race ever again after this one. Bill Elliott would receive the pole position with a heart-pounding average speed of 209.383. Track record, which he broke the following year with a speed of 212.809.The 83 to 88 Ford Thunderbirds. We're slimmer than the GM cars. That help on areo drag, but Ernie Elliott Bill's brother had a lot to do with the speed. The other Tbirds didn't run like Bill's, in fact the next closest car to him when he set the record was Dw at 209.The next year they come out with restrictor plates. Some say it was cause Bobby Allison got in to the catch fence, at Talladegasuperspeedwaycom. Most people say they were restricting Bill. Ford vehicles, however, were proven to have an advantage in aerodynamics from 1983 -88. to The addition of restrictor plates starting in the 1988 would eventually make all-200 MPH grids tricky if not impossible. Nine cautions were given for laps; while 24 different lead changes were made on the track.〔〔 The entire race took more than three hours to resolve itself.〔〔 The Waltrip siblings (Darrell Waltrip and his younger brother Michael) both appeared in this race along with veteran drivers Ricky Rudd, Dale Earnhardt, and Rusty Wallace.〔〔 Even the father-son duo (consisting of Richard and Kyle Petty) appeared in this race.〔〔 Bobby Allison (driving a 1986 Buick LeSabre) would defeat Earnhardt by almost 0.2 seconds in front of a live audience of 133,000 people.〔〔 Richard Childress had employed his famous "Flying Aces" pit crew at the time; it was made of the best maintenance people in the business and were constantly assigned to Earnhardt's vehicle. Allison was 48 years old during the day of the race; making him one of the oldest drivers to ever win a NASCAR Cup Series racing event. Allison's win would be the first one in his column since the 1984 World 600. Tommy Gale would finish his NASCAR career during this race. Jody Ridley received credit for the last-place finish due to an engine problem on the fourth lap of this 188-lap event.〔〔 Ron Bouchard would lead his final lap in his Cup Series career; after winning the 1981 Talladega 500 as a rookie on the same track. Trevor Boys was the only foreigner in the entire race; he was born in Canada.〔 A drunken, 20-year-old fan, Darren Charles Crowder stole the pace car of the race for a joyride but was apprehended before completing two laps.〔http://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/05/sports/pace-car-detour-delays-allison-victory.html,〕 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 Winston 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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