Race 13 of 29 in the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1986 Miller High Life 500 program cover, featuring Buddy Baker.
Date
June 8, 1986
Official name
5th Annual Miller High Life 500
Location
Long Pond, Pennsylvania, Pocono International Raceway
Course
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance
200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance
200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed
113.279 miles per hour (182.305 km/h)
Attendance
50,000
Pole position
Driver
Geoff Bodine
Hendrick Motorsports
Time
58.584
Most laps led
Driver
Tim Richmond
Hendrick Motorsports
Laps
97
Winner
No. 25
Tim Richmond
Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network
SETN
Announcers
Mike Joy, Jerry Punch
Radio in the United States
Radio
Motor Racing Network
Motor car race
The 1986 Miller High Life 500 was the 13th stock car race of the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the fifth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 8, 1986, before an audience of 50,000 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, at Pocono International Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete.[1]
In the final laps of the race, Hendrick Motorsports' Tim Richmond gambled on fuel strategy, opting to run the final 36 laps under one tank of fuel. With four laps left, a crash involving several drivers, incliudng Buddy Arrington, Geoff Bodine, and Morgan Shepherd occurred. Due to a lengthy cleanup, the race finished under caution, securing Richmond's sixth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing's Dale Earnhardt and Ranier-Lundy Racing's Cale Yarborough finished second and third, respectively.[2][3]
^Jordan, Jack (June 9, 1986). "Rain Fails to Dampen Tim Richmond's Parade". Times Leader. p. 15. Retrieved January 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^Higgins, Tom (June 9, 1986). "Richmond Tops Wreck-Marred 500 At Pocono". The Charlotte Observer. pp. 1B, 5B. Retrieved January 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^Sernoffsky, Dan (June 9, 1986). "Richmond Takes Yellow, Checkered Flags". Lebanon Daily News. p. 11. Retrieved January 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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