|| *Comments on the 1986 Daytona 500:* View the most recent comment <#60> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Andrew Bootman posted: 01.03.2004 - 8:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This was probably the greatest Daytona 500 I have ever seen. Not just because Geoffrey Bodine is my favorite driver but because of all the drama and action. Who would of thought that Bodine would have beat out Earnhardt on fuel mileage after he pitted a lap before him? Great run by (then) youngster Bobby Hillin, Jr. but it was a two-man race. 2. MASH_guy posted: 06.10.2005 - 9:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This was proably Earnhardt's first genuine heartbreak at Daytona. After dueling with Bodine to the wire, he ran out of gas while leading with 3 laps left. Then, after getting gas, the engine blew. 3. CanucksAndNASCAR Fan posted: 05.15.2006 - 3:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh, by the way, Bill Elliott was caught up in the Big One in turn four. Started when Joe Ruttman totally destroyed the front clip of his car after hitting the wall head-on. Awesome Bill was nothing but a victim of a wreck not of his making. 4. Darrell posted: 09.16.2006 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Notable DNQs for this were race were Michael Waltrip, Davey Allison, and Alan Kulwicki. 5. myself posted: 02.15.2007 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Make that STUPID headband, a la, Jim McMahon (Bears had just won the Superbowl)? Also, it bothers me how people talk about how this should've been Earnhardt's race. Bodine dominated that race, leading over half of it! 6. Dave posted: 05.18.2007 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Elliot also had a pit crash 7. Mr. Consistentcy posted: 06.14.2007 - 5:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mark Martin's first start in three years. 8. SK posted: 12.13.2007 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larry Pearson made his Winston Cup debut in this race. 9. myself posted: 02.21.2008 - 2:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cale's last 500 in a competitive car. Also, Mr. Bootman....you must not have seen a lot of 500s. 10. Clayton posted: 03.10.2008 - 12:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bill got hit by Jim Sauter in the pits after the accident with Ruttman, Bonnett, and Yarborough (among others)! 11. Scott posted: 05.05.2008 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) As much of an Earnhardt fan as I am, You still have to give Bodine and his crew credit. They ran splendidly, and conserved their fuel well. But my favorite part of that race was the genius that was CBS. The incar camera in Bodine on the last lap. Brilliant! 12. JCS posted: 08.28.2008 - 8:15 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) Enough with the Earnhardt sob stories! Geoff Bodine was more than a match for him that day, even if Earnhardt didn't run out of gas. I think Bobby Allison would have had something for Bodine and Earnhardt had his engine not blown. 13. DaleSrFanForever posted: 09.15.2008 - 2:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) 14. Ryan posted: 12.03.2008 - 2:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeha, Bodine led the most laps, but even he said Earnhardt had the better car at the end. Earnhardt was just waiting, unfortunately Gary Nelson wasn't Dale's crew chief at the time. Gary could get you extra mileage. 15. jp posted: 02.19.2009 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harry Gant almost flipped in this race. i was reading the comments on YouTube, and one user was saying something about "mexican speed wrench". must have something to do with gant's near flip. 16. Matthew Lewis posted: 04.12.2009 - 12:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Morgan Shepherd raced Randy LaJoie's car in the 500 after LaJoie DNQ'ed. I guess Morgan wrecked his regular car in practice or something? It was sponsored by Snellman Construction just as LaJoie's #07 was, *NOT* Race Hill Farms as listed. Here is a pic of Morgan in the race http://www.bcpix.com/cgi-bin/ImageFolio42/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Motorsports_Archives_of_Brian_Cleary/1980s_NASCAR_Photo_Database/1986_Daytona_Feb&image=031607bc167.jpg&img=300&tt= Although it says "Randy LaJoie" underneath the picture, trust me, its actually Morgan during the 500. Here is LaJoie's #07 spinning during the 125 Qualifying Races. http://www.bcpix.com/cgi-bin/ImageFolio42/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Motorsports_Archives_of_Brian_Cleary/1980s_NASCAR_Photo_Database/1986_Daytona_Feb&image=031607bc143.jpg&img=0&search=Lajoie&cat=all&tt=&bool=phrase 17. 18fan posted: 09.28.2009 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gary Nelson was like Chad Knaus except that Nelson could win fuel mileage races. 18. Anonymous posted: 10.13.2009 - 5:18 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) No, Nelson was beter than Chad. He didn't get caught cheeting. 19. smr posted: 10.20.2009 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Did Richard Petty bust up his shoulder in this race? 20. Jon H posted: 01.27.2010 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First win and race for the Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe. 21. myself posted: 02.09.2010 - 12:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (8) Hard to believe such a terrible driver could dominate & win such a prestigious race. 22. Destiny posted: 02.10.2010 - 12:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, www.racing-reference.info said 1986 Daytona 500 had a wrong starting grid, however, BMB5150 uploaded the 1986 Daytona 500 Part 1 has a right starting grid. 23. Wayne posted: 03.21.2010 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Grand Adcox relieved Ken Ragan during the early stages of the race. As the CBS announcers said after the race started, Ragan was injured in a crash earlier in the week and Adcox, who won the ARCA race the week before and the car was owned by his father Herb, got into the car and finished the race. 24. Wayne posted: 03.21.2010 - 10:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) *I meant Grant Adcox...apologies for the misspelling. 25. b4il3y posted: 11.26.2010 - 4:31 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) 19. smr posted: 10.20.09 - 8:37 pm Did Richard Petty bust up his shoulder in this race? yep. didnt phaze him tho :) 26. autryvilleracefan posted: 10.11.2011 - 9:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yes, Richard Petty did apparently dislocate his shoulder after the right side of his Pontiac hit the wall hard. The broadcast announcers mentioned on air, near the end of the race, that doctors had popped Richard's shoulder back in place. Bobby Allison would have probably been a factor in this race had his engine lasted. 27. cjs3872 posted: 01.20.2012 - 1:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 1986 Daytona 500, while a seemingly unimportant race in the history of the sport when it occurred, turned out to be one of the most important in the history of the sport, as it marked the first important win for Hendrick Motorsports. Hendrick Motorsports has, of course, become the standard by which all other modern teams are measured. It was also the first of six Daytona 500 wins for Hendrick Motorsports, second only to Petty Enterprises' nine. The reason for the two early driver changes was that both Morgan Shepherd and Ken Ragan were starting the race in borrowed cars after their practice crashes prior to the Daytona 500. Shepherd was relieved by Randy LaJoie, as Shepeherd was driving in the race in a car from the Snellman Brothers after Shepherd's car was wrecked. The same is true regarding Ken Ragan, as he was driving a car owned by Herb Adcox, Grant's father. Tim Richmond was also in a backup car, which resulted in him, like Shepherd, losing his original starting position, and had Davey Allison as a possible relief driver, but Richmond's backup car was from Hendrick Motorsports. Now, the huge wereck on lap 117 actualy started when Neil Bonnett, who for some reason was racing with the leaders, despite being 18 laps behind, broke a wheel, igniting that huge crash that knocked out drivers like Joe Ruttman, Cale Yarborough, Buddy Baker, and severely hampered the efforts of Bill Elliott and Tommy Ellis, who had a great run going. Also, on the fourth caution period, confusion on who was leading the race by the pace car driver resulted in A.J. Foyt, Rick Wilson, and Lake Speed all passing it, and all three drivers were penalized a lap as a result. Severla times during the race, the leader pitted when the caution came out instead of waiting. In fact, during the same caution period in which Foyt, Wilson, and Speed all passed the pace car, Darrell Waltrip made up a lap he lost when he was brought in because the window netting had come undone. Earlier in the race, Sterling Marlin made up a lap the same way. In 1989, NASCAR outlawed the practice of pitting when the caution came out to prevent such confusion from happening. Finally, how can anyone call Geoff Bodine a terrible driver? Not only did he win this race, but he also won on all three road courses that NASCAR raced on during the modern era, as well as win the 1994 All-Star Race. It's true Bodine was very aggressive, and that led him to being involved in more crashes than he should have been in. The reason many people don't like him was that he, unlike many of his contemporaries, actually stood up to Dale Earnhardt and wouldn't stand his bullying tactics. Actually, there are drivers far more dubious than Bodine that have won this race than Bodine. Do names like Pete Hamilton, Derrike Cope, Michael Waltrip (who actually won the Daytona 500 twice), and even Tiny Lund, Jamie McMurray, and Ward Burton come to mind, though Burton also won twice at Darlington and McMurray won the Brickyard 400 the same year as his Daytona 500 win. Time will tell whether or not Trevor Bayne, the 2011 winner, will join the list of dubious winners of the Daytona 500. 28. cjs3872 posted: 01.20.2012 - 1:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here is the caution flag summary for the 1986 Daytona 500: Caution flags: Laps 26-30 2-Bryant crash T2 (5 laps) Laps 64-75 43-R. Petty crash T2, caution extended to correct scoring problem (12 laps) Laps 83-88 7-K. Petty, 64-Carter crash T2 (others may have been invoved, but it's unknown who else was involved) (6 laps) Laps 94-97 90-Schrader blown engine (4 laps) Laps 102-105 54-Bierschwale blown engine (4 laps) Laps 110-112 47-LaJoie stalled at pit exit (3 laps) Laps 117-125 7-K. Petty, 9-Elliott, 12-Bonnett, 18-Ellis, 26-Ruttman, 28-Yarborough, 33-Gant, 75-Speed, 88-Baker crash T4 (9 laps) Laps 130-132 Debris (3 laps) 29. jC... posted: 03.14.2012 - 12:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This was also the first Winston Cup race for a front wheel drive bodied cars, the Oldsmobile Delta 88 and Buick LeSabre. 30. RaceFanX posted: 02.10.2013 - 8:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DNQ entries (driver- car- owner): Davey Allison- #95 Sadler Racing Chevrolet- Sadler Brothers Ferdin Wallace- #49 Clearfield Speedway Chevrolet- H.L. Waters Ron Esau- #48 Fleet Service Chevrolet- James Hylton Blackie Wangerin- #39 Wangerin Racing Ford- Blackie Wangerin Alan Kulwicki- #32 Quincy's Steak House Ford- Bill Terry Grant Adcox- #29 Adcox Chevrolet sponsored Chevrolet- Herb Adcox Bob Park- #19 Gardiner's Auto Pontiac- Bob Park Mark Stahl- #82 Auto Bell Car Wash Ford- Mark Stahl Donny Paul- #53 Paul Racing Chevrolet- Don Paul Randy LaJoie- #07 Snellman Construction Chevrolet- Bob Johnson Delma Cowart- #0 Carey Hilliard's Chevrolet sponsored Chevrolet- H.L. Waters J.D. McDuffie- #70 Rumple Furniture Pontiac- J.D. McDuffie Phil Barkdoll- #73 Helen Rae Special Ford- Phil Barkdoll Bobby Wawak- #74 Superior Piping Chevrolet- Bobby Wawak Chet Fillip- #81 Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford- Corey Fillip Eddie Bierschwale- #94 Kodak Film Pontiac- C & M Motorsports Connie Saylor- #99 Ball Racing Chevrolet- Ralph Ball Buddy Arrington- #65 Jim Peacock Ford sponsored Ford- Buddy Arrington Clark Dwyer- #76 Arrington Racing Ford- Buddy Arrington Dick Skillen- #60 Goff Racing Chevrolet- Tom Goff 31. scott posted: 02.13.2013 - 12:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) the lap 130 yellow was caused by ken regan spinning on the backstright 32. Ryan posted: 06.23.2013 - 9:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's funny when people say Geoff Bodine "stood up" to Earnhardt. All those races and championships he won that matched Earnhardt. smh Even Allison said he thought the #3 had the best car when he went out... Dale elected to stay behind the 5 at the end until he ran out. 33. 83andJoe posted: 07.06.2013 - 4:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #88 crew chief: Roland Wlodyka 34. 83andJoe posted: 09.17.2013 - 5:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #07 owner: Kaj Snellman #07 crew chief: Bob Johnson #47 owner: Jack Beebe #47 sponsor: Snellman Construction 35. SRT posted: 10.18.2013 - 10:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) To the back: Ken Ragan and Tim Richmond Both crashed their primary car in practice. 36. Guest posted: 11.18.2013 - 1:00 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Bodine without question stood up to Dale. Nobody is saying Bodine was better its just Dale NEVER intimidated him. I watched them both race for 20 years. Sr. had big battles with a few drivers, Bodine, Davey Allison, Elliott, DW, Gordon, Rusty, Terry Labonte and probably most famously Ricky Rudd. And what intimidation means in this case is if Dale showed he was faster they would move and let him go and not try and hold him up. The above listed drivers proved otherwise as Dale had to sometimes result to more aggressive tactics to pass. Had Dale not ran out of gas/blew up here I think he runs second to Geoff and I'm a big Sr. fan. I can still remember to this day watching this race from my grandmother's living room, arguing with my uncle who wanted to watch Westerns instead of the race. 37. b4il3y posted: 12.12.2013 - 2:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bodine was never intimated by Dale. Yeah, Dale was a better driver, but there was a few drivers who never let Dale get to them. 38. RaceFanX posted: 12.26.2013 - 9:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor: #18 Tommy Ellis- Freedlander Financial (sponsor for all 1986 starts) #42 Dick Trickle- Bill's Barbecue / Suncrest Motor Homes (I think that Trickle's deal may have been a last minute one [after the 125s?]. CBS showed Trickle's car blank during the starting lineup but I've seen photos that prove he had sponsors) 39. Anonymous posted: 12.31.2013 - 12:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Fuel Economaki!LMAO.I liked old Ken Squier. 40. Jeff posted: 02.13.2014 - 1:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only Daytona 500 for Pancho Carter. He was much more of an open wheel Indy 500 guy. 41. Walleyewhacker posted: 02.16.2014 - 10:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) Bodine was a better road course racer and also better at Pocono and North Wilksboro than Earnhardt. It cracks me up that Earnhardt could only squeak out 3 Cup wins at Daytona. Earnhardt was really only a dominating winner at four tracks, Talladega, Bristol, Atlanta and Darlington. He had way too many mediocre to poor tracks to be considered the best ever. He stroked his way to most of his Cup championships other than 1987 by having decent but not overwhelming average finshes. 42. 23andJoe posted: 04.02.2014 - 10:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #47 crew chief: Jake Elder 43. Ryan posted: 02.13.2015 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here is a car to add on the DNQ/Withdraw List: #56 Bob Penrod - Penrod's Restaurant Chevy He told me that they were down there for speedweeks and blew both their motors in practice and were forced to withdraw 44. robby burns posted: 04.13.2015 - 11:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 1986 Daytona 500 is still my favorite, the fist major race victory for Hendrick Motorsports Geoffrey Bodine wins in that slick 1986 #5 Levi Garrett Chevy Monte Carlo Aerocoupe. Dale Earnhardt's first of many Daytona 500 heartbreaks after winning The Busch Clash, The Twin-125 and the BGN race he was in position to sligshot past Bodine but ran out of fuel then slid through his pit-stall a when his crew put ether in the engine to restart it it detonated the engine and he limped to 14th place finish.(you could see in bodine's in-car shot on the last lap he blowing by the #3 car) Neil Bonnet had a great shot at winning this race drove from 12th to first and led 32 laps but on a restart he broke his transmission, when he returned to the track his right front wheel just broke of triggering a 10 car wreck that took out Harry Gant, Bill Elliot, and Cale Yarborough. Just more bad luck for the late Neil Bonnet. Geoff Bodine, Gary Nelson and Hendrick Motorsports has a perfect race, great track position, smooth pit stops, a fast car, Bodine drove smart, and of course just enough fuel. Earnhardt probably had a faster car (led 34 laps) but had issue's when Bonnet broke his transmission Dale was right behind him and had to virtually stop to avoid him losing tack position, twice he had to pit early, on the final run to the finish Earnhardt pitted one lap after Bodine but had a stop 5 seconds slower though forcing Dale to charge up to Bodine who was trying to conserve his equipment but one Dale caught him he would not pass him Gary Nelson joked on CBS to Mike Joy "He'd follow us down pit road". They had slowed the pace down by over a second trying to conserve even the 6th place lap down car of Benny Parson's had caught and passed them. My guess is that Earnhardt ran the car out of fuel just trying to catch Bodine, there was a great shot from Bodine's rear window on board camera coming out of turn 4 you can the 3 car come of the corner and Earnhardt snap the wheel straight. What could be forgotten is the Terry Labonte had easily enough fuel to make it a was waiting to pounce if anything had happened. Bobby Hillin Jr. scored the first of 4 top 5 finishes in 1986.(4,4,3,1), all at Daytona and Talladega. CBS' had the in-car camera shot in the #5 car for nearly the entire final lap cool move by them, this was Geoff Bodine's greatest moment in his rivalry with Earnhardt, Dale always seem to get the best of him. 45. Schroeder51 posted: 12.24.2015 - 8:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Withdrew: Slick Johnson-#54 Bill Ramsey Chevrolet (Owned by Henley Gray) Johnson competed in the qualifying races and was able to make to 500 (although he DNFed in his qualifying race), but he was replaced in the 500 itself by Eddie Bierschwale, who brought his Kodak sponsorship with him when the #94 he was entered in failed to advance through the qualifying races. 46. MattJ posted: 04.25.2016 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the first Daytona 500 that did not have some type of Chrysler car in the field (Dodge or Plymouth) since the Mirada, Imperial, and Cordoba were aged out at the end of the 1985 season. 47. RaceFanX posted: 01.21.2017 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bobby Allison's first points for the Stavola Brothers ends with the then-two-time Daytona 500 winner's new Buick LeSabre blowing a motor early and finishing last. The Miller American team would go on to a strong 1986 season but it's still always rough to finish last at Daytona. 48. RaceFanX posted: 01.01.2018 - 10:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) While Bobby Allison had a rough day his teammate Bobby Hillin, Jr. in the #8 Miller American Chevrolet turned in his best Daytona 500 performance with a fourth-place run. Hillin's entry here was the only time all year the Stavola Brothers fielded a Chevrolet Monte Carlo for either of their teams, Allison's entry was a Buick and Hillin would also run a Buick throughout the rest of 1986. 49. rw posted: 02.08.2018 - 2:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I keep looking back on this race and keep saying to myself "Geoff Bodine actually won a Daytona 500" not that Geoff was a bad driver, I'm just amazed he actually won the big race. 50. TeamDCR fan posted: 02.09.2018 - 9:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How did Buddy Arrington run the 67, when the 67 was not in either qualifying race? 51. StenhouseFan17 posted: 02.09.2018 - 11:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Arrington qualified both the #65 and #67, according to the qualifying results. My only thought is that the #67 was guaranteed in on speed or by some other method and he was trying to race in the #65 for someone else to drive in the 500. Other than that, it's a mystery. 52. Jolly Mean Giant posted: 06.02.2018 - 11:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) First Daytona 500 starts for Eddie Bierschwale and Larry Pearson. Only Daytona 500 starts for Tommy Ellis, Pancho Carter, and Kirk Bryant. Last Daytona 500 starts for Jody Ridley, Doug Heveron, and Buddy Arrington. 53. SweetRich posted: 02.13.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Commentators For The 28th Daytona 500 Consisted Of Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett And David Hobbs With The Pit Road Reporters Being Mike Joy And Chris Economaki. 54. RaceFanX posted: 02.25.2020 - 2:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) After two years driving for Mike Curb this race kicked off Richard Petty's return to Petty Enterprises, bringing the #43, STP, and Pontiac back into the Petty fold. The King's return saw him place in the top-10 in his 125 but on race day his Petty Blue Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 Aerocoupe ended up out of the race after a hard trip into the outside wall in Turn 2. Petty separated his left shoulder and ended up hospitalized as a result but as noted above doctors quickly fixed it and he was released before the end of the race. With Richard Petty moving on the Mike Curb team had a new look for this race as Ron Bouchard took over the driving duties and brought along his sponsor Valvoline to adorn the team's now white, blue, and red #98 Pontiac. The Massachusetts racer's first outing for the Curb team was a success as they came home sixth but this would ultimately turn out to be their best finish of the season. 55. NewGuyOnTheBlock posted: 05.04.2020 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) CBS broadcast this race. Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, and David Hobbs were in the booth with Mike Joy and Chris Economaki on pit road. 56. RaceFanX posted: 07.08.2020 - 10:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) After a winless 1985 season with Blue Max Tim Richmond made the big jump to the expanding Hendrick Motorsports team to race Rick's new #25 Folger's Coffee Chevrolet. Tim's first points race outing in the red Monte Carlo saw Tim start at the back in a backup car and playing hurt after crashing in his 125 qualifier. Richmond would race up through the field to lead a few laps and run in the top-5 but ultimately ended up 20th, 12 laps down, after issues in the second half of the race. The Folgers team had future Cup racer Davey Allison, then an ARCA driver who failed to qualify for this race, on standby as a possible relief driver if Richmond needed one but he went the distance. This 20th was surprisingly Richmond's best Daytona 500 finish as it was the only time he ever finished the Great American Race. He would go on to win the Pepsi 400 here in July later in the year. Sadly this would be Richmond's last Daytona 500 outing, he missed the race in 1987 due to his illness. 57. RaceFanX posted: 07.08.2020 - 11:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rusty Wallace had some wheels for 1986 as he left Cliff Stewart's #2 team to join the Blue Max #27 Pontiac effort, bringing his sponsor Alugard along with him. Wallace's first outing in the now blue #27 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 was successful as he followed up a top-5 in his qualifying race with a top-10 in the main event. The driver change worked out great for Blue Max as the coming years saw Rusty return the team to its winning ways and take it to new heights. Reigning rookie of the year Ken Schrader had new colors on his Junie Donlavey-fielded #90 Ford for 1986 as the team traded in its traditional blue paint scheme for a white-and-red scheme with new sponsor Red Baron Frozen Pizza. The company had a big contingent here for this race to watch Schrader race and Kenny was disappointed that a blown engine put him on the sidelines before halfway so he couldn't give them a better showing. It was a tough week on track for Schrader, he had to take a provisional just to get in this race after blowing another motor on the opening lap of his 125. ARCA race winner Kirk Bryant moved up to replace Rusty in the Stewart #2 Pontiac for 1986 but the team was on its last legs. This was his Cup debut but it ended early on after the white Spectrum Furniture Grand Prix 2+2 crashed in turn two to bring out the day's first caution. The Bryant family would later buy the team early in the season as Stewart left the sport. 58. Rich posted: 01.03.2021 - 7:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chris Economaki was the studio host along with being one of the two pit road reporters. 59. Rich posted: 01.03.2021 - 7:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chris Economaki was the studio host along with being on pit road. 60. HD11 posted: 01.28.2021 - 7:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) When Billy Hagan and Terry Labonte switched from Chevy to Oldsmobile's for the ?86 season, Rick Hendrick bought the entire fleet of Hagan's old Chevys. However, the car Bodine won with was a Hendrick piece from the prior year. They also mentioned during the broadcast that Bodine and teammate Tim Richmond's shops were ?miles apart?, something you'd certainly not see these days. And yes, Chris Economaki did call one of Harry Gant's sledgehammers a ?Mexican speed hammer?. My how times have changed, lol. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: