|| *Comments on the 1986 The Budweiser At The Glen:* View the most recent comment <#38> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Bufford posted: 09.18.2006 - 12:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bill Elliott finishes 4th after causing major damage to his car in first round of qual. 2. myself posted: 02.15.2007 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Was this the inagural Watkins Glen race? 3. Dan posted: 04.06.2007 - 1:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The inaugural race at Watkins Glen was in 1957, but this was the first race on the current configuration. 4. chris posted: 04.14.2007 - 3:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does anybody know if there's a reason Nascar doesn't race the "boot" part of this track? 5. Anonymous posted: 06.19.2007 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) probably cause its to long for them kinda like how they now drive the short course at sears point and how they used to drive the short course at Riverside 6. DieselDan posted: 10.16.2007 - 1:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) As for the Boot section, a stock car isn't set up for the elevation change that is part of the Boot. The fuel would slosh away from the pickup with a much as 6 gallons left in the cell. 7. Scott posted: 05.26.2008 - 1:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) God Bless Tim Richmond. I truly believe he was so underestimated. Had he lived, I wonder if maybe he could've won a championship? Something to consider: There would be no Watkins Glen without that man, that star, winning its first race in 30 years. RIP Tim Richmond 8. RaceFanX posted: 03.20.2009 - 6:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Al Unser's first NASCAR race in 17 years 9. Aaron Camp posted: 04.02.2009 - 5:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) If NASCAR ran the "boot configuration" of Watkins Glen, the course would be 3.4 miles...NASCAR does not sanction races on road courses longer than 3 miles. 10. myself posted: 07.27.2009 - 11:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) C'mon, Scott!! "God bless Tim Richmond." The man spread aids! 11. Haywood posted: 08.08.2009 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) where do u guys get these weird bits of info that are clearly made up? they don't race the boot and never have, and the only reason i have ever heard given is on TV once they said it's hard on the brakes. no idea. i know it has NOTHING to do with elevation changes. sears point has far more than watkins glen. the climb from turn 1 to turn 2 is the most elevation change nascar experiences all year other than possibly turn 1 here, as u drop downhill. it definitely isn't because "nascar doesn't sanction races on road courses longer than 3 miles." i don't think they have in recent history, but they did for a fact run on road america (4 miles in length) and the old daytona beach race was 4 miles in length. 12. Nathan de Rover posted: 06.05.2011 - 8:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They don't run the boot because there aren't any grandstands there. Not running it gets the cars in front of fans more often. It's just that simple. 13. Aldo posted: 12.17.2011 - 3:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Willy T. Ribs qualified in 37th position but had a problem and withdrew from the race. 14. 10andJoe posted: 03.20.2012 - 11:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ribbs is an odd case here. He DID qualify, but he withdrew before the race after blowing FOUR engines during practice and qualifying, according to ESPN. I don't think he should be listed as a DNQ. I believe the standard in "qualified but withdrew" situations is to list the driver in the main results, in which case, the results here should read: 37. (37) #30 Willy T. Ribbs, Red Roof Inns (DiGard) Chevrolet, 0, 0, engine, 0, 0 DNQ: none 15. 10andJoe posted: 03.20.2012 - 12:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^ that would be "withdrew", not "engine", of course 16. RaceFanX posted: 11.01.2012 - 11:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) This race was televised by ESPN using an interesting announcing lineup as Bob Jenkins was joined for this race only by IndyCar champion Rick Mears. Ironically eventual race winner Tim Richmond was the driver interviewed during the introduction of the broadcast. With all this talk of the Boot it's worth noting that at least once a NASCAR has run the full course. In 2012 a Mobil 1 promotional event saw F1 racer Lewis Hamilton and NASCAR Sprint Cup series racer Tony Stewart trade rides with 2008 Formula One World Champion Hamilton running laps in Tony's #14 Chevrolet on the long course (and in the wet at that). 17. RaceFanX posted: 11.01.2012 - 11:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With Al Unser Sr. driving his normal Crisco #88 regular driver Buddy Baker served as the team's crew chief instead for this race. Unser had ESPN's in-car camera for this race and qualifed well his Oldsmobile but went out with transmission failure 2/3rds of the way in. 18. james-0-matic posted: 03.03.2014 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pancho Carter's best start, 18th 19. james-0-matic posted: 03.03.2014 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) sorry, 17th 20. saltsburgtrojanfan posted: 06.27.2014 - 2:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lap 3-7: #63 engine failure Lap 26-29: #3,88 spin turn 1 Lap 56-58: #27 spin turn 5 Lap 72-75: #8 engune failure 21. saltsburgtrojanfan posted: 08.08.2014 - 12:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) correction Caution 1 was from laps 4-7 and Caution 3 was from laps 56-59 22. Aaron posted: 08.10.2014 - 3:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First of four career starts for future Rolex series champion Tommy Riggins. 23. saltsburgtrojanfan posted: 03.20.2015 - 5:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Corrections Caution 1: Lap 4-9: #63 engine failure Caution 2: Lap 26-28: #3,88 spun turn 1 Caution 3: Lap 56-59: #27 spun Caution 4: Lap 72-74: #8 engine failure 24. Maverick11 posted: 05.22.2016 - 12:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The first Cup race at Watkins Glen after a 21 year hiatus, the previous race was in 1965. 25. nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted: 01.03.2017 - 7:24 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Note: complete qualifying result and correct cautions flag for all 1986 season are now available on RR. 26. RaceFanX posted: 01.03.2017 - 10:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thank you to nascar_vd, our webmaster, and the others who helped to locate, archive, and upload this data. You can't help but feel a little bad for Jocko Maggiacomo in this one. Jocko was a SCCA Trans-Am champion so a road course race would have been right up his ally yet his signature #63 lasted less than three laps. Given how hot Willy T. Ribbs was on a road course in anything with fenders during the 1980s its a shame he had to withdraw as well. 27. RaceFanX posted: 01.12.2018 - 9:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) There were more lead changes in this race then in all three prior Cup races at the Glen combined. 28. Jim4Bill posted: 01.29.2018 - 12:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I believe the reason the boot is not used is in fact concern about brakes - and the lack of grandstands in the boot. Also - when possible - NASCAR likes to run more laps/less mileage to bring more options on pit stops into play. In 1986 the boot had not been recently re-paved so they were concerned stock cars could tear up the track. The recent re-pave (2017) would allow the boot to be used. They run Road America now for Nationwide so length of track is not the issue. There is a rumor NASCAR is considering the boot because of the re-pave. They may do some testing to see if it would make for a better show. Won't happen in 2018 but maybe a future event. 29. RaceFanX posted: 12.31.2018 - 9:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale Earnhardt's first Cup race at Watkins Glen sees the Wrangler #3 Chevrolet fittingly come home in third place. Earnhardt would never win at the Glen with a third-place finish being the best he would record...and it would be a feat he achieved three separate times. 30. RaceFanX posted: 12.31.2018 - 10:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tom Rotsell makes his Winston Cup debut, and only start of the season, at the wheel of a white-and-black #51 Ford Thunderbird that was sponsored by a Pennsylvania AMC, Jeep, and Ford dealership. Rotsell's one-off marked perhaps the last time an AMC symbol adorned a Cup car, the 1988 model year was the last for American Motors after it was bought out by Chrysler in 1987. Chilson Motors, the AMC dealer in question, was well-known for its support of drag racing in the late 1960s and early 1970s. 31. RaceFanX posted: 08.15.2019 - 1:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tim Richmond won this race driving one-handed. Late in the final lap Richmond actually reached up put the window net down on the red #25 Folger's Chevrolet Monte Carlo so he could cross the finish line waving to the crowd as he won the race. What made this an especially weird was that Richmond wasn't exactly blowing them away when he did that, Darrell Waltrip wasn't on his back bumper but the Budweiser #11 Chevy was still within striking distance at the time. After crossing the finish line DW also put his hand out the window to wave to the crowd. 32. Joshua posted: 08.15.2019 - 7:28 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I saw a Twitter post about Tim Richmond waving to the crowd; it looks like he did that the entire final lap. 33. Trevor posted: 01.09.2020 - 2:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bill Elliott suffers a hard crash over the wall. Not a lot is known of the crash. If you know more info, respond. I could only find one picture online.Here is the picture. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/422282902533727131/ 34. SweetRich posted: 03.02.2020 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators for the race were Bob Jenkins and Rick Mears with Jack Arute on pit road. 35. Anonymous posted: 05.01.2020 - 6:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is the 2nd race from 1986 that will get a re-air its gonna be happening Mother's Day. 36. NewGuyOnTheBlock posted: 06.23.2020 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ESPN broadcast this race. Bob Jenkins and Rick Mears were in the booth with Jack Arute on pit road. 37. NewGuyOnTheBlock posted: 06.26.2020 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tim Richmond continued his summer of dominance as he started on pole, led 29 laps, and won his fourth race of the season (Also his fourth win in six races). Richmond suffered an engine misfire on the initial start, but it didn't seem to matter as he pretty much stayed inside the top-5 for the entire event, taking the lead with 12 laps to go and never looking back. Darrell Waltrip had a solid day, leading 22 laps and finishing in second. Waltrip was fast on the short-runs, but his long-run speed just wasn't there at the end. Dale Earnhardt spent much of the race in the latter half of the top-10, even spinning off course at one point after contact with Al Unser. But on the final restart, his car came alive, charging up to third place. Bill Elliott completely destroyed his Ford in qualifying when he flipped over the barriers at the end of the backstretch. After starting down in 22nd, he rallied to a fourth-place finish, leading four laps in the process. Neil Bonnett made his return to the driver's seat after sitting out Talladega with broken ribs. Team owner Junior Johnson wasn't sure if Neil would go the full distance, so the #12 team had Doug Heveron on standby. Bonnett would end up running the whole race, running as high as second, and placing fifth. Rusty Wallace had an eventful afternoon. After taking the lead for three laps early, Wallace was black-flagged by NASCAR for leaking oil onto the track. Rejoining the field at the tail-end, Wallace would cut a tire after making contact with the wall, then spun out in the carousel to bring out a caution. Despite these setbacks, Wallace would rally to finish sixth. Ricky Rudd ran a quiet race, staying inside the top-5 and top-10 all afternoon and finishing in seventh. Benny Parsons was the surprise of the race, running up front for much of the afternoon and finishing in eighth. Kyle Petty recovered from an off-course excursion late in the running to finish ninth. Richard Petty was running a great race until he was black-flagged by NASCAR for what they believed was an oil leak. Turns out it was nothing, which infuriated Petty's crew chief Dale Inman. Petty later was collected by Bobby Hillin Jr. after Hillin spun on his own oil in turn 7. Despite the setbacks, Petty would come home in tenth. In his first start in the RahMoc #75 Pontiac, Morgan Shepherd brought the struggling team home with an eleventh place finish. Bobby Allison had a great run going early in this race, despite sliding off track in turn 1 during a caution. However, Allison would drop out of the top-10 following another spin late in the running, coming home twelfth. Dave Marcis, who usually did poorly at the road courses, ran a great race, finishing as the last car on the lead lap in thirteenth. Phil Parsons finished a lap down in fourteenth. Parsons fought fiercely to stay on the lead lap, even holding up the leaders at one point. Sportscar ace Tommy Riggins was the highest finishing of the road course ringers, coming home a lap down in fifteenth. Riggins managed to pick up Valvoline to sponsor his Pontiac for this race, as the motor oil company was in the process of cutting ties with Mike Curb's #98 team. Ken Schrader was in this race. That's the most I can say about his performance. He finished a lap down in sixteenth. Michael Waltrip about destroyed his Pontiac after three spins, including one that smashed up the right side. Despite the damage, he managed to finish a lap down in seventeenth. Making his first NASCAR start in nearly a decade, George Follmer spent much of the race getting in the way of the leaders, finishing two laps down in eighteenth. Geoff Bodine had the car to beat, leading 32 laps and opening up a ten-second lead at one point. But while dueling with Tim Richmond for the top spot late, Bodine suddenly lost it in turn 1 and spun off course. The #5 was never able to recover as Bodine finished two laps down in nineteenth. Sportscar driver Rick Knoop made just his second career start in this event, taking the reigns of D.K. Ulrich's #6. Knoop was a roving roadblock in this race, unintentionally blocking Tim Richmond at one point that allowed Geoff Bodine to take the lead. Knoop came home two laps down in twentieth. Jimmy Means ran a very 'Jimmy Means-Esque' race, finishing three laps down in twenty-first. Chet Fillip fell off the pace early following an off-track excursion, coming home three laps down in twenty-second. Rick Wilson spun early and never recovered, finishing three laps down in twenty-third. Buddy Arrington suffered mechanical issues early and also hit the guardrails while avoiding the spinning car of Michael Waltrip. Arrington came home four laps down in twenty-fourth. Like the rest of his fellow backmarkers, J.D. McDuffie was a non-factor. He finished five laps down in twenty-fifth. Tom Rotsell's Ford was sponsored by a local AMC dealership, the last time AMC would appear on a NASCAR stock car. Rotsell could've used some Matador power, as he came home six laps down in twenty-sixth. James Hylton was easily the slowest car on track, finishing ten laps down in twenty-seventh. Bobby Hillin Jr. retired after 70 laps following an engine failure. He would end up collecting Richard Petty when he spun on his own oil in turn 7. Al Unser ran a good race early, despite a spin with Dale Earnhardt in turn 1. But transmission issues would put him behind the wall. Eddie Bierschwale was a non-factor, retiring with transmission issues. Pancho Carter was expected to have a good race, considering his IndyCar background. Instead, he retired after 48 laps with brake failure. Usually a road course expert, Terry Labonte never got a chance to show his skills, as he retired with engine failure after 34 laps. Joe Ruttman was in and out of the pits for much of the race with transmission issues, finally retiring after 25 laps. Harry Gant had a fast car early, only to blow his motor in the esses and pull off course. Phil Good retired with engine failure after just 12 laps. Jocko Maggiacomo was the first retiree, pulling off course on the backstretch after an engine failure on lap 3. 38. RaceFanX posted: 08.16.2020 - 12:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Geoff Bodine prepared for NASCAR's return to the Glen by racing in IMSA's 500-mile Camel Continental race here a month before the Cup race. Bodine paired up with Jack Baldwin in the #76 Levi Garrett Chevrolet Camaro and together they won the IMSA GTO class race during the event, finishing a full lap ahead of the second place Roush Racing #7 7-Eleven Ford Mustang of Scott Pruett and Bruce Jenner (now known as Caitlyn Jenner). Bodine and Baldwin finished 11th overall in that race with all of the cars in front of them being prototypes. The skills Bodine picked up running the IMSA GT race were paying off here as he led the race's middle stages before his previously mentioned spin that ruined his hopes for a good finish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: