1986 Indianapolis 500

The 70th Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis on Saturday, May 31, 1986. After being rained out on May 25–26, the race was rescheduled for the following weekend. Bobby Rahal was the winner, becoming the first driver in Indy history to complete the 500 miles in less than three hours.

The race was sanctioned by USAC, and was included as part of the 1986 Indy Car World Series.

Race box score[]

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	Laps	Led	Status
1	4	3	Bobby Rahal	213.550	4	200	58	Running
2	6	7	Kevin Cogan	211.922	8	200	13	Running
3	1	4	Rick Mears	216.828	1	200	76	Running
4	8	5	Roberto Guerrero	211.576	10	200	1	Running
5	9	30	Al Unser, Jr.	211.533	11	199	6	Flagged
6	3	18	Michael Andretti	214.522	3	199	45	Flagged
7	11	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	210.237	14	199	1	Flagged
8	12	21	Johnny Rutherford	210.220	15	198	0	Flagged
9	2	1	Danny Sullivan	215.382	2	197	0	Flagged
10	13	12	Randy Lanier	209.964	16	195	0	Flagged
11	29	24	Gary Bettenhausen	209.756	17	193	0	Flagged
12	20	8	Geoff Brabham	207.082	32	193	0	Flagged
13	22	22	Raul Boesel	211.202	12	192	0	Flagged
14	33	23	Dick Simon	204.978	33	189	0	Flagged
15	19	61	Arie Luyendyk	207.811	30	188	0	Crash T4
16	14	15	Pancho Carter	209.635	18	179	0	Wheel Bearing
17	10	66	Ed Pimm	210.874	13	168	0	Electrical
18	17	55	Josele Garza	208.939	24	167	0	Flagged
19	32	9	Roberto Moreno	209.469	19	158	0	Stalled
20	15	81	Jacques Villeneuve	209.397	20	154	0	Main Bearing
21	25	59	Chip Ganassi	207.590	31	151	0	Engine
22	5	11	Al Unser	212.295	7	149	0	Vibration
23	16	25	Danny Ongais	209.158	21	136	0	Ignition
24	21	14	A.J. Foyt	213.212	5	135	0	Spun in pits
25	27	6	Rich Vogler	209.089	22	132	0	Crash T3
26	31	84	George Snider	209.025	23	110	0	Ignition
27	28	95	Johnny Parsons	207.894	29	100	0	CV Joint
28	18	16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	208.933	25	77	0	Valve Spring
29	26	31	Jim Crawford	208.911	26	70	0	Head Gasket
30	23	71	Scott Brayton	208.079	27	69	0	Engine
31	24	42	Phil Krueger	207.948	28	67	0	Engine
32	30	2	Mario Andretti	212.300	6	19	0	Ignition
33	7	33	Tom Sneva	211.878	9	0	0	Crash T2

Starting grid[]

Row	Inside	Middle	Outside
1	Rick Mears	Danny Sullivan	Michael Andretti
2	Bobby Rahal	Al Unser	Kevin Cogan
3	Tom Sneva	Roberto Guerrero	Al Unser, Jr.
4	Ed Pimm	Emerson Fittipaldi	Johnny Rutherford
5	Randy Lanier	Pancho Carter	Jacques Villeneuve
6	Danny Ongais	Josele Garza	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.
7	Arie Luyendyk	Geoff Brabham	A.J. Foyt
8	Raul Boesel	Scott Brayton	Phil Krueger
9	Chip Ganassi	Jim Crawford	Rich Vogler
10	Johnny Parsons	Gary Bettenhausen	Mario Andretti†
11	George Snider††	Roberto Moreno††	Dick Simon‡

† - Mario Andretti qualified 5th on pole day. A few days later, he crashed his already-qualified car, and it was damaged beyond repair. The car was replaced with a back-up car, and was moved the rear of the field.
†† - George Snider and Roberto Moreno were both involved in the multi-car crash on Carburetion Day. Both primary cars were damaged beyond repair. Their cars were replaced with back-up cars, and moved to the rear of the field.
‡ - After Dennis Firestone withdrew his wrecked car, Dick Simon was added to field in the 33rd position as the first alternate

Qualified cars withdrawn:

Dennis Firestone; wrecked on Carburetion Day and withdrawn.

Failed to Qualify:

Steve Bren (#25)
Steve Chassey (#56/#65)
Derek Daly (#28)
Spike Gehlhausen (#10)
Herm Johnson (#28)
Rupert Keegan (#56/#65)
Jan Lammers (#98)
Rick Miaskiewicz (#19)
Mike Nish (#44/#45)*
John Paul, Jr. (#31) Paul withdrew after a few days of practice after being sentenced to prison for his involvement in drug trafficking with his father, John Paul, Sr.

References[]

1985 Indianapolis 500 Danny Sullivan	1986 Indianapolis 500 Bobby Rahal	1987 Indianapolis 500 Al Unser

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