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1986 Champion Spark Plug 300

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CART race number 15 of 17
Sunday, October 12, 1986 at Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA
98 laps on a 1.900 mile road course (186.200 miles)

Time of race: 1:33:20
Average speed: 119.693 mph
Pole speed: 128.969 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 1.41 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1986 CART results / 1986 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	3	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser (Truesports)	March / Cosworth	98	55410	running	86	21
2	5	4	Danny Sullivan	Miller American (Roger Penske)	March / Cosworth	98	46480	running	0	16
3	4	18	Michael Andretti	Kraco / STP / Lean Machine (Kraco Enterprises)	March / Cosworth	98	35400	running	1	14
4	1	5	Mario Andretti	Hanna Car Wash (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Cosworth	98	28960	running	8	13
5	6	2	Roberto Guerrero	True Value / Emerson (Team Cotter Racing)	March / Cosworth	98	28340	running	0	10
6	7	8	Geoff Brabham	Valvoline Spirit (Rick Galles)	Lola / Cosworth	98	24720	running	3	8
7	9	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro (Pat Patrick)	March / Cosworth	98	22600	running	0	6
8	12	59	Jan Lammers	Slakey Night & Day (Machinist Union Racing Team)	Eagle / Cosworth	96	16980	running	0	5
9	8	7	Kevin Cogan	7-Eleven (Pat Patrick)	March / Cosworth	95	18360	running	0	4
10	18	61	Arie Luyendyk	Race For Life (Hasselhoff-Groenvelt Racing)	Lola / Cosworth	95	18436	running	0	3
11	16	66	Ed Pimm	Skoal Longcut (Mike Curb)	March / Cosworth	94	17724	running	0	2
12	17	21	Johnny Rutherford	Vermont American (Alex Morales)	March / Cosworth	93	17300	running	0	1
13	19	12	Jeff MacPherson	MacHoward Leasing (Frank Arciero)	March / Cosworth	89	18300	oil leak	0
14	10	22	Raul Boesel	Duracell Coppertop (Dick Simon)	Lola / Cosworth	88	16240	off course	0
15	24	56	Rocky Moran	Genesee Beer Wagon	March / Cosworth	79	16240	running	0
16	22	55	Desire Wilson	Schaefer (Machinist Union Racing Team)	March / Cosworth	66	15180	engine	0
17	3	1	Rick Mears	Pennzoil Z-7 (Roger Penske)	March / Chevrolet	59	14650	crash	0
18	21	36	Randy Lewis	Raychem / Raynor	Lola / Cosworth	49	14650	engine fire	0
19	14	71	Jacques Villeneuve	Living Well Fitness (Ron Hemelgarn)	March / Cosworth	43	11150	gearbox	0
20	13	9	Roberto Moreno	Five Star Marketing (Rick Galles)	Lola / Cosworth	35	11150	gearbox	0
21	23	24	Dominic Dobson	Leader Card (Leader Card)	March / Cosworth	31	14120	engine	0
22	15	33	Tom Sneva	Skoal Bandit (Mike Curb)	March / Cosworth	18	10620	crash	0
23	11	30	Al Unser, Jr.	Domino's Pizza (Douglas Shierson)	Lola / Cosworth	13	14120	engine	0
24	20	23	Tom Phillips	Duracell Coppertop (Dick Simon)	Lola / Cosworth	8	7120	engine	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Dale Coyne	19	Dale Coyne Racing	Dale Coyne	DC-1 / Chevy

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mario Andretti	1	8	8
Bobby Rahal	9	33	25
Geoff Brabham	34	34	1
Bobby Rahal	35	67	33
Michael Andretti	68	68	1
Geoff Brabham	69	70	2
Bobby Rahal	71	98	28

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Bobby Rahal	159
2	Michael Andretti	150	-9
3	Danny Sullivan	131	-28
4	Mario Andretti	122	-37
5	Al Unser, Jr.	109	-50
6	Kevin Cogan	103	-56
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	93	-66
8	Tom Sneva	82	-77
9	Rick Mears	75	-84
10	Johnny Rutherford	73	-86
11	Roberto Guerrero	68	-91
12	Raul Boesel	54	-105
13	Geoff Brabham	49	-110
14	Josele Garza	45	-114
15	Jacques Villeneuve	30	-129
16	Arie Luyendyk	29	-130
17	Pancho Carter	28	-131
18	Roberto Moreno	27	-132
19	Randy Lanier	21	-138
20	Ed Pimm	20	-139
21	A.J. Foyt	16	-143