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1986 Indianapolis 500

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CART race number 3 of 17
Saturday, May 31, 1986 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:55:43
Average speed: 170.722 mph
Pole speed: 216.828 mph

Cautions: 6 for 29 laps
Margin of victory: 1.34 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 20

Glossary 1986 CART results / 1986 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	3	Bobby Rahal	Budweiser (Jim Trueman)	March / Cosworth	200	581063	running	58	20
2	6	7	Kevin Cogan	7-Eleven (Pat Patrick)	March / Cosworth	200	253363	running	13	16
3	1	4	Rick Mears	Pennzoil Z-7 (Roger Penske)	March / Cosworth	200	332263	running	76	16
4	8	5	Roberto Guerrero	True Value / Emerson (Team Cotter Racing)	March / Cosworth	200	139513	running	1	12
5	9	30	Al Unser, Jr.	Domino's Pizza (Douglas Shierson)	Lola / Cosworth	199	113463	running	6	10
6	3	18	Michael Andretti	Kraco / STP / Lean Machine (Kraco Enterprises)	March / Cosworth	199	171763	running	45	8
7	11	20	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro (Pat Patrick)	March / Cosworth	199	104563	running	1	6
8	12	21	Johnny Rutherford	Vermont American (Alex Morales)	March / Cosworth	198	97513	running	0	5
9	2	1	Danny Sullivan	Miller American (Roger Penske)	March / Cosworth	197	134088	running	0	4
10	13	12	Randy Lanier	Arciero Racing (Frank Arciero)	March / Cosworth	195	103438	running	0	3
11	29	24	Gary Bettenhausen	Vita Fresh / Timex (Leader Card)	March / Cosworth	193	108913	running	0	2
12	20	8	Geoff Brabham	Valvoline Spirit (Rick Galles)	Lola / Cosworth	193	94613	running	0	1
13	22	22	Raul Boesel	Duracell Coppertop (Dick Simon)	Lola / Cosworth	192	90063	running	0
14	33	23	Dick Simon	Duracell Coppertop (Dick Simon)	Lola / Cosworth	189	93463	running	0
15	19	61	Arie Luyendyk	MCI / Race For Life (Hasselhoff-Groenvelt Racing)	Lola / Cosworth	188	86013	crash	0
16	14	15	Pancho Carter	Coors Light (Rick Galles)	Lola / Cosworth	179	84713	bearing	0
17	10	66	Ed Pimm	Skoal / Pace Electronics (Mike Curb)	March / Cosworth	168	83863	electrical	0
18	17	55	Josele Garza	Schaefer (Machinist Union Racing Team)	March / Cosworth	167	88363	running	0
19	32	9	Roberto Moreno	Valvoline Spirit II (Rick Galles)	Lola / Cosworth	158	82300	stalled	0
20	15	81	Jacques Villeneuve	Living Well (Ron Hemelgarn)	March / Cosworth	154	81613	engine	0
21	25	59	Chip Ganassi	Bryant (Machinist Union Racing Team)	March / Cosworth	151	81163	engine	0
22	5	11	Al Unser	Hertz (Roger Penske)	Penske / Chevrolet	149	81563	vibration	0
23	16	25	Danny Ongais	GM Goodwrench (Team Panavision)	March / Buick	136	79713	ignition	0
24	21	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen / Gilmore (A.J. Foyt)	March / Cosworth	135	97713	crash	0
25	27	6	Rich Vogler	Byrd's / Kentucky Fried Chicken (Alex Morales)	March / Cosworth	132	90563	crash	0
26	31	84	George Snider	Calumet Farms (A.J. Foyt)	March / Cosworth	110	80163	ignition	0
27	28	95	Johnny Parsons	Pizza Hut (Machinist Union Racing Team)	March / Cosworth	100	78013	cv joint	0
28	18	16	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Bettenhausen Racing (Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.)	March / Cosworth	77	77713	valve spring	0
29	26	31	Jim Crawford	ASC Buick (Team ASC)	March / Buick	70	95263	head gasket	0
30	23	71	Scott Brayton	Hardee's / Living Well (Ron Hemelgarn)	March / Buick	69	78263	engine	0
31	24	42	Phil Krueger	Squirt / Moran (Leader Card)	March / Cosworth	67	82413	engine	0
32	30	2	Mario Andretti	Hanna Car Wash (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Cosworth	19	77013	handling	0
33	7	33	Tom Sneva	Skoal Bandit (Mike Curb)	March / Cosworth	0	76963	crash	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	14	14
	15	19	5	#2 stopped on track
	20	51	32
	52	56	5	debris
	57	101	45
	102	106	5	#95 accident backstretch
	107	135	29
	136	141	6	#6 accident turn 3
	142	165	24
	166	169	4	#9 stopped on track
	170	194	25
	195	198	4	#61 accident turn 4
	199	200	2
Percent of race run under caution: 14.5% Average green flag run: 24.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Michael Andretti	1	42	42
Kevin Cogan	43	43	1
Al Unser, Jr.	44	47	4
Emerson Fittipaldi	48	48	1
Rick Mears	49	74	26
Bobby Rahal	75	75	1
Kevin Cogan	76	77	2
Al Unser, Jr.	78	79	2
Michael Andretti	80	82	3
Bobby Rahal	83	101	19
Rick Mears	102	102	1
Bobby Rahal	103	135	33
Rick Mears	136	165	30
Bobby Rahal	166	166	1
Rick Mears	167	167	1
Roberto Guerrero	168	168	1
Rick Mears	169	186	18
Bobby Rahal	187	187	1
Kevin Cogan	188	197	10
Bobby Rahal	198	200	3

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Kevin Cogan	36
2	Michael Andretti	30	-6
3	Tom Sneva	28	-8
4	Al Unser, Jr.	27	-9
5	Bobby Rahal	20	-16
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	20	-16
7	Danny Sullivan	19	-17
7	Johnny Rutherford	19	-17
9	Geoff Brabham	18	-18
10	Mario Andretti	17	-19
10	Roberto Guerrero	17	-19
12	Rick Mears	16	-20
13	Arie Luyendyk	8	-28
13	Roberto Moreno	8	-28
15	Josele Garza	6	-30
16	Randy Lanier	5	-31
16	Jacques Villeneuve	5	-31
18	Jan Lammers	4	-32
19	Randy Lewis	3	-33
20	Gary Bettenhausen	2	-34
21	Dominic Dobson	1	-35