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1986 Merkur Fall Classic
Held on September 28, 1986 at Sears Point International Raceway in Sonoma, CA
40 L, 100.8 M, 162.24 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	4	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Protofab Racing	Camaro	40	33	running	21
2	3	8	Greg Pickett	Protofab Racing	Camaro	40	0	running	16
3	1	0	Scott Pruett	Motorcraft, Mac Tools	Capri	40	7	running	15
4	4	6	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Goodwrench Performance Parts	Somerset	40	0	running	12
5	10	42	Tommy Riggins	Valvoline	Somerset	40	0	running	11
6	12	66	John Schneider	Goodwrench Performance Parts	Somerset	40	0	running	10
7	5	28	Jim Miller	Protofab Racing	Camaro	40	0	running	9
8	19	5	Andy Porterfield	Coca-Cola	Camaro	40	0	running	8
9	24	15	Bob Sobey	Kawasaki, Harley-Davidson	Trans Am	40	0	running	7
10	21	10	Jerry Miller	Armour Foods	Camaro	40	0	running	6
11	15	53	Bill Doyle	Peterson Tractor	Trans Am	40	0	running	5
12	8	40	Jim Derhaag	Derhaag Motorsports	Trans Am	39	0	running	4
13	14	74	Casey Mollett	Mother Margaret's	Capri	39	0	running	3
14	16	27	Rich Sloma	Automotive Enterprise	Corvette	39	0	running	2
15	20	21	Pete Brallier	Senor Pepe's Restaurant	Trans Am	39	0	running	1
16	31	23	Scott Mergele	Mergele Racing Enterprises	Camaro	38	0	running	0
17	25	70	Larry Chmura	Four Wheel Drive	Porsche 911	37	0	running	0
18	28	29	Bob Brewer	General Auto Leasing	Camaro	34	0	running	0
19	7	2	Chris Kneifel	Motorcraft, Mac Tools	Merkur XR4Ti	33	0	cam shaft	0
20	6	3	Pete Halsmer	Motorcraft, Mac Tools	Merkur XR4Ti	33	0	running	0
21	13	80	Les Lindley	F.S.I.	Camaro	30	0	accident	0
22	23	35	Ken Yeo	K&P Tempsuits	Corvette	29	0	u-joint	0
23	26	98	Ross Bentley	Phoenix Communications	Trans Am	28	0	mechanical	0
24	11	7	Bruce Jenner	Roush Racing	Capri	24	0	accident	0
25	30	18	Glenn Fox	Cherokee Nation	Corvette	22	0	halfshaft	0
26	17	44	Mike Miller	Budget Rent-A-Car	Merkur XR4Ti	14	0	rod	0
27	22	72	Bruce Jenner	Cyclone Headers	Trans Am	13	0	mechancial	0
28	29	34	Dan Gallant	Pacific Motorsports Promotions	Mustang	10	0	brakes	0
29	16	99	Mark Pielsticker	Performance Plus	Camaro	9	0	engine	0
30	9	79	Larry Park	Park Performance	Corvette	8	0	oil leak	0
31	32	89	Walt Benson	Views Land Co.	Firebird	6	0	accident	0
32	33	14	Russ Romer	M.R. Racing	Trans Am	6	0	mechanical	0
33	27	61	Ted Jenks	Keydet Racing	Corvette	5	0	cylinder head	0

RACE DATA
Did not start: Bart Kendall; Bob Zulkowski; Dave Lemon; Buzz Dyer
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1:14:03
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Scott Pruett - 95.600 sec.
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Margin of Victory: 0.271 seconds
Average Speed: 81.774 mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 1 among 2 drivers - Scott Pruett 1-7; Wally Dallenbach Jr. 8-40