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1986 Merkur Summer Classic
Held on June 14, 1986 at Portland International Raceway in Portland, OR
53 L, 104.251 M, 167.798 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	53	42	running	21
2	3	28	Jim Miller	Protofab, MTI Vacations	Camaro	53	9	running	16
3	4	2	Chris Kneifel	Motorcraft, Mac Tools	Capri	53	0	running	14
4	5	6	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Goodwrench Performance Parts	Somerset	53	0	running	12
5	11	80	Les Lindley	F.S.I.	Camaro	52	0	running	11
6	8	40	Jim Derhaag	Derhaag Motorsports	Trans Am	52	0	running	10
7	12	54	David Schroeder	Double Eagle Motorsports Motorsports	Corvette	52	0	running	9
8	9	66	John Schneider	Goodwrench Performance Parts	Somerset	52	0	running	8
9	10	79	Larry Park	Park Racing	Corvette	52	0	running	7
10	15	64	Mike Miller	Budget Rent-A-Car	Capri	51	0	running	6
11	14	53	Bill Doyle	Peterson Tractor	Trans Am	51	0	running	5
12	18	10	Jerry Miller	Armour Foods	Camaro	51	0	running	4
13	20	24	Hershel McGriff	J.R. Racing	Camaro	51	0	running	3
14	27	21	Pete Brallier	Senor Pepe's Restaurant	Trans Am	50	0	running	2
15	34	31	Dave Lemon	Spina Bifida, Sign Art	Firebird	50	0	running	1
16	13	43	Peter Baljet	Bristol Properties	Camaro	50	0	running	0
17	17	5	Andy Porterfield	Coca-Cola	Camaro	50	0	running	0
18	21	41	Bill Craine	BC Body & Paint	Corvette	50	0	running	0
19	22	18	Glenn Fox	Phillips 66	Corvette	50	0	running	0
20	28	78	Jim Land	Lennox	Trans Am	49	0	running	0
21	23	27	Rich Sloma	Automotive Enterprise	Corvette	49	0	running	0
22	30	51	Vance Swifts	Condo Racing	RX-7	49	0	running	0
23	35	72	Bruce Jenner	Bruce Jenner Racing	Trans Am	49	0	running	0
24	31	82	Earl Pearson	Pearson Racing	Corvette	44	0	running	0
25	26	67	Frank Pool	Digital Mailing System	Corvette	36	0	accident	0
26	24	68	Bruce Sanders	Pool Motorsports	Camaro	31	0	mechancial	0
27	25	57	Monte Shelton	Monte's Motors	Porsche 911	29	0	suspension	0
28	19	44	Bob Sobey	Kawasaki, Harley-Davidson	Trans Am	18	0	mechanical	0
29	16	99	Mark Pielsticker	Performance Plus	Camaro	14	0	engine	0
30	29	17	Rick Stark	Rick Stark Enterprises	Corvette	13	0	ignition	0
31	33	32	Gary Held	Bay View Trailer	Trans Am	10	0	loverheating	0
32	6	0	Scott Pruett	Motorcraft, Mac Tools	Merkur XR4Ti	6	0	camshaft	0
33	7	38	Jim Fitzgerald	Newman-Sharp Racing	Nissan 300ZX	5	0	oil leak	0
34	1	3	Pete Halsmer	Motorcraft, Mac Tools	Merkur XR4Ti	3	2	turbo	1
35	32	89	Walt Benson	Views Land Co.	Trans Am	2	0	accident	0

RACE DATA
Did not start: Margie Smith-Haas
Did not qualify: Paul Newman; Dick Bech; Karl Durkheimer
Time of Race: 1:06:00
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Pete Halsmer - 70.14 sec.
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Margin of Victory: 2.78 seconds
Average Speed: 92.264 mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 3 among 3 drivers - Pete Halsmer 1-2; Wally Dallenbach Jr. 3-8; Jim Miller 9-17; Dallenbach Jr. 18-53