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1986 Pocono 500
The 1986 Pocono 500, the 16th running of the event, was held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, August 17, 1986. Branded as the 1986 Domino's Pizza 500 for sponsorship reasons, the race was won by Mario Andretti in his 14th attempt to win the Pocono 500 at the track near his Pennsylvania home.
Pocono Raceway was hurt financially by CART boycotts of the 1979 and 1981 races. Pocono filed an antitrust lawsuit against CART seeking $9 million in damages in July 1981. As part of the settlement, CART agreed to lease and promote the Pocono 500 for a period of five years. At the end of the contract in 1986, there were questions over whether the race would continue.
Mario Andretti said, "I know the contract runs out this year but I can't see our series being without Pocono."
CART Director of Administration, John Caponigro, affirmed that the series wanted to remain at Pocono. "This is an oval and the area is potentially a hotbed of Indy-car fans. We do want to come back."
Track owner, Joseph Mattioli insisted the track wanted Indy car to return. "We used to have this place loaded (for the Indy car race) and we would prefer to have this race than not have it. If I can have some fun and make some money without aggravation, yes. If the aggravation quotient is high and there's a high risk in making money, I'll go the other way."
Ultimately, in October 1986, the track agreed to promote the race the beginning in 1987.
Bobby Rahal won the 1986 Indianapolis 500. Johnny Rutherford won the 1986 Michigan 500.
Michael Andretti posted the fastest speed in the opening day of practice on Thursday, August 14. Andretti's speed of 203.542 mph was faster than Rick Mears' speed of 202.904 mph.
1986 Pocono 500
The 1986 Pocono 500, the 16th running of the event, was held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, August 17, 1986. Branded as the 1986 Domino's Pizza 500 for sponsorship reasons, the race was won by Mario Andretti in his 14th attempt to win the Pocono 500 at the track near his Pennsylvania home.
Pocono Raceway was hurt financially by CART boycotts of the 1979 and 1981 races. Pocono filed an antitrust lawsuit against CART seeking $9 million in damages in July 1981. As part of the settlement, CART agreed to lease and promote the Pocono 500 for a period of five years. At the end of the contract in 1986, there were questions over whether the race would continue.
Mario Andretti said, "I know the contract runs out this year but I can't see our series being without Pocono."
CART Director of Administration, John Caponigro, affirmed that the series wanted to remain at Pocono. "This is an oval and the area is potentially a hotbed of Indy-car fans. We do want to come back."
Track owner, Joseph Mattioli insisted the track wanted Indy car to return. "We used to have this place loaded (for the Indy car race) and we would prefer to have this race than not have it. If I can have some fun and make some money without aggravation, yes. If the aggravation quotient is high and there's a high risk in making money, I'll go the other way."
Ultimately, in October 1986, the track agreed to promote the race the beginning in 1987.
Bobby Rahal won the 1986 Indianapolis 500. Johnny Rutherford won the 1986 Michigan 500.
Michael Andretti posted the fastest speed in the opening day of practice on Thursday, August 14. Andretti's speed of 203.542 mph was faster than Rick Mears' speed of 202.904 mph.