1986 American Racing Series season explained

The 1986 American Racing Series Championship consisted of 10 races and was the inaugural season for the series. Fabrizio Barbazza won five races on his way to the championship.

Calendar

Race No	Track	State	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Most Leading Laps	Fastest Race Lap
1			April 6, 1986	76	1.6093=122.3068 km	0'37:58.23	193.266 km/h				?
2			June 8, 1986	75	1.6607976=124.55982 km	0'38:56.19	191.943 km/h				?
3			June 29, 1986	44	2.7229356=119.809166 km	0'51:44.117	136.515 km/h				?
4			July 20, 1986	42	2.8709912=120.58163 km	0'47:54.656	151.007 km/h				?
5			August 16, 1986	40	4.02325=160.93 km	0'40:52.11	236.265 km/h				?
6			August 31, 1986	31	3.86232=119.73192 km	0'44:41.550	160.741 km/h				?
7			September 20, 1986	19	6.4372=122.3068 km	0'41:23.38	177.300 km/h				?
8			October 12, 1986	40	3.05767=120.3068 km	0'41:17.328	174.827 km/h				?
9			October 19, 1986	75	1.6093=120.6975 km	0'37:11.24	194.740 km/h				?
10			November 9, 1986	22	2.8709912=63.1618064 km	0'25:54.98	146.229 km/h				?

Race summaries

Phoenix race 1

Held April 6 at Phoenix International Raceway. Kim Campbell won the pole. This was the first race for the series.

Top Five Results

1. 5- Steve Millen
2. 3- Cary Bren
3. 12- Fabrizio Barbazza
4. 8- Billy Boat
5. 85- Jeff Andretti

Milwaukee race

Held June 8 at The Milwaukee Mile. Jeff Andretti won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. 20- Mike Groff
2. 1- Jerrill Rice
3. 85- Jeff Andretti
4. 5- Steve Millen
5. 10- Stan Fox

Meadowlands race

Held June 29 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Fabrizio Barbazza won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. 12- Fabrizio Barbazza
2. 4- Tommy Byrne
3. 2- Steve Bren
4. 1- Jerrill Rice
5. 14- Brad Murphey

Toronto race

Held July 20 at Exhibition Place. Fabrizio Barbazza won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. 12- Fabrizio Barbazza
2. 20- Mike Groff
3. 3- Cary Bren
4. 9- John Graham
5. 8- Sammy Swindell

Pocono race

Held August 16 at Pocono Raceway. Jeff Andretti won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. 85- Jeff Andretti
2. 20- Mike Groff
3. 59- Nick Fornoro Jr.
4. 4- Tommy Byrne
5. 7- Sammy Swindell

Mid-Ohio race

Held August 31 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Steve Millen won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. 10- Steve Millen
2. 12- Fabrizio Barbazza
3. 15- Ross Cheever
4. 85- Jeff Andretti
5. 8- Billy Boat

Elkhart Lake race

Held September 20 at Road America. Juan Manuel Fangio II won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. 20- Mike Groff
2. 85- Jeff Andretti
3. 9- Tommy Byrne
4. 15- Ross Cheever
5. 2- Gary Rubio

Laguna Seca race

Held October 12 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Tommy Byrne won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. 12- Fabrizio Barbazza
2. 71- Steve Millen
3. 3- Juan Manuel Fangio II
4. 84- Albert Naon Jr.
5. 6- Dave Simpson

Phoenix race

Held October 19 at Phoenix International Raceway. Jeff Andretti won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. 12- Fabrizio Barbazza
2. 3- Juan Manuel Fangio II
3. 8- Billy Boat
4. 85- Jeff Andretti
5. 4- Davy Jones

Miami race

Held November 9 at Tamiami Park. Fabrizio Barbazza won the pole.

Top Five Results

1. 12- Fabrizio Barbazza
2. 3- Juan Manuel Fangio II
3. 85- Jeff Andretti
4. 84- Albert Naon Jr.
5. 71- Steve Millen

Final points standings

Driver

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).

Place	Name	Country	Team	Total Points
1				145	14	-	22	22	3	16	6	20	21	21
2				107	10	15	3	3	21	12	16	-	13	14
3				89	1	21	1	16	17	-	21	6	6	-
4				85	20	12	4	-	-
	?							22	-
										17	-	10
5				69	-	-	2	6	6
	?							5	3	14	16	17
6				67	12	2	6	-	5	10	8	5	14	5
7				62	-	5	16	5	12	1	14	1	-	8
8			?	40	6	-	-	10
							10	6	4	1	2	1
9			?	38	16	3	5	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
10			?	37	5	16	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
				37	-	6	-	-	2	2	3
										12	-	12
12				33	-	-	10	8	4	4	-	3	4	-
13			?	30	-	-	-	-	14	8	5	2	1	-
14				26	-	-	-	-	-	14
									12	-	-	-
15				23	4
	?		10		-	-
							1	-	-	-
											8	-
16			?	17	-	1	14	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
				17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	2
18				12	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				12	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				12	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
21			?	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-
22			?	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-
				10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
24			?	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
26			?	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
												4
27				6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
28				4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
29				3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
			?	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

Note:

Race 4 and 7 not all points were awarded (not enough competitors).

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R10=retired, but classified

Place	Name	Country	Team
1				2	3	-	-	1	1	1	1	4	R10	5	2	3	R7	5	1	2	1	1	1
2				8	5	1	3	7	R10	2	R10	1	1	2	4	11	2	8	R14	1	4	6	3
3				9	R12	3	1	8	R12	6	2	2	2	3	R13	2	1	6	7	3	7	-	-
4				4	1	5	4	2	9	-	-	-	-
	?											1	1	-	-
																2	2	-	-	4	5
5				-	-	-	-	3	R11	5	7	5	7
	?											4	8	1	R11	4	3	4	2	2	2
6				11	4	6	R11	12	7	-	-	13	8	12	5	7	R6	12	8	8	3	10	8
7				-	-	10	8	4	2	4	R8	3	4	8	R12	6	3	1	R13	-	-	5	6
8			?	7	7	-	-	-	-	10	5
										10	5	10	7	8	R9	10	R12	7	R11	7	12
9			?	3	2	7	10	5	R8	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10			?	5	8	4	2	11	4	7	R9	7	R13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				-	-	11	7	10	R14	-	-	11	R11	7	R11	5	R10
																9	4	-	-	3	4
12				-	-	-	-	13	5	11	6	12	9	11	9	-	-	14	10	12	9	-	-
13			?	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	13	6	9	R8	15	11	11	R12	-	-
14				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3
														4	4	3	R15	-	-	-	-
15				6	9
	?			9	5	-	-	-	-
										8	R12	-	-	-	-	-	-
																		10	6	-	-
16			?	13	R14	2	R12	5	3	3	R11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	9	8	8	11
18				1	R11	8	6	9	R13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				-	-	12	9	14	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21			?	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	6	R10	-	-
22			?	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-
24			?	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
26			?	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
																				11	9
27				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	7
28				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	9	-	-	-	-
29				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	R10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			?	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10
-			?	14	R13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-			?	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	R14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-