**POINTS STANDINGS and WINS before the 1986 RIVERSIDE 400K (12 of 29):** #3 Dale Earnhardt (1767pts with 3 wins, GM) #11 Darrell Waltrip (-144, GM) #22 Bobby Allison (-262 with 1 win, GM) #9 Bill Elliott (-320, Ford) #27 Rusty Wallace (-327 with 1 win, GM) #44 Terry Labonte (-331 with 1 win, GM) #33 Harry Gant (-387, GM) #25 Tim Richmond (-390, GM) #7 Kyle Petty (-406 with 1 win, Ford) #15 Ricky Rudd (-423 with 1 win, Ford) #5 Geoff Bodine (-430 with 2 wins, GM) Neil Bonnet (GM #12) was 16th because of 3 crashes and 3 mechanical DNFs. The best rookie of 1985, Ken Schrader (Ford #90) was 15th after having only finished cleanly in half of the races. Meanwhile, Morgan Shepherd surprised all when he won the Atlanta 500. Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus the rookie of the year before and whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Riverside's case, the earlier race is the Riverside 400k while the later one is the Western 500k.
Okay stupid question here. But what kind of configuration exhaust/setup did some cars have that sounds like 4 cylinders? I just wanted that clarified. Thanks!
**POINTS STANDINGS and WINS before the 1986 RIVERSIDE 400K (12 of 29):**
#3 Dale Earnhardt (1767pts with 3 wins, GM)
#11 Darrell Waltrip (-144, GM)
#22 Bobby Allison (-262 with 1 win, GM)
#9 Bill Elliott (-320, Ford)
#27 Rusty Wallace (-327 with 1 win, GM)
#44 Terry Labonte (-331 with 1 win, GM)
#33 Harry Gant (-387, GM)
#25 Tim Richmond (-390, GM)
#7 Kyle Petty (-406 with 1 win, Ford)
#15 Ricky Rudd (-423 with 1 win, Ford)
#5 Geoff Bodine (-430 with 2 wins, GM)
Neil Bonnet (GM #12) was 16th because of 3 crashes and 3 mechanical DNFs. The best rookie of 1985, Ken Schrader (Ford #90) was 15th after having only finished cleanly in half of the races. Meanwhile, Morgan Shepherd surprised all when he won the Atlanta 500.
Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus the rookie of the year before and whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Riverside's case, the earlier race is the Riverside 400k while the later one is the Western 500k.
What a finish
So sad Riverside is long gone..
1:04:06 interesting comparison, Steve
Okay stupid question here. But what kind of configuration exhaust/setup did some cars have that sounds like 4 cylinders? I just wanted that clarified. Thanks!
I believe some teams ran with the V6 engine on the road courses for better fuel economy. Junior Johnson ran the engines from their older Buicks.
I believe not all sounds you hear were recorded live and we all know how stupid sound engineers and producers can be