November 16, 1986 – Winston Western 500

I’m a Petty loyalist through & through. I thrive on accumulating more and more stories, trivia, minutiae, etc. (Side note: After minutiae, can there be etcetera? But I digress…)

But I also know it was a special time in 1986 watching Tim Richmond hit the apex of his short-lived career. He was my go-to ‘driver in waiting’ to pull for once Richard retired. Obviously, that never happened.

Today, November 16, is the anniversary of Tim’s victory in the Winston Western 500 at Riverside. The win was his 7th of the season and capped a remarkable run in the second-half of the 1986 season for the Hendrick Motorsports – Folger’s Coffee – Harry Hyde-led team.

(This isn’t my ticket stub. Never went to Riverside. But sure wish I could have.)

Credit for next few photos to Baker Racing Pix.
Credit next photo to HMS website.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYp7wuNl3Wc

Actually- that video footage is from my personal copy of the race 😉