The 1986 Canadian Players 500, also referred to as the Canadian 500 or Players 500, was the 4th stock car race of the 1986 NASCAR Winston West Series season. The race was held on Sunday, August 3, 1986, at Race City Speedway, a 0.420 mile (0.676 km) oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. Bill Schmitt won the race, his first and only win of the season. Multiple of Schmitt's closest competitors, such as Hershel McGriff and Terry Petris, were eliminated in accidents, and Schmitt would ultimately win with a margin of 7 laps over second place Chad Little.[2] Canadian driver Billy Hitchcox would finish third, and Jim Robinson and John Krebs rounded out the top five. This race would be the last Winston West race to take pace in Canada.[3]
Race City Motorsport Park, also known as Race City or Race City Speedway, was a multi-track auto racing facility located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The facility featured a ¼ mile dragstrip, a 3.2 km (2.0 mi) 11-turn road course, and a ½ mile paved short oval.
