1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

Busch Clash

Daytona 500

Miller High Life 400

Goodwrench 500

Motorcraft 500

Valleydale 500

TranSouth 500

First Union 400

Sovran Bank 500

Winston 500

Atlanta Invitational

The Winston

Budweiser 500

Coca-Cola 600

Budweiser 400

Miller High Life 500

Miller American 400

Firecracker 400

Summer 500

Talladega 500

Budweiser at the Glen

Champion Spark Plugs 400

Busch 500

Southern 500

Wrangler Jeans Indigo 400

Delaware 500

Goody's 500

Holly Farms 400

Oakwood Homes 500

Nationwise 500

Atlanta Journal 500

Winston Western 500

Number of races televised: 32/34 (94%)

Number of races televised live: 19/34 (56%)

Changes from previous year:

- NBC stopped televising races. Their one race they aired, the Winston 500, was moved to ESPN, where it was changed from tape-delayed to a live broadcast.

- Two new events were added to the calendar. The non-points Atlanta Invitational was shown tape-delayed on ESPN, while the Budweiser at the Glen was shown live on ESPN.

- The Motorcraft 500 on ABC was moved from tape-delayed to a live broadcast.

- The Valleydale 500 on ESPN was moved from live to tape-delayed.

- The Oakwood Homes 500 on Jefferson-Pilot was moved from live to tape-delayed.

- The Winston was moved from Jefferson-Pilot to ESPN.

- The Miller High Life 500 was moved from live on ESPN to tape-delayed on SETN.

- The Summer 500 was moved from live on ESPN to tape-delayed on SETN.

- The Atlanta Journal 500 was moved from TBS to ESPN.