The 1986 Trans-Am Series was the 21st running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier series. Mercury saw its final Trans Am victories in 1986, not counting the Merkur brand which would continue to dominate the series for a few years thereafter.

Results

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Round	Date	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning vehicle
1	18 May	Riverside	Scott Pruett	Mercury Capri
2	1 June	Sears Point	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro
3	14 June	Portland	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro
4	21 June	Detroit	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro
5	13 July	Mid Ohio	Greg Pickett	Chevrolet Camaro
6	20 July	Brainerd	Greg Pickett	Chevrolet Camaro
7	27 July	Road America	Pete Halsmer	Merkur XR4Ti
8	16 August	Lime Rock	Paul Newman	Nissan 300ZX
9	14 September	Mosport	Scott Pruett	Mercury Capri
NP	27 September	Sears Point (Non-points special)	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro
10	28 September	Sears Point	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro
11	28 September	Road Atlanta	Chris Kneifel	Merkur XR4Ti
12	8 November	Tamiami Park	Klaus Ludwig	Merkur XR4Ti
13	15 November	St. Petersburg	Pete Halsmer	Merkur XR4Ti

Championship standings (Top 20)

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Pos	Driver	Points
1	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	165
2	Pete Halsmer	116
3	Chris Kneifel	112
4	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	109
5	Mike Miller	103
6	Greg Pickett	100
7	Les Lindley	97
8	Scott Pruett	94
9	Jim Miller	92
10	Jim Derhaag	71
11	John Schneider	65
12	Eppie Wietzes	49
13	Tommy Riggins	48
14	Klaus Ludwig	38
15	Bill Doyle	35
16	Rick Dittman	33
17	Jerry Miller	30
18	Paul Newman	28
19	Pete Brallier	26
20	Jerry Clinton	25