the opening event of 1986, the tulip 200 forest rally, had four amc eagles racing, with daniel and betty-ann gilliland driving their sx/4 to fifth place overall, while dave sampson and mike puffenberger finished in 33rd. the susquehannock trail rally included three amc eagles, with wayne and karl scheible finishing 32nd overall, while bob lyle and dan way completed the race in 43rd, both running in the production class. the dave sampson and mike puffenberger team drove their sx/4 to 34th finish in the sunriser 400 forest rally.