irascible Hyde. However, after a few races they developed a relationship and began to win races. This season was the source of much of the story line for the motion picture Days of Thunder. Hyde's character was portrayed by Robert Duvall. The team was very successful in 1986. Richmond won 7 races and finished third in points behind legends Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip. Richmond, who was noted for womanizing, was diagnosed with AIDS during 1987 and missed most of the season with illness which he explained to the public as pneumonia. Richmond returned to the track in the Miller High Life 500 at Pocono. Driving like a man on a mission, he overcame a shifter problem to put the Folgers No. 25 Chevrolet back into victory lane. The very next week he outclassed the field in the Budweiser 400 at Riverside, bringing home his final Winston Cup victory. Jimmy Means drove Richmond's Folgers Chevrolet in the Oakwood Homes 500 at Charlotte, but the No. 25 was reversed to No. 52, which was Jimmy's normal car number. He crashed on lap 20, finishing 40th. Car owner Rick Hendrick drove the Folgers No. 25 in the Winston Western 500 at Riverside, not fairing much better. He left the race on lap 75 with transmission trouble, finishing 33rd. Ken Schrader became the driver for the No. 25 team in 1988 but Hendrick had become a three car operation, and Hyde sometimes felt ignored. He left after the season to become crew chief for Stavola Brothers Racing where he worked through the first half of the 1991 season, before moving to Chad Little's No. 19 Bullseye BBQ/Tyson Foods Ford. Hyde had 48 career victories. His forte was setting up cars for specific tracks. His race shop is still part of the Hendrick Motorsports facility, and a road within the complex is known as Hyde's Way. Hyde died in 1996 of a heart attack brought on by a blood clot, and was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2004. Teams, numbers, drivers K&K Insurance, No. 71, Gordon Johncock (1965), Earl Balmer (1965–1966), Bobby Isaac (1967–1972), Buddy Baker (1972–1974), Dave Marcis (1974–1976) Jim Stacy, No. 5: Neil Bonnett, No. 6: Ferrel Harris (1977–1978) Russ Togs No. 30, Tighe Scott (1979–1980) All Star Racing, No. 5, Geoff Bodine (1984) Hendrick Motorsports, No. 5 Geoff Bodine (1985), No. 25, Tim Richmond (1986–1987), Benny Parsons