1986 Southern 500

Race 21 of 29

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:08:45
Average speed of winner: 121.068 mph
Margin of victory: 2 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 79 laps
Lap leaders: Richmond 1-58, Bailey 59, Bonnett 60-63, Richmond 64-90, B. Allison 91, Shepherd 92-95, Bodine 96-153, Baker 154, Bodine 155-166, Richmond 167-211, Bodine 212-222, Richmond 223-254, Earnhardt 255-271, B. Allison 272, Bodine 273-353, Elliott 354-361, Richmond 362-367

Video links: Most of race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde	158.489	367	5	168	running	60005	185
2	11	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Baumgardner		367	2	2	running	31500	175
3	14	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		367	1	8	running	25625	170
4	20	Morgan Shepherd	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		367	1	4	running	11125	165
5	10	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		367	0	0	running	21055	155
6	15	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		367	0	0	running	15735	150
7	6	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Puryear		367	0	0	running	11010	146
8	2	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		367	4	162	running	13215	147
9	21	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		366	1	17	running	15735	143
10	8	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		366	0	0	running	6435	134
11	25	Dave Marcis	71	Helen Rae Special	Chevrolet	Marcis			364	0	0	running	8730	130
12	23	Alan Kulwicki	35	Quincy's Steak House	Ford	Kulwicki			360	0	0	running	5390	127
13	22	Jim Sauter	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		356	0	0	running	8295	124
14	24	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		356	0	0	running	11070	121
15	36	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Pontiac	Means			354	0	0	running	8165	118
16	27	Michael Waltrip	23	Hawaiian Punch	Pontiac	Bahari			354	0	0	running	5605	115
17	35	H.B. Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			352	1	1	running	3610	117
18	31	D.K. Ulrich	6	Finky's	Chevrolet	Ulrich			350	0	0	running	7140	109
19	5	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			340	1	1	engine	3315	111
20	37	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			339	0	0	running	7030	103
21	7	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Chevrolet	Hagan			337	0	0	running	9910	100
22	17	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			326	0	0	engine	2810	97
23	16	Rusty Wallace	27	Alugard	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		316	0	0	running	9710	94
24	3	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		261	1	4	valve	11015	96
25	28	Eddie Bierschwale	17	K-Care	Chevrolet	Hamby			261	0	0	running	5825	88
26	34	Connie Saylor	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			254	0	0	engine	5475	85
27	4	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		235	0	0	engine	10940	82
28	12	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		232	0	0	overheating	2245	79
29	38	Jonathan Lee Edwards	92	Edwards Racing	Chevrolet	Jonathan Lee Edwards			203	0	0	rear end	2155	76
30	26	Ron Bouchard	98	Valvoline	Pontiac	Curb			177	0	0	engine	2100	73
31	9	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Champion		167	0	0	transmission	1955	70
32	39	Mark Stahl	82	Auto Bell Car Washes	Ford	Stahl			132	0	0	too slow	1895	67
33	30	Donnie Allison	54	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			131	0	0	overheating	1840	64
34	33	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture/Winkle	Pontiac	Winkle			85	0	0	tie rod	4565	61
35	29	Chet Fillip	81	Circle Bar Truck Corral	Ford	Tom Mitchell			81	0	0	accident	1720	58
36	32	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey			46	0	0	engine	5435	55
37	13	Sterling Marlin	1	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		35	0	0	battery	1620	52
38	18	Joe Ruttman	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		32	0	0	valve	4325	49
39	40	James Hylton	48	Fleet Service	Chevrolet	Hylton			29	0	0	engine	4260	46
40	19	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		6	0	0	accident	3470	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	3218	21	1	3	12	17
2	Darrell Waltrip	3109	21	1	2	17	17
3	Tim Richmond	3095	21	4	5	10	13
4	Bobby Allison	2867	21	0	1	6	13
5	Bill Elliott	2808	21	3	2	7	12
6	Ricky Rudd	2783	21	1	1	8	13
7	Rusty Wallace	2663	21	0	1	2	12
8	Geoff Bodine	2654	21	6	2	7	11
9	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2551	21	0	1	4	11
10	Terry Labonte	2532	21	1	1	5	7
11	Harry Gant	2478	21	1	0	5	8
12	Kyle Petty	2471	21	0	1	3	10
13	Richard Petty	2262	21	0	0	1	7
14	Ken Schrader	2170	21	0	0	0	3
15	Joe Ruttman	2161	21	0	0	3	7
16	Neil Bonnett	2117	20	0	0	2	5
17	Morgan Shepherd	2109	19	0	1	3	6
18	Michael Waltrip	1999	20	0	0	0	0
19	Dave Marcis	1976	21	0	0	0	1
20	Buddy Arrington	1901	18	0	0	0	0
21	Jimmy Means	1776	18	0	0	0	0
22	Alan Kulwicki	1747	15	0	0	1	3
23	Tommy Ellis	1682	17	0	0	0	2
24	Phil Parsons	1474	15	0	0	1	3
25	Cale Yarborough	1462	13	1	0	2	5