1986 First Union 400

Race 7 of 29

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:49:40
Average speed of winner: 88.408 mph
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths
Lead changes: 10 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 70 laps
Lap leaders: Bodine 1-15, R. Petty 16-26, Bodine 27-80, Labonte 81, Earnhardt 82-125, Bodine 126, Earnhardt 127-231, Bodine 232-251, Rudd 252-353, Gant 354, Earnhardt 355-400

Race notes: Debut for Willy T. Ribbs.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		400	3	195	running	38550	185
2	14	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		400	1	102	running	20075	175
3	1	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson	112.419	400	4	90	running	17415	170
4	10	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		400	0	0	running	13750	160
5	7	Joe Ruttman	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		400	0	0	running	4415	155
6	6	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Baumgardner		400	0	0	running	6865	150
7	16	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		400	1	1	running	10360	151
8	9	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		400	0	0	running	7815	142
9	13	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		400	0	0	running	9710	138
10	15	Rusty Wallace	27	Alugard	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		399	0	0	running	8410	134
11	8	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		399	0	0	running	8680	130
12	3	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		398	0	0	running	5185	127
13	19	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Puryear		398	0	0	running	4715	124
14	11	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey			398	0	0	running	5450	121
15	17	Jody Ridley	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		397	0	0	running	4535	118
16	20	Doug Heveron	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Oldsmobile	Hamby			395	0	0	running	4175	115
17	18	Ron Bouchard	98	Valvoline	Pontiac	Curb			395	0	0	running	4040	112
18	12	Alan Kulwicki	35	Quincy's Steak House	Ford	Bill Terry			395	0	0	running	1655	109
19	22	Morgan Shepherd	48	Hylton Racing	Chevrolet	Hylton			394	0	0	running	3880	106
20	28	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Pontiac	Means			392	0	0	running	3995	103
21	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			390	0	0	running	3515	100
22	29	Willy T. Ribbs	30	Red Roof Inns	Pontiac	DiGard			387	0	0	running	1010	97
23	23	Chet Fillip	81	Circle Bar Truck Corral	Ford	Tom Mitchell			374	0	0	running	985	94
24	30	Rick Baldwin	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			354	0	0	running	3150	0
25	21	Dave Marcis	71	Helen Rae Special	Chevrolet	Marcis			346	0	0	accident	3215	88
26	24	Michael Waltrip	23	Hawaiian Punch	Pontiac	Bahari			309	0	0	engine	910	85
27	4	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			256	1	1	engine	6635	87
28	26	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			251	0	0	accident	3030	79
29	2	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		131	1	11	engine	7495	81
30	27	Trevor Boys	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			85	0	0	accident	2335	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	1160	7	0	0	7	7
2	Dale Earnhardt	1137	7	1	2	4	6
3	Rusty Wallace	1019	7	0	1	1	6
4	Bill Elliott	970	7	1	0	2	5
5	Terry Labonte	948	7	1	1	3	4
6	Kyle Petty	927	7	0	1	1	4
7	Tim Richmond	900	7	0	0	1	3
8	Harry Gant	891	7	0	0	2	3
9	Geoff Bodine	883	7	3	1	2	4
10	Bobby Allison	876	7	0	0	2	5
11	Richard Petty	811	7	0	0	1	2
12	Ricky Rudd	802	7	0	0	2	2
13	Neil Bonnett	790	7	0	0	1	3
14	Ken Schrader	734	7	0	0	0	1
15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	733	7	0	0	1	2
16	Joe Ruttman	716	7	0	0	2	2
17	Morgan Shepherd	707	6	0	1	2	2
18	Ron Bouchard	678	7	0	0	0	1
19	Tommy Ellis	653	6	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Arrington	642	6	0	0	0	0
21	Trevor Boys	616	7	0	0	0	0
22	Dave Marcis	600	7	0	0	0	1
23	Alan Kulwicki	596	5	0	0	0	0
24	Michael Waltrip	570	6	0	0	0	0
25	Jimmy Means	518	6	0	0	0	0