1986 Budweiser 500

Race 10 of 29

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:20:51
Average speed of winner: 115.009 mph
Margin of victory: 3 sec.
Lead changes: 29 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 67 laps
Lap leaders: Rudd pole, Earnhardt 1-16, Bodine 17-28, Ellis 29-37, Gant 38-74, Bonnett 75, Marcis 76-77, M. Waltrip 78-79, Bonnett 80-165, Labonte 166-170, Gant 171-175, Labonte 176-177, Gant 178-209, Labonte 210-215, Bodine 216, Labonte 217-220, Bodine 221-245, Labonte 246-248, Gant 249-257, Ruttman 258, Gant 259-260, Labonte 261-281, Bodine 282, Labonte 283-319, Gant 320-379, Bodine 380-381, Earnhardt 382-422, Gant 423-454, Allison 455-456, Bodine 457-500

Race notes: Debut for Gary Fedewa and Joe Holder. Finale for Rick Baldwin and Joe Fields. Only start for Howard Mark.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		500	6	85	running	51700	180
2	10	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Baumgardner		500	1	2	running	29150	175
3	2	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		499	2	57	running	24900	170
4	1	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore	138.217	498	0	0	running	18875	160
5	6	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		498	0	0	running	18975	155
6	4	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		494	0	0	running	10480	150
7	21	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		493	0	0	running	14800	146
8	20	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Puryear		493	0	0	running	9065	142
9	11	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			493	1	9	running	4100	143
10	16	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey			493	0	0	running	10325	134
11	9	Joe Ruttman	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		486	1	1	running	5165	135
12	17	Michael Waltrip	23	Hawaiian Punch	Pontiac	Bahari			479	1	2	running	3100	132
13	29	Trevor Boys	94	Kodak Film	Pontiac	C and M			473	0	0	running	2350	124
14	14	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		470	7	177	engine	11200	131
15	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			469	0	0	running	6055	118
16	28	Jerry Cranmer	48	Fleet Service	Chevrolet	Hylton			467	0	0	running	5735	0
17	5	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			445	7	78	engine	10250	117
18	8	Jody Ridley	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		444	0	0	accident	5475	109
19	12	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		432	0	0	running	8750	106
20	23	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			383	0	0	engine	5565	103
21	13	Dave Marcis	71	Helen Rae Special	Chevrolet	Marcis			361	1	2	steering	4855	105
22	26	Gary Fedewa	80	Coaches Ltd.	Chevrolet	Harold Burke			334	0	0	engine	1600	97
23	24	Alan Kulwicki	35	Quincy's Steak House	Ford	Bill Terry			317	0	0	overheating	1550	94
24	31	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Pontiac	Means			302	0	0	oil pressure	4545	91
25	33	Rick Newsom	20	Vienna Inn	Buick	Newsom			260	0	0	overheating	1600	88
26	19	Rusty Wallace	27	Alugard	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		242	0	0	engine	8400	85
27	18	Ron Bouchard	98	Valvoline	Pontiac	Curb			219	0	0	engine	1350	82
28	15	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		179	2	87	clutch	8330	84
29	32	Jerry Bowman	96	Milford Fertilizer	Ford	Bowman			121	0	0	handling	1250	76
30	37	Jerry Holden	68	Holden Racing	Ford	Holden			100	0	0	brakes	1200	0
31	35	Joe Booher	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			91	0	0	engine	3925	70
32	7	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		85	0	0	engine	3865	67
33	34	Mike Potter	88	Jimmy Walker Enterprises	Ford	Jimmy Walker			73	0	0	engine	1050	64
34	27	Rick Baldwin	64	Langley Racing	Ford	Langley			39	0	0	engine	3755	0
35	22	Doug Heveron	17	K-Care	Chevrolet	Hamby			26	0	0	engine	3635	58
36	36	Howard Mark	03	D&H Racing	Chevrolet	D and H			14	0	0	overheating	875	55
37	30	Joe Fields	38	Hanover Printing	Ford	Beahr			0	0	0	accident	875	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1587	10	1	2	6	8
2	Darrell Waltrip	1463	10	0	0	8	8
3	Bobby Allison	1373	10	0	1	4	8
4	Terry Labonte	1306	10	1	1	4	5
5	Rusty Wallace	1301	10	0	1	1	6
6	Bill Elliott	1287	10	2	0	2	6
7	Geoff Bodine	1262	10	3	2	3	5
8	Kyle Petty	1258	10	0	1	2	5
9	Harry Gant	1215	10	0	0	2	3
10	Ricky Rudd	1202	10	1	1	4	4
11	Tim Richmond	1202	10	1	0	1	3
12	Richard Petty	1186	10	0	0	1	4
13	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1185	10	0	0	2	5
14	Joe Ruttman	1133	10	0	0	3	3
15	Ken Schrader	1099	10	0	0	0	3
16	Neil Bonnett	1007	10	0	0	1	3
17	Buddy Arrington	975	9	0	0	0	0
18	Morgan Shepherd	968	8	0	1	2	3
19	Tommy Ellis	959	9	0	0	0	1
20	Dave Marcis	955	10	0	0	0	1
21	Trevor Boys	915	10	0	0	0	0
22	Ron Bouchard	903	9	0	0	0	2
23	Michael Waltrip	890	9	0	0	0	0
24	Jimmy Means	851	9	0	0	0	0
25	Alan Kulwicki	850	7	0	0	1	1