1986 Busch 500

Race 20 of 29

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:03:55
Average speed of winner: 86.934 mph
Margin of victory: 8.55 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 56 laps
Lap leaders: Bodine pole, Richmond 1-21, Shepherd 22-40, Bodine 41-72, Marcis 73, Bodine 74-100, Earnhardt 101-113, Kulwicki 114, Earnhardt 115-148, Kulwicki 149, Earnhardt 150-173, Allison 174-243, D. Waltrip 244-278, Bodine 279-343, Labonte 344-356, D. Waltrip 357-500

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	10	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		500	2	179	running	41725	185
2	7	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			500	1	13	running	21350	175
3	1	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson	114.665	499	3	124	running	17025	170
4	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		499	3	71	running	12800	165
5	11	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		499	0	0	running	12950	155
6	2	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		498	1	21	running	7680	155
7	14	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		497	0	0	running	6380	146
8	3	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Baumgardner		496	1	70	running	8350	147
9	19	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Puryear		495	0	0	running	5610	138
10	17	Alan Kulwicki	35	Quincy's Steak House	Ford	Bill Terry			494	2	2	running	3550	139
11	8	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		491	0	0	running	9000	130
12	20	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			488	0	0	running	3450	127
13	22	Michael Waltrip	23	Hawaiian Punch	Pontiac	Bahari			487	0	0	running	1700	124
14	12	Rusty Wallace	27	Alugard	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		484	0	0	running	7300	121
15	16	Dave Marcis	71	Helen Rae Special	Chevrolet	Marcis			484	1	1	running	4780	123
16	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			477	0	0	running	4370	115
17	18	Joe Ruttman	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		476	0	0	running	4210	112
18	23	Eddie Bierschwale	17	K-Care	Chevrolet	Hamby			444	0	0	running	4050	109
19	9	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		425	0	0	running	9150	106
20	30	D.K. Ulrich	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			409	0	0	running	4095	103
21	24	Brad Teague	99	Ball Racing	Chevrolet	Ball			318	0	0	brakes	1160	100
22	6	Morgan Shepherd	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		315	1	19	brakes	4110	102
23	4	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		250	0	0	accident	7910	94
24	29	J.D. McDuffie	70	Winkle	Pontiac	Winkle			228	0	0	rear end	3280	91
25	13	Chet Fillip	81	Circle Bar Truck Corral	Ford	Tom Mitchell			215	0	0	rear end	1070	88
26	21	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		111	0	0	accident	1050	85
27	26	Jimmy Means	52	Hickory Log Barbecue	Pontiac	Means			70	0	0	rear axle	3210	82
28	27	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey			69	0	0	accident	4680	79
29	28	Dale Jarrett	98	Busch	Pontiac	Curb			69	0	0	vibration	990	76
30	15	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		9	0	0	engine	6670	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	3075	20	1	3	12	16
2	Darrell Waltrip	2954	20	1	2	16	16
3	Tim Richmond	2910	20	3	4	9	12
4	Bobby Allison	2692	20	0	1	5	12
5	Bill Elliott	2638	20	3	2	6	11
6	Ricky Rudd	2633	20	1	1	8	12
7	Rusty Wallace	2569	20	0	1	2	12
8	Geoff Bodine	2507	20	6	2	7	10
9	Terry Labonte	2432	20	1	1	5	7
10	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2405	20	0	1	4	10
11	Harry Gant	2396	20	1	0	5	8
12	Kyle Petty	2350	20	0	1	3	10
13	Richard Petty	2219	20	0	0	1	7
14	Ken Schrader	2115	20	0	0	0	3
15	Joe Ruttman	2112	20	0	0	3	7
16	Neil Bonnett	2021	19	0	0	2	5
17	Morgan Shepherd	1944	18	0	1	2	5
18	Michael Waltrip	1884	19	0	0	0	0
19	Dave Marcis	1846	20	0	0	0	1
20	Buddy Arrington	1798	17	0	0	0	0
21	Tommy Ellis	1682	17	0	0	0	2
22	Jimmy Means	1658	17	0	0	0	0
23	Alan Kulwicki	1620	14	0	0	1	3
24	Phil Parsons	1377	14	0	0	1	3
25	Ron Bouchard	1343	14	0	0	0	2