1986 Motorcraft 500

Race 4 of 29

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:46:41
Average speed of winner: 132.126 mph
Margin of victory: 0.29 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 56 laps
Lap leaders: Earnhardt 1-59, Elliott 60-61, Gant 62-67, Shepherd 68-70, Gant 71-79, Richmond 80-85, Shepherd 86, Gant 87-105, Earnhardt 106-189, D. Waltrip 190, Earnhardt 191-211, Shepherd 212-253, Richmond 254-264, R. Petty 265-266, Earnhardt 267-270, D. Waltrip 271-275, Shepherd 276-319, Richmond 320-321, Shepherd 322-328

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Morgan Shepherd	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		328	5	97	running	62350	180
2	1	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine	170.713	328	4	168	running	51300	180
3	12	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			328	0	0	running	22150	165
4	15	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		328	2	6	running	24075	165
5	5	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		328	1	2	running	18250	160
6	16	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Champion		328	0	0	running	6675	150
7	2	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		328	3	19	running	5925	151
8	7	Rusty Wallace	27	Alugard	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		327	0	0	running	12930	142
9	17	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Baumgardner		327	0	0	running	4725	138
10	8	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		327	0	0	running	12775	134
11	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		327	1	2	running	8220	135
12	10	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		326	3	34	running	17025	132
13	42	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			326	0	0	running	3225	124
14	32	Alan Kulwicki	35	Quincy's Steak House	Ford	Bill Terry			325	0	0	running	3525	121
15	14	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			325	0	0	running	3165	118
16	41	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Puryear		324	0	0	running	6900	115
17	22	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			322	0	0	running	2600	112
18	18	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			322	0	0	running	2475	109
19	31	Michael Waltrip	23	Hawaiian Punch	Pontiac	Bahari			319	0	0	running	2775	106
20	27	Buddy Arrington	67	Ray Mar Realty	Ford	Arrington			317	0	0	running	6415	103
21	24	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey			314	0	0	accident	7580	100
22	21	Lake Speed	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		313	0	0	running	5860	97
23	40	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping	Chevrolet	Wawak			308	0	0	running	1925	94
24	39	Trevor Boys	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			303	0	0	running	5500	91
25	4	Greg Sacks	10	TRW	Chevrolet	DiGard	Pemberton		301	0	0	running	8825	88
26	23	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		301	0	0	running	9695	85
27	6	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		300	0	0	oil line	1665	82
28	38	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		289	0	0	running	8635	79
29	20	Jody Ridley	57	Nationwise Auto Parts	Ford	RahMoc			268	0	0	valve	1605	76
30	37	Eddie Bierschwale	54	Johnson Racing	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			261	0	0	accident	1575	73
31	30	Kirk Bryant	2	Spectrum Furniture	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			254	0	0	accident	5465	70
32	9	Sterling Marlin	1	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		220	0	0	valve	1525	67
33	26	Dave Marcis	71	Helen Rae Special	Pontiac	Marcis			219	0	0	engine	4705	64
34	19	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		206	0	0	accident	9880	61
35	35	Doug Heveron	17	Pro Tecta Liner	Chevrolet	Hamby			182	0	0	running	4510	58
36	33	Chet Fillip	81	Circle Bar Truck Corral	Ford	Tom Mitchell			175	0	0	valve	1450	55
37	36	H.B. Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			174	0	0	steering	1435	52
38	29	Pancho Carter	64	K-Care	Ford	Langley			157	0	0	clutch	4195	49
39	13	Rick Wilson	4	Morgan-McClure	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		149	0	0	valve	1405	46
40	25	Ron Bouchard	98	Valvoline	Pontiac	Curb			140	0	0	clutch	4155	43
41	34	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Pontiac	Means			82	0	0	accident	4145	40
42	28	Joe Ruttman	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		33	0	0	engine	1390	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	655	4	0	0	4	4
2	Terry Labonte	643	4	1	1	3	3
3	Dale Earnhardt	628	4	1	0	2	3
4	Geoff Bodine	574	4	0	1	1	3
5	Rusty Wallace	550	4	0	0	0	3
6	Bill Elliott	535	4	1	0	1	2
7	Kyle Petty	509	4	0	1	1	1
8	Lake Speed	482	4	0	0	0	2
9	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	476	4	0	0	1	2
10	Tim Richmond	471	4	0	0	0	1
11	Richard Petty	463	4	0	0	1	1
12	Harry Gant	454	4	0	0	1	1
13	Tommy Ellis	447	4	0	0	0	0
14	Morgan Shepherd	437	3	0	1	2	2
15	Buddy Arrington	430	4	0	0	0	0
16	Ron Bouchard	426	4	0	0	0	1
17	Neil Bonnett	422	4	0	0	0	2
18	Bobby Allison	401	4	0	0	1	2
19	Ricky Rudd	367	4	0	0	0	0
20	Joe Ruttman	355	4	0	0	1	1
21	Ken Schrader	355	4	0	0	0	0
22	Phil Parsons	349	4	0	0	0	0
23	Dave Marcis	343	4	0	0	0	1
24	Trevor Boys	343	4	0	0	0	0
25	Jimmy Means	327	4	0	0	0	0