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1986 Daytona 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 29
Sunday, February 16, 1986 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:22:32
Average Speed: 148.124 mph
Pole Speed: 205.039 mph

Cautions: 8 for 46 laps
Margin of Victory: 11.26 sec
Attendance: 140,000
Lead changes: 27

Glossary 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1986 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	192,715	running	101	185
2	5	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	200	103,240	running	5	175
3	6	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	200	80,515	running	3	170
14	4	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	197	61,655	engine	34	126
4	25	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Chevrolet	200	58,975	running	1	165
13	1	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	198	56,070	running	2	129
6	14	98	Ron Bouchard	Valvoline (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	199	48,310	running	0	150
5	31	55	Benny Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	199	47,415	running	0	155
8	9	27	Rusty Wallace	Alugard (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	199	37,840	running	0	142
9	8	1	Sterling Marlin	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	198	37,165	engine	6	143
7	16	4	Rick Wilson	Cap'n Coty's (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	199	36,990	running	0	146
11	22	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	198	32,690	running	0	130
10	36	75	Lake Speed	Nationwise Auto Parts (RahMoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	198	31,430	running	0	134
32	12	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	100	29,710	crash	32	72
16	7	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Wood Brothers)	Ford	195	23,430	running	0	115
15	34	17	Doug Heveron	Protecta Liner (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	197	21,120	running	0	118
12	33	57	Jody Ridley	Nationwise Auto Parts (RahMoc Enterprises)	Ford	198	20,915	running	0	127
30	15	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	103	19,920	crash	0	73
18	19	6	Trevor Boys	Finky's (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	191	19,380	running	0	109
42	3	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	21	18,760	engine	0	37
35	26	10	Greg Sacks	TRW (DiGard)	Pontiac	76	16,670	clutch	0	58
17	28	42	Dick Trickle	Matthews Racing (Billy Matthews)	Chevrolet	194	15,925	running	0	112
23	35	67	Buddy Arrington	Jim Peacock (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	177	15,475	engine	0	94
22	39	47	Morgan Shepherd	Race Hill Farm (Bob Johnson)	Chevrolet	181	15,465	running	0	97
26	17	88	Buddy Baker	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	119	15,400	crash	0	85
19	21	18	Tommy Ellis	Eric Freedlander	Chevrolet	189	15,035	running	3	111
20	37	25	Tim Richmond	Folger's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	188	13,875	running	7	108
38	11	71	Dave Marcis	Helen Rae (Dave Marcis)	Pontiac	47	13,295	engine	0	49
27	13	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Ford	116	12,985	crash	5	87
34	29	64	Pancho Carter	K-Mart (Elmo Langley)	Ford	79	12,925	crash	0	61
24	18	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	174	12,705	running	0	91
21	38	77	Ken Ragan	McCord Gaskets (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	184	11,870	running	0	100
25	27	89	Jim Sauter	Evinrude Outboards (Mueller Brothers)	Pontiac	138	11,800	clutch	0	88
33	41	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	91	11,300	engine	0	64
29	20	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	113	11,275	engine	1	81
39	42	52	Jimmy Means	WNDB Racing (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	38	11,150	engine	0	46
41	32	2	Kirk Bryant	Spectrum Furniture (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	24	10,995	crash	0	40
36	10	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	63	10,790	crash	0	55
31	30	54	Eddie Bierschwale	Kodak Film (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	100	9,965	engine	0	70
37	24	02	Mark Martin	Lone Star Peterbilt (Jerry Gunderman)	Ford	51	9,560	engine	0	52
28	40	26	Joe Ruttman	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	115	9,480	crash	0	79
40	23	21	Larry Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (David Pearson)	Chevrolet	29	9,310	engine	0	43

Failed to qualify: Davey Allison (#95), Ferdin Wallace (#49), Ron Esau (#48), Blackie Wangerin (#39), Alan Kulwicki (#32), Grant Adcox (#29), Michael Waltrip (#23), Bob Park (#19), Mark Stahl (#82), Donny Paul (#53), Randy LaJoie (#07), Delma Cowart (#0), J.D. McDuffie (#70), Phil Barkdoll (#73), Bobby Wawak (#74), Chet Fillip (#81), Eddie Bierschwale (#94), Connie Saylor (#99), Buddy Arrington (#65), Clark Dwyer (#76), Dick Skillen (#60)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	25	25
	26	30	5	#2 accident turn 2
	31	63	33
	64	75	12	#43 accident turn 2
	76	82	7
	83	88	6	#7,64 accident turn 2
	89	93	5
	94	97	4	#90 engine
	98	101	4
	102	105	4	#54 engine
	106	109	4
	110	112	3	#47 stalled pit exit
	113	116	4
	117	125	9	#7,9,12,18,26,28,33,75,88 accident turn 4
	126	129	4
	130	132	3	debris
	133	200	68
Percent of race run under caution: 23.0% Average green flag run: 17.1 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Elliott	1	2	2
Geoffrey Bodine	3	10	8
Dale Earnhardt	11	24	14
Geoffrey Bodine	25	26	2
A.J. Foyt	27	27	1
Dale Earnhardt	28	31	4
Geoffrey Bodine	32	41	10
Dale Earnhardt	42	42	1
Neil Bonnett	43	74	32
Geoffrey Bodine	75	81	7
Tommy Ellis	82	82	1
Cale Yarborough	83	83	1
Geoffrey Bodine	84	92	9
Cale Yarborough	93	94	2
Sterling Marlin	95	100	6
Bobby Hillin, Jr.	101	101	1
Tim Richmond	102	108	7
Cale Yarborough	109	110	2
Tommy Ellis	111	112	2
Dale Earnhardt	113	117	5
Darrell Waltrip	118	118	1
Geoffrey Bodine	119	135	17
Dale Earnhardt	136	144	9
Geoffrey Bodine	145	158	14
Dale Earnhardt	159	159	1
Terry Labonte	160	164	5
Darrell Waltrip	165	166	2
Geoffrey Bodine	167	200	34

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Geoffrey Bodine	185
2	Terry Labonte	175	-10
3	Darrell Waltrip	170	-15
4	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	165	-20
5	Benny Parsons	155	-30
6	Ron Bouchard	150	-35
7	Rick Wilson	146	-39
8	Sterling Marlin	143	-42
9	Rusty Wallace	142	-43
10	Lake Speed	134	-51
11	Ricky Rudd	130	-55
12	Bill Elliott	129	-56
13	Jody Ridley	127	-58
14	Dale Earnhardt	126	-59
15	Doug Heveron	118	-67
16	Kyle Petty	115	-70
17	Dick Trickle	112	-73
18	Tommy Ellis	111	-74
19	Trevor Boys	109	-76
20	Tim Richmond	108	-77

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