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1986 Valleydale 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 29 Sunday, April 6, 1986 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:58:14 Average speed: 89.747 mph Pole speed: 114.85 mph Cautions: 7 for 56 laps Margin of victory: 10.69 sec Attendance: 34500 Lead changes: 14 Glossary    1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1986 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 14 27   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 500 34760 running 174 185 2 8 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 500 20125 running 0 170 3 7 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 500 17825 running 84 170 4 5 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 499 11770 running 0 160 5 12 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 499 12050 running 0 155 6 10 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 499 2900 running 2 155 7 4 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 498 8250 running 47 151 8 3 25   Tim Richmond Folger's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 498 2550 running 0 142 9 17 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 497 7750 running 0 138 10 6 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 497 10650 running 106 139 11 28 18   Tommy Ellis Freedlander Financial   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 496 1750 running 0 130 12 13 4   Rick Wilson Bewley Oldsmobile   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 494 2100 running 0 127 13 20 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 492 5130 running 0 124 14 11 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 491 4760 running 0 121 15 22 35   Alan Kulwicki Quincy's Steak House   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 483 2000 running 0 118 16 21 08   Butch Miller Miller Racing   (Leroy Throop) Buick 482 1260 running 0   17 31 67   Buddy Arrington Pannill Knits   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 477 4370 running 0 112 18 32 6   Trevor Boys U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 466 4260 running 0 109 19 9 26   Joe Ruttman Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 443 1140 running 0 106 20 29 95   Davey Allison Sadler Racing   (Sadler Brothers) Chevrolet 441 1350 running 0 103 21 23 17   Doug Heveron Hesco Exhaust Systems   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 351 4030 engine 0 100 22 25 81   Chet Fillip Circle Bar Truck Corral   (Tom Mitchell) Ford 319 1020 engine 0 97 23 19 75   Jody Ridley Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 256 3840 engine 0 94 24 1 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 238 8640 engine 23 96 25 26 98   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 183 3750 axle 0 88 26 27 41   Ronnie Thomas Thomas Racing   (Ronnie Thomas) Chevrolet 157 1370 crash 0 85 27 15 71   Dave Marcis Helen Rae   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 103 3480 crash 0 82 28 16 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 103 3790 crash 1 84 29 18 94   Eddie Bierschwale Kodak Film   (Bobby Eller) Pontiac 102 780 crash 0 76 30 2 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 74 8350 crash 63 78 31 30 64   Morgan Shepherd Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 22 2940 engine 0 70 32 24 23   Michael Waltrip Hawaiian Punch   (Chuck Rider) Buick 22 750 engine 0 67

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Earle Canavan 01 Gates Rubber Earle Canavan Pontiac Willy T. Ribbs 30 Red Roof Inns DiGard Pontiac James Hylton 48 Fleet Service James Hylton Chevrolet Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing Jimmy Means Pontiac J.D. McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Jonathan Lee Edwards 92 Edwards Racing Jonathan Lee Edwards Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 11 11   green-yellow start   12 74 63     75 83 9   #12 accident turn 1   84 104 21     105 119 15   #8,71,94 accident turn 1   120 159 40     160 167 8   #41 accident turn 3   168 191 24     192 195 4   ambulance   196 306 111     307 311 5   #3,35,44 accident turn 2   312 359 48     360 363 4   #17 spun backstretch   364 500 137       Percent of race run under caution: 11.2%             Average green flag run: 63.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Geoffrey Bodine 1 11 11   Neil Bonnett 12 74 63   Dale Earnhardt 75 76 2   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 77 77 1   Dale Earnhardt 78 160 83   Geoffrey Bodine 161 172 12   Dale Earnhardt 173 192 20   Terry Labonte 193 239 47   Rusty Wallace 240 307 68   Bobby Allison 308 309 2   Rusty Wallace 310 314 5   Darrell Waltrip 315 360 46   Dale Earnhardt 361 361 1   Darrell Waltrip 362 399 38   Rusty Wallace 400 500 101 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 825     2   Terry Labonte 794   -31   3   Dale Earnhardt 767   -58   4   Rusty Wallace 735   -90   5   Bill Elliott 690   -135   6   Geoffrey Bodine 670   -155   7   Kyle Petty 647   -178   8   Harry Gant 614   -211   9   Tim Richmond 613   -212   10   Richard Petty 584   -241   11   Tommy Ellis 577   -248   12   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 560   -265   13   Bobby Allison 556   -269   14   Buddy Arrington 542   -283   15   Ricky Rudd 537   -288   16   Ron Bouchard 514   -311   17   Morgan Shepherd 507   -318   18   Neil Bonnett 500   -325   19   Lake Speed 482   -343   20   Ken Schrader 479   -346   21   Joe Ruttman 461   -364