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1986 First Union 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 29 Sunday, April 20, 1986 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:49:40 Average speed: 88.408 mph Pole speed: 112.419 mph Cautions: 8 for 70 laps Margin of victory: 2 cl Attendance: 29500 Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1986 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 400 38550 running 195 185 2 14 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 400 20075 running 102 175 3 1 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 17415 running 90 170 4 10 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 400 13750 running 0 160 5 7 26   Joe Ruttman Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 400 4415 running 0 155 6 6 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 400 6865 running 0 150 7 16 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 400 10360 running 1 151 8 9 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 400 7815 running 0 142 9 13 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 400 9710 running 0 138 10 15 27   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 399 8410 running 0 134 11 8 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 399 8640 running 0 130 12 3 25   Tim Richmond Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 398 5185 running 0 127 13 19 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 398 4715 running 0 124 14 11 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 398 5450 running 0 121 15 17 75   Jody Ridley Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 397 4535 running 0 118 16 20 17   Doug Heveron Hesco Exhaust Systems   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 395 4175 running 0 115 17 18 98   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 395 4040 running 0 112 18 12 35   Alan Kulwicki Quincy's Steak House   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 395 1655 running 0 109 19 22 48   Morgan Shepherd Hylton Racing   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 394 3880 running 0 106 20 28 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 392 3995 running 0 103 21 25 67   Buddy Arrington Pannill Knits   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 390 3515 running 0 100 22 29 30   Willy T. Ribbs Red Roof Inns   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 387 1010 running 0 97 23 23 81   Chet Fillip Circle Bar Truck Corral   (Tom Mitchell) Ford 374 985 running 0 94 24 30 64   Rick Baldwin Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 354 3150 running 0   25 21 71   Dave Marcis Helen Rae Special   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 346 3215 crash 0 88 26 24 23   Michael Waltrip Hawaiian Punch   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 309 910 engine 0 85 27 4 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 256 6635 engine 1 87 28 26 70   J.D. McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 251 3030 crash 0 79 29 2 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 131 7495 engine 11 81 30 27 6   Trevor Boys Finky's   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 85 2335 crash 0 73

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Earle Canavan 01 Earle Canavan Pontiac Bobby Gerhart 85 Frederick Bobby Gerhart / Billy Gerhart Chevrolet Eddie Bierschwale 94 Kodak Film Bobby Eller Pontiac Jerry Bowman 96 Bowman Racing Jerry Bowman Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 79 79     80 84 5   debris   85 124 40     125 128 4   #25 spun turn 2   129 136 8     137 139 3   #30,64,67 spun turn 2   140 189 50     190 192 3   #11 spun turn 2   193 209 17     210 230 21   rain   231 250 20     251 254 4   #30 spun turn 2   255 256 2     257 277 21   #26 spun turn 3   278 352 75     353 361 9   #71 accident turns 1/2   362 400 39       Percent of race run under caution: 17.5%             Average green flag run: 36.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Geoffrey Bodine 1 15 15   Richard Petty 16 26 11   Geoffrey Bodine 27 80 54   Terry Labonte 81 81 1   Dale Earnhardt 82 125 44   Geoffrey Bodine 126 126 1   Dale Earnhardt 127 231 105   Geoffrey Bodine 232 251 20   Ricky Rudd 252 353 102   Harry Gant 354 354 1   Dale Earnhardt 355 400 46 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 1160     2   Dale Earnhardt 1137   -23   3   Rusty Wallace 1019   -141   4   Bill Elliott 970   -190   5   Terry Labonte 948   -212   6   Kyle Petty 927   -233   7   Tim Richmond 900   -260   8   Harry Gant 891   -269   9   Geoffrey Bodine 883   -277   10   Bobby Allison 876   -284   11   Richard Petty 811   -349   12   Ricky Rudd 802   -358   13   Neil Bonnett 790   -370   14   Ken Schrader 734   -426   15   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 733   -427   16   Joe Ruttman 716   -444   17   Morgan Shepherd 707   -453   18   Ron Bouchard 678   -482   19   Tommy Ellis 653   -507   20   Buddy Arrington 642   -518   21   Trevor Boys 616   -544