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1986 Winston 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 9 of 29 Sunday, May 4, 1986 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:10:16 Average speed: 157.698 mph Pole speed: 212.229 mph Cautions: 9 for 41 laps Margin of victory: .19 sec Attendance: 133000 Lead changes: 24 Glossary    1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1986 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 188 77905 running 40 180 2 14 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 188 53900 running 18 175 3 7 88   Buddy Baker Crisco   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 188 27600 running 6 170 4 10 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 188 21470 running 0 160 5 11 66   Phil Parsons Skoal   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 188 15525 running 0 155 6 6 47   Morgan Shepherd Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 188 11750 running 2 155 7 18 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 188 14425 running 0 146 8 21 4   Rick Wilson Cap'n Coty's   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 188 10500 running 0 142 9 26 98   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 188 7900 running 1 143 10 19 10   Greg Sacks TRW Research   (DiGard Racing) Pontiac 188 9350 running 0 134 11 32 71   Dave Marcis Helen Rae Special   (Dave Marcis) Pontiac 188 10455 running 2 135 12 12 25   Tim Richmond Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 187 9835 running 0 127 13 16 27   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 187 12440 running 0 124 14 39 48   Ronnie Thomas Fleet Service   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 185 8875 running 0 121 15 38 94   Doug Heveron Kodak Film   (Bobby Eller) Pontiac 185 4940 running 0 118 16 40 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 185 8115 running 0 115 17 17 26   Joe Ruttman Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 182 7635 running 0 112 18 25 17   Pancho Carter K-Mart / Wynn's Oil   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 181 7725 running 0 109 19 35 0   Delma Cowart Hilliard's Restaurant   (H.L. Waters) Chevrolet 181 3820 running 0 106 20 8 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 180 3735 engine 0 103 21 22 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 178 12010 engine 0 100 22 41 67   Buddy Arrington Pannill Knitting   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 178 5855 running 0 97 23 29 81   Chet Fillip Circle Bar Truck Corral   (Tom Mitchell) Ford 177 3670 running 0 94 24 1 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 175 43070 engine 116 101 25 42 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 175 5845 running 0   26 33 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 168 5785 running 0 85 27 3 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 157 10070 running 0 82 28 28 73   Phil Barkdoll Helen Rae Special   (Phil Barkdoll) Ford 149 2820 engine 1 84 29 13 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 144 9770 engine 0 76 30 31 54   Eddie Bierschwale Bill Ramsey   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 129 2720 transmission 0 73 31 9 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 125 9625 crash 0 70 32 23 18   Tommy Ellis Freedlander Financial   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 117 2600 fan blade 0 67 33 34 99   Connie Saylor Ball Racing   (Ralph Ball) Chevrolet 114 2575 engine 0 64 34 24 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 102 13850 engine 0 61 35 37 23   Michael Waltrip Hawaiian Punch   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 92 2525 crash 0 58 36 20 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 85 10500 engine 0 55 37 4 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 63 2575 engine 0 52 38 30 6   Trevor Boys Scepter Herbocide   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 62 5305 crash 2 54 39 5 1   Sterling Marlin Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 48 2500 piston 0 46 40 27 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 40 10800 fuel pressure 0 43 41 36 32   Jim Sauter Prototype Racing Engines   (Paul Ingle) Chevrolet 26 2400 vibration 0 40 42 15 75   Jody Ridley Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 4 5135 engine 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Mark Martin 02 Lone Star Peterbilt Jerry Gunderman Ford Alan Kulwicki 35 Quincy's Steak House Bill Terry Ford Dick Skillen 60 Goff Racing Tom Goff Chevrolet J.D. McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Ken Ragan 77 McCord Gaskets Herb Adcox Chevrolet Steve Moore 78 Steve Moore Chevrolet Davey Allison 95 Sadler Brothers Racing Sadler Brothers Buick Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 5 5     6 8 3   #75 engine   9 9 1     10 14 5   #81 spun turn 2   15 27 13     28 31 4   debris backstretch   32 64 33     65 70 6   #5,6,7,28 accident backstretch   71 94 24     95 101 7   #23 accident turn 1   102 103 2     104 108 5   #11 engine   109 118 10     119 121 3   debris   122 147 26     148 153 6   #7 accident turn 3   154 175 22     176 178 3   oil on track   179 188 10       Percent of race run under caution: 22.3%             Average green flag run: 14.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bill Elliott 1 21 21   Dale Earnhardt 22 22 1   Bill Elliott 23 26 4   Dale Earnhardt 27 27 1   Trevor Boys 28 29 2   Phil Barkdoll 30 30 1   Dale Earnhardt 31 31 1   Bobby Allison 32 50 19   Dale Earnhardt 51 55 5   Bill Elliott 56 56 1   Dale Earnhardt 57 58 2   Bill Elliott 59 64 6   Morgan Shepherd 65 65 1   Bobby Allison 66 70 5   Bill Elliott 71 94 24   Bobby Allison 95 102 8   Dale Earnhardt 103 110 8   Bill Elliott 111 118 8   Dave Marcis 119 120 2   Morgan Shepherd 121 121 1   Bill Elliott 122 173 52   Bobby Allison 174 175 2   Ron Bouchard 176 176 1   Buddy Baker 177 182 6   Bobby Allison 183 188 6 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 1417     2   Darrell Waltrip 1308   -109   3   Rusty Wallace 1216   -201   4   Bobby Allison 1198   -219   5   Terry Labonte 1189   -228   6   Kyle Petty 1152   -265   7   Bill Elliott 1141   -276   8   Tim Richmond 1135   -282   9   Harry Gant 1084   -333   10   Geoffrey Bodine 1082   -335   11   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 1043   -374   12   Ricky Rudd 1042   -375   13   Richard Petty 1036   -381   14   Joe Ruttman 998   -419   15   Morgan Shepherd 968   -449   16   Ken Schrader 965   -452   17   Neil Bonnett 923   -494   18   Buddy Arrington 857   -560   19   Dave Marcis 850   -567   20   Ron Bouchard 821   -596   21   Tommy Ellis 816   -601