Links for this race (some data may be unavailable): Race Results Qualifying Results Loop Data Stats Pit Stops Comments (8) Video Links (2) Crew Chiefs

1986 Budweiser 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 29 Sunday, May 18, 1986 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:20:51 Average speed: 115.009 mph Pole speed: 138.217 mph Cautions: 8 for 67 laps Margin of victory: 3 sec Attendance: 46000 Lead changes: 29 Glossary    1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1986 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 51700 running 85 180 2 10 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 500 29150 running 2 175 3 2 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 499 24900 running 57 170 4 1 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 498 18875 running 0 160 5 6 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 498 18975 running 0 155 6 4 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 494 10480 running 0 150 7 21 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 493 14800 running 0 146 8 20 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 493 9065 running 0 142 9 11 18   Tommy Ellis Freedlander Financial   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 493 4100 running 9 143 10 16 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 493 10325 running 0 134 11 9 26   Joe Ruttman Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 486 5165 running 1 135 12 17 23   Michael Waltrip Hawaiian Punch   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 479 3100 running 2 132 13 29 94   Trevor Boys Kodak   (Bobby Eller) Pontiac 473 2350 running 0 124 14 14 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 470 11200 engine 177 131 15 25 67   Buddy Arrington Pannill Knitting   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 469 6055 running 0 118 16 28 48   Jerry Cranmer Fleet Service   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 467 5735 running 0   17 5 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 445 10250 engine 78 117 18 8 75   Jody Ridley Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 444 5475 crash 0 109 19 12 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 432 8750 running 0 106 20 23 70   J.D. McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 383 5565 engine 0 103 21 13 71   Dave Marcis Helen Rae   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 361 4855 steering 2 105 22 26 80   Gary Fedewa Coaches Ltd.   (Harold Burke) Chevrolet 334 1600 engine 0 97 23 24 35   Alan Kulwicki Quincy's Steak House   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 317 1550 overheating 0 94 24 31 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 302 4545 oil pressure 0 91 25 33 20   Rick Newsom Vienna Inn   (Rick Newsom) Buick 260 1600 overheating 0 88 26 19 27   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 242 8400 engine 0 85 27 18 98   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 219 1350 engine 0 82 28 15 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 179 8330 clutch 87 84 29 32 96   Jerry Bowman Milford Fertilizer   (Jerry Bowman) Ford 121 1250 handling 0 76 30 37 68   Jerry Holden Holden Racing   (Jerry Holden) Ford 100 1200 brakes 0   31 35 6   Joe Booher U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 91 3925 engine 0 70 32 7 25   Tim Richmond Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 85 3865 engine 0 67 33 34 88   Mike Potter Walker Enterprises   (Jimmy Walker) Ford 73 1050 engine 0 64 34 27 64   Rick Baldwin Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) Ford 39 3755 engine 0   35 22 17   Doug Heveron K-Care   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 26 3635 engine 0 58 36 36 03   Howard Mark D & H Racing   (Howard Mark) Chevrolet 14 875 overheating 0 55 37 30 38   Joe Fields Hanover Printing   (Wayne Beahr) Ford 0 875 crash 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 12 10   #38,96 accident turn 4   13 27 15     28 37 10   #17 spun turn 1   38 40 3     41 45 5   #64 engine   46 74 29     75 83 9   #88 engine   84 85 2     86 89 4   #25 engine   90 280 191     281 289 9   #20 spun turn 4   290 452 163     453 466 14   #75 accident turn 4   467 472 6     473 478 6   #33 engine   479 500 22       Percent of race run under caution: 13.4%             Average green flag run: 48.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt 1 16 16   Geoffrey Bodine 17 28 12   Tommy Ellis 29 37 9   Harry Gant 38 74 37   Neil Bonnett 75 75 1   Dave Marcis 76 77 2   Michael Waltrip 78 79 2   Neil Bonnett 80 165 86   Terry Labonte 166 170 5   Harry Gant 171 175 5   Terry Labonte 176 177 2   Harry Gant 178 209 32   Terry Labonte 210 215 6   Geoffrey Bodine 216 216 1   Terry Labonte 217 220 4   Geoffrey Bodine 221 245 25   Terry Labonte 246 248 3   Harry Gant 249 257 9   Joe Ruttman 258 258 1   Harry Gant 259 260 2   Terry Labonte 261 281 21   Geoffrey Bodine 282 282 1   Terry Labonte 283 319 37   Harry Gant 320 379 60   Geoffrey Bodine 380 381 2   Dale Earnhardt 382 422 41   Harry Gant 423 454 32   Bobby Allison 455 456 2   Geoffrey Bodine 457 500 44 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 1587     2   Darrell Waltrip 1463   -124   3   Bobby Allison 1373   -214   4   Terry Labonte 1306   -281   5   Rusty Wallace 1301   -286   6   Bill Elliott 1287   -300   7   Geoffrey Bodine 1262   -325   8   Kyle Petty 1258   -329   9   Harry Gant 1215   -372   10   Ricky Rudd 1202   -385   10   Tim Richmond 1202   -385   12   Richard Petty 1186   -401   13   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 1185   -402   14   Joe Ruttman 1133   -454   15   Ken Schrader 1099   -488   16   Neil Bonnett 1007   -580   17   Buddy Arrington 975   -612   18   Morgan Shepherd 968   -619   19   Tommy Ellis 959   -628   20   Dave Marcis 955   -632   21   Trevor Boys 915   -672