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1986 Talladega 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 29 Sunday, July 27, 1986 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:17:59 Average speed: 151.522 mph Pole speed: 209.005 mph Cautions: 9 for 44 laps Margin of victory: 3 cl Attendance: 88000 Lead changes: 49 Glossary    1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1986 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 13 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 188 60055 running 16 180 2 3 25   Tim Richmond Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 34345 running 19 175 3 20 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 188 29255 running 0 165 4 5 1   Sterling Marlin Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 188 15750 running 9 165 5 4 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 188 12815 running 2 160 6 14 47   Morgan Shepherd Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 188 9170 running 0 150 7 7 12   Davey Allison Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 188 17820 running 13 151 8 23 26   Joe Ruttman Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 188 10495 running 0 142 9 6 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 188 12570 running 2 143 10 21 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 187 13720 crash 2 139 11 8 4   Rick Wilson Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 187 5040 crash 7 135 12 18 75   Jim Sauter Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 187 8835 crash 2 132 13 16 66   Phil Parsons Skoal   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 187 4350 running 1 129 14 34 23   Michael Waltrip Hawaiian Punch   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 186 4780 running 1 126 15 39 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 184 8380 running 1 123 16 36 48   Ronnie Thomas Fleet Service   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 183 7800 running 0 115 17 27 98   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 174 3730 crash 0 112 18 40 77   Ken Ragan McCord Gaskets   (Marvin Ragan) Chevrolet 169 3710 crash 1 114 19 17 2   Rodney Combs Solder Seal / Gunk   (Robert Harrington) Chevrolet 169 3710 crash 4 111 20 12 88   Buddy Baker Crisco   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 163 4130 overheating 3 108 21 37 67   Buddy Arrington Pannill Knitting   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 162 6935 running 0 100 22 32 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 159 12050 crash 5 102 23 10 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 159 11140 crash 19 99 24 19 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 159 2930 crash 0 91 25 15 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 157 13670 crash 3 93 26 2 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 153 15355 engine 54 95 27 1 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 152 15185 valve 5 87 28 25 81   Chet Fillip Circle Bar Truck Corral   (Tom Mitchell) Ford 150 3625 crash 0 79 29 30 0   Delma Cowart Heyward Grooms Construction   (H.L. Waters) Chevrolet 140 2565 engine 0 76 30 11 14   A.J. Foyt Copenhagen   (A.J. Foyt) Oldsmobile 119 7010 wheel bearing 0 73 31 35 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 113 7010 engine 1 75 32 28 35   Alan Kulwicki Quincy's Steak House   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 112 2485 clutch 2 72 33 31 73   Phil Barkdoll Helen Rae Special   (Phil Barkdoll) Ford 100 3225 overheating 2   34 26 18   Tommy Ellis Freedlander Financial   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 86 2365 engine 0 61 35 22 27   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 70 5410 engine 0 58 36 29 71   Dave Marcis Helen Rae Special   (Dave Marcis) Pontiac 61 5210 head gasket 0 55 37 24 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 51 5080 crash 5 57 38 9 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 37 9440 oil pressure 8 54 39 38 54   Eddie Bierschwale Jim Magill   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 37 1990 valve 0 46 40 33 17   Pancho Carter K-Mart / Wynn's Oil   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 29 4680 engine 1 48

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Dave Marcis 71 backup car Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Grant Adcox 29 Herb Adcox Chevrolet Connie Saylor 64 Sunny King Ford Elmo Langley Ford J.D. McDuffie 70 Winkle J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Steve Moore 76 Steve Moore Chevrolet WD Derrike Cope 79 Western Peterbilt Warren Razore Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 20 20     21 24 4   competition   25 30 6     31 36 6   #17 spun turn 4   37 40 4     41 44 4   oil on track   45 51 7     52 56 5   #43 accident tri-oval   57 101 45     102 106 5   #71 engine   107 114 8     115 119 5   #27 engine   120 155 36     156 159 4   #81 accident turn 2   160 160 1     161 167 7   #5,11,28,33,66,88 accident backstretch   168 170 3     171 174 4   #2,26,77 accident turn 2   175 188 14       Percent of race run under caution: 23.4%             Average green flag run: 14.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Sterling Marlin 1 2 2   Dale Earnhardt 3 3 1   Geoffrey Bodine 4 7 4   Dale Earnhardt 8 12 5   Terry Labonte 13 20 8   Pancho Carter 21 21 1   Michael Waltrip 22 22 1   Dale Earnhardt 23 25 3   Sterling Marlin 26 27 2   Benny Parsons 28 29 2   Sterling Marlin 30 30 1   Ken Schrader 31 31 1   Phil Barkdoll 32 33 2   Jimmy Means 34 34 1   Richard Petty 35 39 5   Dale Earnhardt 40 51 12   Jim Sauter 52 52 1   Alan Kulwicki 53 53 1   Davey Allison 54 56 3   Phil Parsons 57 57 1   Bobby Allison 58 59 2   Rodney Combs 60 60 1   Tim Richmond 61 63 3   Bill Elliott 64 68 5   Dale Earnhardt 69 76 8   Tim Richmond 77 89 13   Jim Sauter 90 90 1   Darrell Waltrip 91 93 3   Sterling Marlin 94 97 4   Dale Earnhardt 98 101 4   Alan Kulwicki 102 102 1   Dale Earnhardt 103 111 9   Buddy Baker 112 114 3   Rodney Combs 115 117 3   Geoffrey Bodine 118 119 2   Rick Wilson 120 124 5   Dale Earnhardt 125 128 4   Geoffrey Bodine 129 141 13   Dale Earnhardt 142 149 8   Rick Wilson 150 151 2   Kyle Petty 152 153 2   Harry Gant 154 154 1   Ken Ragan 155 155 1   Harry Gant 156 159 4   Davey Allison 160 167 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 168 174 7   Bobby Allison 175 176 2   Tim Richmond 177 179 3   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 180 188 9 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 2585     2   Darrell Waltrip 2424   -161   3   Tim Richmond 2400   -185   4   Bobby Allison 2327   -258   5   Ricky Rudd 2293   -292   6   Bill Elliott 2182   -403   7   Rusty Wallace 2138   -447   8   Terry Labonte 2063   -522   9   Kyle Petty 2060   -525   10   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2059   -526   11   Geoffrey Bodine 2056   -529   12   Harry Gant 2038   -547   13   Joe Ruttman 1863   -722   14   Richard Petty 1830   -755   15   Ken Schrader 1786   -799   16   Neil Bonnett 1675   -910   17   Morgan Shepherd 1657   -928   18   Michael Waltrip 1581   -1004   19   Dave Marcis 1541   -1044   20   Tommy Ellis 1509   -1076   21   Buddy Arrington 1486   -1099