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1986 Goodwrench 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 3 of 29
Sunday, March 2, 1986 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles)

Time of race: 4:09:10
Average speed: 120.488 mph
Pole speed: 146.348 mph

Cautions: 9 for 50 laps
Margin of victory: .68 sec
Attendance: 47500
Lead changes: 22

Glossary 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1986 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	492	44550	running	306	185
2	7	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	492	28110	running	0	170
3	13	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	492	15970	running	59	170
4	22	47	Morgan Shepherd	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	491	9255	running	0	160
5	4	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	491	18615	running	1	160
6	10	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Ford	490	5410	running	0	150
7	9	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	490	15560	running	0	146
8	5	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	490	19510	running	69	147
9	18	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	490	12710	running	2	143
10	15	75	Lake Speed	Nationwise Auto Parts (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	489	9965	running	4	139
11	12	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Wood Brothers)	Ford	489	10870	running	1	135
12	20	27	Rusty Wallace	Alugard (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	487	8165	running	0	127
13	30	98	Ron Bouchard	Valvoline (Mike Curb)	Buick	486	7645	running	0	124
14	16	18	Tommy Ellis	Freedlander Financial (Eric Freedlander)	Chevrolet	485	3270	running	0	121
15	27	32	Alan Kulwicki	Quincy's Steak House (Bill Terry)	Ford	483	3870	running	0	118
16	2	25	Tim Richmond	Folger's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	478	3170	running	0	115
17	34	67	Buddy Arrington	Pannill Knitting (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	477	6835	running	0	112
18	19	2	Kirk Bryant	Spectrum Furniture (Cliff Stewart)	Pontiac	476	6575	running	0	109
19	33	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	476	6305	running	0	106
20	3	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	459	10470	engine	46	108
21	17	23	Michael Waltrip	Hawaiian Punch (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	457	2165	running	0	100
22	8	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	457	6765	running	0	97
23	29	64	Pancho Carter	K-Care (Elmo Langley)	Ford	436	5430	running	0	94
24	36	92	Jonathan Lee Edwards	Share The Pride (Jonathan Lee Edwards)	Chevrolet	432	2440	running	0	91
25	26	95	Davey Allison	Sadler Racing (Sadler Brothers)	Chevrolet	410	1965	rear end	0	88
26	37	41	Ronnie Thomas	Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas)	Chevrolet	356	1815	rear end	0	85
27	11	71	Dave Marcis	Helen Rae Special (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	352	4970	engine	2	87
28	14	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	315	9715	engine	0	79
29	25	94	Eddie Bierschwale	Kodak Film (Bobby Eller)	Pontiac	231	1665	crash	0	76
30	28	17	Phil Parsons	Skoal (Roger Hamby)	Oldsmobile	228	4660	engine	0	73
31	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	170	4300	engine	0	70
32	35	01	Earle Canavan	Gates Rubber (Earle Canavan)	Pontiac	165	1475	engine	0	67
33	21	26	Joe Ruttman	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	117	2000	overheating	0	64
34	6	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	117	1375	ignition	2	66
35	31	6	Trevor Boys	Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	101	4090	brakes	0	58
36	39	48	Wayne Slark	Fleet Service (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	96	4055	crash	0	55
37	23	10	Greg Sacks	TRW (DiGard Racing)	Pontiac	81	8300	handling	0	52
38	32	74	Bobby Wawak	Superior Piping (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	47	1250	engine	0	49
39	24	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	41	3960	crash	0	46
40	40	20	Rick Newsom	Selcam Enterprises (Rick Newsom)	Buick	39	1205	crash	0	43

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Brad Heath	49		James Hylton	Chevrolet
	Jerry Holden	68	Holden Racing	Jerry Holden	Ford
	Mike Potter	88	Walker Enterprises	Jimmy Walker	Ford

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	5	5
	6	8	3	#25 stalled backstretch
	9	14	6
	15	18	4	#01 spun turn 3
	19	47	29
	48	60	13	#2,8,20,23 accident turn 1
	61	72	12
	73	75	3
	76	109	34
	110	114	5	#48 accident backstretch
	115	120	6
	121	123	3
	124	234	111
	235	239	5	#64 spun turn 3
	240	242	3
	243	249	7
	250	434	185
	435	441	7	#2 spun turn 2
	442	492	51
Percent of race run under caution: 10.2% Average green flag run: 44.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Terry Labonte	1	9	9
Geoffrey Bodine	10	41	32
Dale Earnhardt	42	50	9
Bobby Allison	51	52	2
Dave Marcis	53	54	2
Dale Earnhardt	55	110	56
Neil Bonnett	111	112	2
Dale Earnhardt	113	116	4
Richard Petty	117	123	7
Terry Labonte	124	164	41
Richard Petty	165	210	46
Geoffrey Bodine	211	221	11
Terry Labonte	222	234	13
Richard Petty	235	235	1
Kyle Petty	236	236	1
Richard Petty	237	240	4
Terry Labonte	241	338	98
Geoffrey Bodine	339	341	3
Darrell Waltrip	342	342	1
Lake Speed	343	346	4
Terry Labonte	347	434	88
Richard Petty	435	435	1
Terry Labonte	436	492	57

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	490
2	Terry Labonte	478	-12
3	Dale Earnhardt	448	-42
4	Geoffrey Bodine	440	-50
5	Kyle Petty	430	-60
6	Rusty Wallace	408	-82
7	Lake Speed	385	-105
8	Ron Bouchard	383	-107
9	Bill Elliott	375	-115
10	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	361	-129
10	Neil Bonnett	361	-129
12	Richard Petty	328	-162
13	Buddy Arrington	327	-163
14	Tommy Ellis	323	-167
15	Harry Gant	322	-168
16	Tim Richmond	320	-170
17	Joe Ruttman	318	-172
18	Jimmy Means	287	-203
19	Ricky Rudd	282	-208
20	Dave Marcis	279	-211
21	Bobby Allison	263	-227