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1986 Miller High Life 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 2 of 29 Sunday, February 23, 1986 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA 400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles) Time of race: 3:02:54 Average speed: 71.078 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 9 for 63 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 25000 Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1986 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 12 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 400 37880 running 4 180 2 17 26   Joe Ruttman Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 400 16215 running 21 175 3 10 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 400 19310 running 299 175 4 23 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 399 6275 running 0 160 5 3 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 398 14295 crash 1 160 6 4 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 398 7240 running 0 150 7 19 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 398 10055 running 0 146 8 1 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 397 8435 crash 59 147 9 24 71   Dave Marcis Helen Rae Special   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 397 5890 running 12 143 10 6 27   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 395 6530 running 1 139 11 30 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 395 6510 running 3 135 12 28 95   Davey Allison Sadler Racing   (Sadler Brothers) Chevrolet 395 1860 running 0 127 13 22 64   Doug Heveron Hesco Exhaust Systems   (Elmo Langley) Ford 391 4760 running 0   14 16 67   Buddy Arrington Hinder Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 389 4580 running 0 121 15 2 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 389 7550 running 0 118 16 26 70   J.D. McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 387 4325 running 0 115 17 7 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 382 4145 running 0 112 18 5 98   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 380 3915 running 0 109 19 20 10   Greg Sacks TRW   (DiGard Racing) Pontiac 369 7100 running 0 106 20 27 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 363 1615 running 0 103 21 9 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 353 9730 running 0 100 22 15 25   Tim Richmond Folger's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 352 1295 running 0 97 23 29 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 329 4450 running 0 94 24 13 18   Tommy Ellis Freedlander Financial   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 317 1225 running 0 91 25 21 23   Michael Waltrip Hawaiian Punch   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 313 1790 head gasket 0 88 26 14 6   Trevor Boys U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 279 3335 crash 0 85 27 25 2   Kirk Bryant Spectrum Furniture   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 88 3300 crash 0 82 28 18 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 29 8385 overheating 0 79 29 11 17   Phil Parsons Skoal   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 17 3210 crash 0 76 30 8 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 17 7715 crash 0 73 31 31 48   Eddie Bierschwale Fleet Service   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 2 2515 engine 0 70

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Alan Kulwicki 32 Quincy's Steak House Bill Terry Ford Ronnie Thomas 41 Thomas Racing Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Jonathan Lee Edwards 92 Edwards Racing Jonathan Lee Edwards Buick Eddie Bierschwale 94 Kodak Film Bobby Eller Pontiac DC Ron Esau 48 Fleet Service James Hylton Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 9 9     10 13 4   #2,6,23,67 accident turn 2   14 14 1     15 17 3   #75 accident turn 1   18 18 1     19 35 17   #3,9,10,11,15,17,18,25,26,27,33,43,98 accident turn 3   36 58 23     59 64 6   #2 accident frontstretch   65 152 88     153 158 6   #2,25 accident turn 2   159 201 43     202 209 8   #90 accident turn 4   210 271 62     272 277 6   #10 spun turn 2   278 320 43     321 330 10   #12,27 accident turn 2   331 397 67     398 400 3   #3,5,6,11,26,67 accident turn 3     Percent of race run under caution: 15.8%             Average green flag run: 37.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Geoffrey Bodine 1 59 59   Dave Marcis 60 71 12   Jimmy Means 72 74 3   Dale Earnhardt 75 202 128   Rusty Wallace 203 203 1   Dale Earnhardt 204 272 69   Kyle Petty 273 273 1   Dale Earnhardt 274 321 48   Darrell Waltrip 322 322 1   Joe Ruttman 323 343 21   Dale Earnhardt 344 397 54   Kyle Petty 398 400 3 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Geoffrey Bodine 332     2   Darrell Waltrip 330   -2   3   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 315   -17   4   Dale Earnhardt 301   -31   5   Kyle Petty 295   -37   6   Terry Labonte 293   -39   7   Rusty Wallace 281   -51   8   Ron Bouchard 259   -73   9   Joe Ruttman 254   -78   10   Lake Speed 246   -86   11   Bill Elliott 229   -103   12   Neil Bonnett 218   -114   13   Buddy Arrington 215   -117   14   Tim Richmond 205   -127   15   Ricky Rudd 203   -129   16   Tommy Ellis 202   -130   17   Bobby Allison 197   -135   18   Trevor Boys 194   -138   19   Dave Marcis 192   -140   20   Jimmy Means 181   -151   21   Phil Parsons 167   -165