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1986 Motorcraft 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 29 Sunday, March 16, 1986 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA 328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles) Time of race: 3:46:41 Average speed: 132.126 mph Pole speed: 170.713 mph Cautions: 9 for 56 laps Margin of victory: .29 sec Attendance: 62000 Lead changes: 18 Glossary    1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1986 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 47   Morgan Shepherd Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 328 62350 running 97 180 2 1 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 328 51300 running 168 180 3 12 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 328 22150 running 0 165 4 15 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 328 24075 running 6 165 5 5 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 328 18250 running 2 160 6 16 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 328 6675 running 0 150 7 2 25   Tim Richmond Folger's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 328 5925 running 19 151 8 7 27   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 327 12930 running 0 142 9 17 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 327 4725 running 0 138 10 8 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 327 12775 running 0 134 11 11 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 327 8220 running 2 135 12 10 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 326 17025 running 34 132 13 42 18   Tommy Ellis Freedlander Financial   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 326 3225 running 0 124 14 32 35   Alan Kulwicki Quincy's Steak House   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 325 3525 running 0 121 15 14 88   Buddy Baker Crisco   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 325 3165 running 0 118 16 41 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 324 6900 running 0 115 17 22 14   A.J. Foyt Copenhagen   (A.J. Foyt) Oldsmobile 322 2600 running 0 112 18 18 66   Phil Parsons Skoal   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 322 2475 running 0 109 19 31 23   Michael Waltrip Hawaiian Punch   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 319 2775 running 0 106 20 27 67   Buddy Arrington Ray Mar Realty   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 317 6415 running 0 103 21 24 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 314 7580 crash 0 100 22 21 75   Lake Speed Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 313 5860 running 0 97 23 40 74   Bobby Wawak Superior Piping   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 308 1925 running 0 94 24 39 6   Trevor Boys U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 303 5500 running 0 91 25 4 10   Greg Sacks TRW   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 301 8825 running 0 88 26 23 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 301 9695 running 0 85 27 6 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 300 1665 oil line 0 82 28 38 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 289 8635 running 0 79 29 20 57   Jody Ridley Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Ford 268 1605 valve 0 76 30 37 54   Eddie Bierschwale Johnson Racing   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 261 1575 crash 0 73 31 30 2   Kirk Bryant Spectrum Furniture   (Cliff Stewart) Pontiac 254 5465 crash 0 70 32 9 1   Sterling Marlin Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 220 1525 valve 0 67 33 26 71   Dave Marcis Helen Rae Special   (Dave Marcis) Pontiac 219 4705 engine 0 64 34 19 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 206 9880 crash 0 61 35 35 17   Doug Heveron Protecta Liner   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 182 4510 running 0 58 36 33 81   Chet Fillip Circle Bar Truck Corral   (Tom Mitchell) Ford 175 1450 valve 0 55 37 36 36   H.B. Bailey Almeda Auto Parts   (H.B. Bailey) Pontiac 174 1435 steering 0 52 38 29 64   Pancho Carter K-Care   (Elmo Langley) Ford 157 4195 clutch 0 49 39 13 4   Rick Wilson Morgan-McClure   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 149 1405 valve 0 46 40 25 98   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 140 4155 clutch 0 43 41 34 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 82 4145 crash 0 40 42 28 26   Joe Ruttman Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 33 1390 engine 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Eddie Bierschwale Joe Booher Delma Cowart Mike Laws David Sosebee Mark Stahl James Hylton 48 Fleet Service James Hylton Chevrolet DC Slick Johnson 54 Johnson Racing Henley Gray Chevrolet WD Willy T. Ribbs 30 Red Roof Inns DiGard Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 85 85     86 98 13   #52 accident turn 3   99 131 33     132 135 4   #7 spun turn 1   136 188 53     189 195 7   #17 oil backstretch   196 210 15     211 215 5   debris   216 220 5     221 226 6   #71 engine   227 228 2     229 232 4   oil on track   233 263 31     264 267 4   #2,54 accident turn 2   268 268 1     269 273 5   #7,18,90 accident backstretch   274 318 45     319 324 6   #90 accident backstretch   325 328 4       Percent of race run under caution: 16.5%             Average green flag run: 27.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt 1 59 59   Bill Elliott 60 61 2   Harry Gant 62 67 6   Morgan Shepherd 68 70 3   Harry Gant 71 79 9   Tim Richmond 80 85 6   Morgan Shepherd 86 86 1   Harry Gant 87 105 19   Dale Earnhardt 106 189 84   Darrell Waltrip 190 190 1   Dale Earnhardt 191 211 21   Morgan Shepherd 212 253 42   Tim Richmond 254 264 11   Richard Petty 265 266 2   Dale Earnhardt 267 270 4   Darrell Waltrip 271 275 5   Morgan Shepherd 276 319 44   Tim Richmond 320 321 2   Morgan Shepherd 322 328 7 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 655     2   Terry Labonte 643   -12   3   Dale Earnhardt 628   -27   4   Geoffrey Bodine 574   -81   5   Rusty Wallace 550   -105   6   Bill Elliott 535   -120   7   Kyle Petty 509   -146   8   Lake Speed 482   -173   9   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 476   -179   10   Tim Richmond 471   -184   11   Richard Petty 463   -192   12   Harry Gant 454   -201   13   Tommy Ellis 447   -208   14   Morgan Shepherd 437   -218   15   Buddy Arrington 430   -225   16   Ron Bouchard 426   -229   17   Neil Bonnett 422   -233   18   Bobby Allison 401   -254   19   Ricky Rudd 367   -288   20   Joe Ruttman 355   -300