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1986 Southern 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 21 of 29
Sunday, August 31, 1986 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles)

Time of race: 4:08:45
Average speed: 121.068 mph
Pole speed: 158.489 mph

Cautions: 12 for 79 laps
Margin of victory: 2 sec
Attendance: 69000
Lead changes: 16

Glossary 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1986 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	25	Tim Richmond	Folger's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	367	60005	running	168	185
2	11	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	367	31500	running	2	175
3	14	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	367	25625	running	8	170
4	20	47	Morgan Shepherd	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Buick	367	11125	running	4	165
5	10	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	367	21055	running	0	155
6	15	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	367	15735	running	0	150
7	6	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	367	11010	running	0	146
8	2	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	367	13215	running	162	147
9	21	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	366	15735	running	17	143
10	8	28	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Harry Ranier)	Ford	366	6435	running	0	134
11	25	71	Dave Marcis	Helen Rae Special (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	364	8730	running	0	130
12	23	35	Alan Kulwicki	Quincy's Steak House (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	360	5390	running	0	127
13	22	75	Jim Sauter	Nationwise Auto Parts (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	356	8295	running	0	124
14	24	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Wood Brothers)	Ford	356	11070	running	0	121
15	36	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	354	8165	running	0	118
16	27	23	Michael Waltrip	Hawaiian Punch (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	354	5605	running	0	115
17	35	36	H.B. Bailey	Almeda Auto Parts (H.B. Bailey)	Pontiac	352	3610	running	1	117
18	31	6	D.K. Ulrich	Finky's (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	350	7140	running	0	109
19	5	88	Buddy Baker	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	340	3315	engine	1	111
20	37	67	Buddy Arrington	Pannill Knitting (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	339	7030	running	0	103
21	7	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	337	9910	running	0	100
22	17	66	Phil Parsons	Skoal (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	326	2810	engine	0	97
23	16	27	Rusty Wallace	Alugard (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	316	9710	running	0	94
24	3	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	261	11015	valve	4	96
25	28	17	Eddie Bierschwale	K-Care (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	261	5825	running	0	88
26	34	64	Connie Saylor	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	254	5475	engine	0	85
27	4	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	235	10940	engine	0	82
28	12	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	232	2245	overheating	0	79
29	38	92	Jonathan Lee Edwards	Edwards Racing (Jonathan Lee Edwards)	Chevrolet	203	2155	rear end	0	76
30	26	98	Ron Bouchard	Valvoline (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	177	2100	engine	0	73
31	9	55	Benny Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	167	1955	transmission	0	70
32	39	82	Mark Stahl	Auto Bell Car Wash (Mark Stahl)	Ford	132	1895	flagged	0	67
33	30	54	Donnie Allison	Gray Racing (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	131	1840	overheating	0	64
34	33	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture / Winkle (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	85	4565	tie rod	0	61
35	29	81	Chet Fillip	Circle Bar Truck Corral (Tom Mitchell)	Ford	81	1720	crash	0	58
36	32	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	46	5435	engine	0	55
37	13	1	Sterling Marlin	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	35	1620	battery	0	52
38	18	26	Joe Ruttman	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	32	4325	valve	0	49
39	40	48	James Hylton	Fleet Service (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	29	4260	engine	0	46
40	19	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	6	3470	crash	0	43

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	6	6
	7	25	19	#43 accident frontstretch and rain
	26	32	7
	33	36	4	#81 accident turn 2
	37	57	21
	58	62	5	#17 accident backstretch
	63	66	4
	67	69	3	#23,66,75 accident frontstretch
	70	89	20
	90	94	5	#70 accident turn 2
	95	152	58
	153	157	5	#27 accident backstretch
	158	179	22
	180	182	3	#75 spun turn 2
	183	190	8
	191	193	3	debris
	194	194	1
	195	214	20	debris turn 3 and rain
	215	221	7
	222	226	5	#36 accident turn 2
	227	270	44
	271	273	3	debris
	274	330	57
	331	334	4	#66 engine
	335	367	33
Percent of race run under caution: 21.5% Average green flag run: 22.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Richmond	1	58	58
H.B. Bailey	59	59	1
Neil Bonnett	60	63	4
Tim Richmond	64	90	27
Bobby Allison	91	91	1
Morgan Shepherd	92	95	4
Geoffrey Bodine	96	153	58
Buddy Baker	154	154	1
Geoffrey Bodine	155	166	12
Tim Richmond	167	211	45
Geoffrey Bodine	212	222	11
Tim Richmond	223	254	32
Dale Earnhardt	255	271	17
Bobby Allison	272	272	1
Geoffrey Bodine	273	353	81
Bill Elliott	354	361	8
Tim Richmond	362	367	6

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	3218
2	Darrell Waltrip	3109	-109
3	Tim Richmond	3095	-123
4	Bobby Allison	2867	-351
5	Bill Elliott	2808	-410
6	Ricky Rudd	2783	-435
7	Rusty Wallace	2663	-555
8	Geoffrey Bodine	2654	-564
9	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2551	-667
10	Terry Labonte	2532	-686
11	Harry Gant	2478	-740
12	Kyle Petty	2471	-747
13	Richard Petty	2262	-956
14	Ken Schrader	2170	-1048
15	Joe Ruttman	2161	-1057
16	Neil Bonnett	2117	-1101
17	Morgan Shepherd	2109	-1109
18	Michael Waltrip	1999	-1219
19	Dave Marcis	1976	-1242
20	Buddy Arrington	1901	-1317
21	Jimmy Means	1776	-1442