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1986 Talladega 500

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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

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Dave Marcis	71	backup car

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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