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1986 Budweiser 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 29 Sunday, May 18, 1986 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:20:51 Average speed: 115.009 mph Pole speed: 138.217 mph Cautions: 8 for 67 laps Margin of victory: 3 sec Attendance: 46000 Lead changes: 29 Glossary    1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1986 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 4 1 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 498 18875 running 0 160 3 2 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 499 24900 running 57 170 1 3 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 51700 running 85 180 6 4 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 494 10480 running 0 150 17 5 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 445 10250 engine 78 117 5 6 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 498 18975 running 0 155 32 7 25   Tim Richmond Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 85 3865 engine 0 67 18 8 75   Jody Ridley Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 444 5475 crash 0 109 11 9 26   Joe Ruttman Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 486 5165 running 1 135 2 10 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 500 29150 running 2 175 9 11 18   Tommy Ellis Freedlander Financial   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 493 4100 running 9 143 19 12 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 432 8750 running 0 106 21 13 71   Dave Marcis Helen Rae   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 361 4855 steering 2 105 14 14 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 470 11200 engine 177 131 28 15 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 179 8330 clutch 87 84 10 16 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 493 10325 running 0 134 12 17 23   Michael Waltrip Hawaiian Punch   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 479 3100 running 2 132 27 18 98   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 219 1350 engine 0 82 26 19 27   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 242 8400 engine 0 85 8 20 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 493 9065 running 0 142 7 21 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 493 14800 running 0 146 35 22 17   Doug Heveron K-Care   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 26 3635 engine 0 58 20 23 70   J.D. McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 383 5565 engine 0 103 23 24 35   Alan Kulwicki Quincy's Steak House   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 317 1550 overheating 0 94 15 25 67   Buddy Arrington Pannill Knitting   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 469 6055 running 0 118 22 26 80   Gary Fedewa Coaches Ltd.   (Harold Burke) Chevrolet 334 1600 engine 0 97 34 27 64   Rick Baldwin Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) Ford 39 3755 engine 0   16 28 48   Jerry Cranmer Fleet Service   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 467 5735 running 0   13 29 94   Trevor Boys Kodak   (Bobby Eller) Pontiac 473 2350 running 0 124 37 30 38   Joe Fields Hanover Printing   (Wayne Beahr) Ford 0 875 crash 0   24 31 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 302 4545 oil pressure 0 91 29 32 96   Jerry Bowman Milford Fertilizer   (Jerry Bowman) Ford 121 1250 handling 0 76 25 33 20   Rick Newsom Vienna Inn   (Rick Newsom) Buick 260 1600 overheating 0 88 33 34 88   Mike Potter Walker Enterprises   (Jimmy Walker) Ford 73 1050 engine 0 64 31 35 6   Joe Booher U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 91 3925 engine 0 70 36 36 03   Howard Mark D & H Racing   (Howard Mark) Chevrolet 14 875 overheating 0 55 30 37 68   Jerry Holden Holden Racing   (Jerry Holden) Ford 100 1200 brakes 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 12 10   #38,96 accident turn 4   13 27 15     28 37 10   #17 spun turn 1   38 40 3     41 45 5   #64 engine   46 74 29     75 83 9   #88 engine   84 85 2     86 89 4   #25 engine   90 280 191     281 289 9   #20 spun turn 4   290 452 163     453 466 14   #75 accident turn 4   467 472 6     473 478 6   #33 engine   479 500 22       Percent of race run under caution: 13.4%             Average green flag run: 48.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt 1 16 16   Geoffrey Bodine 17 28 12   Tommy Ellis 29 37 9   Harry Gant 38 74 37   Neil Bonnett 75 75 1   Dave Marcis 76 77 2   Michael Waltrip 78 79 2   Neil Bonnett 80 165 86   Terry Labonte 166 170 5   Harry Gant 171 175 5   Terry Labonte 176 177 2   Harry Gant 178 209 32   Terry Labonte 210 215 6   Geoffrey Bodine 216 216 1   Terry Labonte 217 220 4   Geoffrey Bodine 221 245 25   Terry Labonte 246 248 3   Harry Gant 249 257 9   Joe Ruttman 258 258 1   Harry Gant 259 260 2   Terry Labonte 261 281 21   Geoffrey Bodine 282 282 1   Terry Labonte 283 319 37   Harry Gant 320 379 60   Geoffrey Bodine 380 381 2   Dale Earnhardt 382 422 41   Harry Gant 423 454 32   Bobby Allison 455 456 2   Geoffrey Bodine 457 500 44 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 1587     2   Darrell Waltrip 1463   -124   3   Bobby Allison 1373   -214   4   Terry Labonte 1306   -281   5   Rusty Wallace 1301   -286   6   Bill Elliott 1287   -300   7   Geoffrey Bodine 1262   -325   8   Kyle Petty 1258   -329   9   Harry Gant 1215   -372   10   Ricky Rudd 1202   -385   10   Tim Richmond 1202   -385   12   Richard Petty 1186   -401   13   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 1185   -402   14   Joe Ruttman 1133   -454   15   Ken Schrader 1099   -488   16   Neil Bonnett 1007   -580   17   Buddy Arrington 975   -612   18   Morgan Shepherd 968   -619   19   Tommy Ellis 959   -628   20   Dave Marcis 955   -632   21   Trevor Boys 915   -672