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1986 Firecracker 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 15 of 29 Friday, July 4, 1986 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 3:01:56 Average speed: 131.916 mph Pole speed: 203.519 mph Cautions: 8 for 58 laps Margin of victory: 1.35 sec Attendance: 78000 Lead changes: 32 Glossary    1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1986 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 9 25   Tim Richmond Folger's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 160 58655 running 17 180 2 21 1   Sterling Marlin Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 160 37700 running 6 175 3 8 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 160 24545 running 0 165 4 23 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 160 24750 running 2 165 5 13 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 160 19725 running 4 160 6 33 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 160 17200 running 0 150 7 29 26   Joe Ruttman Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 160 12300 running 0 146 8 12 27   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 160 14150 running 0 142 9 11 66   Phil Parsons Skoal   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 160 7600 running 0 138 10 32 35   Alan Kulwicki Quincy's Steak House   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 160 7600 running 0 134 11 17 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 160 13515 running 1 135 12 38 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 160 9845 running 0 127 13 22 75   Jody Ridley Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 160 8615 running 0 124 14 3 88   Buddy Baker Crisco   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 160 6645 running 31 126 15 6 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 159 11580 running 3 123 16 2 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 159 13675 running 1 120 17 1 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 159 6975 running 5 117 18 39 23   Michael Waltrip Hawaiian Punch   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 159 3520 running 0 109 19 14 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 159 10320 running 0 106 20 30 71   Dave Marcis Helen Rae Special   (Dave Marcis) Pontiac 159 8455 running 0 103 21 25 4   Rick Wilson Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 158 3045 running 0 100 22 19 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 156 6595 running 0 97 23 41 6   Jim Sauter Finky's   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 155 6210 running 0   24 37 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 155 5950 running 1 96 25 35 67   Buddy Arrington Pannill Knitting   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 154 5790 running 0 88 26 40 29   Grant Adcox Herb Adcox Chevrolet 154 2195 running 0 85 27 5 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 151 14895 crash 69 92 28 27 17   Pancho Carter K-Mart / Wynn's Oil   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 150 5100 running 0 79 29 18 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 147 9995 engine 16 81 30 42 64   Connie Saylor Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 145 4860 crash 0   31 26 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 143 10645 engine 0 70 32 20 2   Rodney Combs Solder Seal / Gunk   (Robert Harrington) Chevrolet 130 2020 brakes 0 67 33 34 0   Doug Heveron Heyward Grooms Construction   (H.L. Waters) Chevrolet 106 2045 clutch 1 69 34 28 77   Ken Ragan McCord Gaskets   (Marvin Ragan) Chevrolet 92 1970 transmission 0 61 35 31 54   Eddie Bierschwale Systems Support   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 83 1945 engine 0 58 36 4 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 78 2120 engine 2 60 37 7 47   Morgan Shepherd Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 50 1895 handling 0 52 38 10 18   Tommy Ellis Freedlander Financial   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 33 2625 engine 0 49 39 36 10   Greg Sacks TRW   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 33 1845 crash 0 46 40 24 81   Chet Fillip Circle Bar Truck Corral   (Tom Mitchell) Ford 14 1870 crash 0 43 41 16 98   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 13 1820 crash 0 40 42 15 14   A.J. Foyt Copenhagen   (A.J. Foyt) Oldsmobile 2 1820 engine 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Rick Newsom 20 Rick Newsom Chevrolet Blackie Wangerin 39 Blackie Wangerin Ford Ronnie Thomas 41 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet James Hylton 48 Fleet Service James Hylton Chevrolet Harold Marks 49 James Hylton Chevrolet J.D. McDuffie 70 J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Phil Barkdoll 73 Helen Rae Special Phil Barkdoll Ford Brad Teague 99 Ball Racing Ralph Ball Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 4 4     5 10 6   #14 engine   11 14 4     15 19 5   #10,44,71,81,90,98 accident turn 4   20 21 2     22 25 4   debris frontstretch   26 39 14     40 43 4   #18 engine   44 61 18     62 64 3   debris backstretch   65 85 21     86 112 27   rain   113 132 20     133 137 5   #2 spun turn 4   138 153 16     154 157 4   #17,64,88 accident turn 2   158 160 3       Percent of race run under caution: 36.3%             Average green flag run: 11.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 2 2   Dale Earnhardt 3 13 11   Bobby Allison 14 15 2   Cale Yarborough 16 20 5   Dale Earnhardt 21 29 9   Tim Richmond 30 32 3   Dale Earnhardt 33 35 3   Geoffrey Bodine 36 39 4   Dale Earnhardt 40 40 1   Jimmy Means 41 41 1   Dale Earnhardt 42 46 5   Geoffrey Bodine 47 58 12   Buddy Baker 59 61 3   Dale Earnhardt 62 62 1   Darrell Waltrip 63 63 1   Benny Parsons 64 65 2   Dale Earnhardt 66 66 1   Buddy Baker 67 85 19   Dale Earnhardt 86 86 1   Neil Bonnett 87 87 1   Doug Heveron 88 88 1   Dale Earnhardt 89 125 37   Bill Elliott 126 126 1   Sterling Marlin 127 129 3   Bobby Allison 130 130 1   Sterling Marlin 131 133 3   Kyle Petty 134 137 4   Darrell Waltrip 138 138 1   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 139 139 1   Tim Richmond 140 145 6   Buddy Baker 146 152 7   Tim Richmond 153 160 8 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 2344     2   Darrell Waltrip 2166   -178   3   Tim Richmond 2045   -299   4   Bill Elliott 2037   -307   5   Bobby Allison 2033   -311   6   Rusty Wallace 1998   -346   7   Ricky Rudd 1958   -386   8   Terry Labonte 1859   -485   9   Harry Gant 1858   -486   10   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 1815   -529   11   Geoffrey Bodine 1782   -562   12   Kyle Petty 1775   -569   13   Richard Petty 1712   -632   14   Joe Ruttman 1672   -672   15   Ken Schrader 1617   -727   16   Neil Bonnett 1600   -744   17   Morgan Shepherd 1440   -904   18   Dave Marcis 1395   -949   19   Michael Waltrip 1320   -1024   20   Tommy Ellis 1310   -1034   21   Buddy Arrington 1274   -1070