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1986 Coca-Cola 600 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 29 Sunday, May 25, 1986 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles) Time of race: 4:16:24 Average speed: 140.406 mph Pole speed: 164.511 mph Cautions: 6 for 32 laps Margin of victory: 1.59 sec Attendance: 140000 Lead changes: 38 Glossary    1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1986 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 400 98150 running 26 180 2 2 25   Tim Richmond Folger's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 64355 running 94 175 3 12 28   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Harry Ranier) Ford 400 34375 running 98 175 4 8 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 400 35630 running 50 165 5 15 11   Darrell Waltrip Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 400 27250 running 3 160 6 5 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 400 34750 running 98 160 7 4 1   Sterling Marlin Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 399 13000 running 0 146 8 13 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 399 18200 running 0 142 9 10 47   Morgan Shepherd Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Buick 399 14450 running 12 143 10 9 27   Rusty Wallace Alugard   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 398 16750 running 5 139 11 16 44   Terry Labonte Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 398 14800 running 0 130 12 18 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 398 14200 running 1 132 13 11 12   Neil Bonnett Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 397 15400 running 2 129 14 19 4   Lake Speed All Pro Auto Parts / Cap'n Coty's   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 397 6400 running 6 126 15 22 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 396 10795 running 0 118 16 41 71   Dave Marcis Helen Rae Special   (Dave Marcis) Ford 395 9825 running 0 115 17 30 88   Buddy Baker Crisco   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 395 5300 running 0 112 18 32 2   Brett Bodine Exxon   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 394 10100 running 0 109 19 31 98   Ron Bouchard Valvoline   (Mike Curb) Pontiac 394 4900 running 0 106 20 17 7   Kyle Petty 7-Eleven   (Wood Brothers) Ford 394 12150 running 0 103 21 24 75   Jody Ridley Nationwise Auto Parts   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 392 8315 running 0 100 22 14 02   Mark Martin Gunderman Racing   (Jerry Gunderman) Ford 391 4200 running 0 97 23 27 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 391 8705 running 0 94 24 20 66   Phil Parsons Skoal   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 389 3500 running 0 91 25 39 94   Trevor Boys Kodak Film   (Bobby Eller) Pontiac 389 2800 running 0 88 26 34 23   Michael Waltrip Hawaiian Punch   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 389 3850 running 0 85 27 29 35   Alan Kulwicki Quincy's Steak House   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 382 2500 running 0 82 28 21 51   Connie Saylor Spohn Racing   (Ron Spohn) Ford 376 2200 running 0   29 38 32   Eddie Bierschwale Prototype Racing Engines   (Paul Ingle) Chevrolet 374 2000 running 1 81 30 35 79   Derrike Cope Peterbilt   (Warren Razore) Ford 361 1900 running 0 73 31 1 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 319 33850 camshaft 2 75 32 23 26   Joe Ruttman Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 292 5635 running 0 67 33 33 17   Doug Heveron K-Care   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 278 5475 engine 0 64 34 6 55   Benny Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 198 2200 shocks 1 66 35 40 18   Tommy Ellis Freedlander Financial   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 172 1650 overheating 1 63 36 7 21   David Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (David Pearson) Chevrolet 138 1800 head gasket 0   37 28 81   Chet Fillip Circle Bar Truck Corral   (Tom Mitchell) Ford 124 1575 crash 0 52 38 37 6   Richard Petty STP   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 123 5465 engine 0 49 39 25 10   Greg Sacks TRW   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 73 1525 crash 0 46 40 26 99   Brad Teague Ball Racing   (Ralph Ball) Chevrolet 37 1500 crash 0 43 41 36 45   Ken Ragan Morris-Ragan   (Bob Morris) Pontiac 5 1500 crash 0 40

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Delma Cowart 0 Heyward Grooms Construction H.L. Waters Chevrolet Willy T. Ribbs 30 Red Roof Inns DiGard Chevrolet H.B. Bailey 36 Almeda Auto Parts H.B. Bailey Pontiac Dick Trickle 42 Matthews Racing Billy Matthews Chevrolet James Hylton 48 Fleet Service James Hylton Chevrolet Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing Jimmy Means Pontiac Donny Paul 53 Paul Racing Donny Paul Chevrolet Rick Baldwin 64 Langley Racing Elmo Langley Ford Buddy Arrington 67 Pannill Knitting Buddy Arrington Ford J.D. McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Bobby Wawak 74 Superior Piping Bobby Wawak Chevrolet Clark Dwyer 76 Arrington Racing Buddy Arrington Ford Mark Stahl 82 Auto Bell Car Wash Mark Stahl Ford Jonathan Lee Edwards 92 Edwards Racing Jonathan Lee Edwards Chevrolet DC Rick Wilson 4 All Pro Auto Parts / Cap'n Coty's Larry McClure Oldsmobile DC D.K. Ulrich 6 STP D.K. Ulrich Chevrolet WD Richard Petty 43 STP Petty Enterprises Pontiac Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 5 5     6 9 4   #45 accident   10 28 19     29 34 6   #26,35,99 accident   35 103 69     104 107 4   #32,51 accident   108 116 9     117 119 3   #66 spun   120 128 9     129 133 5   #81 accident   134 266 133     267 276 10   rain   277 400 124       Percent of race run under caution: 8.0%             Average green flag run: 52.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Geoffrey Bodine 1 2 2   Harry Gant 3 25 23   Tim Richmond 26 29 4   Tommy Ellis 30 30 1   Eddie Bierschwale 31 31 1   Harry Gant 32 48 17   Tim Richmond 49 92 44   Harry Gant 93 94 2   Morgan Shepherd 95 96 2   Benny Parsons 97 97 1   Lake Speed 98 99 2   Neil Bonnett 100 101 2   Tim Richmond 102 104 3   Bobby Allison 105 105 1   Morgan Shepherd 106 111 6   Tim Richmond 112 129 18   Lake Speed 130 133 4   Bill Elliott 134 134 1   Darrell Waltrip 135 136 2   Tim Richmond 137 158 22   Cale Yarborough 159 191 33   Harry Gant 192 192 1   Rusty Wallace 193 194 2   Morgan Shepherd 195 195 1   Rusty Wallace 196 196 1   Morgan Shepherd 197 197 1   Rusty Wallace 198 199 2   Morgan Shepherd 200 201 2   Cale Yarborough 202 251 50   Tim Richmond 252 252 1   Harry Gant 253 258 6   Cale Yarborough 259 273 15   Bill Elliott 274 326 53   Dale Earnhardt 327 336 10   Tim Richmond 337 338 2   Darrell Waltrip 339 339 1   Harry Gant 340 340 1   Bill Elliott 341 384 44   Dale Earnhardt 385 400 16 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 1767     2   Darrell Waltrip 1623   -144   3   Bobby Allison 1505   -262   4   Bill Elliott 1447   -320   5   Rusty Wallace 1440   -327   6   Terry Labonte 1436   -331   7   Harry Gant 1380   -387   8   Tim Richmond 1377   -390   9   Kyle Petty 1361   -406   10   Ricky Rudd 1344   -423   11   Geoffrey Bodine 1337   -430   12   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 1303   -464   13   Richard Petty 1235   -532   14   Joe Ruttman 1200   -567   15   Ken Schrader 1193   -574   16   Neil Bonnett 1136   -631   17   Morgan Shepherd 1111   -656   18   Dave Marcis 1070   -697   19   Tommy Ellis 1022   -745   20   Ron Bouchard 1009   -758   21   Trevor Boys 1003   -764