1986 Budweiser 400

Race 12 of 29

Riverside
95 laps
Time of race: 2:22:07
Average speed of winner: 105.083 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 14 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 8 laps
Lap leaders: D. Waltrip pole, Bodine 1-6, Richmond 7-25, Bodine 26-27, D. Waltrip 28, Labonte 29, Gant 30-31, Richmond 32-42, D. Waltrip 43-50, Labonte 51-52, Richmond 53, Labonte 54-71, D. Waltrip 72-81, Richmond 82-93, D. Waltrip 94-95

Race notes: Debut for Ted Kennedy, Chad Little, and Terry Petris. Finale for Bill Osborne. Only start for Ray Kelly and Rick Lach.

Video links: Finish/Post-race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond	117.006	95	4	21	running	49000	180
2	3	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		95	4	43	running	22155	180
3	8	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		95	0	0	running	18650	165
4	6	Rusty Wallace	27	Alugard	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		95	0	0	running	12775	160
5	10	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		95	0	0	running	14125	155
6	7	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		95	0	0	running	7745	150
7	11	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Baumgardner		95	0	0	running	9800	146
8	4	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		95	0	0	running	11000	142
9	9	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		95	1	2	running	11000	143
10	22	Glen Steurer	10	Stick Only	Chevrolet	Steurer			94	0	0	running	6975	134
11	12	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		94	0	0	running	11300	130
12	5	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			93	3	21	accident	9000	132
13	25	Chad Little	28	Northland Peterbilt	Ford	George Jefferson	Wilson		92	0	0	running	4965	124
14	20	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			92	0	0	running	5755	121
15	41	Jim Robinson	78	Hammer Security Systems	Oldsmobile	Lois Williams			92	0	0	running	5835	118
16	29	Ron Esau	48	Fleet Service	Chevrolet	Hylton			92	0	0	running	5325	0
17	17	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey			91	0	0	running	6040	112
18	19	Bill Schmitt	73	California Coolers	Chevrolet	Schmitt			91	0	0	running	3755	109
19	33	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			90	0	0	running	4545	106
20	32	Doug Heveron	17	K-Care	Chevrolet	Hamby			90	0	0	running	4775	103
21	37	Clay Young	86	Dole Fresh Fruit	Buick	Clay Young			90	0	0	running	1400	100
22	28	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Pontiac	Means			90	0	0	running	4115	97
23	35	Ted Kennedy	99	Stoke Racing	Chevrolet	Stoke			89	0	0	running	2030	94
24	26	Terry Petris	62	Petris Builders	Chevrolet	Petris			88	0	0	accident	1985	91
25	36	Michael Waltrip	23	Hawaiian Punch	Pontiac	Bahari			85	0	0	running	1800	88
26	34	John Krebs	38	Skoal Bandit	Oldsmobile	Krebs			77	0	0	running	1150	85
27	14	Morgan Shepherd	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		75	0	0	transmission	3125	82
28	13	Hershel McGriff	04	Wershow-Ash-Lewis	Pontiac	Gary Smith			73	0	0	running	2100	79
29	30	Willy T. Ribbs	64	Red Roof Inns	Chevrolet	Langley			64	0	0	engine	1075	76
30	24	Ruben Garcia	32	Suncrest Motorhomes	Chevrolet	Stoke			61	0	0	transmission	2050	73
31	15	Derrike Cope	79	Western Peterbilt	Ford	Razore			58	0	0	engine	1000	70
32	23	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Puryear		58	0	0	running	2975	67
33	27	D.K. Ulrich	6	U.S. Racing	Pontiac	Ulrich			53	0	0	running	2950	64
34	38	Trevor Boys	94	Kodak Film	Pontiac	Eller			41	0	0	engine	925	61
35	42	Bill Osborne	01	Americans For Racing	Buick	Americans For Racing			38	0	0	engine	850	0
36	40	Ray Kelly	74	Ray Kelly/Gay Hood	Pontiac	Kelly-Hood			36	0	0	running	850	55
37	31	Rick McCray	08	Stockman Race Cars	Buick	McCray			33	0	0	engine	850	52
38	18	Dave Marcis	71	Helen Rae Special	Pontiac	Marcis			32	0	0	accident	2850	49
39	2	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		28	2	8	engine	7850	51
40	39	Rick Lach	77	Suncrest Motorhomes	Buick				20	0	0	engine	825	43
41	16	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		13	0	0	engine	7825	40
42	21	Joe Ruttman	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		5	0	0	engine	3325	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1922	12	1	3	8	10
2	Darrell Waltrip	1803	12	1	1	10	10
3	Bobby Allison	1651	12	0	1	4	9
4	Rusty Wallace	1600	12	0	1	2	8
5	Bill Elliott	1577	12	2	0	2	7
6	Terry Labonte	1568	12	1	1	4	5
7	Tim Richmond	1557	12	1	0	3	5
8	Harry Gant	1523	12	0	0	3	5
9	Ricky Rudd	1509	12	1	1	5	6
10	Kyle Petty	1401	12	0	1	2	5
11	Geoff Bodine	1388	12	4	2	3	5
12	Richard Petty	1385	12	0	0	1	5
13	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1370	12	0	0	2	5
14	Ken Schrader	1305	12	0	0	0	3
15	Neil Bonnett	1278	12	0	0	1	4
16	Joe Ruttman	1237	12	0	0	3	3
17	Morgan Shepherd	1193	10	0	1	2	4
18	Dave Marcis	1119	12	0	0	0	1
19	Buddy Arrington	1081	10	0	0	0	0
20	Trevor Boys	1064	12	0	0	0	0
21	Michael Waltrip	1063	11	0	0	0	0
22	Tommy Ellis	1022	10	0	0	0	1
23	Ron Bouchard	1009	10	0	0	0	2
24	Jimmy Means	948	10	0	0	0	0
25	Alan Kulwicki	932	8	0	0	1	1