1986 Miller American 400

Race 14 of 29

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:53:21
Average speed of winner: 138.851 mph
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths
Lead changes: 34 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 39 laps
Lap leaders: Richmond 1-7, Bodine 8-19, M. Waltrip 20-21, McDuffie 22, Shepherd 23-25, Earnhardt 26, Richmond 27, Earnhardt 28-34, Bodine 35-41, Gant 42-48, Bodine 49, Kulwicki 50, Bonnett 51-53, Gant 54-60, Earnhardt 61-64, Yarborough 65-66, Earnhardt 67, Shepherd 68-74, Gant 75, Shepherd 76, Gant 77-80, Earnhardt 81, Gant 82-86, Allison 87-88, Bodine 89-122, Gant 123-133, Earnhardt 134-140, Gant 141-149, Elliott 150-171, Gant 172-174, Bodine 175, Gant 176-187, Elliott 188, Gant 189-195, Elliott 196-200

Race notes: Debut for Mike Laws. Finale for Willy T. Ribbs.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		200	3	28	running	56900	180
2	3	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		200	10	66	running	37400	180
3	4	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		200	5	55	running	25600	170
4	14	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			200	0	0	running	11825	160
5	16	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		200	0	0	running	21625	155
6	11	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		200	6	21	running	17650	155
7	12	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Puryear		200	0	0	running	12305	146
8	10	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		200	0	0	running	6950	142
9	13	Joe Ruttman	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		200	0	0	running	10845	138
10	18	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		200	0	0	running	15150	134
11	5	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Baumgardner		199	1	2	running	12175	135
12	9	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			199	0	0	running	12800	127
13	15	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		199	0	0	running	8625	124
14	19	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			199	0	0	running	6165	121
15	1	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde	172.031	199	2	8	running	10505	123
16	32	Alan Kulwicki	35	Quincy's Steak House	Ford	Bill Terry			198	1	1	running	4025	120
17	22	Pancho Carter	17	K-Care	Chevrolet	Hamby			198	0	0	running	7135	112
18	33	Jim Sauter	89	Evinrude Outboards	Pontiac	Mueller Brothers			197	0	0	running	3075	109
19	7	Rusty Wallace	27	Alugard	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		195	0	0	running	9860	106
20	24	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey			195	0	0	running	7870	103
21	29	Butch Miller	08	Classic	Chevrolet	Throop			195	0	0	running	2500	100
22	36	Michael Waltrip	23	Hawaiian Punch	Pontiac	Bahari			194	1	2	running	2385	102
23	40	Gary Fedewa	80	Fedewa Racing	Chevrolet	Harold Burke			194	0	0	running	2275	94
24	38	Bobby Wawak	74	Nelson Contracting	Chevrolet	Wawak			188	0	0	running	2165	91
25	20	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		184	1	3	accident	11055	93
26	26	Chet Fillip	81	Circle Bar Truck Corral	Ford	Tom Mitchell			182	0	0	accident	1970	85
27	34	Eddie Bierschwale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			180	0	0	overheating	5325	82
28	27	Derrike Cope	79	Western Peterbilt	Ford	Razore			173	0	0	running	1850	79
29	6	Morgan Shepherd	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		139	3	11	transmission	1790	81
30	28	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		130	1	2	accident	1730	78
31	35	Mike Laws	38	Laws Racing	Chevrolet	Laws			116	0	0	timing chain	1675	70
32	31	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		108	0	0	bearings	8625	67
33	21	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			104	0	0	engine	2075	64
34	17	Jody Ridley	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		86	0	0	engine	4704	61
35	39	J.D. McDuffie	70	Winkle Chevrolet-Oldsmobile	Pontiac	Winkle			83	1	1	valve	4510	63
36	25	Ron Bouchard	98	Valvoline	Pontiac	Curb			80	0	0	engine	1435	55
37	23	Dave Marcis	71	Helen Rae Special	Pontiac	Marcis			79	0	0	engine	4210	52
38	41	James Hylton	48	Fleet Service	Chevrolet	Hylton			73	0	0	transmission	4200	49
39	37	Willy T. Ribbs	30	Red Roof Inns	Chevrolet	DiGard			65	0	0	engine	1435	46
40	30	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			27	0	0	engine	4180	43
41	2	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Champion		4	0	0	engine	2425	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	2252	14	1	3	9	12
2	Darrell Waltrip	2001	14	1	1	11	11
3	Bill Elliott	1917	14	2	1	4	9
4	Bobby Allison	1910	14	0	1	4	9
5	Tim Richmond	1865	14	2	1	4	6
6	Rusty Wallace	1856	14	0	1	2	9
7	Ricky Rudd	1808	14	1	1	6	8
8	Harry Gant	1788	14	0	0	4	6
9	Terry Labonte	1753	14	1	1	4	5
10	Geoff Bodine	1701	14	5	2	4	7
11	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1650	14	0	0	2	7
12	Kyle Petty	1615	14	0	1	2	6
13	Richard Petty	1615	14	0	0	1	5
14	Joe Ruttman	1526	14	0	0	3	5
15	Ken Schrader	1490	14	0	0	0	3
16	Neil Bonnett	1465	14	0	0	1	4
17	Morgan Shepherd	1388	12	0	1	2	4
18	Dave Marcis	1292	14	0	0	0	1
19	Tommy Ellis	1261	12	0	0	0	1
20	Michael Waltrip	1211	13	0	0	0	0
21	Ron Bouchard	1191	12	0	0	0	2
22	Buddy Arrington	1186	11	0	0	0	0
23	Jody Ridley	1089	11	0	0	0	1
24	Trevor Boys	1064	12	0	0	0	0
25	Alan Kulwicki	1052	9	0	0	1	1