1986 Delaware 500

Race 23 of 29

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:22:24
Average speed of winner: 114.329 mph
Margin of victory: 5.08 sec.
Lead changes: 27 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 13 for 88 laps
Lap leaders: Bodine 1-33, Marcis 34-42, Shepherd 43-57, Bodine 58-81, Gant 82-121, Shepherd 122, Wallace 123-134, Gant 135-140, Bonnett 141-152, Bodine 153-171, Elliott 172-177, Shepherd 178-187, Elliott 188-189, Bodine 190-201, Elliott 202-229, Wallace 230-244, Bodine 245, Wallace 246-257, Rudd 258-270, Shepherd 271-276, Earnhardt 277-279, K. Petty 280-283, Labonte 284-345, Rudd 346-364, Shepherd 365-368, Rudd 369-384, Labonte 385-407, Rudd 408-500

Race notes: Finale for Cliff Hucul. Only start for Bryan Baker, Roy Lee Hendrick, and Howard Rose.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	11	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		500	4	141	running	51500	185
2	24	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		500	1	12	running	30800	175
3	20	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		500	1	4	running	22850	170
4	13	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			499	0	0	running	8975	160
5	14	Dave Marcis	71	Helen Rae Special	Chevrolet	Marcis			498	1	9	running	12830	160
6	18	Joe Ruttman	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		498	0	0	running	10370	150
7	25	Alan Kulwicki	35	Quincy's Steak House	Ford	Kulwicki			497	0	0	running	5600	146
8	15	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			496	0	0	running	4600	142
9	12	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Puryear		495	0	0	running	8275	138
10	9	Morgan Shepherd	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		493	5	36	running	9215	139
11	22	Mark Martin	02	Martin Racing	Ford	Gunderman			493	0	0	running	3100	130
12	16	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		493	0	0	running	6555	127
13	8	Rusty Wallace	27	Alugard	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		491	3	39	running	9350	129
14	21	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		490	0	0	running	12650	121
15	28	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			484	0	0	running	6085	118
16	26	Michael Waltrip	23	Hawaiian Punch	Pontiac	Bahari			471	0	0	running	3575	115
17	39	Johnny Coy, Jr.	48	Fleet Service	Chevrolet	Hylton			469	0	0	running	5265	112
18	33	Joe Booher	6	Finky's	Chevrolet	Ulrich			465	0	0	running	5005	109
19	6	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			461	2	85	engine	10000	111
20	10	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Baumgardner		461	0	0	running	9250	103
21	3	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		432	1	3	running	10750	105
22	17	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey			416	0	0	engine	5645	97
23	23	Chet Fillip	81	Circle Bar Truck Corral	Ford	Tom Mitchell			382	0	0	engine	1550	94
24	32	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Pontiac	Means			364	0	0	engine	4275	91
25	19	Eddie Bierschwale	17	K-Care	Chevrolet	Hamby			362	0	0	engine	4315	88
26	2	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		299	0	0	running	4555	85
27	7	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		276	3	36	engine	10550	87
28	1	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson	146.205	260	5	89	engine	11300	84
29	36	Bryan Baker	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			252	0	0	accident	3985	76
30	34	Howard Rose	56	Performance Engine	Pontiac	Performance Engine			241	0	0	overheating	1200	73
31	30	Cliff Hucul	60	Spirit Of Illinois	Pontiac	Vernon and Sons			227	0	0	accident	1150	70
32	5	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		215	0	0	brakes	1100	67
33	38	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	Wawak			160	0	0	vibration	1050	64
34	27	Gary Fedewa	80	Fedewa Racing	Chevrolet	Fedewa			147	0	0	engine	1000	61
35	4	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		142	2	46	accident	9500	63
36	31	Jerry Bowman	96	Bowman Racing	Ford	Bowman			134	0	0	engine	875	55
37	35	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	Winkle			115	0	0	engine	2875	52
38	40	Roy Lee Hendrick	37	Hanover Printing	Ford	Beahr			91	0	0	overheating	875	49
39	37	Tommie Crozier	65	Universal Steel	Pontiac	Bill Leonard			86	0	0	vibration	850	46
40	29	Mike Potter	68	Potter Racing	Ford	Jimmy Walker			22	0	0	engine	850	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	3498	23	1	3	13	18
2	Tim Richmond	3360	23	4	6	11	14
3	Darrell Waltrip	3306	23	1	2	17	17
4	Bobby Allison	3112	23	0	1	6	14
5	Ricky Rudd	3069	23	1	2	9	14
6	Bill Elliott	3033	23	3	2	7	13
7	Rusty Wallace	2903	23	0	1	2	12
8	Geoff Bodine	2867	23	7	2	7	11
9	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2823	23	0	1	4	13
10	Terry Labonte	2757	23	1	1	5	7
11	Kyle Petty	2744	23	0	1	4	11
12	Harry Gant	2692	23	2	0	5	9
13	Richard Petty	2554	23	0	0	2	8
14	Joe Ruttman	2466	23	0	0	3	9
15	Neil Bonnett	2452	22	0	0	4	7
16	Morgan Shepherd	2418	21	0	1	4	8
17	Ken Schrader	2355	23	0	0	0	3
18	Dave Marcis	2235	23	0	0	1	2
19	Michael Waltrip	2235	22	0	0	0	0
20	Buddy Arrington	2146	20	0	0	0	0
21	Alan Kulwicki	2011	17	0	0	1	4
22	Jimmy Means	1952	20	0	0	0	0
23	Tommy Ellis	1924	19	0	0	0	3
24	Eddie Bierschwale	1554	19	0	0	0	0
25	Phil Parsons	1474	15	0	0	1	3