1986 Winston 500

Race 9 of 29

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:10:16
Average speed of winner: 157.698 mph
Margin of victory: 0.19 sec.
Lead changes: 24 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 41 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-21, Earnhardt 22, Elliott 23-26, Earnhardt 27, Boys 28-29, Barkdoll 30, Earnhardt 31, Allison 32-50, Earnhardt 51-55, Elliott 56, Earnhardt 57-58, Elliott 59-64, Shepherd 65, Allison 66-70, Elliott 71-94, Allison 95-102, Earnhardt 103-110, Elliott 111-118, Marcis 119-120, Shepherd 121, Elliott 122-173, Allison 174-175, Bouchard 176, Baker 177-182, Allison 183-188

Race notes: Finale for Tommy Gale. Dale Earnhardt took the points lead from Darrell Waltrip.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Baumgardner		188	5	40	running	77905	180
2	14	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		188	6	18	running	53900	175
3	7	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			188	1	6	running	27600	170
4	10	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Puryear		188	0	0	running	21470	160
5	11	Phil Parsons	66	Skoal	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			188	0	0	running	15525	155
6	6	Morgan Shepherd	47	Race Hill Farm	Buick	Jack Beebe	Elder		188	2	2	running	11750	155
7	18	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		188	0	0	running	14425	146
8	21	Rick Wilson	4	Cap'n Coty's	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover		188	0	0	running	10500	142
9	26	Ron Bouchard	98	Valvoline	Pontiac	Curb			188	1	1	running	7900	143
10	19	Greg Sacks	10	TRW Research	Pontiac	DiGard			188	0	0	running	9350	134
11	32	Dave Marcis	71	Helen Rae Special	Pontiac	Marcis			188	1	2	running	10455	135
12	12	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		187	0	0	running	9835	127
13	16	Rusty Wallace	27	Alugard	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		187	0	0	running	12440	124
14	39	Ronnie Thomas	48	Fleet Service	Chevrolet	Hylton			185	0	0	running	8875	121
15	38	Doug Heveron	94	Kodak Film	Pontiac	C and M			185	0	0	running	4940	118
16	40	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Pontiac	Means			185	0	0	running	8115	115
17	17	Joe Ruttman	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		182	0	0	running	7635	112
18	25	Pancho Carter	17	K-Care	Chevrolet	Hamby			181	0	0	running	7725	109
19	35	Delma Cowart	0	Hilliard's Restaurant	Chevrolet	H.L. Waters			181	0	0	running	3820	106
20	8	Benny Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Champion		180	0	0	engine	3735	103
21	22	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		178	0	0	engine	12010	100
22	41	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			178	0	0	running	5855	97
23	29	Chet Fillip	81	Circle Bar Truck Corral	Ford	Tom Mitchell			177	0	0	running	3670	94
24	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	212.229	175	7	116	engine	43070	101
25	42	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			175	0	0	running	5845	0
26	33	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey			168	0	0	running	5785	85
27	3	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		157	0	0	running	10070	82
28	28	Phil Barkdoll	73	Helen Rae Special	Ford	Barkdoll			149	1	1	engine	2820	84
29	13	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			144	0	0	engine	9770	76
30	31	Eddie Bierschwale	54	Bill Ramsey	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			129	0	0	transmission	2720	73
31	9	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		125	0	0	accident	9625	70
32	23	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			117	0	0	fan blade	2600	67
33	34	Connie Saylor	99	Ball Racing	Chevrolet	Ball			114	0	0	engine	2575	64
34	24	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		102	0	0	engine	13850	61
35	37	Michael Waltrip	23	Hawaiian Punch	Pontiac	Bahari			92	0	0	accident	2525	58
36	20	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		85	0	0	engine	10500	55
37	4	Cale Yarborough	28	Hardee's	Ford	Ranier	Wilson		63	0	0	engine	2575	52
38	30	Trevor Boys	6	Scepter Herbocide	Chevrolet	Ulrich			62	1	2	accident	5305	54
39	5	Sterling Marlin	1	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		48	0	0	piston	2500	46
40	27	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		40	0	0	fuel pressure	10800	43
41	36	Jim Sauter	32	Prototype Racing Engines	Chevrolet	Prototype			26	0	0	vibration	2400	40
42	15	Jody Ridley	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		4	0	0	engine	5135	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1417	9	1	2	5	7
2	Darrell Waltrip	1308	9	0	0	7	7
3	Rusty Wallace	1216	9	0	1	1	6
4	Bobby Allison	1198	9	0	1	3	7
5	Terry Labonte	1189	9	1	1	4	5
6	Kyle Petty	1152	9	0	1	2	5
7	Bill Elliott	1141	9	2	0	2	5
8	Tim Richmond	1135	9	1	0	1	3
9	Harry Gant	1084	9	0	0	2	3
10	Geoff Bodine	1082	9	3	1	2	4
11	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1043	9	0	0	2	4
12	Ricky Rudd	1042	9	0	1	3	3
13	Richard Petty	1036	9	0	0	1	3
14	Joe Ruttman	998	9	0	0	3	3
15	Morgan Shepherd	968	8	0	1	2	3
16	Ken Schrader	965	9	0	0	0	2
17	Neil Bonnett	923	9	0	0	1	3
18	Buddy Arrington	857	8	0	0	0	0
19	Dave Marcis	850	9	0	0	0	1
20	Ron Bouchard	821	8	0	0	0	2
21	Tommy Ellis	816	8	0	0	0	0
22	Trevor Boys	791	9	0	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Means	760	8	0	0	0	0
24	Michael Waltrip	758	8	0	0	0	0
25	Alan Kulwicki	756	6	0	0	1	1