1986 Valleydale 500

Race 5 of 29

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:58:14
Average speed of winner: 89.747 mph
Margin of victory: 10.69 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 56 laps
Lap leaders: Bodine 1-11, Bonnett 12-74, Earnhardt 75-76, Hillin 77, Earnhardt 78-160, Bodine 161-172, Earnhardt 173-192, Labonte 193-239, Wallace 240-307, B. Allison 308-309, Wallace 310-314, D. Waltrip 315-360, Earnhardt 361, D. Waltrip 362-399, Wallace 400-500

Race notes: First win for Rusty Wallace. Debut for Butch Miller.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	14	Rusty Wallace	27	Alugard	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		500	3	174	running	34780	185
2	8	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		500	0	0	running	20125	170
3	7	Darrell Waltrip	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Hammond		500	2	84	running	17825	170
4	5	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		499	0	0	running	11770	160
5	12	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		499	0	0	running	12050	155
6	10	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Baumgardner		499	1	2	running	2900	155
7	4	Terry Labonte	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			498	1	47	running	8250	151
8	3	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		498	0	0	running	2550	142
9	17	Kyle Petty	7	7-Eleven	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		497	0	0	running	7750	138
10	6	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		497	4	106	running	10650	139
11	28	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			496	0	0	running	1750	130
12	13	Rick Wilson	4	Bewley Oldsmobile	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		494	0	0	running	2100	127
13	20	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey			492	0	0	running	5130	124
14	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		491	0	0	running	4760	121
15	22	Alan Kulwicki	35	Quincy's Steak House	Ford	Bill Terry			483	0	0	running	2000	118
16	21	Butch Miller	08	Miller Racing	Buick	Throop			482	0	0	running	1260	0
17	31	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			477	0	0	running	4370	112
18	32	Trevor Boys	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			466	0	0	running	4260	109
19	9	Joe Ruttman	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		443	0	0	running	1140	106
20	29	Davey Allison	95	Sadler Racing	Chevrolet	Earl Sadler			441	0	0	running	1350	103
21	23	Doug Heveron	17	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			351	0	0	engine	4030	100
22	25	Chet Fillip	81	Circle Bar Truck Corral	Ford	Tom Mitchell			319	0	0	engine	1020	97
23	19	Jody Ridley	75	Nationwise Auto Parts	Pontiac	RahMoc	Pemberton		256	0	0	engine	3840	94
24	1	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson	114.850	238	2	23	engine	8640	96
25	26	Ron Bouchard	98	Valvoline	Pontiac	Curb			183	0	0	rear axle	3750	88
26	27	Ronnie Thomas	41	Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			157	0	0	accident	1370	85
27	15	Dave Marcis	71	Helen Rae Special	Chevrolet	Marcis			103	0	0	accident	3480	82
28	16	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Puryear		103	1	1	accident	3790	84
29	18	Eddie Bierschwale	94	Kodak Film	Pontiac	C and M			102	0	0	accident	780	76
30	2	Neil Bonnett	12	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Richert		74	1	63	accident	8350	78
31	30	Morgan Shepherd	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			22	0	0	bearings	2940	70
32	24	Michael Waltrip	23	Hawaiian Punch	Pontiac	Bahari			22	0	0	engine	750	67

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	825	5	0	0	5	5
2	Terry Labonte	794	5	1	1	3	4
3	Dale Earnhardt	767	5	1	0	2	4
4	Rusty Wallace	735	5	0	1	1	4
5	Bill Elliott	690	5	1	0	2	3
6	Geoff Bodine	670	5	1	1	1	3
7	Kyle Petty	647	5	0	1	1	2
8	Harry Gant	614	5	0	0	2	2
9	Tim Richmond	613	5	0	0	0	2
10	Richard Petty	584	5	0	0	1	1
11	Tommy Ellis	577	5	0	0	0	0
12	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	560	5	0	0	1	2
13	Bobby Allison	556	5	0	0	1	3
14	Buddy Arrington	542	5	0	0	0	0
15	Ricky Rudd	537	5	0	0	1	1
16	Ron Bouchard	514	5	0	0	0	1
17	Morgan Shepherd	507	4	0	1	2	2
18	Neil Bonnett	500	5	0	0	0	2
19	Lake Speed	482	4	0	0	0	2
20	Ken Schrader	479	5	0	0	0	0
21	Joe Ruttman	461	5	0	0	1	1
22	Trevor Boys	452	5	0	0	0	0
23	Dave Marcis	425	5	0	0	0	1
24	Eddie Bierschwale	365	5	0	0	0	0
25	Michael Waltrip	361	4	0	0	0	0