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1986 Budweiser 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 29
Sunday, May 18, 1986 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:20:51
Average Speed: 115.009 mph
Pole Speed: 138.217 mph

Cautions: 8 for 67 laps
Margin of Victory: 3 sec
Attendance: 46,000
Lead changes: 29

Glossary 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1986 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	3	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	51,700	running	85	180
2	10	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	500	29,150	running	2	175
3	2	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	499	24,900	running	57	170
4	1	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	498	18,875	running	0	160
5	6	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	498	18,975	running	0	155
6	4	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	494	10,480	running	0	150
7	21	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	493	14,800	running	0	146
8	20	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	493	9,065	running	0	142
9	11	18	Tommy Ellis	Eric Freedlander	Chevrolet	493	4,100	running	9	143
10	16	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	493	10,325	running	0	134
11	9	26	Joe Ruttman	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	486	5,165	running	1	135
12	17	23	Michael Waltrip	Hawaiian Punch (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	479	3,100	running	2	132
13	29	94	Trevor Boys	Kodak (C & M Motorsports)	Pontiac	473	2,350	running	0	124
14	14	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	470	11,200	engine	177	131
15	25	67	Buddy Arrington	Pannill Knitting (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	469	6,055	running	0	118
16	28	48	Jerry Cranmer	Fleet Service (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	467	5,735	running	0
17	5	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	445	10,250	engine	78	117
18	8	75	Jody Ridley	Nationwise Auto Parts (RahMoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	444	5,475	crash	0	109
19	12	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven (Wood Brothers)	Ford	432	8,750	running	0	106
20	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	383	5,565	engine	0	103
21	13	71	Dave Marcis	Helen Rae (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	361	4,855	steering	2	105
22	26	80	Gary Fedewa	Coaches Ltd. (Harold Burke)	Chevrolet	334	1,600	engine	0	97
23	24	35	Alan Kulwicki	Quincy's Steak House (Bill Terry)	Ford	317	1,550	overheating	0	94
24	31	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	302	4,545	oil pressure	0	91
25	33	20	Rick Newsom	Vienna Inn (Rick Newsom)	Buick	260	1,600	overheating	0	88
26	19	27	Rusty Wallace	Alugard (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	242	8,400	engine	0	85
27	18	98	Ron Bouchard	Valvoline (Mike Curb)	Pontiac	219	1,350	engine	0	82
28	15	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	179	8,330	clutch	87	84
29	32	96	Jerry Bowman	Milford Fertilizer (Jerry Bowman)	Ford	121	1,250	handling	0	76
30	37	68	Jerry Holden	Holden Racing (Jerry Holden)	Ford	100	1,200	brakes	0
31	35	6	Joe Booher	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	91	3,925	engine	0	70
32	7	25	Tim Richmond	Folger's Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	85	3,865	engine	0	67
33	34	88	Mike Potter	Walker Enterprises (Jimmy Walker)	Ford	73	1,050	engine	0	64
34	27	64	Rick Baldwin	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	Ford	39	3,755	engine	0
35	22	17	Doug Heveron	K-Care (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	26	3,635	engine	0	58
36	36	03	Howard Mark	D & H Racing	Chevrolet	14	875	overheating	0	55
37	30	38	Joe Fields	Hanover Printing (Wayne Beahr)	Ford	0	875	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dale Earnhardt	1	16	16
Geoffrey Bodine	17	28	12
Tommy Ellis	29	37	9
Harry Gant	38	74	37
Neil Bonnett	75	75	1
Dave Marcis	76	77	2
Michael Waltrip	78	79	2
Neil Bonnett	80	165	86
Terry Labonte	166	170	5
Harry Gant	171	175	5
Terry Labonte	176	177	2
Harry Gant	178	209	32
Terry Labonte	210	215	6
Geoffrey Bodine	216	216	1
Terry Labonte	217	220	4
Geoffrey Bodine	221	245	25
Terry Labonte	246	248	3
Harry Gant	249	257	9
Joe Ruttman	258	258	1
Harry Gant	259	260	2
Terry Labonte	261	281	21
Geoffrey Bodine	282	282	1
Terry Labonte	283	319	37
Harry Gant	320	379	60
Geoffrey Bodine	380	381	2
Dale Earnhardt	382	422	41
Harry Gant	423	454	32
Bobby Allison	455	456	2
Geoffrey Bodine	457	500	44

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	1587
2	Darrell Waltrip	1463	-124
3	Bobby Allison	1373	-214
4	Terry Labonte	1306	-281
5	Rusty Wallace	1301	-286
6	Bill Elliott	1287	-300
7	Geoffrey Bodine	1262	-325
8	Kyle Petty	1258	-329
9	Harry Gant	1215	-372
10	Tim Richmond	1202	-385
11	Ricky Rudd	1202	-385
12	Richard Petty	1186	-401
13	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1185	-402
14	Joe Ruttman	1133	-454
15	Ken Schrader	1099	-488
16	Neil Bonnett	1007	-580
17	Buddy Arrington	975	-612
18	Morgan Shepherd	968	-619
19	Tommy Ellis	959	-628
20	Dave Marcis	955	-632

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