1986 Budweiser 500 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: Budweiser 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 10 of 29
Date: May 18, 1986
Track: Dover Downs International Speedway

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Budweiser 500 Race Information

Winner	Geoffrey Bodine	Car	No. 5 Chevrolet
Team / Owner	Rick Hendrick	Sponsor	Levi Garrett
Winner Start	3rd	Winner Laps Led	85
Started First	Ricky Rudd	Most Laps Led	Harry Gant (177)
Race Distance	500 miles (500 laps)	Track Length	1 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	37
Total Purse	$308,675	Winner Earnings	$51,700
Different Leaders	10	Lead-Lap Finishers	2
Points Leader After Race	Dale Earnhardt	Season Race	10 of 29

Budweiser 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	3	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett	Rick Hendrick	Chevrolet	500	85	running	180	$51,700
2	10	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American	Stavola Brothers	Buick	500	2	running	175	$29,150
3	2	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	499	57	running	170	$24,900
4	1	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft	Bud Moore	Ford	498	0	running	160	$18,875
5	6	11	Darrell Waltrip	Budweiser	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	498	0	running	155	$18,975
6	4	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	494	0	running	150	$10,480
7	21	9	Bill Elliott	Coors	Harry Melling	Ford	493	0	running	146	$14,800
8	20	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American	Stavola Brothers	Buick	493	0	running	142	$9,065
9	11	18	Tommy Ellis	Freedlander Financial	Eric Freedlander	Chevrolet	493	9	running	143	$4,100
10	16	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Junie Donlavey	Ford	493	0	running	134	$10,325
11	9	26	Joe Ruttman	Quaker State	Kenny Bernstein	Buick	486	1	running	135	$5,165
12	17	23	Michael Waltrip	Hawaiian Punch	Chuck Rider	Pontiac	479	2	running	132	$3,100
13	29	94	Trevor Boys	Kodak	Bobby Eller	Pontiac	473	0	running	124	$2,350
14	14	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit	Hal Needham	Chevrolet	470	177	engine	131	$11,200
15	25	67	Buddy Arrington	Pannill Knitting	Buddy Arrington	Ford	469	0	running	118	$6,055
16	28	48	Jerry Cranmer	Fleet Service	James Hylton	Chevrolet	467	0	running	—	$5,735
17	5	44	Terry Labonte	Piedmont Airlines	Billy Hagan	Oldsmobile	445	78	engine	117	$10,250
18	8	75	Jody Ridley	Nationwise Auto Parts	Rahmoc Enterprises	Pontiac	444	0	crash	109	$5,475
19	12	7	Kyle Petty	7-Eleven	Wood Brothers	Ford	432	0	running	106	$8,750
20	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac	383	0	engine	103	$5,565
21	13	71	Dave Marcis	Helen Rae	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	361	2	steering	105	$4,855
22	26	80	Gary Fedewa	Coaches Ltd.	Harold Burke	Chevrolet	334	0	engine	97	$1,600
23	24	35	Alan Kulwicki	Quincy's Steak House	Alan Kulwicki	Ford	317	0	overheating	94	$1,550
24	31	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing	Jimmy Means	Pontiac	302	0	oil pressure	91	$4,545
25	33	20	Rick Newsom	Vienna Inn	Rick Newsom	Buick	260	0	overheating	88	$1,600
26	19	27	Rusty Wallace	Alugard	Raymond Beadle	Pontiac	242	0	engine	85	$8,400
27	18	98	Ron Bouchard	Valvoline	Mike Curb	Pontiac	219	0	engine	82	$1,350
28	15	12	Neil Bonnett	Budweiser	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	179	87	clutch	84	$8,330
29	32	96	Jerry Bowman	Milford Fertilizer	Jerry Bowman	Ford	121	0	handling	76	$1,250
30	37	68	Jerry Holden	Holden Racing	Jerry Holden	Ford	100	0	brakes	—	$1,200
31	35	6	Joe Booher	U.S. Racing	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	91	0	engine	70	$3,925
32	7	25	Tim Richmond	Folger's Coffee	Rick Hendrick	Chevrolet	85	0	engine	67	$3,865
33	34	88	Mike Potter	Walker Enterprises	Jimmy Walker	Ford	73	0	engine	64	$1,050
34	27	64	Rick Baldwin	Langley Racing	Elmo Langley	Ford	39	0	engine	—	$3,755
35	22	17	Doug Heveron	K-Care	Roger Hamby	Chevrolet	26	0	engine	58	$3,635
36	36	3	Howard Mark	D & H Racing	Howard Mark	Chevrolet	14	0	overheating	55	$875
37	30	38	Joe Fields	Hanover Printing	Wayne Beahr	Ford	0	0	crash	—	$875

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