1986 Southern 500

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1986 Southern 500
Race details
Race 21 of 29 in the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1986 Southern 500.jpg
The 1986 Southern 500 program cover.
Date August 31, 1986
Official name 37th Annual Southern 500
Location Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
1.366 mi (2.221 km)
Distance 367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.799 km)
Scheduled Distance 367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.799 km)
Average speed 121.068 miles per hour (194.840 km/h)
Attendance 69,000
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Time 31.028
Most laps led
Driver Tim Richmond Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 168
Winner
No. 25 Tim Richmond Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1986 Southern 500 was the 21st stock car race of the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 37th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 31, 1986, before an audience of 69,000 in Darlington, South Carolina, at Darlington Raceway, a 1.366 miles (2.198 km) permanent egg-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 367 laps to complete. At race's end, Hendrick Motorsports driver Tim Richmond would manage to make a late-race move for the lead with seven to go to win his ninth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth victory of the season. [1] To fill out the podium, Stavola Brothers Racing driver Bobby Allison and Melling Racing driver Bill Elliott would finish second and third, respectively.

Contents

Background

The layout of Darlington Raceway, the venue where the race was held. Darlington raceway.svg
The layout of Darlington Raceway, the venue where the race was held.

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.

Entry list

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
1 Sterling Marlin Ellington Racing Chevrolet Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Wrangler
4 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile Kodak
5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Levi Garrett
6 D. K. Ulrich U.S. Racing Chevrolet Finky's
7 Kyle Petty Wood Brothers Racing Ford 7-Eleven
8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Miller American
9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford Coors Light
11 Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet Budweiser
12 Neil Bonnett Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet Budweiser
15 Ricky Rudd Bud Moore Engineering Ford Motorcraft
17 Eddie Bierschwale Hamby Motorsports Chevrolet Kmart
22 Bobby Allison Stavola Brothers Racing Buick Miller American
23 Michael Waltrip (R) Bahari Racing Pontiac Hawaiian Punch
25 Tim Richmond Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Folgers
26 Joe Ruttman King Racing Buick Quaker State
27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac Alugard
28 Cale Yarborough Ranier-Lundy Racing Ford Hardee's
33 Harry Gant Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet Skoal Bandit
35 Alan Kulwicki (R) AK Racing Ford Quincy's Steak House
36 H. B. Bailey Bailey Racing Pontiac Almeda Auto Parts
43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
44 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet Piedmont Airlines
47 Morgan Shepherd Race Hill Farm Team Buick Race Hill Farm Team
48 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Chevrolet Hemmel Garn & Sons
52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac Jimmy Means Racing
54 Donnie Allison Gray Racing Chevrolet Gray Racing
55 Benny Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile Copenhagen
64 Connie Saylor Langley Racing Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda
66 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile Skoal
67 Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing Ford Pannill Sweatshirts
70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac Rumple Furniture
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Helen Rae Special
75 Jim Sauter RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac Nationwise Automotive
81 Chet Fillip (R) Circle Bar Racing Ford Circle Bar Truck Corral
82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford Auto Bell Car Wash
88 Buddy Baker Baker-Schiff Racing Oldsmobile Crisco
90 Ken Schrader Donlavey Racing Ford Red Baron Frozen Pizza
92 Jonathan Edwards Edwards Racing Chevrolet Edwards Racing
98 Ron Bouchard Curb Racing Pontiac Valvoline

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. Pole qualifying for the race was held on Thursday, August 28, 1986. Per the NASCAR rules in 1986, a one-lap qualifying attempt was utilized. The top twenty cars in pole qualifying were locked into the starting field. The remainder of the cars could stand on their time, or make a new attempt in second-round qualifying. If a driver did decide to make an attempt, their first-round times would be scrubbed. Second-round qualifying was held Friday August 29, 1986. The drivers that had qualified 1st–20th on Thursday were locked-in to those positions and did not have to re-qualify. [2]

Tim Richmond, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 31.028 and an average speed of 158.489 miles per hour (255.063 km/h). [3]

During pole qualifying, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would crash in turn three during his qualifying run. According to Earnhardt, he "just lost it. I just went into turn three too hard and the car got away from me." [4] Earnhardt would eventually qualify 21st, taking the first spot outside of the top 20.

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed
125 Tim Richmond Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31.028158.489
25 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31.204157.595
312 Neil Bonnett Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet 31.209157.570
433 Harry Gant Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 31.303157.097
588 Buddy Baker Baker-Schiff Racing Oldsmobile 31.389156.666
68 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 31.443156.397
744 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet 31.492156.154
828 Cale Yarborough Ranier-Lundy Racing Ford 31.499156.119
955 Benny Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 31.507156.080
1011 Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet 31.539155.921
1122 Bobby Allison Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 31.544155.897
124 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 31.603155.605
131 Sterling Marlin Ellington Racing Chevrolet 31.639155.428
149 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 31.649155.379
1515 Ricky Rudd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 31.652155.365
1627 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 31.759154.841
1766 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 31.786154.710
1826 Joe Ruttman King Racing Buick 31.890154.205
1943 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 31.922154.050
2047 Morgan Shepherd Race Hill Farm Team Buick 32.058153.397
Failed to lock in Round 1
213 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31.409156.567
2275 Jim Sauter RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 32.092153.234
2335 Alan Kulwicki (R) AK Racing Ford 32.203152.706
247 Kyle Petty Wood Brothers Racing Ford 32.236152.550
2571 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 32.399151.782
2698 Ron Bouchard Curb Racing Pontiac 32.431151.633
2723 Michael Waltrip (R) Bahari Racing Pontiac 32.483151.390
2817 Eddie Bierschwale Hamby Motorsports Chevrolet 32.512151.255
2981 Chet Fillip (R) Circle Bar Racing Ford 32.528151.181
3054 Donnie Allison Gray Racing Chevrolet 32.529151.176
316 D. K. Ulrich U.S. Racing Chevrolet 32.550151.078
3290 Ken Schrader Donlavey Racing Ford 32.644150.643
3370 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 32.759150.114
3464 Connie Saylor Langley Racing Ford 32.902149.462
3536 H. B. Bailey Bailey Racing Pontiac 32.926149.353
3652 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 33.066148.721
3767 Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing Ford 33.077148.671
3892 Jonathan Edwards Edwards Racing Chevrolet 33.565146.510
3982 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 34.188143.840
4048 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Chevrolet 35.010140.463
Official qualifying results

Race results

Fin [5] St#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings
1125 Tim Richmond Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367168running185$60,005
21122 Bobby Allison Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 3672running175$31,500
3149 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 3678running170$25,625
42047 Morgan Shepherd Race Hill Farm Team Buick 3674running165$11,125
51011 Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet 3670running155$21,055
61515 Ricky Rudd Bud Moore Engineering Ford 3670running150$15,735
768 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 3670running146$11,010
825 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367162running147$13,215
9213 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 36617running143$15,735
10828 Cale Yarborough Ranier-Lundy Racing Ford 3660running134$6,435
112571 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 3640running130$8,730
122335 Alan Kulwicki (R) AK Racing Ford 3600running127$5,390
132275 Jim Sauter RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 3560running124$8,295
14247 Kyle Petty Wood Brothers Racing Ford 3560running121$11,070
153652 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Pontiac 3540running118$8,165
162723 Michael Waltrip (R) Bahari Racing Pontiac 3540running115$5,605
173536 H. B. Bailey Bailey Racing Pontiac 3521running117$3,610
18316 D. K. Ulrich U.S. Racing Chevrolet 3500running109$7,140
19588 Buddy Baker Baker-Schiff Racing Oldsmobile 3401engine111$3,315
203767 Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing Ford 3390running103$7,030
21744 Terry Labonte Hagan Racing Chevrolet 3370running100$9,910
221766 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 3260engine97$2,810
231627 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 3160running94$9,710
24312 Neil Bonnett Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet 2614valve96$11,015
252817 Eddie Bierschwale Hamby Motorsports Chevrolet 2610running88$5,825
263464 Connie Saylor Langley Racing Ford 2540engine85$5,475
27433 Harry Gant Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 2350engine82$10,940
28124 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 2320overheating79$2,245
293892 Jonathan Edwards Edwards Racing Chevrolet 2030rear end76$2,155
302698 Ron Bouchard Curb Racing Pontiac 1770engine73$2,100
31955 Benny Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 1670transmission70$1,955
323982 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 1320flagged67$1,895
333054 Donnie Allison Gray Racing Chevrolet 1310overheating64$1,840
343370 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 850tie rod61$4,565
352981 Chet Fillip (R) Circle Bar Racing Ford 810accident58$1,720
363290 Ken Schrader Donlavey Racing Ford 460engine55$5,435
37131 Sterling Marlin Ellington Racing Chevrolet 350battery52$1,620
381826 Joe Ruttman King Racing Buick 320valve49$4,325
394048 James Hylton Hylton Motorsports Chevrolet 290engine46$4,260
401943 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 60accident43$3,470
Official race results

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