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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

August 31st, 1986

Race #21 of the 1986 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Makes
    • Buick (4)
    • Chevrolet (14)
    • Ford (10)
    • Oldsmobile (4)
    • Pontiac (8)
  • Last Darlington Raceway race (TranSouth 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
2022 NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro
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Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
1 Sterling Marlin Columbia, TN Chevrolet Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce Hoss Ellington
11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Budweiser Junior Johnson
12 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet Budweiser Junior Johnson
15 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Ford Motorcraft Bud Moore
17 Eddie Bierschwale Chevrolet K-Care Roger Hamby
22 Bobby Allison Buick Miller American Stavola Brothers
23 Michael Waltrip Owensboro, KY Pontiac Hawaiian Punch Chuck Rider
25 Tim Richmond Chevrolet Folger's Rick Hendrick
26 Joe Ruttman Upland, CA Buick Quaker State Kenny Bernstein
27 Rusty Wallace St. Louis, MO Pontiac Alugard Raymond Beadle
28 Cale Yarborough Ford Hardee's Harry Ranier
3 Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis, NC Chevrolet Wrangler Jeans Richard Childress
33 Harry Gant Chevrolet Skoal Bandit Hal Needham
35 Alan Kulwicki Ford Quincy's Steak House Alan Kulwicki
36 HB Bailey Pontiac Almeda Auto Parts H.B. Bailey
4 Rick Wilson Bartow, FL Oldsmobile Kodak Film Larry McClure
43 Richard Petty Pontiac STP Petty Enterprises
44 Terry Labonte Corpus Christi, TX Chevrolet Piedmont Airlines Billy Hagan
47 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Buick Race Hill Farm Jack Beebe
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Chevrolet Fleet Service James Hylton
5 Geoff Bodine Chemung, NY Chevrolet Levi Garrett Rick Hendrick
52 Jimmy Means Pontiac Means Racing Jimmy Means
54 Donnie Allison Chevrolet Gray Racing Henley Gray
55 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile Copenhagen Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson
6 DK Ulrich Chevrolet Finky's D.K. Ulrich
64 Connie Saylor Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
66 Phil Parsons Denver, NC Oldsmobile Skoal Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson
67 Buddy Arrington Ford Pannill Knitting Buddy Arrington
7 Kyle Petty Trinity, NC Ford 7-Eleven Wood Brothers
70 JD McDuffie Pontiac Rumple Furniture / Winkle J.D. McDuffie
71 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Helen Rae Special Dave Marcis
75 Jim Sauter Pontiac Nationwise Auto Parts RahMoc Enterprises
8 Bobby Hillin Jr Buick Miller American Stavola Brothers
81 Chet Fillip Ford Circle Bar Truck Corral Tom Mitchell
82 Mark Stahl Ford Auto Bell Car Wash Mark Stahl
88 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile Crisco Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Ford Coors Harry Melling
90 Ken Schrader Fenton, MO Ford Red Baron Frozen Pizza Junie Donlavey
92 Jonathan Lee Edwards Chevrolet Edwards Racing Jonathan Lee Edwards
98 Ron Bouchard Pontiac Valvoline Mike Curb