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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 16th, 1986

Race #1 of the 1986 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 200
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 148.124 mph
  • Cautions: 8
  • Caution Laps: 46
  • Lead Changes: 27
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - November 16th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 2 5 Geoff Bodine Chevrolet 185 175 10 200 101 Running
2 5 44 Terry Labonte Oldsmobile 175 170 5 200 5 Running
3 6 11 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 170 165 5 200 3 Running
4 25 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Chevrolet 165 160 5 200 1 Running
5 31 55 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 155 155 0 199 0 Running
6 14 98 Ron Bouchard Pontiac 150 150 0 199 0 Running
7 16 4 Rick Wilson Oldsmobile 146 146 0 199 0 Running
8 9 27 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 142 142 0 199 0 Running
9 8 1 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 143 138 5 198 6 Engine
10 36 75 Lake Speed Pontiac 134 134 0 198 0 Running
11 22 15 Ricky Rudd Ford 130 130 0 198 0 Running
12 33 57 Jody Ridley Ford 127 127 0 198 0 Running
13 1 9 Bill Elliott Ford 129 124 5 198 2 Running
14 4 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 126 121 5 197 34 Engine
15 34 17 Doug Heveron Chevrolet 118 118 0 197 0 Running
16 7 7 Kyle Petty Ford 115 115 0 195 0 Running
17 28 42 Dick Trickle Chevrolet 112 112 0 194 0 Running
18 19 6 Trevor Boys Chevrolet 109 109 0 191 0 Running
19 21 18 Tommy Ellis Chevrolet 111 106 5 189 3 Running
20 37 25 Tim Richmond Chevrolet 108 103 5 188 7 Running
21 38 77 Ken Ragan Chevrolet 100 100 0 184 0 Running
22 39 47 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 97 97 0 181 0 Running
23 35 67 Buddy Arrington Ford 94 94 0 177 0 Engine
24 18 66 Phil Parsons Oldsmobile 91 91 0 174 0 Running
25 27 89 Jim Sauter Pontiac 88 88 0 138 0 Clutch
26 17 88 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 85 85 0 119 0 Crash
27 13 28 Cale Yarborough Ford 87 82 5 116 5 Crash
28 40 26 Joe Ruttman Buick 79 79 0 115 0 Crash
29 20 14 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile 81 76 5 113 1 Engine
30 15 33 Harry Gant Chevrolet 73 73 0 103 0 Crash
31 30 54 Eddie Bierschwale Chevrolet 70 70 0 100 0 Engine
32 12 12 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 72 67 5 100 32 Crash
33 41 90 Ken Schrader Ford 64 64 0 91 0 Engine
34 29 64 Pancho Carter Ford 61 61 0 79 0 Crash
35 26 10 Greg Sacks Pontiac 58 58 0 76 0 Clutch
36 10 43 Richard Petty Pontiac 55 55 0 63 0 Crash
37 24 02 Mark Martin Ford 52 52 0 51 0 Engine
38 11 71 Dave Marcis Pontiac 49 49 0 47 0 Engine
39 42 52 Jimmy Means Pontiac 46 46 0 38 0 Engine
40 23 21 Larry Pearson Chevrolet 43 43 0 29 0 Engine
41 32 2 Kirk Bryant Pontiac 40 40 0 24 0 Crash
42 3 22 Bobby Allison Buick 37 37 0 21 0 Engine