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Lowe's Motor Speedway
May 25, 1986 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.5-Mile Superspeedway 400 Laps/600 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans Chevrolet | 400 | 180 | 98,150 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | 25 | Tim Richmond | Folger's Chevrolet | 400 | 175 | 64,355 | Running | |
| 3 | 12 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's Ford | 400 | 175 | 34,375 | Running | |
| 4 | 8 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 400 | 165 | 35,630 | Running | |
| 5 | 15 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser Chevrolet | 400 | 160 | 27,250 | Running | |
| 6 | 5 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors Ford | 400 | 160 | 34,750 | Running | |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Sterling Marlin | Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce Chevrolet | 399 | 146 | 13,000 | Running | |
| 8 | 13 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft Ford | 399 | 142 | 18,200 | Running | |
| 9 | 10 | 47 | Morgan Shepherd | Race Hill Farm Buick | 399 | 143 | 14,450 | Running | |
| 10 | 9 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard Pontiac | 398 | 139 | 16,750 | Running | |
| 11 | 16 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines Oldsmobile | 398 | 130 | 14,800 | Running | |
| 12 | 18 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American Buick | 398 | 132 | 14,200 | Running | |
| 13 | 11 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser Chevrolet | 397 | 129 | 15,400 | Running | |
| 14 | 19 | 4 | Lake Speed | All Pro Auto Parts Oldsmobile | 397 | 126 | 6,400 | Running | |
| 15 | 22 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Miller American Buick | 396 | 118 | 10,795 | Running | |
| 16 | 41 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Helen Rae Special Ford | 395 | 115 | 9,825 | Running | |
| 17 | 30 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Crisco Oldsmobile | 395 | 112 | 5,300 | Running | |
| 18 | 32 | 2 | Brett Bodine | Exxon Chevrolet | 394 | 109 | 10,100 | Running | |
| 19 | 31 | 98 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline Pontiac | 394 | 106 | 4,900 | Running | |
| 20 | 17 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Ford | 394 | 103 | 12,150 | Running | |
| 21 | 24 | 75 | Jody Ridley | Nationwise Auto Parts Pontiac | 392 | 100 | 8,315 | Running | |
| 22 | 14 | 02 | Mark Martin | Gunderman Racing Ford | 391 | 97 | 4,200 | Running | |
| 23 | 27 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Red Baron Frozen Pizza Ford | 391 | 94 | 8,705 | Running | |
| 24 | 20 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Oldsmobile | 389 | 91 | 3,500 | Running | |
| 25 | 39 | 94 | Trevor Boys | Kodak Film Pontiac | 389 | 88 | 2,800 | Running | |
| 26 | 34 | 23 | Michael Waltrip | Hawaiian Punch Pontiac | 389 | 85 | 3,850 | Running | |
| 27 | 29 | 35 | Alan Kulwicki | Quincy's Steak House Ford | 382 | 82 | 2,500 | Running | |
| 28 | 21 | 51 | Connie Saylor | Spohn Racing Ford | 376 | 0 | 2,200 | Running | |
| 29 | 38 | 32 | Eddie Bierschwale | Prototype Racing Engines Chevrolet | 374 | 81 | 2,000 | Running | |
| 30 | 35 | 79 | Derrike Cope | Peterbilt Ford | 361 | 73 | 1,900 | Running | |
| 31 | 1 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 319 | 75 | 33,850 | Camshaft | |
| 32 | 23 | 26 | Joe Ruttman | Quaker State Buick | 292 | 67 | 5,635 | Running | |
| 33 | 33 | 17 | Doug Heveron | K-Care Chevrolet | 278 | 64 | 5,475 | Engine | |
| 34 | 6 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Copenhagen Oldsmobile | 198 | 66 | 2,200 | Shocks | |
| 35 | 40 | 18 | Tommy Ellis | Chevrolet | 172 | 63 | 1,650 | Overheating | |
| 36 | 7 | 21 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew Chevrolet | 138 | 0 | 1,800 | Head Gasket | |
| 37 | 28 | 81 | Chet Fillip | Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford | 124 | 52 | 1,575 | Accident | |
| 38 | 37 | 6 | Richard Petty | STP Chevrolet | 123 | 49 | 5,465 | Engine | |
| 39 | 25 | 10 | Greg Sacks | TRW Chevrolet | 73 | 46 | 1,525 | Accident | |
| 40 | 26 | 99 | Brad Teague | Ball Racing Chevrolet | 37 | 43 | 1,500 | Accident | |
| 41 | 36 | 45 | Ken Ragan | Morris-Ragan Pontiac | 5 | 40 | 1,500 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 16 Minutes 24 Seconds
Average Speed .:140.406
Margin of Victory .: 5.000 Seconds