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Bristol Motor Speedway
August 23, 1986 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.5-Mile Short Track 500 Laps/250 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser Chevrolet | 500 | 185 | 41,725 | Running | |
| 2 | 7 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines Chevrolet | 500 | 175 | 21,350 | Running | |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 499 | 170 | 17,025 | Running | |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans Chevrolet | 499 | 165 | 12,800 | Running | |
| 5 | 11 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 499 | 155 | 12,950 | Running | |
| 6 | 2 | 25 | Tim Richmond | Folger's Chevrolet | 498 | 155 | 7,680 | Running | |
| 7 | 14 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 497 | 146 | 6,380 | Running | |
| 8 | 3 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American Buick | 496 | 147 | 8,350 | Running | |
| 9 | 19 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Miller American Buick | 495 | 138 | 5,610 | Running | |
| 10 | 17 | 35 | Alan Kulwicki | Quincy's Steak House Ford | 494 | 139 | 3,550 | Running | |
| 11 | 8 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser Chevrolet | 491 | 130 | 9,000 | Running | |
| 12 | 20 | 18 | Tommy Ellis | Freedlander Financial Chevrolet | 488 | 127 | 3,450 | Running | |
| 13 | 22 | 23 | Michael Waltrip | Hawaiian Punch Pontiac | 487 | 124 | 1,700 | Running | |
| 14 | 12 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard Pontiac | 484 | 121 | 7,300 | Running | |
| 15 | 16 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Helen Rae Special Chevrolet | 484 | 123 | 4,780 | Running | |
| 16 | 25 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Pannill Knitting Ford | 477 | 115 | 4,370 | Running | |
| 17 | 18 | 26 | Joe Ruttman | Quaker State Buick | 476 | 112 | 4,210 | Running | |
| 18 | 23 | 17 | Eddie Bierschwale | K-Care Oldsmobile | 444 | 109 | 4,050 | Running | |
| 19 | 9 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors Ford | 425 | 106 | 9,150 | Running | |
| 21 | 24 | 99 | Brad Teague | Ball Racing Chevrolet | 318 | 100 | 1,160 | Brakes | |
| 22 | 6 | 75 | Morgan Shepherd | Nationwise Auto Parts Pontiac | 315 | 102 | 4,110 | Brakes | |
| 23 | 4 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft Ford | 250 | 94 | 7,910 | Accident | |
| 25 | 13 | 81 | Chet Fillip | Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford | 215 | 88 | 1,070 | Rear End | |
| 26 | 21 | 4 | Rick Wilson | Kodak Film Oldsmobile | 111 | 85 | 1,050 | Accident | |
| 27 | 26 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Hickory Log Barbecue Pontiac | 70 | 82 | 3,210 | Axle | |
| 28 | 27 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Red Baron Frozen Pizza Ford | 69 | 79 | 4,680 | Accident | |
| 29 | 28 | 98 | Dale Jarrett | Busch Pontiac | 69 | 76 | 990 | Vibration | |
| 30 | 15 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Ford | 9 | 73 | 6,670 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 3 Minutes 55 Seconds
Average Speed .:86.934
Margin of Victory .: 8.550 Seconds