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North Carolina Speedway
March 02, 1986 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.02-Mile paved track 492 Laps/502 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines Oldsmobile | 492 | 185 | 44,550 | Running | |
| 2 | 7 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 492 | 170 | 28,110 | Running | |
| 3 | 13 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 492 | 170 | 15,970 | Running | |
| 4 | 22 | 47 | Morgan Shepherd | Race Hill Farm Buick | 491 | 160 | 9,255 | Running | |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser Chevrolet | 491 | 160 | 18,615 | Running | |
| 6 | 10 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's Ford | 490 | 150 | 5,410 | Running | |
| 7 | 9 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors Ford | 490 | 146 | 15,560 | Running | |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans Chevrolet | 490 | 147 | 19,510 | Running | |
| 9 | 18 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser Chevrolet | 490 | 143 | 12,710 | Running | |
| 10 | 15 | 75 | Lake Speed | Nationwise Auto Parts Pontiac | 489 | 139 | 9,965 | Running | |
| 11 | 12 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Ford | 489 | 135 | 10,870 | Running | |
| 12 | 20 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard Pontiac | 487 | 127 | 8,165 | Running | |
| 13 | 30 | 98 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline Buick | 486 | 124 | 7,645 | Running | |
| 14 | 16 | 18 | Tommy Ellis | Chevrolet | 485 | 121 | 3,270 | Running | |
| 15 | 27 | 32 | Alan Kulwicki | Quincy's Steak House Ford | 483 | 118 | 3,870 | Running | |
| 16 | 2 | 25 | Tim Richmond | Folger's Chevrolet | 478 | 115 | 3,170 | Running | |
| 17 | 34 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Pannill Knitting Ford | 477 | 112 | 6,835 | Running | |
| 18 | 19 | 2 | Kirk Bryant | Spectrum Furniture Pontiac | 476 | 109 | 6,575 | Running | |
| 19 | 33 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Means Racing Pontiac | 476 | 106 | 6,305 | Running | |
| 20 | 3 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 459 | 108 | 10,470 | Engine | |
| 21 | 17 | 23 | Michael Waltrip | Hawaiian Punch Pontiac | 457 | 100 | 2,165 | Running | |
| 22 | 8 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Red Baron Frozen Pizza Ford | 457 | 97 | 6,765 | Running | |
| 23 | 29 | 64 | Pancho Carter | K-Care Ford | 436 | 94 | 5,430 | Running | |
| 24 | 36 | 92 | Jonathan Lee Edwards | Share The Pride Chevrolet | 432 | 91 | 2,440 | Running | |
| 25 | 26 | 95 | Davey Allison | Sadler Racing Chevrolet | 410 | 88 | 1,965 | Rear End | |
| 26 | 37 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing Chevrolet | 356 | 85 | 1,815 | Rear End | |
| 27 | 11 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Helen Rae Special Chevrolet | 352 | 87 | 4,970 | Engine | |
| 28 | 14 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft Ford | 315 | 79 | 9,715 | Engine | |
| 29 | 25 | 94 | Eddie Bierschwale | Kodak Film Pontiac | 231 | 76 | 1,665 | Accident | |
| 30 | 28 | 17 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Oldsmobile | 228 | 73 | 4,660 | Engine | |
| 32 | 35 | 01 | Earle Canavan | Gates Rubber Pontiac | 165 | 67 | 1,475 | Engine | |
| 33 | 21 | 26 | Joe Ruttman | Quaker State Buick | 117 | 64 | 2,000 | Overheating | |
| 34 | 6 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American Buick | 117 | 66 | 1,375 | Ignition | |
| 35 | 31 | 6 | Trevor Boys | Ulrich Racing Chevrolet | 101 | 58 | 4,090 | Brakes | |
| 36 | 39 | 48 | Wayne Slark | Fleet Service Chevrolet | 96 | 55 | 4,055 | Accident | |
| 37 | 23 | 10 | Greg Sacks | TRW Pontiac | 81 | 52 | 8,300 | Handling | |
| 38 | 32 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Superior Piping Chevrolet | 47 | 49 | 1,250 | Engine | |
| 39 | 24 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Miller American Buick | 41 | 46 | 3,960 | Accident | |
| 40 | 40 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Selcam Enterprises Buick | 39 | 43 | 1,205 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 9 Minutes 10 Seconds
Average Speed .:120.488
Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds