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Bristol Motor Speedway
April 06, 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 | 14 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard Pontiac | 500 | 185 | 34,780 | Running | |
| 2 | 8 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft Ford | 500 | 170 | 20,125 | Running | |
| 3 | 7 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser Chevrolet | 500 | 170 | 17,825 | Running | |
| 4 | 5 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 499 | 160 | 11,770 | Running | |
| 5 | 12 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors Ford | 499 | 155 | 12,050 | Running | |
| 6 | 10 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American Buick | 499 | 155 | 2,900 | Running | |
| 7 | 4 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines Oldsmobile | 498 | 151 | 8,250 | Running | |
| 8 | 3 | 25 | Tim Richmond | Folger's Chevrolet | 498 | 142 | 2,550 | Running | |
| 9 | 17 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven Ford | 497 | 138 | 7,750 | Running | |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans Chevrolet | 497 | 139 | 10,650 | Running | |
| 11 | 28 | 18 | Tommy Ellis | Chevrolet | 496 | 130 | 1,750 | Running | |
| 12 | 13 | 4 | Rick Wilson | Bewley Oldsmobile Oldsmobile | 494 | 127 | 2,100 | Running | |
| 13 | 20 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Red Baron Frozen Pizza Ford | 492 | 124 | 5,130 | Running | |
| 14 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 491 | 121 | 4,760 | Running | |
| 15 | 22 | 35 | Alan Kulwicki | Quincy's Steak House Ford | 483 | 118 | 2,000 | Running | |
| 16 | 21 | 08 | Butch Miller | Miller Racing Buick | 482 | 0 | 1,260 | Running | |
| 17 | 31 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Pannill Knits Ford | 477 | 112 | 4,370 | Running | |
| 18 | 32 | 6 | Trevor Boys | U.S. Racing Chevrolet | 466 | 109 | 4,260 | Running | |
| 19 | 9 | 26 | Joe Ruttman | Quaker State Buick | 443 | 106 | 1,140 | Running | |
| 20 | 29 | 95 | Davey Allison | Sadler Racing Chevrolet | 441 | 103 | 1,350 | Running | |
| 21 | 23 | 17 | Doug Heveron | Hesco Exhaust Systems Chevrolet | 351 | 100 | 4,030 | Engine | |
| 22 | 25 | 81 | Chet Fillip | Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford | 319 | 97 | 1,020 | Engine | |
| 23 | 19 | 75 | Jody Ridley | Nationwise Auto Parts Pontiac | 256 | 94 | 3,840 | Engine | |
| 24 | 1 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 238 | 96 | 8,640 | Engine | |
| 25 | 26 | 98 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline Pontiac | 183 | 88 | 3,750 | Axle | |
| 26 | 27 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing Chevrolet | 157 | 85 | 1,370 | Accident | |
| 27 | 15 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Helen Rae Chevrolet | 103 | 82 | 3,480 | Accident | |
| 28 | 16 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Miller American Buick | 103 | 79 | 3,790 | Accident | |
| 29 | 18 | 94 | Eddie Bierschwale | Kodak Film Pontiac | 102 | 76 | 780 | Accident | |
| 30 | 2 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser Chevrolet | 74 | 78 | 8,350 | Accident | |
| 31 | 30 | 64 | Morgan Shepherd | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 22 | 70 | 2,940 | Bearing | |
| 32 | 24 | 23 | Michael Waltrip | Hawaiian Punch Buick | 22 | 67 | 750 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 2 Hours 58 Minutes 14 Seconds
Average Speed .:89.747
Margin of Victory .: 10.690 Seconds