Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1986

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1986 Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1986, leading 162 of 328 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Bill Elliott rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1986

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1986

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	328	—	Running	162	185
2	15	+13	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	327	—	Running	—	170
3	1	-2	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	327	—	Running	48	170
4	8	+4	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	327	—	Running	29	165
5	17	+12	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	327	—	Running	—	155
6	16	+10	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	327	—	Running	1	155
7	32	+25	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	326	—	Running	—	146
8	23	+15	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	326	—	Running	—	142
9	24	+15	Joe Ruttman	King Racing	326	—	Running	—	138
10	39	+29	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	326	—	Running	—	134
11	7	-4	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	325	—	Running	—	130
12	42	+30	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	325	—	Running	—	127
13	14	+1	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	324	—	Running	—	124
14	6	-8	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	324	—	Running	—	121
15	10	-5	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	324	—	Running	—	118
16	21	+5	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	324	—	Running	—	115
17	19	+2	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	323	—	Running	—	112
18	20	+2	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	321	—	Running	—	109
19	29	+10	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	319	—	Running	—	106
20	22	+2	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	316	—	Running	—	103
21	31	+10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	313	—	Running	—	100
22	33	+11	Randy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	310	—	Running	—	97
23	41	+18	Eddie Bierschwale	Hamby Racing	309	—	Running	—	94
24	34	+10	Mike Laws	Laws Racing	306	—	Running	—	91
25	25	—	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	301	—	Running	—	88
26	2	-24	Mark Martin	Gunderman Racing	290	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	5	-22	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	287	—	DNF - Engine	1	87
28	12	-16	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	285	—	DNF - Engine	73	84
29	37	+8	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	280	—	DNF	—	76
30	36	+6	Connie Saylor	Langley-Woodfield Racing	233	—	DNF	—	73
31	11	-20	Jeff Swindell	DiGard Motorsports	227	—	DNF	—	70
32	26	-6	Sterling Marlin	Ellington Racing	211	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	28	-5	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	203	—	DNF	—	64
34	13	-21	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	196	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	35	—	Bobby Gerhart	Bobby Gerhart Racing	168	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	27	-9	David Sosebee	Sosebee Racing	157	—	DNF	—	55
37	18	-19	Rodney Combs	Robert Harrington (Owner)	133	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	3	-35	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	95	—	DNF - Engine	12	54
39	9	-30	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	83	—	DNF - Engine	2	51
40	38	-2	Tom Bigelow	Ball Racing	58	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	30	-11	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	49	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	40	-2	Ron Bouchard	Curb Racing	40	—	DNF - Engine	—	37