Nationwise 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1986

Neil Bonnett

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Neil Bonnett won the 1986 Nationwise 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1986, leading 80 of 492 laps. Ricky Rudd finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1986

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1986

Winner

Neil Bonnett

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	492	—	Running	80	180
2	4	+2	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	492	—	Running	—	170
3	5	+2	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	492	—	Running	35	170
4	8	+4	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	492	—	Running	5	165
5	11	+6	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	492	—	Running	4	160
6	10	+4	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	491	—	Running	94	155
7	15	+8	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	491	—	Running	—	146
8	13	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	491	—	Running	1	147
9	16	+7	Joe Ruttman	King Racing	490	—	Running	—	138
10	17	+7	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	489	—	Running	—	134
11	12	+1	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	489	—	Running	—	130
12	21	+9	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	486	—	Running	—	127
13	24	+11	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	483	—	Running	—	124
14	23	+9	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	483	—	Running	—	121
15	20	+5	Dick Trickle	Matthews Racing	482	—	Running	—	118
16	33	+17	Eddie Bierschwale	Hamby Racing	479	—	Running	—	115
17	25	+8	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	476	—	Running	—	112
18	34	+16	Charlie Baker	Salmon Racing	457	—	Running	—	109
19	7	-12	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	453	—	Running	—	106
20	1	-19	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	442	—	Running	132	108
21	39	+18	J.D. McDuffie	Winkle Motorsports	441	—	Running	—	100
22	29	+7	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	431	—	Running	—	97
23	31	+8	Mike Skinner	Zanworth Racing Team	429	—	Running	—	94
24	9	-15	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	402	—	DNF	141	101
25	18	-7	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	382	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	36	+10	Mike Potter	Langley-Woodfield Racing	375	—	DNF	—	85
27	27	—	Jonathan Edwards	Edwards Racing	343	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	37	+9	Tommie Crozier	Leonard Racing	268	—	DNF	—	79
29	26	-3	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	267	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	38	+8	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing	267	—	DNF	—	73
31	14	-17	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	226	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	2	-30	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	201	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	3	-30	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	200	—	DNF	—	64
34	22	-12	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	151	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	19	-16	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	130	—	DNF	—	58
36	35	-1	Johnny Coy Jr.	Hylton Engineering	122	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	28	-9	Trevor Boys	DiGard Motorsports	111	—	DNF	—	52
38	30	-8	Joe Millikan	Beahr Racing Enterprises	50	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	40	+1	Buddie Boys	Boys Racing	40	—	DNF	—	46
40	32	-8	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	9	—	DNF	—	43