Budweiser 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1986

Geoffrey Bodine

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Geoffrey Bodine won the 1986 Budweiser 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1986, leading 85 of 500 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1986

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1986

Winner

Geoffrey Bodine

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	500	—	Running	85	180
2	10	+8	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	500	—	Running	2	175
3	2	-1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	499	—	Running	57	170
4	1	-3	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	498	—	Running	—	160
5	6	+1	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	498	—	Running	—	155
6	4	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	494	—	Running	—	150
7	21	+14	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	493	—	Running	—	146
8	20	+12	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	493	—	Running	—	142
9	11	+2	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	493	—	Running	9	143
10	16	+6	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	493	—	Running	—	134
11	9	-2	Joe Ruttman	King Racing	486	—	Running	1	135
12	17	+5	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	479	—	Running	2	132
13	29	+16	Trevor Boys	C & M Motorsports	473	—	Running	—	124
14	14	—	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	470	—	DNF - Engine	177	131
15	25	+10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	469	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	Jerry Cranmer	Hylton Engineering	467	—	Running	—	0
17	5	-12	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	445	—	DNF - Engine	78	117
18	8	-10	Jody Ridley	RahMoc Enterprises	444	—	DNF - Crash	—	109
19	12	-7	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	432	—	Running	—	106
20	23	+3	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	383	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	13	-8	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	361	—	DNF	2	105
22	26	+4	Gary Fedewa	Fedewa Racing	334	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	24	+1	Alan Kulwicki	Bill Terry (Owner)	317	—	DNF	—	94
24	31	+7	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	302	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	33	+8	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing	260	—	DNF	—	88
26	19	-7	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	242	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	18	-9	Ron Bouchard	Curb Racing	219	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	15	-13	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	179	—	DNF	87	84
29	32	+3	Jerry Bowman	J.B. Racing	121	—	DNF	—	76
30	37	+7	Jerry Holden	Holden Racing	100	—	DNF	—	0
31	35	+4	Joe Booher	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	91	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	7	-25	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	85	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	34	+1	Mike Potter	Walker Enterprises	73	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	27	-7	Rick Baldwin	Langley-Woodfield Racing	39	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
35	22	-13	Doug Heveron	Hamby Racing	26	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	36	—	Howard Mark	D & H Racing	14	—	DNF	—	55
37	30	-7	Joe Fields	Beahr Racing Enterprises	0	—	DNF - Crash	—	0