Champion 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1986

Bill Elliott

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1986 Champion 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1986, leading 125 of 200 laps. Tim Richmond finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1986

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1986

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	200	—	Running	125	185
2	2	—	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	5	175
3	4	+1	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	200	—	Running	3	170
4	6	+2	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	21	165
5	12	+7	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	199	—	Running	34	160
6	7	+1	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	199	—	Running	1	155
7	28	+21	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	199	—	Running	—	146
8	5	-3	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	199	—	Running	—	142
9	9	—	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	138
10	15	+5	David Pearson	Pearson Racing	199	—	Running	—	134
11	17	+6	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	199	—	Running	1	135
12	24	+12	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	198	—	Running	—	127
13	11	-2	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	198	—	Running	7	129
14	14	—	Alan Kulwicki	Bill Terry (Owner)	198	—	Running	2	126
15	27	+12	Chet Fillip	Circle Bar Racing	197	—	Running	—	118
16	21	+5	Eddie Bierschwale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	197	—	Running	—	115
17	33	+16	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	196	—	Running	—	112
18	30	+12	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	194	—	DNF - Engine	—	109
19	32	+13	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	194	—	Running	—	106
20	36	+16	D.K. Ulrich	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	193	—	Running	—	103
21	18	-3	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	191	—	Running	—	100
22	37	+15	Bobby Gerhart	Bobby Gerhart Racing	191	—	Running	—	97
23	41	+18	Jim Hull	Hamby Racing	191	—	Running	—	94
24	8	-16	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	190	—	Running	—	91
25	39	+14	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	190	—	Running	—	88
26	1	-25	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	185	—	DNF - Crash	1	90
27	35	+8	David Simko	Simko Racing	170	—	Running	—	82
28	22	-6	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	169	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	38	+9	Rodney Combs	Robert Harrington (Owner)	150	—	DNF	—	76
30	13	-17	Joe Ruttman	King Racing	142	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	40	+9	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	129	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	29	-3	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	124	—	Running	—	67
33	20	-13	Butch Miller	Miller Racing	122	—	DNF	—	64
34	16	-18	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	115	—	DNF	—	61
35	34	-1	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	84	—	DNF	—	58
36	19	-17	Morgan Shepherd	Race Hill Farm Team	80	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	31	-6	Jim Sauter	RahMoc Enterprises	79	—	DNF	—	52
38	26	-12	Greg Sacks	DiGard Motorsports	60	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	25	-14	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	50	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	23	-17	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	37	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	10	-31	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	27	—	DNF	—	40