Oakwood Homes 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1986

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1986 Oakwood Homes 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1986, leading 80 of 334 laps. Harry Gant finished second; Neil Bonnett rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1986

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1986

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	334	—	Running	80	180
2	4	+2	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	334	—	Running	34	175
3	8	+5	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	333	—	Running	2	170
4	16	+12	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	333	—	Running	—	160
5	12	+7	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	333	—	Running	—	155
6	2	-4	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	333	—	Running	80	155
7	6	-1	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	333	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	332	—	Running	—	142
9	5	-4	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	332	—	Running	1	143
10	23	+13	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	331	—	Running	—	134
11	28	+17	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	330	—	Running	3	135
12	22	+10	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	329	—	Running	—	127
13	41	+28	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	329	—	Running	—	124
14	7	-7	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	329	—	Running	6	126
15	14	-1	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	327	—	Running	—	118
16	20	+4	Rodney Combs	Robert Harrington (Owner)	327	—	Running	—	115
17	33	+16	Connie Saylor	Langley-Woodfield Racing	325	—	Running	—	112
18	39	+21	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	325	—	Running	—	109
19	19	—	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	324	—	Running	—	106
20	42	+22	J.D. McDuffie	Winkle Motorsports	322	—	Running	—	103
21	25	+4	Ron Bouchard	Curb Racing	322	—	Running	—	100
22	32	+10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	320	—	Running	—	97
23	21	-2	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	319	—	Running	—	94
24	35	+11	Eddie Bierschwale	Hamby Racing	315	—	Running	—	91
25	36	+11	Joe Ruttman	King Racing	303	—	Running	—	88
26	27	+1	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	276	—	Running	—	85
27	1	-26	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	266	—	DNF - Engine	123	92
28	26	-2	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	248	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	9	-20	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	181	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	10	-20	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	169	—	DNF	5	78
31	37	+6	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	159	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	13	-19	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	154	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	18	-15	Sterling Marlin	Ellington Racing	139	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	30	-4	David Sosebee	Sosebee Racing	110	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	31	-4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	89	—	DNF	—	58
36	11	-25	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	84	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	17	-20	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	84	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	24	-14	Chet Fillip	Circle Bar Racing	82	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	34	-5	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)	82	—	DNF	—	46
40	38	-2	Brad Teague	Ball Racing	64	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	29	-12	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	33	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	40	-2	Randy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	18	—	DNF - Engine	—	37