Coca-Cola 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1986

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1986 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1986, leading 26 of 400 laps. Tim Richmond finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 15 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1986

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1986

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

15 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	400	—	Running	26	180
2	2	—	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	400	—	Running	94	175
3	12	+9	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	400	—	Running	98	175
4	8	+4	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	400	—	Running	50	165
5	15	+10	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	400	—	Running	3	160
6	5	-1	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	400	—	Running	98	160
7	4	-3	Sterling Marlin	Ellington Racing	399	—	Running	—	146
8	13	+5	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	399	—	Running	—	142
9	10	+1	Morgan Shepherd	Race Hill Farm Team	399	—	Running	12	143
10	9	-1	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	398	—	Running	5	139
11	16	+5	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	398	—	Running	—	130
12	18	+6	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	398	—	Running	1	132
13	11	-2	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	397	—	Running	2	129
14	19	+5	Lake Speed	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	397	—	Running	6	126
15	22	+7	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	396	—	Running	—	118
16	41	+25	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	395	—	Running	—	115
17	30	+13	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	395	—	Running	—	112
18	32	+14	Brett Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	394	—	Running	—	109
19	31	+12	Ron Bouchard	Curb Racing	394	—	Running	—	106
20	17	-3	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	394	—	Running	—	103
21	24	+3	Jody Ridley	RahMoc Enterprises	392	—	Running	—	100
22	14	-8	Mark Martin	Gunderman Racing	391	—	Running	—	97
23	27	+4	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	391	—	Running	—	94
24	20	-4	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	389	—	Running	—	91
25	39	+14	Trevor Boys	Bobby Eller (Owner)	389	—	Running	—	88
26	34	+8	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	389	—	Running	—	85
27	29	+2	Alan Kulwicki	Bill Terry (Owner)	382	—	Running	—	82
28	21	-7	Connie Saylor	Spohn Racing	376	—	Running	—	0
29	38	+9	Eddie Bierschwale	Paul Ingle (Owner)	374	—	Running	1	81
30	35	+5	Derrike Cope	Autosports Enterprises	361	—	Running	—	73
31	1	-30	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	319	—	DNF	2	75
32	23	-9	Joe Ruttman	King Racing	292	—	Running	—	67
33	33	—	Doug Heveron	Hamby Racing	278	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	6	-28	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	198	—	DNF	1	66
35	40	+5	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	172	—	DNF	1	63
36	7	-29	David Pearson	Pearson Racing	138	—	DNF	—	0
37	28	-9	Chet Fillip	Circle Bar Racing	124	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	37	-1	Richard Petty	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	123	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	25	-14	Greg Sacks	DiGard Motorsports	73	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	26	-14	Brad Teague	Ball Racing	37	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	36	-5	Ken Ragan	Morris-Ragan	5	—	DNF - Crash	—	40