Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1986

Ricky Rudd

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Ricky Rudd won the 1986 Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1986, leading 141 of 500 laps. Neil Bonnett finished second; Kyle Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1986

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1986

Winner

Ricky Rudd

Leaders

11 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	11	+10	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	500	—	Running	141	185
2	24	+22	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	500	—	Running	12	175
3	20	+17	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	500	—	Running	4	170
4	13	+9	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	499	—	Running	—	160
5	14	+9	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	498	—	Running	9	160
6	18	+12	Joe Ruttman	King Racing	498	—	Running	—	150
7	25	+18	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	497	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	496	—	Running	—	142
9	12	+3	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	495	—	Running	—	138
10	9	-1	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	493	—	Running	36	139
11	22	+11	Mark Martin	Gunderman Racing	493	—	Running	—	130
12	16	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	493	—	Running	—	127
13	8	-5	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	491	—	Running	39	129
14	21	+7	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	490	—	Running	—	121
15	28	+13	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	484	—	Running	—	118
16	26	+10	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	471	—	Running	—	115
17	39	+22	Johnny Coy Jr.	Hylton Engineering	469	—	Running	—	112
18	33	+15	Joe Booher	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	465	—	Running	—	109
19	6	-13	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	461	—	DNF - Engine	85	111
20	10	-10	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	461	—	Running	—	103
21	3	-18	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	432	—	Running	3	105
22	17	-5	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	416	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	23	—	Chet Fillip	Circle Bar Racing	382	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	32	+8	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	364	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	19	-6	Eddie Bierschwale	Hamby Racing	362	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	2	-24	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	299	—	Running	—	85
27	7	-20	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	276	—	DNF - Engine	36	87
28	1	-27	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	260	—	DNF - Engine	89	84
29	36	+7	Brian Baker	Langley-Woodfield Racing	252	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	34	+4	Howard Rose		241	—	DNF	—	73
31	30	-1	Cliff Hucul		227	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	5	-27	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	215	—	DNF	—	67
33	38	+5	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	160	—	DNF	—	64
34	27	-7	Gary Fedewa	Fedewa Racing	147	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	4	-31	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	142	—	DNF - Crash	46	63
36	31	-5	Jerry Bowman	J.B. Racing	134	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	35	-2	J.D. McDuffie	Winkle Motorsports	115	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	40	+2	Roy Lee Hendrick	Beahr Racing Enterprises	91	—	DNF	—	49
39	37	-2	Tommie Crozier	Leonard Racing	86	—	DNF	—	46
40	29	-11	Mike Potter	Potter Racing	22	—	DNF - Engine	—	43