Motorcraft 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1986

Morgan Shepherd

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Morgan Shepherd won the 1986 Motorcraft 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1986, leading 97 of 328 laps. Dale Earnhardt finished second; Terry Labonte rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1986

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1986

Winner

Morgan Shepherd

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Morgan Shepherd	Race Hill Farm Team	328	—	Running	97	180
2	1	-1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	328	—	Running	168	180
3	12	+9	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	328	—	Running	—	165
4	15	+11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	328	—	Running	6	165
5	5	—	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	328	—	Running	2	160
6	16	+10	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	328	—	Running	—	150
7	2	-5	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	328	—	Running	19	151
8	7	-1	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	327	—	Running	—	142
9	17	+8	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	327	—	Running	—	138
10	8	-2	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	327	—	Running	—	134
11	11	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	327	—	Running	2	135
12	10	-2	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	326	—	Running	34	132
13	42	+29	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	326	—	Running	—	124
14	32	+18	Alan Kulwicki	Bill Terry (Owner)	325	—	Running	—	121
15	14	-1	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	325	—	Running	—	118
16	41	+25	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	324	—	Running	—	115
17	22	+5	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	322	—	Running	—	112
18	18	—	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	322	—	Running	—	109
19	31	+12	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	319	—	Running	—	106
20	27	+7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	317	—	Running	—	103
21	24	+3	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	314	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
22	21	-1	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises	313	—	Running	—	97
23	40	+17	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	308	—	Running	—	94
24	39	+15	Trevor Boys	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	303	—	Running	—	91
25	4	-21	Greg Sacks	DiGard Motorsports	301	—	Running	—	88
26	23	-3	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	301	—	Running	—	85
27	6	-21	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	300	—	DNF	—	82
28	38	+10	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	289	—	Running	—	79
29	20	-9	Jody Ridley	RahMoc Enterprises	268	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	37	+7	Eddie Bierschwale	Gray Racing	261	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	30	-1	Kirk Bryant	Cliff Stewart Racing	254	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	9	-23	Sterling Marlin	Ellington Racing	220	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	26	-7	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	219	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	19	-15	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	206	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	35	—	Doug Heveron	Hamby Racing	182	—	Running	—	58
36	33	-3	Chet Fillip	Circle Bar Racing	175	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	36	-1	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	174	—	DNF	—	52
38	29	-9	Pancho Carter	Langley-Woodfield Racing	157	—	DNF	—	49
39	13	-26	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	149	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	25	-15	Ron Bouchard	Curb Racing	140	—	DNF	—	43
41	34	-7	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	82	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	28	-14	Joe Ruttman	King Racing	33	—	DNF - Engine	—	37