Pepsi FireCracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1986

Tim Richmond

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Tim Richmond won the 1986 Pepsi FireCracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1986, leading 17 of 160 laps. Sterling Marlin finished second; Bobby Hillin Jr. rounded out the podium. The race featured 15 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1986

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1986

Winner

Tim Richmond

Leaders

15 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	+8	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	160	—	Running	17	180
2	21	+19	Sterling Marlin	Ellington Racing	160	—	Running	6	175
3	8	+5	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	160	—	Running	1	170
4	23	+19	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	160	—	Running	2	165
5	13	+8	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	160	—	Running	4	160
6	33	+27	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	160	—	Running	—	150
7	29	+22	Joe Ruttman	King Racing	160	—	Running	—	146
8	12	+4	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	160	—	Running	—	142
9	11	+2	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	160	—	Running	—	138
10	32	+22	Alan Kulwicki	Bill Terry (Owner)	160	—	Running	—	134
11	17	+6	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	160	—	Running	1	135
12	38	+26	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	160	—	Running	—	127
13	22	+9	Jody Ridley	RahMoc Enterprises	160	—	Running	—	124
14	3	-11	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	160	—	Running	31	126
15	6	-9	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	159	—	Running	3	123
16	2	-14	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	159	—	Running	1	120
17	1	-16	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	159	—	Running	5	117
18	39	+21	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	159	—	Running	—	109
19	14	-5	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	159	—	Running	—	106
20	30	+10	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	159	—	Running	—	103
21	25	+4	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	158	—	Running	—	100
22	19	-3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	156	—	Running	—	97
23	41	+18	Jim Sauter	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	155	—	Running	—	0
24	37	+13	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	155	—	Running	1	96
25	35	+10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	154	—	Running	—	88
26	40	+14	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	154	—	Running	—	85
27	5	-22	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	151	—	DNF - Crash	69	92
28	27	-1	Pancho Carter	Hamby Racing	150	—	Running	—	79
29	18	-11	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	147	—	DNF - Engine	16	81
30	42	+12	Connie Saylor	Langley-Woodfield Racing	145	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
31	26	-5	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	143	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	20	-12	Rodney Combs	Robert Harrington (Owner)	130	—	DNF	—	67
33	34	+1	Doug Heveron	HL Waters (Owner)	106	—	DNF	1	69
34	28	-6	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	92	—	DNF	—	61
35	31	-4	Eddie Bierschwale	Gray Racing	83	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	4	-32	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	78	—	DNF - Engine	2	60
37	7	-30	Morgan Shepherd	Race Hill Farm Team	50	—	DNF	—	52
38	10	-28	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	33	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	36	-3	Greg Sacks	DiGard Motorsports	33	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	24	-16	Chet Fillip	Circle Bar Racing	14	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	16	-25	Ron Bouchard	Curb Racing	13	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	15	-27	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	2	—	DNF - Engine	—	37