Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1986

Tim Richmond

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Tim Richmond won the 1986 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1986, leading 168 of 367 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Bill Elliott rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1986

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1986

Winner

Tim Richmond

Leaders

9 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	367	—	Running	168	185
2	11	+9	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	367	—	Running	2	175
3	14	+11	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	367	—	Running	8	170
4	20	+16	Morgan Shepherd	Race Hill Farm Team	367	—	Running	4	165
5	10	+5	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	367	—	Running	—	155
6	15	+9	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	367	—	Running	—	150
7	6	-1	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	367	—	Running	—	146
8	2	-6	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	367	—	Running	162	147
9	21	+12	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	366	—	Running	17	143
10	8	-2	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	366	—	Running	—	134
11	25	+14	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	364	—	Running	—	130
12	23	+11	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	360	—	Running	—	127
13	22	+9	Jim Sauter	RahMoc Enterprises	356	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	356	—	Running	—	121
15	36	+21	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	354	—	Running	—	118
16	27	+11	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	354	—	Running	—	115
17	35	+18	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	352	—	Running	1	117
18	31	+13	D.K. Ulrich	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	350	—	Running	—	109
19	5	-14	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	340	—	DNF - Engine	1	111
20	37	+17	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	339	—	Running	—	103
21	7	-14	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	337	—	Running	—	100
22	17	-5	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	326	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	16	-7	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	316	—	Running	—	94
24	3	-21	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	261	—	DNF - Engine	4	96
25	28	+3	Eddie Bierschwale	Hamby Racing	261	—	Running	—	88
26	34	+8	Connie Saylor	Langley-Woodfield Racing	254	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	4	-23	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	235	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	12	-16	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	232	—	DNF	—	79
29	38	+9	Jonathan Edwards	Edwards Racing	203	—	DNF	—	76
30	26	-4	Ron Bouchard	Curb Racing	177	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	9	-22	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	167	—	DNF	—	70
32	39	+7	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing	132	—	DNF	—	67
33	30	-3	Donnie Allison	Gray Racing	131	—	DNF	—	64
34	33	-1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	85	—	DNF	—	61
35	29	-6	Chet Fillip	Circle Bar Racing	81	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	32	-4	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	46	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	13	-24	Sterling Marlin	Ellington Racing	35	—	DNF	—	52
38	18	-20	Joe Ruttman	King Racing	32	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	40	+1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	29	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	19	-21	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	6	—	DNF - Crash	—	43