Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1986

Bobby Hillin Jr.

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Hillin Jr. won the 1986 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1986, leading 16 of 188 laps. Tim Richmond finished second; Ricky Rudd rounded out the podium. The race featured 26 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1986

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1986

Winner

Bobby Hillin Jr.

Leaders

26 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	13	+12	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	188	—	Running	16	180
2	3	+1	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	188	—	Running	19	175
3	20	+17	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	188	—	Running	—	165
4	5	+1	Sterling Marlin	Ellington Racing	188	—	Running	9	165
5	4	-1	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	188	—	Running	2	160
6	14	+8	Morgan Shepherd	Race Hill Farm Team	188	—	Running	—	150
7	7	—	Davey Allison	Junior Johnson & Associates	188	—	Running	13	151
8	23	+15	Joe Ruttman	King Racing	188	—	Running	—	142
9	6	-3	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	188	—	Running	2	143
10	21	+11	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	187	—	DNF - Crash	2	139
11	8	-3	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	187	—	DNF - Crash	7	135
12	18	+6	Jim Sauter	RahMoc Enterprises	187	—	DNF - Crash	2	132
13	16	+3	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	187	—	Running	1	129
14	34	+20	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	186	—	Running	1	126
15	39	+24	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	184	—	Running	1	123
16	36	+20	Ronnie Thomas	Hylton Engineering	183	—	Running	—	115
17	27	+10	Ron Bouchard	Curb Racing	174	—	DNF - Crash	—	112
18	40	+22	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	169	—	DNF - Crash	1	114
19	17	-2	Rodney Combs	Robert Harrington (Owner)	169	—	DNF - Crash	4	111
20	12	-8	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	163	—	DNF	3	108
21	37	+16	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	162	—	Running	—	100
22	32	+10	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	159	—	DNF - Crash	5	102
23	10	-13	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	159	—	DNF - Crash	19	99
24	19	-5	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	159	—	DNF - Crash	—	91
25	15	-10	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	157	—	DNF - Crash	3	93
26	2	-24	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	153	—	DNF - Engine	54	95
27	1	-26	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	152	—	DNF - Engine	5	87
28	25	-3	Chet Fillip	Circle Bar Racing	150	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	30	+1	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)	140	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	11	-19	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	119	—	DNF	—	73
31	35	+4	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	113	—	DNF - Engine	1	75
32	28	-4	Alan Kulwicki	Bill Terry (Owner)	112	—	DNF	2	72
33	31	-2	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Motorsports	100	—	DNF	2	0
34	26	-8	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	86	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	22	-13	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	70	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	29	-7	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	61	—	DNF	—	55
37	24	-13	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	51	—	DNF - Crash	5	57
38	9	-29	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	37	—	DNF - Engine	8	54
39	38	-1	Eddie Bierschwale	Gray Racing	37	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	33	-7	Pancho Carter	Hamby Racing	29	—	DNF - Engine	1	48