1986 Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1986 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Dale Earnhardt	4	42	25	1	8	162	328	499.2

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	328	162	running	185
2	15	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	327		running	170
3	1	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	327	48	running	170
4	8	25	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	327	29	running	165
5	17	88	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	327		running	155
6	16	12	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	327	1	running	155
7	32	7	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	326		running	146
8	23	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Oldsmobile	326		running	142
9	24	26	Joe Ruttman	King Racing	Buick	326		running	138
10	39	66	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	326		running	134
11	7	55	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	325		running	130
12	42	18	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	Chevrolet	325		running	127
13	14	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	324		running	124
14	6	4	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	324		running	121
15	10	8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	324		running	118
16	21	22	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	324		running	115
17	19	90	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	Ford	323		running	112
18	20	35	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	Ford	321		running	109
19	29	48	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	Chevrolet	319		running	106
20	22	23	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	Pontiac	316		running	103
21	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Ford	313		running	100
22	33	87	Randy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	310		running	97
23	41	17	Eddie Bierschwale	Hamby Racing	Oldsmobile	309		running	94
24	34	38	Mike Laws	Laws Racing	Chevrolet	306		running	91
25	25	15	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	301		running	88
26	2	02	Mark Martin	Gunderman Racing	Ford	290		engine	85
27	5	75	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	287	1	engine	87
28	12	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	285	73	dropped valve	84
29	37	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	280		clutch	76
30	36	64	Connie Saylor	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	233		wheel stud	73
31	11	10	Jeff Swindell	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	227		rear window	70
32	26	1	Sterling Marlin	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	211		engine	67
33	28	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	203		piston	64
34	13	28	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Ford	196		engine	61
35	35	85	Bobby Gerhart	Bobby Gerhart Racing	Chevrolet	168		engine	58
36	27	91	David Sosebee	Sosebee Racing	Chevrolet	157		wheel bearing	55
37	18	2y	Rodney Combs	Robert Harrington (Owner)	Chevrolet	133		oil pressure	52
38	3	5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	95	12	engine	54
39	9	11	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	83	2	engine	51
40	38	99	Tom Bigelow	Ball Racing	Chevrolet	58		engine	43
41	30	36	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	Chevrolet	49		engine	40
42	40	98	Ron Bouchard	Curb Racing	Pontiac	40		engine	37

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Dale Earnhardt	162	49.4%	P1
2	Harry Gant	73	22.3%	P28
3	Bill Elliott	48	14.6%	P3
4	Tim Richmond	29	8.8%	P4
5	Geoff Bodine	12	3.7%	P38
6	Darrell Waltrip	2	0.6%	P39
7	Neil Bonnett	1	0.3%	P6
8	Morgan Shepherd	1	0.3%	P27

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