1986 Daytona 500
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| Race details | |||
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| Race 1 of 29 in the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Track map of Daytona International Speedway showing mainly the speedway.
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| Date | February 16, 1986 | ||
| Location | Daytona International Speedway | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.02336 km) |
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| Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 71.1 °F (21.7 °C); wind speeds approaching 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)[1] | ||
| Average speed | 148.124 miles per hour (238.382 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Melling Racing | ||
| Qualifying race winners | |||
| Duel 1 Winner | Bill Elliott | Melling Racing | |
| Duel 2 Winner | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Geoffrey Bodine | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 101 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 5 | Geoffrey Bodine | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | CBS | ||
| Announcers | Ken Squier, David Hobbs and Ned Jarrett | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 8.4/22 (10.3 million viewers) |
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The 1986 Daytona 500, the 28th running of the event, was held February 16 at Daytona International Speedway. Defending race winner Bill Elliott won the pole for the second year in a row, and Geoffrey Bodine won the race.
Results
Top Ten Results
- 5-Geoff Bodine*
- 44-Terry Labonte
- 11-Darrell Waltrip
- 8-Bobby Hillin, Jr.
- 55-Benny Parsons
- 98-Ron Bouchard
- 4-Rick Wilson
- 27-Rusty Wallace
- 1-Sterling Marlin
- 75-Lake Speed[2]
Failed to qualify
- 0-Delma Cowart
- 19-Bob Park
- 23-Michael Waltrip
- 29-Grant Adcox
- 35-Alan Kulwicki
- 39-Blackie Wangerin
- 48-Ron Esau
- 49-Ferdin Wallace
- 53-Donny Paul
- 54-Slick Johnson
- 60-Dick Skillen
- 70-J. D. McDuffie
- 73-Phil Barkdoll
- 74-Bobby Wawak
- 76-Clark Dwyer
- 81-Chet Fillip
- 82-Mark Stahl
- 95-Davey Allison
- 99-Connie Saylor
- 07-Randy LaJoie[3]
Recap
- On lap 116, a major accident (such crashes are now known as "The Big One") in turn 4 involved several cars, including some contenders for the win. 1980 winner Buddy Baker, Neil Bonnett (already several laps down after earlier problems), defending race winner Bill Elliott, Tommy Ellis, Harry Gant, Kyle Petty, Joe Ruttman, Lake Speed, & four-time 500 winner Cale Yarborough were involved in the crash, but Elliott, Ellis, Petty, and Speed were able to continue the race.
- Geoff Bodine won this race on fuel mileage after engaging in a long feud with Dale Earnhardt. Earnhardt was forced to pit for gas with three laps to go, then blew the engine leaving the pits. This allowed Bodine to cruise to victory by a margin of over 11 seconds.
- It was the first of many hard luck finishes for Dale Earnhardt that would last until the 1998 race.
- Prior to the race, they paid tribute to the astronauts who were killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which was several miles away from the track 19 days ago. They would do so again in 2003 when the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred.
References
| Preceded by | NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season 1985-86 |
Succeeded by 1986 Miller High Life 400 |
