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1986 Goodwrench 500

Third race of the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

Third race of the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1986 Goodwrench 500 was the third stock car race of the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 2, 1986, before an audience of 47,500 in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Motor Speedway, a 1.017 mi permanent high-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 492 laps to complete.

By race's end, Hagan Enterprises' Terry Labonte managed to dominate a majority of the race, leading 306 laps and defending a late race charge by Mach 1 Racing's Harry Gant to take his fifth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Harry Gant and owner-driver Richard Petty finished second and third, respectively.

Background

North Carolina Motor Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mile oval on October 31, 1965. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length. In 1997, North Carolina Motor Speedway merged with Penske Motorsports, and was renamed North Carolina Speedway. Shortly thereafter, the infield was reconfigured, and competition on the infield road course, mostly by the SCCA, was discontinued. Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School.

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor
01Earle CanavanCanavan RacingPontiacGates Hydraulics
2Kirk BryantCliff Stewart RacingPontiacSpectrum Furniture
3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevroletWrangler
5Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevroletLevi Garrett
6Trevor BoysU.S. RacingChevroletU.S. Racing
7Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord[7-Eleven](7-eleven)
8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuickMiller American
9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFordCoors
10Greg SacksDiGard MotorsportsPontiacTRW Automotive
11Darrell WaltripJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevroletBudweiser
12Neil BonnettJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevroletBudweiser
15Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFordMotorcraft Quality Parts
17Phil ParsonsHamby RacingChevroletSkoal
18Tommy EllisFreedlander MotorsportsChevroletFreedlander Financial
20Rick NewsomNewsom RacingBuickNewsom Racing
22Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuickMiller American
23Michael Waltrip **(R)**Bahari RacingPontiacHawaiian Punch
25Tim RichmondHendrick MotorsportsChevroletFolgers
26Joe RuttmanKing RacingBuickQuaker State
27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiacAlugard
28Cale YarboroughRanier-Lundy RacingFordHardee's
32Alan Kulwicki **(R)**Terry RacingFordQuincy's Steakhouse
33Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevroletSkoal Bandit
41Ronnie ThomasRonnie Thomas RacingChevroletRonnie Thomas Racing
43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiacSTP
44Terry LabonteHagan EnterprisesOldsmobilePiedmont Airlines
47Morgan ShepherdRace Hill Farm TeamBuickRace Hill Farm Team
48Wayne SlarkHylton MotorsportsChevroletCaptain D's
52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiacJimmy Means Racing
64Pancho CarterLangley RacingFordKmart
67Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFordPannill Sweatshirts
70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiacRumple Furniture
71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingPontiacHelen Rae Special
74Bobby WawakWawak RacingChevroletSuperior Piping
75Lake SpeedRahMoc EnterprisesPontiacNationwise Automotive
90Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFordRed Baron Frozen Pizza
92Jonathan Lee EdwardsEdwards RacingBuickEdwards Racing
94Eddie BierschwaleEller RacingPontiacKodak Film
95Davey AllisonSadler Brothers RacingChevroletSadler Brothers Racing
98Ron BouchardCurb RacingPontiacValvoline

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, February 27, at 2:30 PM EST. Each driver had one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round were guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Friday, February 28, at 2:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver had one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-30 were decided on time, and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points in the previous season; up to two were given.

Terry Labonte, driving for Hagan Enterprises, managed to win the pole, setting a time of 25.017 and an average speed of 146.348 mph in the first round.

No drivers failed to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed1234567891011121314151617181920Failed to lock in Round 12122232425262728293031323334353637383940[Official first round qualifying results](https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-goodwrench-500/136193308/)[Official starting lineup](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-qualifying/136193330/)
44Terry LabonteHagan EnterprisesOldsmobile**25.017****146.348**
25Tim RichmondHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25.117145.766
5Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25.264144.918
11Darrell WaltripJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet25.310144.654
3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet25.337144.500
22Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick25.401144.136
33Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet25.420144.028
90Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFord25.493143.616
9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord25.532143.397
28Cale YarboroughRanier-Lundy RacingFord25.554143.273
71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet25.574143.161
7Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord25.611142.954
43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac25.627142.865
15Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFord25.677142.587
75Lake SpeedRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac25.699142.465
18Tommy EllisFreedlander MotorsportsChevrolet25.706142.426
23Michael Waltrip **(R)**Bahari RacingPontiac25.796141.929
12Neil BonnettJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet25.822141.786
2Kirk BryantCliff Stewart RacingPontiac25.908141.315
27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac25.926141.217
26Joe RuttmanKing RacingBuick25.367144.329
47Morgan ShepherdRace Hill Farm TeamBuick25.373144.295
10Greg SacksDiGard MotorsportsPontiac25.572143.172
8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick25.649142.742
94Eddie BierschwaleEller RacingPontiac25.839141.693
95Davey AllisonSadler Brothers RacingChevrolet25.946141.108
32Alan Kulwicki **(R)**Terry RacingFord26.041140.594
17Phil ParsonsHamby RacingOldsmobile26.120140.168
64Pancho CarterLangley RacingFord26.197139.756
98Ron BouchardCurb RacingBuick26.200139.740
6Trevor BoysU.S. RacingChevrolet26.376138.810
74Bobby WawakWawak RacingChevrolet26.505138.132
52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac26.507138.122
67Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFord26.529138.007
01Earle CanavanCanavan RacingPontiac26.687137.190
92Jonathan Lee EdwardsEdwards RacingChevrolet26.755136.842
41Ronnie ThomasRonnie Thomas RacingChevrolet26.808136.571
70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac26.898136.114
48Wayne SlarkHylton MotorsportsChevrolet26.972135.741
20Rick NewsomNewsom RacingBuick27.039135.404

Race results

FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940[Official race results](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-rockingham-500-re/136165732/)
144Terry LabonteHagan EnterprisesOldsmobile492306running185$44,550
733Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet4920running170$28,110
1343Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac49259running170$15,970
2247Morgan ShepherdRace Hill Farm TeamBuick4910running160$9,255
411Darrell WaltripJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet4911running160$18,615
1028Cale YarboroughRanier-Lundy RacingFord4900running150$5,410
99Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord4900running146$15,560
53Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet49069running147$19,510
1812Neil BonnettJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet4902running143$12,710
1575Lake SpeedRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac4894running139$9,965
127Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord4891running135$10,870
2027Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac4870running127$8,165
3098Ron BouchardCurb RacingBuick4860running124$7,645
1618Tommy EllisFreedlander MotorsportsChevrolet4850running121$3,270
2732Alan Kulwicki **(R)**Terry RacingFord4830running118$3,870
225Tim RichmondHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4780running115$3,170
3467Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFord4770running112$6,835
192Kirk BryantCliff Stewart RacingPontiac4760running109$6,575
3352Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac4760running106$6,305
35Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet45946engine108$10,470
1723Michael Waltrip **(R)**Bahari RacingPontiac4570running100$2,165
890Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFord4570running97$6,765
2964Pancho CarterLangley RacingFord4360running94$5,430
3692Jonathan Lee EdwardsEdwards RacingChevrolet4320running91$2,440
2695Davey AllisonSadler Brothers RacingChevrolet4100rear end88$1,965
3741Ronnie ThomasRonnie Thomas RacingChevrolet3560rear end85$1,815
1171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet3522engine87$4,970
1415Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFord3150engine79$9,715
2594Eddie BierschwaleEller RacingPontiac2310crash76$1,665
2817Phil ParsonsHamby RacingOldsmobile2280engine73$4,660
3870J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac1700engine70$4,300
3501Earle CanavanCanavan RacingPontiac1650engine67$1,475
2126Joe RuttmanKing RacingBuick1170overheating64$2,000
622Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick1172ignition66$1,375
316Trevor BoysU.S. RacingChevrolet1010brakes58$4,090
3948Wayne SlarkHylton MotorsportsChevrolet960crash55$4,055
2310Greg SacksDiGard MotorsportsPontiac810handling52$8,300
3274Bobby WawakWawak RacingChevrolet470engine49$1,250
248Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick410crash46$3,960
4020Rick NewsomNewsom RacingBuick390crash43$1,205

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPoints[Official driver's standings](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-1986-nascar-gr/136165897/)
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] **1**1Darrell Waltrip490
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] **4**2Terry Labonte478 (-12)
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] **1**3Dale Earnhardt448 (-42)
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] **3**4Geoff Bodine440 (–50)
[[File:1rightarrow.png10px]]5Kyle Petty430 (–60)
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] **1**6Rusty Wallace408 (–82)
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] **3**7Lake Speed385 (–105)
[[File:1rightarrow.png10px]]8Ron Bouchard383 (–107)
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] **2**9Bill Elliott375 (–115)
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] **7**10Bobby Hillin Jr.361 (–129)
  • Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

References

  1. Higgins, Tom. (March 3, 1986). "Labonte Hangs On At Rockingham". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
  2. Mulhurn, Mike. (March 3, 1986). "Labonte Captures Carolina 500". [[Winston-Salem Journal]].
  3. (February 27, 1986). "Race Week Calendar". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
  4. Higgins, Tom. (February 28, 1986). "Labonte Record Run Takes Pole". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
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