1986 Firecracker 400

15th race of the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series January 2024 NASWINSTON 28th Annual Firecracker 400 The 1986 Firecracker 400 program cover. 1986 7 4 131.916 mph km/h 29 15 4.0 160 643.737 2.5 Pepsi Firecracker 400 Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway Al Trautwig, Sam Posey Motor Racing Network ABC Hendrick Motorsports Tim Richmond Ranier-Lundy Racing Richard Childress Racing Cale Yarborough Dale Earnhardt 69 25 1986 400 44.222 1986_Firecracker_400.jpeg 65,000 The 1986 Firecracker 400 was the 15th stock car race of the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 28th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, July 4, 1986, before an audience of 65,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 160 laps to complete. With eight laps left in the race, Dale Earnhardt blew an engine in front of the leader, Buddy Baker. Although Baker was able to avoid the wreck, in the race back to the line, Hendrick Motorsports' Tim Richmond was able to take the lead at the time of caution. On the final restart with three laps left, Richmond was able to hold off the field, securing his seventh career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season. To fill out the top three, Ellington Racing's Sterling Marlin and Stavola Brothers Racing's Bobby Hillin Jr. finished second and third, respectively.Higgins Tom July 5, 1986 Richmond Wraps Up Firecracker https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-richmond-wraps-up/139339596/ January 23, 2024 The Charlotte Observer 12A, 15A Newspapers.com Coble Don July 5, 1986 Richmond wins Firecracker https://www.newspapers.com/article/florida-today-richmond-wins-firecracker/139339709/ January 23, 2023 Florida Today 1C, 2C Newspapers.com Background thumb|The layout of Daytona International Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Doug HeveronH. L. Waters RacingChevroletHeyward Grooms Construction1Sterling MarlinEllington RacingChevroletBull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce2Rodney CombsHarrington RacingChevroletSoldier Seal, Gunk3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevroletWrangler4Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobileKodak5Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevroletLevi Garrett6Jim SauterU.S. RacingChevroletFinky's7Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord7-Eleven8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingChevroletMiller American9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFordCoors10Greg SacksDiGard MotorsportsChevroletTRW Automotive11Darrell WaltripJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevroletBudweiser12Neil BonnettJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevroletBudweiser14A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobileCopenhagen15Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFordMotorcraft Quality Parts17Pancho CarterHamby RacingChevroletKmart18Tommy EllisFreedlander MotorsportsChevroletFreedlander Financial20Rick NewsomNewsom RacingChevroletNewsom Racing22Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuickMiller American23Michael Waltrip (R)Bahari RacingPontiacHawaiian Punch25Tim RichmondHendrick MotorsportsChevroletFolgers26Joe RuttmanKing RacingBuickQuaker State27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiacAlugard28Cale YarboroughRanier-Lundy RacingFordHardee's29Grant AdcoxAdcox RacingChevroletAdcox Racing33Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevroletSkoal Bandit35Alan Kulwicki (R)Terry MotorsportsFordQuincy's Steakhouse39Blackie WangerinWangerin RacingFordWangerin Racing41Ronnie ThomasRonnie Thomas RacingChevroletRonnie Thomas Racing43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiacSTP44Terry LabonteHagan EnterprisesOldsmobilePiedmont Airlines47Morgan ShepherdRace Hill Farm TeamChevroletRace Hill Farm Team48James HyltonHylton MotorsportsChevroletHylton Motorsports52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiacJimmy Means Racing54Eddie BierschwaleGray RacingChevroletKodak55Benny ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobileCopenhagen64Connie SaylorLangley RacingFordSunny King Ford66Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobileSkoal67Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFordPannill Sweatshirts70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiacRumple Furniture71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingPontiacHelen Rae Special73Phil BarkdollBarkdoll RacingFordHelen Rae Special75Jody RidleyRahMoc EnterprisesPontiacNationwise Automotive77Ken RaganRagan RacingChevroletMcCord Gasket81Chet Fillip (R)Fillip RacingFordCircle Bar Truck Corral88Buddy BakerBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobileEvinrude Outboard Motors90Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFordRed Baron Frozen Pizza98Ron BouchardCurb RacingPontiacValvoline99Brad TeagueBall MotorsportsChevroletBall Motorsports Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Wednesday, July 2, at 10:00 AM 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 Thursday, July 3, at 10:00 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver had one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 were decided on time,Ford Tom July 2, 1986 Hot temperatures slow down speeds for Firecracker https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-hot-temperatures-slow/139442490/ January 23, 2024 The Tampa Tribune 1C, 6C Newspapers.com 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; up to two provisionals were given. Cale Yarborough, driving for Ranier-Lundy Racing, won the pole, setting a time of 44.222 and an average speed of 203.519 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom July 3, 1986 Yarborough Takes Pole At Daytona https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-yarborough-takes/139443032/ January 23, 2024 The Charlotte Observer 5C, 9C Newspapers.com Seven drivers failed to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed128Cale YarboroughRanier-Lundy RacingFord44.222203.51929Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord44.240203.436388Buddy BakerBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobile44.426202.584455Benny ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile44.450202.47553Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet44.526202.129622Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick44.619201.708747Morgan ShepherdRace Hill Farm TeamBuick44.740201.16288Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick44.748201.126925Tim RichmondHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet44.867200.5931018Tommy EllisFreedlander MotorsportsChevrolet44.873200.5661166Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile45.037199.8361227Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac45.047199.791137Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord45.112199.5031444Terry LabonteHagan EnterprisesOldsmobile45.137199.3931514A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile45.158199.3001698Ron BouchardCurb RacingPontiac45.238198.9481712Neil BonnettJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet45.255198.873185Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet45.310198.6321943Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac45.357198.426202Rodney CombsHarrington RacingChevrolet45.376198.343Failed to lock in Round 1211Sterling MarlinEllington RacingChevrolet44.190203.6662275Jody RidleyRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac44.755201.0952311Darrell WaltripJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet45.008199.9642481Chet Fillip (R)Fillip RacingFord45.027199.880254Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile45.030199.8672633Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet45.152199.3272717Pancho CarterHamby RacingChevrolet45.299198.6802877Ken RaganRagan RacingChevrolet45.315198.6102926Joe RuttmanKing RacingBuick45.377198.3383071Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingPontiac45.412198.1863154Eddie BierschwaleGray RacingChevrolet45.432198.0983235Alan Kulwicki (R)AK RacingFord45.459197.9813315Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFord45.463197.963340Doug HeveronH. L. Waters RacingChevrolet45.489197.8503567Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFord45.554197.5683610Greg SacksDiGard MotorsportsChevrolet45.565197.5203752Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac45.607197.3383890Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFord45.664197.0923923Michael Waltrip (R)Bahari RacingPontiac45.684197.0064029Grant AdcoxAdcox RacingChevrolet45.687196.993Provisionals416Jim SauterU.S. RacingChevrolet -* -*4264Connie SaylorLangley RacingFord -* -*Failed to qualify4373Phil BarkdollBarkdoll RacingFord -* -*4448James HyltonHylton MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4520Rick NewsomNewsom RacingChevrolet -* -*4699Brad TeagueBall MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*4741Ronnie ThomasRonnie Thomas RacingChevrolet -* -*4839Blackie WangerinWangerin RacingFord -* -*4970J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverteamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1925Tim RichmondHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet16018running180$58,6552211Sterling MarlinEllington RacingChevrolet1606running175$37,700388Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick1600running165$24,54542311Darrell WaltripJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet1602running165$24,7505137Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord1604running160$19,72563315Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFord1600running150$17,20072926Joe RuttmanKing RacingBuick1600running146$12,30081227Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac1600running142$14,15091166Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile1600running138$7,600103235Alan Kulwicki (R)AK RacingFord1600running134$7,600111712Neil BonnettJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet1601running135$13,515123890Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFord1600running127$9,845132275Jody RidleyRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac1600running124$8,61514388Buddy BakerBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobile16031running126$6,64515622Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick1593running123$11,5801629Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord1591running120$13,67517128Cale YarboroughRanier-Lundy RacingFord1595running117$6,975183923Michael Waltrip (R)Bahari RacingPontiac1590running109$3,520191444Terry LabonteHagan EnterprisesOldsmobile1590running106$10,320203071Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingPontiac1590running103$8,45521254Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile1580running100$3,045221943Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1560running97$6,59523416Jim SauterU.S. RacingChevrolet1550running0$6,210243752Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac1551running96$5,950253567Buddy ArringtonFive laps into the race, Arrington was replaced by J. D. McDuffie. As Arrington started the race, he is credited with the finishing position.King Randy July 5, 1986 Richmond takes Firecracker 400 B1, B4 The Roanoke Times https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-richmond-takes-firecra/139443426/ January 23, 2024 Newspapers.com alphaArrington RacingFord1540running88$5,790264029Grant AdcoxAdcox RacingChevrolet1540running85$2,1952753Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet15169accident92$14,895282717Pancho CarterHamby RacingChevrolet1500running79$5,10029185Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet14716engine81$9,995304264Connie SaylorLangley RacingFord1450accident0$4,860312633Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet1430engine70$10,64532202Rodney CombsHarrington RacingChevrolet1300brakes67$2,02033340Doug HeveronH. L. Waters RacingChevrolet1061clutch69$2,045342877Ken RaganRagan RacingChevrolet920transmission61$1,970353154Eddie BierschwaleGray RacingChevrolet830engine58$1,94536455Benny ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile782engine60$2,12037747Morgan ShepherdRace Hill Farm TeamBuick500handling52$1,895381018Tommy EllisFreedlander MotorsportsChevrolet330engine49$2,625393610Greg SacksDiGard MotorsportsChevrolet330accident46$1,845402481Chet Fillip (R)Fillip RacingFord140accident43$1,870411698Ron BouchardCurb RacingPontiac130accident40$1,820421514A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile20engine37$1,820Failed to qualify4373Phil BarkdollBarkdoll RacingFord4448James HyltonHylton MotorsportsChevrolet4520Rick NewsomNewsom RacingChevrolet4699Brad TeagueBall MotorsportsChevrolet4741Ronnie ThomasRonnie Thomas RacingChevrolet4839Blackie WangerinWangerin RacingFord4970J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiacOfficial race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 2,344 10px 2 Darrell Waltrip 2,166 (-178) 10px 2 3 Tim Richmond 2,045 (-299) 10px 1 4 Bill Elliott 2,037 (–307) 10px 1 5 Bobby Allison 2,033 (–311) 10px 6 Rusty Wallace 1,998 (–346) 10px 7 Ricky Rudd 1,958 (–386) 10px 1 8 Terry Labonte 1,859 (–485) 10px 1 9 Harry Gant 1,858 (–486) 10px 1 10 Bobby Hillin Jr. 1,815 (–529)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. Notes References 1986 Miller American 400 1986 Summer 500 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1986 in sports in Florida Category:1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:July 1986 sports events in the United States Category:NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway