Coca-Cola 600
The Coca-Cola 600 was held May 25 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The #5 of Geoff Bodine won the pole.
Top Ten Results
- 3-Dale Earnhardt
- 25-Tim Richmond
- 28-Cale Yarborough
- 33-Harry Gant
- 11-Darrell Waltrip
- 9-Bill Elliott
- 1-Sterling Marlin 1 lap down
- 15-Ricky Rudd 1 lap down
- 47-Morgan Shepherd 1 lap down
- 27-Rusty Wallace 2 laps down
- Richard Petty was not allowed to bring out a backup car after crashing his #43 STP Pontiac in practice. As a result, Petty Enterprises bought the lime green-and-white #6 Chevrolet owned by D.K. Ulrich, put STP logos on it, and raced that car. Petty finished 38th as a result of a blown engine after completing 123 laps.
- This was the 1st career Winston Cup start for Brett Bodine, who drove a Hendrick Motorsports #2 Chevrolet to an 18th place finish, 6 laps down.
Read more about this topic: 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Famous quotes containing the word coca-cola:
“Someone little lives under a bush
pressing an empty Coca-Cola can against
his starving bloated stomach,
I know that much.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)