|| *Comments on the 1986 Delaware 500:* View the most recent comment <#9> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Anonymous posted: 01.29.2007 - 4:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ricky Rudd's first big track win. 2. myself posted: 07.27.2009 - 11:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) IMO....Dover was Rudd's best track. 3. RaceFanX posted: 03.06.2011 - 1:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cliff Hucul makes his second and final Cup series start and it results in the former USAC Champ Car racer's best finish with a 31st. 4. Walleyewacker posted: 05.26.2011 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Agreed, although Ricky was good at all the road courses as well as Rockingham and Pocono. Bud Moore had Dover fiqured out as Bobby Allison won a couple of Dover races for Bud as well. Even Brett Bodine was running really well at the 1988 spring Dover race until one their flimsy gun drilled axle shafts snapped. Maybe that was Bud's secret? 5. RaceFanX posted: 08.03.2013 - 9:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Roy Lee Hendrick makes his lone Winston Cup start. 6. 23andJoe posted: 04.26.2014 - 1:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #56 owner: H.L. Rose 7. RaceFanX posted: 12.23.2016 - 12:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tommy Ellis turns in a solid run and finishes eighth, the second-best finish of his Cup career. This was his best run during his tenure in Eric Freedlander's #18 Freedlander Financial Chevrolet. ASA ace Mark Martin pauses from his championship run in that series to cross over to Winston Cup, making one of just five Cup starts for him in 1986. His 11th-place run here would be his best of the year. 8. BradTeagueFan~ posted: 11.25.2017 - 12:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pretty sure Bryan Baker's car was sponsored by Bull Frog Knits for this race~ The only picture I have of him is from Dover in the Bull Frog car~ 9. NewGuyOnTheBlock posted: 07.10.2020 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ricky Rudd finally gets a win on a big track, leading 141 laps en route to victory. Neil Bonnett scored his best result of the season so far in second, leading 12 laps. Kyle Petty surprised many with his strong third-place run, leading 4 laps in the process. Buddy Baker scored his first of 5 straight top-5 finishes for the #88 team to close out the season, finishing a lap down in fourth. Dave Marcis scored his best result of the 1986 season, leading 9 laps and finishing 2 laps down in fifth. Joe Ruttman ran a strong race, finishing 2 laps down in sixth. Alan Kulwicki recovered from an early crash and capitalized on attrition to finish in seventh, 3 laps off the pace. Tommy Ellis scored his best finish of 1986, coming home 4 laps down in eighth. Bobby Hillin Jr. continued his methodical pace that had become custom throughout the season, finishing 5 laps down in ninth. Morgan Shepherd had another strong run with the RahMoc #75, leading 36 laps but fading towards the end. He came home 7 laps down in tenth. ASA star Mark Martin made his third start of the 1986 season and scored his best finish in eleventh, 7 laps down. Richard Petty ran midpack much of the day, finishing 7 laps down in twelfth. Rusty Wallace led 39 laps and ran with the leaders all day until a late crash knocked him out of contention. He would crawl home 9 laps down in thirteenth. Darrell Waltrip struggled with mechanical issues all race, yet still finished ahead of his other title contenders in fourteenth, 10 laps off the pace. Buddy Arrington scored a second straight top-15 finish, coming home 16 laps down in fourteenth. Michael Waltrip never really recovered from an early spin, finishing sixteenth, 29 laps down. Johnny Coy Jr. made his first start of the 1986 season in James Hylton's #48 entry. He was incredibly slow, finishing 31 laps down in seventeenth. This would ultimately be his best career finish. Joe Booher made his second start of the season in the #6 D.K. Ulrich entry. He was easily the slowest car on track, finishing 35 laps down in eighteenth. (Snail Award) Terry Labonte led 85 laps and looked assured for a top-10 until a blown engine sidelined him after 461 laps. Bobby Allison was stuck in the garage for many laps after an early crash, ultimately coming home 39 laps down in twentieth. Dale Earnhardt was knocked out of contention by a late crash, finishing 68 laps down in twenty-first. He did manage to lead 3 laps, which was crucial in the points chase. Ken Schrader retired with engine failure after 416 laps. Chet Fillip gave the track a good oiling on lap 364 after his engine expired. Jimmy Means was off the pace all day before finally retiring with engine failure after 364 days. Eddie Bierschwale suffered engine problems that put him out after 362 laps. Tim Richmond's epic summer stretch ended abruptly as he was in the garage for nearly half the race with mechanical woes. He would return to the track 201 laps down, finishing in twenty-sixth. Bill Elliott led 36 laps early on until engine failure sidelined him after 276 laps. Geoff Bodine led 89 laps from the pole until mechanical woes put him behind the wall after 260 laps. Bryan Baker, the eldest son of Buddy Baker, made his only career Winston Cup start, falling out after a crash on lap 256. Howard Rose made his only career start in Winston Cup, struggling to recover from an early crash and eventually falling out with overheating issues after 241 laps. Cliff Hucul made his final career start, crashing out of the race after 227 laps. Rick Wilson struggled with handling issues all race long, eventually dropping out with brake failure after 215 laps. Bobby Wawak was taken out by vibration after 160 laps. Gary Fedewa made his final start of the 1986 season, retiring after 147 laps due to engine failure. Harry Gant led 46 laps early on before he was wrecked by a lapped car on lap 142. Jerry Bowman's final start of the year yielded little success, as he suffered an engine failure after 134 laps. Like so many others, J.D. McDuffie succumbed to engine failure after 115 laps. Roy Lee Hendrick made his only career start, falling out after 91 laps with an overheating engine. Tommy Crozier made his first start of the season, retiring with a vibration after 86 laps. Mike Potter was the first victim of engine failure, retiring after 22 laps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: