1986 Goodwrench 500
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| Race 3 of 29 in the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Souvenir magazine of the 1986 Goodwrench 500
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| Date | October 24, 1986 | ||
| Official name | Goodwrench 500 | ||
| Location | North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, North Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.017 mi (1.636 km) |
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| Distance | 492 laps, 500.4 mi (804.2 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching a maximum of 79 °F (26 °C); with wind speeds reaching a maximum of 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 120.488 miles per hour (193.907 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 47,500 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hagan Enterprises | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | |
| Laps | 306 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 44 | Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | SETN | ||
| Announcers |
Dave Despain Dick Berggren |
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The 1986 Goodwrench 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on March 2, 1986, at North Carolina Motor Speedway in the American community of Rockingham, North Carolina.
A souvenir magazine of this race was handed out to the spectators at a cost of $5 USD per copy ($10.92 when adjusted for inflation). A companion race known as the ProTecta Truck Bed Liner 200 was done the previous day while a pit crew challenge was done the morning before the companion race. Pit crew members had to put tires and fuel on the vehicle in the fastest time possible in order to win a championship.
It took four hours and nine minutes to resolve 492 laps of racing on a paved track spanning 1.017 miles (1.637 km). The race started at noon and ended approximately at 4:09 P.M.. Terry Labonte defeated Harry Gant by a time of 0.63 seconds in front of 47,500 live spectators with his 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88 machine; becoming the first front-wheel drive vehicle to win a NASCAR Cup Series racing event. His win was made possible thanks to co-crew chiefs Steve Hmiel, Bob Labonte and Peter Wright.
Labonte would earn $44,550 in prize winnings for this race ($97,336.48 when adjusted for inflation). Nine cautions were given out for 50 laps; the average speed of the race was 120.488 miles per hour (193.907 km/h). Labonte would earn the pole position with a qualifying speed of 146.348 miles per hour (235.524 km/h).
Out of the 40-driver grid; Trevor Boys was the only Canadian driver in an otherwise all-American grid.Rick Newsom would acquire the last-place finish due to a crash on lap 39.Earle Canavan would retire from NASCAR after this race; but not before making two abortive attempts at re-igniting his top-level stock car racing career at the 1986 Valleydale 500 and at the 1986 First Union 400. Darrell Waltrip would also take the points lead away from Geoff Bodine after this race.
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