Love these old races especially the ones the legend and master and my opinion the greatest ever to wheel a stock car period Dale Earnhardt Wins thank you for all the races you share😊
**POINTS STANDINGS and WINS before the 1986 DIXIE 500 (28 of 29):** #3 Dale Earnhardt (4108pts with 4 wins, GM) #11 Darrell Waltrip (-144 with 3 wins, GM) #25 Tim Richmond (-279 with 6 wins, GM) #15 Ricky Rudd (-484 with 2 wins, Ford) #9 Bill Elliott (-533 with 2 wins, Ford) #27 Rusty Wallace (-617 with 2 wins, GM) #5 Geoff Bodine (-659 with 2 wins, GM) #22 Bobby Allison (-671 with 1 win, GM) #33 Harry Gant (-746, GM) Terry Labonte (GM #44 with 1 win) was 12th after many mechanical problems and Neil Bonnet (GM #12 with 1 win) was 14th because of 6 crashes, 4 mechanical DNFs and missing a race due to injury. The best rookie of 1985, Ken Schrader (Ford #90) was 16th after having only finished cleanly in about half of the races. Meanwhile, Kyle Petty (Ford #7) won the Richmond 400 and looked to be a championship contender for a couple of months, Morgan Shepherd surprised all when he won the Atlanta 500 and Bobby Hillin Jr won the wreckfest that was the Talladega 500. Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus the rookie of the year before and whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Atlanta's case, the earlier race is the Atlanta 500 while the later one is the Dixie 500.
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Love these old races especially the ones the legend and master and my opinion the greatest ever to wheel a stock car period Dale Earnhardt Wins thank you for all the races you share😊
**POINTS STANDINGS and WINS before the 1986 DIXIE 500 (28 of 29):**
#3 Dale Earnhardt (4108pts with 4 wins, GM)
#11 Darrell Waltrip (-144 with 3 wins, GM)
#25 Tim Richmond (-279 with 6 wins, GM)
#15 Ricky Rudd (-484 with 2 wins, Ford)
#9 Bill Elliott (-533 with 2 wins, Ford)
#27 Rusty Wallace (-617 with 2 wins, GM)
#5 Geoff Bodine (-659 with 2 wins, GM)
#22 Bobby Allison (-671 with 1 win, GM)
#33 Harry Gant (-746, GM)
Terry Labonte (GM #44 with 1 win) was 12th after many mechanical problems and Neil Bonnet (GM #12 with 1 win) was 14th because of 6 crashes, 4 mechanical DNFs and missing a race due to injury. The best rookie of 1985, Ken Schrader (Ford #90) was 16th after having only finished cleanly in about half of the races. Meanwhile, Kyle Petty (Ford #7) won the Richmond 400 and looked to be a championship contender for a couple of months, Morgan Shepherd surprised all when he won the Atlanta 500 and Bobby Hillin Jr won the wreckfest that was the Talladega 500.
Drivers listed are the season's current top8, last season's top8 plus the rookie of the year before and whatever race winner that doesn't fit any of those 2 descriptions. Yes, I’m using the unsponsored names of the races. In Atlanta's case, the earlier race is the Atlanta 500 while the later one is the Dixie 500.