**POINTS STANDINGS and WINS before the 1986 CAPITAL CITY 400 (22 of 29):** #3 Dale Earnhardt (3218pts with 3 wins, GM) #11 Darrell Waltrip (-109 with 2 wins, GM) #25 Tim Richmond (-123 with 5 wins, GM) #22 Bobby Allison (-351 with 1 win, GM) #9 Bill Elliott (-410 with 2 wins, Ford) #15 Ricky Rudd (-435 with 1 win, Ford) #27 Rusty Wallace (-555 with 1 win, GM) #5 Geoff Bodine (-564 with 2 wins, GM) Terry Labonte (GM #44 with 1 win) was 10th after many mechanical problems, Harry Gant (GM #33) was 11th after having an awful Summer and Neil Bonnet (GM #12) was 16th because of 6 crashes, 4 mechanical DNFs and missing a race due to injury. The best rookie of 1985, Ken Schrader (Ford #90) was 14th 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 Richmond's case, the earlier race is the Richmond 400 while the later one is the Capital City 400.