The 1986 Winston 500 was a Winston Cup Series event (now Nextel Cup) held at Talladega Superspeedway on May 4, 1986. Bobby Allison won his only event of the year, holding off Dale Earnhardt through the trioval. Earnhardt, meanwhile, expanded his points lead on Darrell Waltrip (34th) to 109 points. Stats A little known but interesting fact is right before the race, a drunk man climbed into the pace car and drove around several laps before he was stopped by the police and track officials