1987 Talladega 500

Race 17 of 29

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 2:55:10
Average speed of winner: 171.293 mph
Margin of victory: 0.15 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 18 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-6, D. Allison 7-13, Elliott 14-19, D. Allison 20-22, Elliott 23-33, Marcis 34-35, Earnhardt 36-40, D. Allison 41-78, Yarborough 79, Foyt 80, Labonte 81-95, Earnhardt 96-97, D. Allison 98-104, Earnhardt 105, D. Allison 106-109, Elliott 110-120, Yarborough 121-123, D. Allison 124-131, Labonte 132-134, K. Petty 135, Labonte 136-139, Wallace 140, D. Allison 141-150, Elliott 151-188

Race notes: Finale for Chet Fillip, Joe Holder, and Jeff Swindell.

Video links: Start

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	203.827	188	5	72	running	70920	180
2	3	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Knuckles		188	7	77	running	39115	180
3	2	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		188	3	8	running	35050	170
4	4	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		188	0	0	running	19120	160
5	22	Cale Yarborough	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough			188	2	4	running	13465	160
6	5	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		188	3	22	running	19445	155
7	14	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		188	0	0	running	8845	146
8	9	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		188	1	1	running	14645	147
9	8	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		188	1	1	running	12695	143
10	12	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			188	0	0	running	8720	134
11	16	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		188	0	0	running	5065	130
12	7	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		188	0	0	running	11795	127
13	11	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		187	0	0	running	11575	124
14	10	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			187	0	0	running	9900	121
15	27	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		187	0	0	running	12975	118
16	32	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		187	0	0	running	4115	115
17	21	Michael Waltrip	30	All Pro Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Bahari			186	0	0	running	8930	112
18	26	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		185	0	0	running	7910	109
19	31	Rodney Combs	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			184	0	0	running	7690	106
20	34	Chet Fillip	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			184	0	0	running	7965	0
21	37	Dale Jarrett	18	Coats & Clark	Chevrolet	Freedlander			183	0	0	running	7210	100
22	25	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			183	1	2	running	6865	102
23	13	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		180	0	0	running	7445	94
24	38	Delma Cowart	0	Hilliard's Restaurant	Chevrolet	H.L. Waters			180	0	0	running	3130	0
25	35	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			177	0	0	running	3120	88
26	39	Steve Christman	62	AC Spark Plugs	Pontiac	Winkle			176	0	0	running	2955	85
27	24	Dave Pletcher	01	Ernie Haire	Ford	J.C. Weaver			145	0	0	accident	2885	82
28	40	Jerry Holden	48	Hylton Racing	Chevrolet	Hylton			133	0	0	engine	2850	0
29	15	Phil Parsons	55	Skoal Classic	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			132	0	0	engine	2765	76
30	19	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		131	0	0	engine	11905	73
31	29	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		124	0	0	engine	5690	70
32	17	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		116	0	0	running	6110	67
33	30	Mark Stahl	82	Auto Bell Car Washes	Ford	Stahl			115	0	0	engine	2525	64
34	33	Jeff Swindell	12	ATPSI/Gussin Special	Chevrolet	Hamby			102	0	0	fatigue	5230	61
35	18	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			91	1	1	handling	2505	63
36	36	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Chevrolet	Means			60	0	0	engine	5120	55
37	28	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		47	0	0	engine	5040	52
38	23	Brett Bodine	1	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		32	0	0	accident	2240	49
39	6	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		10	0	0	engine	4180	46
40	20	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			2	0	0	engine	9115	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	2824	17	1	8	13	15
2	Bill Elliott	2394	17	6	2	9	11
3	Terry Labonte	2318	17	2	0	6	13
4	Neil Bonnett	2312	17	0	0	3	10
5	Kyle Petty	2254	17	0	1	5	9
6	Darrell Waltrip	2232	17	0	0	3	9
7	Ken Schrader	2198	17	1	0	1	10
8	Ricky Rudd	2154	17	0	1	5	7
9	Rusty Wallace	2130	17	1	0	4	10
10	Richard Petty	2067	17	0	0	4	7
11	Bobby Allison	1978	17	0	1	1	6
12	Phil Parsons	1921	17	0	0	1	4
13	Sterling Marlin	1903	17	0	0	1	3
14	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1873	17	0	0	1	2
15	Benny Parsons	1868	17	0	0	4	6
16	Geoff Bodine	1798	17	0	0	2	3
17	Dave Marcis	1793	17	0	0	1	4
18	Morgan Shepherd	1770	17	1	0	3	6
19	Alan Kulwicki	1769	17	1	0	3	4
20	Davey Allison	1697	13	2	2	6	7
21	Michael Waltrip	1658	17	0	0	0	1
22	Harry Gant	1618	17	1	0	0	3
23	Buddy Baker	1458	12	0	0	3	6
24	Jimmy Means	1387	16	0	0	0	0
25	Cale Yarborough	1042	10	0	0	2	4