1987 Atlanta Journal 500

Race 29 of 29

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:35:25
Average speed of winner: 139.047 mph
Margin of victory: 12.94 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 33 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-33, Schrader 34, D. Waltrip 35, Earnhardt 36-85, Rudd 86-104, Elliott 105-156, Sacks 157, Earnhardt 158-215, Elliott 216, D. Allison 217-219, B. Parsons 220-221, Earnhardt 222-246, Elliott 247-328

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	174.341	328	4	168	running	74200	185
2	2	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		328	3	133	running	35350	175
3	14	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		328	1	19	running	22585	170
4	15	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		328	0	0	running	16725	160
5	5	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Knuckles		327	1	3	running	9985	160
6	13	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		327	0	0	running	14110	150
7	11	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		327	1	2	running	14440	151
8	20	Phil Parsons	55	Skoal Classic	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			327	0	0	running	5675	142
9	22	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			327	0	0	running	8605	138
10	18	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			327	0	0	running	5080	134
11	31	Joe Ruttman	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		327	0	0	running	7375	0
12	16	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		326	0	0	running	10965	127
13	29	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		326	0	0	running	9835	124
14	41	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			325	0	0	running	9700	121
15	28	Brett Bodine	1	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		324	0	0	running	2925	118
16	19	Hut Stricklin	76	Jaehne Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Jaehne			322	0	0	running	2460	115
17	24	Brad Teague	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Oldsmobile	Bob Clark			320	0	0	running	2345	112
18	21	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		317	1	1	running	6300	114
19	37	H.B. Bailey	36	National Motors	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			316	0	0	running	2120	106
20	38	Randy Baker	87	Sony Magnetic Products	Chevrolet	Buck Baker			315	0	0	running	2560	103
21	36	Mark Stahl	82	Auto Bell Car Washes	Ford	Stahl			311	0	0	running	1925	100
22	42	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			311	0	0	running	5795	97
23	23	Ken Ragan	77	Southlake	Ford	Ragan			281	0	0	wheel bearing	1755	94
24	4	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		280	0	0	engine	5505	91
25	32	Larry Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Pearson			268	0	0	accident	1605	88
26	10	Greg Sacks	50	Valvoline	Pontiac	Dingman Brothers			220	1	1	oil pan	1575	90
27	8	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		219	0	0	accident	1525	82
28	12	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		203	0	0	flywheel	10295	79
29	35	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			171	0	0	vibration	5140	76
30	30	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		154	0	0	accident	5600	73
31	17	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		154	0	0	accident	8410	70
32	25	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			150	0	0	crankshaft	4585	67
33	40	Charlie Baker	93	Axiom	Chevrolet	McDuffie			147	0	0	accident	1350	64
34	34	Curtis Markham	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			126	0	0	engine	4375	0
35	9	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		110	1	1	engine	4090	63
36	33	Dale Jarrett	18	Coats & Clark	Chevrolet	Freedlander			84	0	0	clutch	4065	55
37	27	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			76	0	0	handling	1285	52
38	26	Michael Waltrip	30	All Pro Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Bahari			75	0	0	engine	4025	49
39	7	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		49	0	0	engine	3990	46
40	6	Cale Yarborough	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough			32	0	0	accident	1235	43
41	3	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		32	0	0	accident	1235	40
42	39	Ed Pimm	98	Sunoco	Buick	Curb			30	0	0	accident	1235	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	4696	29	1	11	21	24
2	Bill Elliott	4207	29	8	6	16	20
3	Terry Labonte	4002	29	4	1	13	22
4	Darrell Waltrip	3916	29	0	1	6	16
5	Rusty Wallace	3818	29	1	2	9	16
6	Ricky Rudd	3742	29	0	2	10	13
7	Kyle Petty	3737	29	0	1	6	14
8	Richard Petty	3708	29	0	0	9	14
9	Bobby Allison	3525	29	1	1	4	13
10	Ken Schrader	3405	29	1	0	1	10
11	Sterling Marlin	3386	29	0	0	4	8
12	Neil Bonnett	3352	26	0	0	5	15
13	Phil Parsons	3327	29	0	0	1	7
14	Geoff Bodine	3323	29	2	0	3	10
15	Alan Kulwicki	3238	29	3	0	3	9
16	Benny Parsons	3215	29	0	0	6	9
17	Morgan Shepherd	3099	29	1	0	7	11
18	Dave Marcis	3080	29	0	0	2	7
19	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	3027	29	0	0	1	4
20	Michael Waltrip	2840	29	0	0	0	1
21	Davey Allison	2739	22	5	2	9	10
22	Harry Gant	2725	29	1	0	0	4
23	Jimmy Means	2483	28	0	0	0	1
24	Buddy Baker	2373	20	0	0	3	10
25	Buddy Arrington	2003	20	0	0	0	0