1988 Busch 500

Race 20 of 29

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:22:59
Average speed of winner: 78.775 mph
Margin of victory: 1 car length
Lead changes: 22 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 83 laps
Lap leaders: Kulwicki 1, Martin 2-19, Earnhardt 20-34, G. Bodine 35-49, Gant 50-73, Mast 74-75, Labonte 76-92, Earnhardt 93-98, K. Petty 99-101, Martin 102-113, Rudd 114-123, Martin 124-130, Allison 131-147, K. Petty 148-209, D. Waltrip 210-211, Speed 212-251, Elliott 252-254, Speed 255-280, Earnhardt 281-356, D. Waltrip 357, Earnhardt 358-370, Kulwicki 371-390, Earnhardt 391-500

Race notes: Debut for Dave Mader III and Rick Mast. Bill Elliott took the points lead from Rusty Wallace.

Video links: Finish/Post-race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		500	5	220	running	48500	185
2	6	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		500	1	3	running	29150	175
3	3	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		499	1	15	running	17475	170
4	11	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Yates		499	1	17	running	16775	165
5	1	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews	116.893	499	2	21	running	16410	160
6	7	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		497	1	24	running	7525	155
7	4	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		497	2	3	running	9300	151
8	20	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		497	0	0	running	6300	142
9	17	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		493	0	0	running	10800	138
10	31	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers			492	0	0	running	9050	134
11	28	Rodney Combs	97	AC Spark Plugs	Buick	Winkle			489	0	0	running	2450	130
12	13	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			481	0	0	running	5350	127
13	22	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		479	2	65	running	7950	129
14	29	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		476	0	0	running	7850	121
15	21	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Pontiac	Ulrich			452	0	0	running	3450	118
16	19	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		451	1	10	engine	4850	120
17	12	Butch Miller	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Oldsmobile	Bob Clark			438	0	0	engine	3175	0
18	26	Mike Alexander	12	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		428	0	0	running	7525	109
19	23	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		417	0	0	overheating	4475	106
20	24	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		391	2	66	running	3425	108
21	9	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		388	0	0	running	6835	100
22	10	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		331	1	17	engine	7305	102
23	8	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		285	0	0	accident	2435	94
24	27	Dave Mader III	20	Bahre Racing	Pontiac	Bahre			271	0	0	engine	1565	91
25	16	Brett Bodine	15	Crisco	Ford	Moore	Moore		252	0	0	accident	8945	88
26	15	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough	Langley		207	0	0	accident	2325	85
27	2	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		207	3	37	accident	3480	87
28	25	Rick Mast	88	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			207	1	2	accident	3660	0
29	18	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			142	0	0	accident	3615	76
30	14	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator Filters	Ford	Testa			93	0	0	overheating	3550	73
31	32	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		54	0	0	engine	2950	70
32	30	Brad Noffsinger	98	Sunoco	Buick	Curb			1	0	0	accident	1700	67

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	3027	20	3	4	9	14
2	Rusty Wallace	3011	20	0	2	11	15
3	Dale Earnhardt	2901	20	0	3	9	13
4	Ken Schrader	2702	20	2	1	3	13
5	Terry Labonte	2654	20	1	1	7	10
6	Geoff Bodine	2640	20	2	1	7	11
7	Sterling Marlin	2544	20	0	0	4	10
8	Phil Parsons	2511	20	0	1	5	11
9	Darrell Waltrip	2504	20	2	1	6	9
10	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2369	20	0	0	1	4
11	Davey Allison	2366	20	2	1	8	11
12	Ricky Rudd	2350	20	2	1	4	5
13	Kyle Petty	2223	20	0	0	2	5
14	Mark Martin	2211	20	0	0	2	7
15	Lake Speed	2140	20	0	1	4	6
16	Alan Kulwicki	2140	20	3	0	4	6
17	Buddy Baker	2056	17	0	0	0	7
18	Richard Petty	2029	20	0	0	1	5
19	Michael Waltrip	2006	20	0	0	1	2
20	Rick Wilson	1987	19	1	0	2	5
21	Neil Bonnett	1983	18	0	2	3	4
22	Dale Jarrett	1974	20	0	0	0	1
23	Brett Bodine	1876	20	0	0	1	3
24	Dave Marcis	1854	20	0	0	0	1
25	Benny Parsons	1683	19	0	0	0	0