1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

Race 4 of 29

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:37:42
Average speed of winner: 137.588 mph
Margin of victory: 1.5 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 40 laps
Lap leaders: G. Bodine 1, Earnhardt 2-22, Marcis 23-25, Earnhardt 26-68, B. Parsons 69, Earnhardt 70-73, Bonnett 74, Earnhardt 75-86, B. Parsons 87-113, Earnhardt 114-141, Wallace 142-143, Earnhardt 144-200, B. Parsons 201-205, B. Allison 206-207, D. Waltrip 208-209, K. Petty 210, Labonte 211-212, Earnhardt 213-254, B. Parsons 255-265, Earnhardt 266-328

Race notes: Debut for Brad Noffsinger.

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	2	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		328	8	270	running	67950	185
2	4	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		328	1	2	running	37875	175
3	10	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		327	1	2	running	26150	170
4	13	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		327	1	2	running	19575	165
5	21	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		327	1	1	running	18750	160
6	22	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers			326	0	0	running	13300	150
7	18	Buddy Baker	88	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			326	0	0	running	13650	146
8	9	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		326	0	0	running	16950	142
9	5	Brett Bodine	15	Crisco	Ford	Moore	Moore		326	0	0	running	19675	138
10	32	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		325	0	0	running	11825	134
11	27	Bobby Allison	12	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		325	1	2	running	11020	135
12	16	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		322	0	0	running	10000	127
13	8	Benny Parsons	90	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Donlavey			322	4	44	running	8930	129
14	25	Brad Noffsinger	98	Sunoco	Buick	Curb			321	0	0	running	5310	0
15	33	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			320	1	3	running	7880	123
16	42	Ken Bouchard	10	Whitcomb Racing	Ford	Whitcomb			320	0	0	running	5520	115
17	23	Eddie Bierschwale	23	Wayne Paging	Oldsmobile	Bierschwale			319	0	0	running	4410	112
18	34	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Chevrolet	Ulrich			318	0	0	running	6100	109
19	3	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		312	0	0	accident	11940	106
20	11	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			311	0	0	running	7770	103
21	17	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		296	0	0	running	5985	100
22	31	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		289	1	1	running	9600	102
23	24	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		285	0	0	engine	5615	94
24	28	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		253	0	0	engine	5430	91
25	38	Jim Sauter	89	Evinrude	Pontiac	Mueller Brothers			238	0	0	cylinder head	2945	88
26	36	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator Filters	Ford	Testa			194	0	0	running	5255	85
27	26	Rodney Combs	97	AC Spark Plugs	Buick	Winkle			172	0	0	cylinder head	3095	0
28	29	David Sosebee	92	War Eagle Construction	Ford	Lucky Compton			165	0	0	clutch	2210	79
29	40	Dale Jarrett	99	Saylor Racing	Chevrolet	Ball			164	0	0	brakes	2175	76
30	20	Morgan Shepherd	47	Shepherd Racing	Buick	Shepherd			143	0	0	grease seal	2090	73
31	7	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		124	0	0	accident	2060	70
32	19	Cale Yarborough	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough	Champion		127	0	0	brakes	2030	67
33	1	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson	176.623	109	1	1	engine	8725	69
34	6	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			85	0	0	engine	2430	61
35	30	Ken Ragan	77	Marvin Ragan	Ford	Ragan			84	0	0	engine	1930	58
36	35	Brad Teague	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Oldsmobile	Bob Clark			80	0	0	accident	1905	55
37	15	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		71	0	0	accident	4585	52
38	14	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		49	0	0	cylinder head	1865	49
39	12	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		29	0	0	engine	4515	46
40	41	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Yates		29	0	0	accident	11160	43
41	37	H.B. Bailey	36	National Motors	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			12	0	0	oil leak	1760	40
42	39	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			3	0	0	engine	4410	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Neil Bonnett	632	4	0	2	3	3
2	Dale Earnhardt	628	4	0	1	2	4
3	Rusty Wallace	593	4	0	0	1	3
4	Sterling Marlin	575	4	0	0	2	3
5	Darrell Waltrip	561	4	0	0	2	2
6	Bobby Allison	547	4	0	1	1	1
7	Terry Labonte	543	4	0	0	2	3
8	Buddy Baker	537	4	0	0	0	2
9	Ken Schrader	534	4	1	0	0	3
10	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	516	4	0	0	0	2
11	Bill Elliott	515	4	1	0	0	1
12	Ricky Rudd	485	4	0	0	1	1
13	Kyle Petty	484	4	0	0	1	1
14	Lake Speed	436	4	0	0	1	2
15	Davey Allison	432	4	0	0	1	2
16	Dave Marcis	432	4	0	0	0	0
17	Geoff Bodine	423	4	1	0	0	0
18	Michael Waltrip	418	4	0	0	0	0
19	Phil Parsons	413	4	0	0	1	1
20	Dale Jarrett	391	4	0	0	0	0
21	Benny Parsons	384	4	0	0	0	0
22	Morgan Shepherd	381	4	1	0	0	1
23	Alan Kulwicki	373	4	0	0	1	1
24	Richard Petty	360	4	0	0	1	1
25	Brett Bodine	360	4	0	0	0	1