1987 Budweiser 500

Race 11 of 29

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:25:35
Average speed of winner: 112.958 mph
Margin of victory: 7 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 59 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-25, Schrader 26-63, Elliott 64-98, Marcis 99-123, B. Allison 124-137, Rudd 138, Earnhardt 139-152, D. Allison 153-162, B. Allison 163-227, D. Allison 228-250, B. Allison 251-315, D. Allison 316-345, B. Allison 346-348, D. Allison 349-362, D. Waltrip 363, D. Allison 364-394, Elliott 395, Earnhardt 396, D. Allison 397-500

Race notes: Debut for Curtis Markham, Larry Pollard, and Charlie Rudolph. Finale for Jerry Bowman and Gary Fedewa.

Video links: Second half

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Knuckles		500	6	212	running	46600	185
2	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	145.056	500	3	61	running	35575	175
3	13	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		499	0	0	running	25575	165
4	10	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		498	2	15	running	20775	165
5	9	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		498	0	0	running	18025	155
6	3	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		498	1	38	running	12880	155
7	8	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		496	1	1	running	7895	151
8	25	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			496	1	25	running	11575	147
9	12	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		494	0	0	running	8465	138
10	16	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			494	0	0	running	9280	134
11	22	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			492	0	0	running	3400	130
12	11	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		490	1	1	running	11300	132
13	37	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Pontiac	Means			487	0	0	running	6485	124
14	18	Brett Bodine	1	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		486	0	0	running	2400	121
15	17	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		485	0	0	accident	7275	118
16	31	Larry Pollard	12	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	Hamby			483	0	0	running	5615	0
17	19	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		481	0	0	running	10150	112
18	28	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			479	0	0	running	5305	109
19	36	Charlie Rudolph	04	Rudolph Racing	Chevrolet	Rudolph			462	0	0	running	2050	106
20	29	Rodney Combs	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			456	0	0	engine	5595	103
21	21	Michael Waltrip	30	Bahre Racing	Chevrolet	Bahari			415	0	0	engine	4725	100
22	26	Phil Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			389	0	0	accident	2400	97
23	38	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			373	0	0	engine	1850	94
24	14	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		370	0	0	running	8800	91
25	4	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		362	4	147	engine	10600	93
26	20	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			359	0	0	engine	8700	85
27	27	Gary Fedewa	80	Refrigerator Sales	Chevrolet	Harold Burke			355	0	0	engine	1650	82
28	7	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		316	0	0	engine	8600	79
29	6	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		289	0	0	engine	1540	76
30	5	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		196	0	0	engine	4275	73
31	30	Jerry Bowman	58	J.B. Racing	Ford	Bowman			161	0	0	electrical	1450	70
32	15	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		135	0	0	accident	4155	67
33	35	Mike Potter	81	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Fillip			132	0	0	accident	1350	64
34	33	D.K. Ulrich	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			91	0	0	accident	4035	61
35	23	Dale Jarrett	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			84	0	0	transmission	3200	58
36	24	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		69	0	0	accident	3175	55
37	34	Steve Christman	62	AC Spark Plugs	Pontiac	Winkle			59	0	0	engine	1175	52
38	32	Curtis Markham	37	Hanover Printing	Ford	Beahr			29	0	0	accident	1175	0
39	39	Ron Shephard	31	National Parts Peddler	Chevrolet	Shephard			22	0	0	engine	1150	46

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1823	11	1	6	9	9
2	Bill Elliott	1614	11	5	1	6	8
3	Terry Labonte	1568	11	0	0	5	9
4	Neil Bonnett	1556	11	0	0	2	7
5	Rusty Wallace	1467	11	0	0	3	7
6	Kyle Petty	1465	11	0	1	3	6
7	Darrell Waltrip	1458	11	0	0	1	6
8	Richard Petty	1435	11	0	0	4	5
9	Ken Schrader	1406	11	1	0	1	6
10	Ricky Rudd	1378	11	0	1	4	5
11	Phil Parsons	1316	11	0	0	1	4
12	Benny Parsons	1309	11	0	0	3	4
13	Morgan Shepherd	1293	11	1	0	2	5
14	Sterling Marlin	1214	11	0	0	1	2
15	Geoff Bodine	1212	11	0	0	2	2
16	Alan Kulwicki	1211	11	1	0	2	3
17	Bobby Allison	1210	11	0	0	0	3
18	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1193	11	0	0	1	1
19	Michael Waltrip	1155	11	0	0	0	1
20	Dave Marcis	1063	11	0	0	0	2
21	Harry Gant	1058	11	1	0	0	2
22	Jimmy Means	1007	11	0	0	0	0
23	Davey Allison	952	8	1	2	3	4
24	Eddie Bierschwale	864	9	0	0	0	0
25	Buddy Baker	725	7	0	0	1	2