1988 Budweiser 500

Race 11 of 29

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:12:41
Average speed of winner: 118.726 mph
Margin of victory: 21 sec.
Lead changes: 25 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 45 laps
Lap leaders: Kulwicki 1-7, Martin 8-26, Irvan 27, McDuffie 28, Shepherd 29-33, P. Parsons 34-47, Elliott 48-81, Martin 82, Means 83-84, B. Bodine 85-99, Elliott 100-109, Shepherd 110-111, Means 112-113, Shepherd 114-115, Elliott 116-149, Shepherd 150-204, D. Allison 205-206, Wallace 207-257, Shepherd 258-296, D. Allison 297-326, Elliott 327, D. Allison 328-365, Elliott 366-450, D. Allison 451-454, Shepherd 455-461, Elliott 462-500

Race notes: Debut for Dana Patten. Finale for Joe Booher. Only start for Jay Sommers.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	17	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		500	6	203	running	53000	185
2	12	Morgan Shepherd	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		500	6	110	running	29300	175
3	11	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		500	1	51	running	26350	170
4	21	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		499	0	0	running	13550	160
5	14	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Yates		499	4	74	running	20150	160
6	1	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews	146.681	499	1	7	running	16400	155
7	3	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		498	0	0	running	8225	146
8	4	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		498	0	0	running	9325	142
9	2	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		497	2	20	running	7075	143
10	10	Bobby Allison	12	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		497	0	0	running	13300	134
11	18	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			497	0	0	running	7525	130
12	16	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		497	0	0	running	10225	127
13	27	Buddy Baker	88	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			496	0	0	running	6275	124
14	30	Ken Bouchard	10	Whitcomb Racing	Ford	Whitcomb			496	0	0	running	5075	121
15	19	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		495	0	0	running	6275	118
16	9	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		495	0	0	running	13450	115
17	28	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers			495	0	0	running	5450	112
18	25	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator Filters	Ford	Testa			494	0	0	running	5600	109
19	20	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		493	0	0	running	5200	106
20	35	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough	Langley		492	0	0	running	3700	103
21	13	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		490	0	0	running	8250	100
22	24	Benny Parsons	90	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Donlavey			490	0	0	running	4900	97
23	22	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		490	0	0	running	9150	94
24	33	Brad Noffsinger	98	Sunoco	Buick	Curb			477	0	0	running	2100	91
25	39	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			476	1	1	running	2150	93
26	34	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Chevrolet	Ulrich			426	1	1	valve	2000	90
27	32	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			425	2	4	running	3950	87
28	37	Dana Patten	96	U.S. Chrome	Buick	Patten			413	0	0	engine	1900	79
29	29	Rodney Combs	97	AC Spark Plugs	Buick	Winkle			406	0	0	engine	1850	76
30	15	Joe Ruttman	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Oldsmobile	Bob Clark			391	0	0	oil pump	2475	73
31	5	Brett Bodine	15	Crisco	Ford	Moore	Moore		391	1	15	engine	10350	75
32	8	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			362	0	0	accident	5100	67
33	26	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		357	0	0	engine	8650	64
34	40	Jimmy Horton	80	S&H Racing	Ford	George Smith			314	0	0	wheel bearing	1600	61
35	6	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		297	0	0	engine	8550	58
36	23	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		295	0	0	engine	4150	55
37	36	Jay Sommers	78	Doe & Associates	Chevrolet	Doe and Associates			280	0	0	overheating	1510	52
38	38	Joe Booher	41	Everide Radiator	Chevrolet	Booher			272	0	0	accident	1495	49
39	7	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		209	1	14	valve	4020	51
40	31	Eddie Bierschwale	23	Wayne Paging	Oldsmobile	Bierschwale			15	0	0	valve	1400	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1621	11	0	2	4	7
2	Rusty Wallace	1605	11	0	0	5	8
3	Bill Elliott	1571	11	1	2	3	6
4	Sterling Marlin	1539	11	0	0	4	7
5	Terry Labonte	1527	11	1	1	5	7
6	Bobby Allison	1511	11	0	1	3	6
7	Ken Schrader	1428	11	2	0	1	7
8	Geoff Bodine	1413	11	1	0	2	5
9	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1387	11	0	0	1	3
10	Darrell Waltrip	1358	11	0	1	4	4
11	Davey Allison	1356	11	2	0	4	7
12	Phil Parsons	1314	11	0	1	2	6
13	Alan Kulwicki	1297	11	1	0	3	4
14	Buddy Baker	1287	11	0	0	0	4
15	Neil Bonnett	1286	11	0	2	3	3
16	Ricky Rudd	1283	11	1	0	2	3
17	Kyle Petty	1261	11	0	0	2	4
18	Lake Speed	1236	11	0	1	3	4
19	Mark Martin	1142	11	0	0	1	3
20	Brett Bodine	1142	11	0	0	1	2
21	Richard Petty	1111	11	0	0	1	3
22	Dale Jarrett	1094	11	0	0	0	0
23	Benny Parsons	1078	11	0	0	0	0
24	Dave Marcis	1057	11	0	0	0	1
25	Michael Waltrip	1022	11	0	0	0	0