1987 Champion Spark Plug 400

Race 19 of 29

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:53:06
Average speed of winner: 138.648 mph
Margin of victory: 0.76 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
Lap leaders: D. Allison 1-20, Earnhardt 21-35, D. Waltrip 36, Earnhardt 37-81, Wallace 82-84, Shepherd 85, Wallace 86-130, G. Bodine 131, R. Petty 132-133, Wallace 134-137, Elliott 138-150, D. Allison 151, B. Allison 152-162, R. Petty 163-188, Wallace 189-194, Earnhardt 195-197, Elliott 198-200

Race notes: Finale for Tim Richmond and Charlie Rudolph.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		200	2	16	running	52875	180
2	8	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		200	3	63	running	34325	180
3	15	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		200	1	1	running	20505	170
4	20	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		200	4	58	running	20650	165
5	1	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Knuckles	170.705	200	2	21	running	13500	160
6	2	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		200	0	0	running	15795	150
7	19	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		200	1	11	running	14290	151
8	31	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			200	0	0	running	8290	142
9	30	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		200	0	0	running	10310	138
10	22	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		200	1	1	running	13955	139
11	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		199	2	28	accident	9990	135
12	13	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		199	0	0	running	4845	127
13	16	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			199	0	0	running	11515	124
14	23	Phil Parsons	55	Skoal Classic	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			199	0	0	running	4185	121
15	21	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			199	0	0	running	8665	118
16	14	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		199	0	0	running	3645	115
17	7	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		199	1	1	running	5270	117
18	6	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		199	0	0	running	12425	109
19	40	Greg Sacks	50	Valvoline	Pontiac	Dingman Brothers			198	0	0	running	3015	106
20	28	Michael Waltrip	30	All Pro Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Bahari			198	0	0	running	7030	103
21	5	Brett Bodine	1	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		196	0	0	running	3420	100
22	35	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			195	0	0	running	2560	97
23	33	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			194	0	0	running	5865	94
24	17	Jim Sauter	89	Evinrude Outboards	Pontiac	Mueller Brothers			190	0	0	engine	2840	91
25	27	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		180	0	0	running	11485	88
26	12	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		179	0	0	engine	5360	85
27	18	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		165	0	0	engine	9100	82
28	34	David Simko	51	Metro 25 Car Care	Chevrolet	Simko			164	0	0	engine	2045	79
29	25	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		149	0	0	engine	1990	76
30	26	Ken Ragan	77	TRW	Ford	Ragan			146	0	0	accident	1930	73
31	24	Rodney Combs	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			146	0	0	engine	4935	70
32	39	Bobby Wawak	74	Nelson Contracting	Chevrolet	Wawak			137	0	0	oil leak	1845	67
33	9	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		129	0	0	water pump	10600	64
34	4	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		89	0	0	engine	4630	61
35	29	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			77	0	0	engine	4465	58
36	38	Charlie Rudolph	04	Sunoco	Chevrolet	Rudolph			68	0	0	transmission	1680	55
37	36	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Chevrolet	Means			65	0	0	engine	4430	52
38	10	Derrike Cope	19	Stoke Racing	Ford	Stoke			43	0	0	engine	1670	49
39	37	Dale Jarrett	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			25	0	0	engine	4400	46
40	32	Cale Yarborough	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough			22	0	0	engine	1660	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	3151	19	1	8	14	17
2	Bill Elliott	2653	19	6	3	10	12
3	Terry Labonte	2552	19	3	0	7	14
4	Neil Bonnett	2507	19	0	0	3	11
5	Rusty Wallace	2480	19	1	1	6	12
6	Darrell Waltrip	2479	19	0	0	3	9
7	Kyle Petty	2463	19	0	1	5	9
8	Ricky Rudd	2402	19	0	1	6	8
9	Ken Schrader	2341	19	1	0	1	10
10	Richard Petty	2323	19	0	0	4	7
11	Bobby Allison	2267	19	0	1	1	8
12	Phil Parsons	2188	19	0	0	1	5
13	Benny Parsons	2132	19	0	0	5	7
14	Sterling Marlin	2088	19	0	0	1	3
15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2073	19	0	0	1	2
16	Alan Kulwicki	2069	19	1	0	3	6
17	Geoff Bodine	2060	19	0	0	2	4
18	Morgan Shepherd	2037	19	1	0	4	7
19	Dave Marcis	2016	19	0	0	2	5
20	Davey Allison	1969	15	3	2	7	8
21	Michael Waltrip	1876	19	0	0	0	1
22	Harry Gant	1812	19	1	0	0	3
23	Buddy Baker	1724	14	0	0	3	7
24	Jimmy Means	1545	18	0	0	0	0
25	Rick Wilson	1147	13	0	0	0	0