1987 Goodwrench 500

Race 2 of 29

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:15:23
Average speed of winner: 117.556 mph
Margin of victory: 11 sec.
Lead changes: 26 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 55 laps
Lap leaders: D. Allison 1-29, Earnhardt 30-32, B. Parsons 33-53, Earnhardt 54-81, Schrader 82, Baker 83, Earnhardt 84-125, Speed 126, Earnhardt 127-152, Bonnett 153, Earnhardt 154-163, Bonnett 164, Earnhardt 165-178, Bonnett 179, Earnhardt 180-190, Bonnett 191-223, Bodine 224-225, Shepherd 226, Rudd 227-286, Shepherd 287, Earnhardt 288-311, Rudd 312, Earnhardt 313-318, Rudd 319-327, Earnhardt 328-408, Shepherd 409-418, Earnhardt 419-492

Race notes: First pole for Davey Allison. Debut for Jesse Samples, Jr. Only start for Patrick Latimer.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	14	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		492	11	319	running	53900	185
2	5	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		492	3	70	running	28135	175
3	6	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		492	4	36	running	17875	170
4	7	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		492	0	0	running	17405	160
5	16	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		491	3	12	running	12010	160
6	23	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		491	0	0	running	14160	150
7	8	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		490	0	0	running	5060	146
8	9	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		490	0	0	running	13510	142
9	1	Davey Allison	28	Ranier-Lundy	Ford	Ranier	Knuckles	146.989	490	1	29	running	8260	143
10	3	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		489	1	1	running	10035	139
11	21	Phil Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			488	0	0	running	5020	130
12	19	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		487	1	1	running	3820	132
13	17	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		487	0	0	running	10620	124
14	15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			486	0	0	running	10420	121
15	13	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		486	0	0	running	8175	118
16	20	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		482	0	0	running	7025	115
17	18	Michael Waltrip	30	Domino's Pizza	Chevrolet	Bahari			479	0	0	running	6755	112
18	32	Eddie Bierschwale	67	Pannill Knitting/TRW	Ford	Arrington			477	0	0	running	6445	109
19	12	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			476	0	0	running	5985	106
20	29	J.D. McDuffie	70	Winkle Motors	Pontiac	Winkle			474	0	0	running	3920	103
21	37	Charlie Baker	93	Baker Racing	Chevrolet	Patsy Salmon			463	0	0	running	2265	100
22	26	Jimmy Means	52	Turtle Wax/Car & Driver	Pontiac	Means			461	0	0	running	5395	97
23	35	Jerry Cranmer	64	Sunny King Honda	Ford	Langley			461	0	0	running	5160	94
24	30	Chet Fillip	81	Marshall Batteries	Ford	Fillip			441	0	0	running	2040	91
25	40	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		440	0	0	running	5840	88
26	41	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			435	0	0	running	4680	85
27	34	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	Wawak			418	0	0	running	1865	82
28	24	Cale Yarborough	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough			339	0	0	transmission	1815	79
29	11	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		335	0	0	engine	4495	76
30	25	Greg Sacks	50	Valvoline	Pontiac	Dingman Brothers			319	0	0	accident	1690	73
31	10	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			243	1	1	engine	1600	75
32	2	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		228	1	2	engine	8800	72
33	33	Mark Stahl	82	Auto Bell Car Washes	Ford	Stahl			127	0	0	overheating	1480	64
34	4	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		79	1	21	engine	10630	66
35	28	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			79	0	0	accident	4115	58
36	31	Ron Bouchard	1	Bull's Eye Barbeceue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		79	0	0	accident	1350	55
37	42	James Hylton	48	Fleet Service	Chevrolet	Hylton			79	0	0	accident	1325	52
38	22	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			78	0	0	accident	3300	49
39	36	David Sosebee	12	Sosebee Racing	Chevrolet	Hamby			69	0	0	accident	3275	46
40	38	Patrick Latimer	87	Baker Driving School	Chevrolet	Buck Baker			38	0	0	accident	1250	43
41	27	Jesse Samples, Jr.	34	AAC Racing	Chevrolet	Ken Allen			8	0	0	accident	1250	40
42	39	Jerry Holden	68	Altra-Dry	Chevrolet	Holden			8	0	0	engine	1250	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	345	2	0	1	2	2
2	Bill Elliott	345	2	1	1	2	2
3	Ricky Rudd	313	2	0	0	1	2
4	Neil Bonnett	302	2	0	0	1	1
5	Darrell Waltrip	293	2	0	0	0	2
6	Ken Schrader	290	2	0	0	0	2
7	Richard Petty	288	2	0	0	1	1
8	Morgan Shepherd	275	2	0	0	1	1
9	Bobby Allison	274	2	0	0	0	1
10	Phil Parsons	260	2	0	0	0	0
11	Terry Labonte	251	2	0	0	0	1
12	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	245	2	0	0	0	0
13	Benny Parsons	241	2	0	0	1	1
14	Buddy Baker	240	2	0	0	1	1
15	Davey Allison	225	2	1	0	0	1
16	Lake Speed	217	2	0	0	0	0
17	Cale Yarborough	213	2	0	0	0	1
18	Michael Waltrip	209	2	0	0	0	0
19	Alan Kulwicki	206	2	0	0	0	0
20	Geoff Bodine	198	2	0	0	0	0
21	J.D. McDuffie	191	2	0	0	0	0
22	Rusty Wallace	190	2	0	0	0	1
23	Jimmy Means	188	2	0	0	0	0
24	Sterling Marlin	184	2	0	0	0	0
25	Greg Sacks	176	2	0	0	0	0