1987 Southern 500

Race 21 of 29

Darlington
202 laps
Time of race: 2:23:19
Average speed of winner: 115.520 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 13 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 50 laps
Lap leaders: D. Allison 1-58, Earnhardt 59-70, D. Allison 71-78, Earnhardt 79-113, B. Parsons 114-116, Earnhardt 117-131, D. Waltrip 132, Earnhardt 133-135, D. Allison 136-155, Earnhardt 156-164, Elliott 165, Earnhardt 166-188, R. Petty 189-190, Earnhardt 191-202

Race notes: Finale for Jonathan Lee Edwards.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		202	7	109	running	64650	185
2	16	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		202	0	0	running	33695	170
3	14	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		202	1	2	running	22530	170
4	24	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			202	0	0	running	18665	160
5	3	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		202	0	0	running	19945	155
6	17	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			202	0	0	running	14890	150
7	12	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		202	0	0	running	15055	146
8	2	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		202	1	1	running	15215	147
9	15	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		202	0	0	running	9555	138
10	7	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		202	1	1	running	6355	139
11	18	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		202	0	0	running	9765	130
12	22	Phil Parsons	55	Skoal Classic	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			202	0	0	running	4535	127
13	21	Cale Yarborough	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough			201	0	0	running	4375	124
14	26	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		200	0	0	running	11215	121
15	38	Dale Jarrett	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			200	0	0	running	9110	118
16	28	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			200	0	0	running	7750	115
17	20	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			199	0	0	distributor	3755	112
18	27	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		199	0	0	running	9310	109
19	19	Michael Waltrip	30	All Pro Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Bahari			198	0	0	running	7135	106
20	39	Brett Bodine	1	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		195	0	0	running	3855	103
21	37	Steve Christman	62	ACDelco	Pontiac	Winkle			195	0	0	running	3050	100
22	29	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Chevrolet	Means			195	0	0	running	6365	97
23	34	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	Wawak			194	0	0	running	2850	94
24	32	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			193	0	0	running	5960	91
25	31	Eddie Bierschwale	34	Allen's Glass	Chevrolet	Ken Allen			192	0	0	running	2760	88
26	11	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		185	0	0	engine	9570	85
27	25	Rodney Combs	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			185	0	0	running	5525	82
28	8	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		176	0	0	running	2385	79
29	1	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Knuckles	157.232	164	3	86	accident	6545	81
30	4	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		163	0	0	accident	2240	73
31	9	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		162	1	3	accident	12290	75
32	23	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		156	0	0	running	4805	67
33	35	Mike Potter	81	Fillip Racing	Ford	Fillip			153	0	0	accident	1975	64
34	40	Connie Saylor	6	Slender You Figure Salons	Oldsmobile	Ulrich			140	0	0	fatigue	4690	61
35	33	H.B. Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			133	0	0	fatigue	1855	58
36	30	Trevor Boys	12	Gorman's Esso	Oldsmobile	Hamby			126	0	0	accident	4560	0
37	36	Jonathan Lee Edwards	32	Edwards Racing	Chevrolet	Jonathan Lee Edwards			122	0	0	engine	1755	52
38	13	Greg Sacks	50	Valvoline	Pontiac	Dingman Brothers			96	0	0	engine	1705	49
39	10	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		85	0	0	clutch	4395	46
40	6	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		77	0	0	engine	4500	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	3521	21	1	10	16	19
2	Bill Elliott	2938	21	6	3	10	14
3	Terry Labonte	2872	21	4	0	9	16
4	Rusty Wallace	2825	21	1	1	8	14
5	Darrell Waltrip	2723	21	0	0	3	10
6	Ricky Rudd	2713	21	0	1	7	10
7	Neil Bonnett	2708	21	0	0	3	12
8	Kyle Petty	2663	21	0	1	5	9
9	Richard Petty	2653	21	0	0	6	9
10	Ken Schrader	2558	21	1	0	1	10
11	Bobby Allison	2449	21	0	1	1	8
12	Phil Parsons	2421	21	0	0	1	5
13	Sterling Marlin	2351	21	0	0	2	4
14	Geoff Bodine	2319	21	0	0	2	5
15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2299	21	0	0	1	3
16	Benny Parsons	2292	21	0	0	5	7
17	Morgan Shepherd	2266	21	1	0	4	8
18	Alan Kulwicki	2247	21	1	0	3	6
19	Dave Marcis	2240	21	0	0	2	5
20	Michael Waltrip	2103	21	0	0	0	1
21	Davey Allison	2050	16	4	2	7	8
22	Harry Gant	2000	21	1	0	0	4
23	Buddy Baker	1836	15	0	0	3	7
24	Jimmy Means	1766	20	0	0	0	0
25	Rick Wilson	1372	15	0	0	0	1