1987 Delaware 500

Race 23 of 29

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:00:34
Average speed of winner: 124.706 mph
Margin of victory: 2 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 31 laps
Lap leaders: Kulwicki pole, D. Allison 1-22, Kulwicki 23-47, Elliott 48, Rudd 49-132, Earnhardt 133-135, Labonte 136-140, D. Allison 141-144, Rudd 145-150, Labonte 151-183, Rudd 184-284, Earnhardt 285-287, Rudd 288-289, D. Allison 290, Earnhardt 291-302, Rudd 303-379, D. Allison 380-391, Rudd 392-465, Marlin 466-471, Rudd 472-500

Race notes: Debut for Mark Gibson and Rick Jeffrey. Finale for Rick Knoop. Only start for Larry Caudill and D. Wayne Strout.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		500	7	373	running	54550	185
2	2	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Knuckles		500	4	39	running	25875	175
3	19	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		500	0	0	running	21335	165
4	9	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		500	1	1	running	19375	165
5	11	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			500	1	6	running	17620	160
6	6	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		498	0	0	running	13175	150
7	12	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		498	0	0	running	12440	146
8	14	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			498	0	0	running	5900	142
9	26	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		496	0	0	running	8575	138
10	23	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		495	0	0	running	7390	134
11	5	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		495	0	0	running	7355	130
12	20	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		495	0	0	running	10900	127
13	15	Brett Bodine	1	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		493	0	0	running	2650	124
14	1	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle	145.826	493	1	25	running	10735	126
15	27	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			490	0	0	running	6275	118
16	18	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		489	0	0	running	11400	115
17	30	Steve Christman	62	AC Spark Plugs	Pontiac	Winkle			487	0	0	running	2650	112
18	40	Michael Waltrip	30	All Pro Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Bahari			486	0	0	running	5515	109
19	31	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			479	0	0	running	5255	106
20	36	Rick Knoop	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			470	0	0	running	5595	0
21	33	Larry Caudill	12	Templeton	Oldsmobile	Hamby			470	0	0	running	4725	0
22	16	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			468	0	0	running	4665	97
23	8	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		403	0	0	running	8850	94
24	29	Rick Jeffrey	82	Daugherty Ent.	Chevrolet	Daugherty			391	0	0	clutch	1800	91
25	7	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		381	0	0	engine	4605	88
26	37	D. Wayne Strout	97	Enginetech	Oldsmobile	Strout			381	0	0	fatigue	1700	85
27	4	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		356	0	0	distributor	1650	82
28	38	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			335	0	0	engine	1600	79
29	21	Phil Parsons	55	Skoal Classic	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			328	0	0	running	1550	76
30	34	David Simko	51	Metro Car Care Center	Chevrolet	Simko			308	0	0	clutch	1500	73
31	22	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		304	3	18	engine	12700	75
32	3	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		295	2	38	accident	11050	72
33	24	Trevor Boys	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			281	0	0	engine	4085	0
34	32	Mark Gibson	98	Tri-Sack Racing	Pontiac	Mark Gibson			204	0	0	rear axle	1300	61
35	28	Mike Potter	81	Fillip Racing	Ford	Fillip			185	0	0	exhaust	1200	58
36	39	Cale Yarborough	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough			117	0	0	engine	1175	55
37	35	Eddie Bierschwale	80	S&H Racing	Chevrolet	George Smith			65	0	0	engine	1175	52
38	17	Dale Jarrett	18	Coats & Clark	Chevrolet	Freedlander			45	0	0	engine	3175	49
39	25	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			45	0	0	accident	8150	46
40	10	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		20	0	0	engine	3150	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	3781	23	1	11	17	20
2	Bill Elliott	3263	23	6	3	12	16
3	Terry Labonte	3091	23	4	0	9	17
4	Rusty Wallace	3069	23	1	1	8	14
5	Ricky Rudd	3063	23	0	2	9	12
6	Darrell Waltrip	3032	23	0	0	4	12
7	Neil Bonnett	3007	23	0	0	4	14
8	Richard Petty	2946	23	0	0	7	11
9	Kyle Petty	2866	23	0	1	5	9
10	Ken Schrader	2788	23	1	0	1	10
11	Bobby Allison	2722	23	0	1	1	9
12	Geoff Bodine	2619	23	0	0	2	7
13	Sterling Marlin	2608	23	0	0	3	5
14	Phil Parsons	2605	23	0	0	1	5
15	Benny Parsons	2522	23	0	0	5	7
16	Dave Marcis	2504	23	0	0	2	6
17	Alan Kulwicki	2472	23	3	0	3	6
18	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2463	23	0	0	1	3
19	Morgan Shepherd	2382	23	1	0	4	8
20	Michael Waltrip	2318	23	0	0	0	1
21	Davey Allison	2225	17	4	2	8	9
22	Harry Gant	2176	23	1	0	0	4
23	Jimmy Means	2006	22	0	0	0	1
24	Buddy Baker	1978	16	0	0	3	8
25	Rick Wilson	1454	16	0	0	0	1