1988 Delaware 500

Race 23 of 29

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:34:21
Average speed of winner: 109.349 mph
Margin of victory: 1.48 sec.
Lead changes: 22 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 84 laps
Lap leaders: Martin pole, Elliott 1-36, Marcis 37-42, Elliott 43-74, Bouchard 75, Marcis 76, B. Bodine 77-113, Bouchard 114-115, Elliott 116-148, Bouchard 149, Elliott 150-355, Earnhardt 356-364, Elliott 365-373, P. Parsons 374, Elliott 375-377, Earnhardt 378-409, Elliott 410, Earnhardt 411-416, Marlin 417-421, Earnhardt 422-424, Elliott 425-465, G. Bodine 466-469, Elliott 470-500

Race notes: Finale for Dana Patten.

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		500	9	392	running	56400	185
2	12	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		500	4	50	running	37450	175
3	5	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		500	0	0	running	26200	165
4	10	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Yates		500	0	0	running	21600	160
5	6	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		500	1	4	running	16250	160
6	13	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		499	0	0	running	14700	150
7	21	Mike Alexander	12	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		499	0	0	running	13375	146
8	28	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		499	0	0	running	12325	142
9	14	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		498	0	0	running	7375	138
10	19	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		497	0	0	running	10650	134
11	23	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		497	0	0	running	7825	130
12	11	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		497	0	0	running	9225	127
13	35	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Chevrolet	Ulrich			496	0	0	running	5625	124
14	16	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		494	1	1	running	6525	126
15	39	Chad Little	19	Coors Extra Gold	Ford	Razore			494	0	0	running	3175	118
16	24	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			493	2	7	running	6100	120
17	7	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		492	0	0	running	9450	112
18	25	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		491	0	0	running	9400	109
19	30	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			481	0	0	running	4350	106
20	40	Jimmy Horton	80	S&H Racing	Ford	George Smith			478	0	0	running	2950	103
21	18	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers			477	0	0	running	5550	100
22	4	Brett Bodine	15	Crisco	Ford	Moore	Moore		465	1	37	running	10800	102
23	15	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			458	1	5	engine	5750	99
24	20	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		421	0	0	engine	3100	91
25	33	Ken Bouchard	10	Whitcomb Racing	Ford	Whitcomb			409	3	4	accident	3350	93
26	26	Eddie Bierschwale	23	Wayne Paging	Oldsmobile	Bierschwale			391	0	0	accident	2000	85
27	27	Benny Parsons	90	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Donlavey			383	0	0	clutch	4800	82
28	17	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough	Langley		377	0	0	accident	3400	79
29	8	Morgan Shepherd	88	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			371	0	0	engine	4550	76
30	36	Brad Teague	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			340	0	0	engine	3800	0
31	2	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		326	0	0	accident	4825	70
32	34	Jim Sauter	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Oldsmobile	Bob Clark			281	0	0	engine	2350	67
33	38	Dana Patten	96	U.S. Chrome	Buick	Patten			259	0	0	accident	1650	64
34	37	Brad Noffsinger	98	Sunoco	Buick	Curb			182	0	0	engine	1600	61
35	9	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		180	0	0	accident	7700	58
36	32	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator Filters	Ford	Testa			111	0	0	accident	1475	55
37	29	Randy LaJoie	74	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	Wawak			89	0	0	engine	1460	0
38	22	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		72	0	0	engine	4070	49
39	1	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton	148.075	35	0	0	accident	7520	46
40	31	Rodney Combs	97	GM Tech Team	Buick	Winkle			16	0	0	piston	1400	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	3548	23	4	6	11	17
2	Dale Earnhardt	3421	23	0	3	12	16
3	Rusty Wallace	3409	23	0	2	13	17
4	Terry Labonte	3075	23	1	1	8	12
5	Geoff Bodine	3048	23	2	1	8	13
6	Ken Schrader	2999	23	2	1	3	13
7	Darrell Waltrip	2923	23	2	1	7	11
8	Sterling Marlin	2918	23	0	0	5	11
9	Phil Parsons	2878	23	0	1	5	12
10	Davey Allison	2854	23	3	2	10	14
11	Ricky Rudd	2713	23	2	1	4	7
12	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2663	23	0	0	1	4
13	Kyle Petty	2607	23	0	0	2	7
14	Mark Martin	2523	23	1	0	3	8
15	Alan Kulwicki	2483	23	3	0	5	7
16	Lake Speed	2460	23	0	1	4	7
17	Neil Bonnett	2378	21	0	2	3	6
18	Michael Waltrip	2348	23	0	0	1	2
19	Dale Jarrett	2232	23	0	0	0	1
20	Brett Bodine	2225	23	0	0	1	3
21	Dave Marcis	2205	23	0	0	0	2
22	Richard Petty	2203	23	0	0	1	5
23	Rick Wilson	2191	22	1	0	2	5
24	Buddy Baker	2056	17	0	0	0	7
25	Benny Parsons	1997	22	0	0	0	0