1987 Winston Western 500

Race 28 of 29

Riverside
119 laps
Time of race: 3:10:49
Average speed of winner: 98.035 mph
Margin of victory: 1.16 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 21 laps
Lap leaders: Bodine 1-8, Follmer 9-16, D. Waltrip 17, Rudd 18-21, Bodine 22-38, Rudd 39, Labonte 40, Bodine 41-72, Earnhardt 73, Bodine 74-108, Wallace 109-119

Race notes: Debut for Rick Hendrick, Irv Hoerr, and Tommy Kendall. Finale for George Follmer, Harry Goularte, Jim Robinson, and Glenn Steurer.

Video links: Intro, First appearance of black #3, Start, Pit road accident, Earnhardt/Bodine battle, Death of a racetrack, Bodine blows tire, Finish, Post-race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		119	1	11	running	47725	180
2	10	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		119	0	0	running	28700	170
3	5	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		119	0	0	running	21125	165
4	16	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		119	0	0	running	13780	160
5	11	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		119	0	0	running	14575	155
6	27	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		119	1	1	running	6745	155
7	23	Joe Ruttman	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		119	0	0	running	8025	0
8	4	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		119	1	1	running	12400	147
9	22	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			119	0	0	running	9415	138
10	1	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson	117.934	119	4	92	running	18275	144
11	7	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		119	0	0	running	8655	130
12	13	Jim Robinson	78	Hammer	Oldsmobile	Lois Williams			118	0	0	running	4785	127
13	37	Phil Parsons	55	Skoal	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			118	0	0	running	2350	124
14	25	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Knuckles		118	0	0	running	3000	121
15	36	Chad Little	95	Coors	Ford	George Jefferson			117	0	0	running	4775	118
16	24	George Follmer	29	Budget Rent-A-Car	Chevrolet	Midgley			117	1	8	running	2005	120
17	39	Dale Jarrett	18	Coats & Clark	Chevrolet	Freedlander			116	0	0	running	5370	112
18	19	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		116	0	0	running	1905	109
19	34	Ernie Irvan	6	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	Ulrich			116	0	0	running	5060	106
20	12	Derrike Cope	93	Wholesale	Chevrolet	Stoke			114	0	0	running	2355	103
21	41	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			114	0	0	running	4800	100
22	18	Irv Hoerr	88	Bull Frog Knits	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			114	0	0	running	1705	0
23	6	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		114	0	0	running	10255	94
24	17	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			112	0	0	running	4380	91
25	26	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		110	0	0	running	4920	88
26	9	Michael Waltrip	30	All Pro	Chevrolet	Bahari			109	0	0	running	4180	85
27	40	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			108	0	0	running	4110	82
28	14	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		106	0	0	engine	3325	79
29	38	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		102	0	0	clutch	3275	76
30	8	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		93	1	1	engine	11975	78
31	2	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		90	2	5	engine	9600	75
32	33	Harry Goularte	14	Associated Concrete	Chevrolet	Goularte			79	0	0	suspension	1675	67
33	21	Rick Hendrick	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		75	0	0	transmission	1150	0
34	15	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			63	0	0	engine	8125	61
35	29	Rick McCray	64	King's Plaza	Chevrolet	Langley			63	0	0	suspension	3100	58
36	35	Bill Schmitt	73	Center	Chevrolet	Schmitt			36	0	0	clutch	1500	55
37	30	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Maggiacomo Racing	Chevrolet	Maggiacomo			26	0	0	transmission	975	52
38	31	Tommy Kendall	76	Spears	Buick	Spears			26	0	0	oil pressure	950	0
39	42	Ruben Garcia	32	Minit Mart	Chevrolet	Stoke			24	0	0	engine	1425	46
40	20	Roy Smith	79	Western Peterbilt	Ford	Razore			23	0	0	overheating	1425	43
41	28	Glen Steurer	1	Stick Only	Chevrolet	Steurer			19	0	0	suspension	925	0
42	32	Hershel McGriff	04	U.S. Bank	Pontiac	Gary Smith			7	0	0	engine	2525	42

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	4521	28	1	11	20	23
2	Bill Elliott	4022	28	7	5	15	19
3	Terry Labonte	3923	28	4	1	13	22
4	Darrell Waltrip	3802	28	0	1	6	16
5	Rusty Wallace	3691	28	1	2	9	16
6	Richard Petty	3635	28	0	0	9	14
7	Kyle Petty	3613	28	0	1	6	14
8	Ricky Rudd	3572	28	0	2	9	12
9	Bobby Allison	3365	28	1	1	3	12
10	Neil Bonnett	3352	26	0	0	5	15
11	Ken Schrader	3342	28	1	0	1	10
12	Geoff Bodine	3253	28	2	0	3	10
13	Sterling Marlin	3248	28	0	0	4	7
14	Phil Parsons	3185	28	0	0	1	6
15	Alan Kulwicki	3088	28	3	0	3	8
16	Benny Parsons	3064	28	0	0	6	8
17	Morgan Shepherd	3053	28	1	0	7	11
18	Dave Marcis	3013	28	0	0	2	7
19	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2906	28	0	0	1	4
20	Michael Waltrip	2791	28	0	0	0	1
21	Harry Gant	2634	28	1	0	0	4
22	Davey Allison	2579	21	5	2	8	9
23	Jimmy Means	2407	27	0	0	0	1
24	Buddy Baker	2239	19	0	0	3	9
25	Buddy Arrington	1906	19	0	0	0	0