1987 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

Race 4 of 29

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:44:02
Average speed of winner: 133.689 mph
Margin of victory: 0.41 sec.
Lead changes: 32 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 51 laps
Lap leaders: Earnhardt 1-39, Elliott 40, Earnhardt 41-64, Elliott 65, Wallace 66-71, Earnhardt 72-87, Elliott 88, B. Allison 89-90, Schrader 91-98, Elliott 99-114, Earnhardt 115-147, Elliott 148, Schrader 149-157, Yarborough 158-162, Earnhardt 163-207, Elliott 208-209, B. Parsons 210-215, Schrader 216-220, Earnhardt 221, Yarborough 222, R. Petty 223, Earnhardt 224-234, B. Parsons 235-240, Earnhardt 241-263, Yarborough 264, Wallace 265-276, Earnhardt 277-280, Wallace 281-286, B. Parsons 287-315, Wallace 316-317, Labonte 318-319, B. Parsons 320-321, Rudd 322-328

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		328	1	7	running	62400	180
2	10	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		328	4	43	running	36125	175
3	7	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		328	4	26	running	25950	170
4	9	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		328	1	2	running	20825	165
5	8	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Knuckles		327	0	0	running	18550	155
6	21	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		327	0	0	running	9900	150
7	26	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		327	0	0	running	11205	146
8	3	Cale Yarborough	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough			327	3	7	running	5650	147
9	25	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		327	0	0	running	9320	138
10	29	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		326	0	0	running	9750	134
11	27	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		326	0	0	running	8470	130
12	32	Ron Bouchard	1	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		325	0	0	running	3500	127
13	22	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			325	0	0	running	9945	124
14	17	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		325	1	1	running	7215	126
15	14	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		323	0	0	running	11480	118
16	1	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine	175.497	322	9	196	running	19520	125
17	30	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			322	0	0	running	8745	112
18	34	H.B. Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			321	0	0	running	4550	109
19	15	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		320	1	2	running	9690	111
20	24	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			319	0	0	running	3070	103
21	31	David Sosebee	12	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Oldsmobile	Hamby			317	0	0	running	7610	100
22	35	Steve Christman	62	ACDelco	Pontiac	Winkle			314	0	0	running	3600	97
23	28	D.K. Ulrich	6	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			303	0	0	ball joint	6680	94
24	13	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			302	0	0	running	9180	91
25	40	Mike Potter	93	Potter Racing	Chevrolet	Patsy Salmon			291	0	0	running	2945	88
26	18	Ken Ragan	77	TRW	Ford	Ragan			281	0	0	ignition	2555	85
27	19	Phil Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			261	0	0	engine	1995	82
28	2	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		255	6	22	engine	10560	84
29	4	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		220	3	22	engine	5130	81
30	39	Mark Stahl	82	Auto Bell Car Washes	Ford	Stahl			208	0	0	running	1840	73
31	36	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			169	0	0	handling	4855	70
32	33	Jimmy Means	52	Turtle Wax/Car & Driver	Pontiac	Means			157	0	0	accident	4555	67
33	23	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		86	0	0	accident	5490	64
34	11	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		86	0	0	accident	4455	61
35	12	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		73	0	0	fuel	1680	58
36	37	Derrike Cope	19	Stoke Racing	Ford	Stoke			61	0	0	accident	1655	55
37	20	Greg Sacks	50	Valvoline	Pontiac	Dingman Brothers			53	0	0	engine	1635	52
38	5	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			36	0	0	engine	1615	49
39	16	Michael Waltrip	30	Domino's Pizza	Chevrolet	Bahari			33	0	0	transmission	4325	46
40	41	J.D. McDuffie	70	Winkle	Pontiac	McDuffie			16	0	0	engine	1510	43
41	38	Connie Saylor	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			3	0	0	engine	3510	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	655	4	1	2	3	3
2	Bill Elliott	594	4	1	1	3	3
3	Terry Labonte	576	4	0	0	2	3
4	Ricky Rudd	572	4	0	1	2	3
5	Darrell Waltrip	551	4	0	0	0	3
6	Benny Parsons	550	4	0	0	2	3
7	Neil Bonnett	545	4	0	0	1	2
8	Bobby Allison	528	4	0	0	0	2
9	Rusty Wallace	525	4	0	0	2	3
10	Richard Petty	508	4	0	0	1	1
11	Ken Schrader	495	4	0	0	0	2
12	Geoff Bodine	486	4	0	0	1	1
13	Morgan Shepherd	479	4	0	0	1	2
14	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	466	4	0	0	0	0
15	Phil Parsons	460	4	0	0	0	0
16	Kyle Petty	457	4	0	0	0	2
17	Alan Kulwicki	425	4	1	0	0	1
18	Sterling Marlin	413	4	0	0	0	0
19	Michael Waltrip	382	4	0	0	0	0
20	Davey Allison	380	4	1	0	1	2
21	Jimmy Means	376	4	0	0	0	0
22	Cale Yarborough	360	3	0	0	0	2
23	J.D. McDuffie	349	4	0	0	0	0
24	Dave Marcis	331	4	0	0	0	1
25	Harry Gant	300	4	0	0	0	0