1988 First Union 400

Race 7 of 29

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:31:24
Average speed of winner: 99.075 mph
Margin of victory: 1.51 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 20 laps
Lap leaders: Labonte 1, Elliott 2-19, Labonte 20, Elliott 21, Labonte 22-68, Bonnett 69, Earnhardt 70-109, Labonte 110-158, Earnhardt 159-344, Labonte 345-346, Rudd 347-349, Earnhardt 350-388, Labonte 389-400

Video links: Most of race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer	117.322	400	6	112	running	48050	180
2	7	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		400	1	3	running	21025	175
3	10	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		400	3	265	running	22115	175
4	3	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		400	0	0	running	14650	160
5	6	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		400	0	0	running	12965	155
6	9	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		398	0	0	running	9560	150
7	12	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		398	0	0	running	6760	146
8	20	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Yates		398	0	0	running	10715	142
9	13	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		398	0	0	running	5610	138
10	2	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		397	2	19	running	12010	139
11	5	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		397	0	0	running	7280	130
12	15	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		397	0	0	running	5105	127
13	17	Brett Bodine	15	Crisco	Ford	Moore	Moore		397	0	0	running	9130	124
14	18	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		396	0	0	running	7475	121
15	16	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		396	0	0	running	5330	118
16	22	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			396	0	0	running	4580	115
17	11	Benny Parsons	90	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Donlavey			395	0	0	running	4455	112
18	31	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers			394	0	0	running	5380	109
19	8	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		394	1	1	running	8330	111
20	27	Bobby Allison	12	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		393	0	0	running	8805	103
21	21	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough	Yarborough		393	0	0	running	1510	100
22	24	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator Filters	Ford	Testa			392	0	0	running	3785	97
23	25	Rodney Combs	97	AC Spark Plugs	Buick	Winkle			391	0	0	running	2685	94
24	23	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Chevrolet	Ulrich			390	0	0	running	2860	91
25	19	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			388	0	0	running	3660	88
26	26	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		384	0	0	running	1485	85
27	32	Ken Bouchard	10	Whitcomb Racing	Ford	Whitcomb			384	0	0	running	1660	82
28	28	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		381	0	0	running	1985	79
29	4	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		327	0	0	running	1335	76
30	29	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			263	0	0	brakes	2760	73
31	30	Buddy Baker	88	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			130	0	0	rear end	2810	70
32	14	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		24	0	0	engine	4760	67

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1059	7	0	1	3	5
2	Rusty Wallace	1006	7	0	0	3	5
3	Bill Elliott	999	7	1	1	2	4
4	Sterling Marlin	992	7	0	0	3	5
5	Neil Bonnett	979	7	0	2	3	3
6	Bobby Allison	943	7	0	1	2	3
7	Terry Labonte	932	7	1	1	3	4
8	Geoff Bodine	882	7	1	0	1	3
9	Ken Schrader	879	7	2	0	0	4
10	Darrell Waltrip	872	7	0	0	2	2
11	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	860	7	0	0	0	2
12	Ricky Rudd	841	7	0	0	2	2
13	Kyle Petty	828	7	0	0	2	3
14	Davey Allison	820	7	0	0	2	4
15	Buddy Baker	816	7	0	0	0	3
16	Phil Parsons	798	7	0	0	1	3
17	Lake Speed	779	7	0	1	2	3
18	Alan Kulwicki	772	7	0	0	2	2
19	Mark Martin	726	7	0	0	1	2
20	Dave Marcis	715	7	0	0	0	1
21	Brett Bodine	714	7	0	0	0	1
22	Michael Waltrip	712	7	0	0	0	0
23	Richard Petty	700	7	0	0	1	3
24	Dale Jarrett	697	7	0	0	0	0
25	Benny Parsons	681	7	0	0	0	0