1987 Sovran Bank 500

Race 8 of 29

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:36:44
Average speed of winner: 72.808 mph
Margin of victory: 2.73 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 65 laps
Lap leaders: Shepherd 1-34, Gant 35-54, Earnhardt 55-80, D. Waltrip 81-125, Elliott 126, Earnhardt 127-159, Wallace 160-203, Elliott 204-255, Earnhardt 256-325, Elliott 326-338, Wallace 339-352, Earnhardt 353-362, Wallace 363-367, Bodine 368-483, Earnhardt 484-500

Race notes: Finale for Jerry Cranmer. Only start for Tony Spanos.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		500	5	156	running	50850	185
2	5	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		500	3	63	running	27325	175
3	7	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		500	1	116	running	20750	170
4	19	Phil Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			500	0	0	running	10275	160
5	2	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		498	0	0	running	16425	155
6	31	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		498	3	66	running	12950	155
7	20	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		498	0	0	running	8280	146
8	13	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		497	0	0	running	8850	142
9	9	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		496	0	0	running	6630	138
10	18	Michael Waltrip	30	Domino's Pizza	Chevrolet	Bahari			495	0	0	running	7285	134
11	16	Buddy Arrington	81	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Fillip			494	0	0	running	2370	130
12	6	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		493	0	0	running	6020	127
13	29	Derrike Cope	19	Stoke Racing	Chevrolet	Stoke			490	0	0	running	2720	124
14	26	Jimmy Means	52	Hots V Carolinas	Pontiac	Means			488	0	0	running	5450	121
15	22	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			452	0	0	running	7820	118
16	15	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		440	0	0	rear end	9050	115
17	1	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds	92.355	396	1	34	engine	9550	117
18	30	Tony Spanos	48	Hylton Racing	Chevrolet	Hylton			386	0	0	running	1555	0
19	21	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			378	0	0	running	4385	106
20	23	Jerry Cranmer	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			369	0	0	clutch	4850	103
21	11	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		360	1	45	engine	2200	105
22	10	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		347	0	0	timing chain	4375	97
23	12	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			333	0	0	rear end	4100	94
24	25	Eddie Bierschwale	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			269	0	0	engine	3485	91
25	24	Steve Christman	62	AC Spark Plugs	Pontiac	Winkle			264	0	0	running	1375	88
26	17	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		223	0	0	valve	9350	85
27	3	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		186	1	20	rear end	5405	87
28	8	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		185	0	0	oil line	4970	79
29	14	Dale Jarrett	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			113	0	0	engine	4135	0
30	28	Slick Johnson	12	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Oldsmobile	Hamby			87	0	0	timing chain	2660	73
31	27	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			21	0	0	engine	1160	70

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1390	8	1	6	7	7
2	Bill Elliott	1233	8	2	1	5	7
3	Neil Bonnett	1138	8	0	0	2	5
4	Richard Petty	1105	8	0	0	3	4
5	Ricky Rudd	1085	8	0	1	4	5
6	Terry Labonte	1078	8	0	0	3	6
7	Rusty Wallace	1061	8	0	0	3	5
8	Kyle Petty	1029	8	0	0	1	4
9	Ken Schrader	1028	8	1	0	1	4
10	Darrell Waltrip	1022	8	0	0	0	4
11	Phil Parsons	1007	8	0	0	1	3
12	Geoff Bodine	976	8	0	0	2	2
13	Bobby Allison	969	8	0	0	0	3
14	Alan Kulwicki	945	8	1	0	2	3
15	Benny Parsons	937	8	0	0	2	3
16	Morgan Shepherd	922	8	1	0	1	3
17	Sterling Marlin	892	8	0	0	1	1
18	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	892	8	0	0	0	0
19	Michael Waltrip	837	8	0	0	0	1
20	Harry Gant	818	8	1	0	0	2
21	Jimmy Means	701	8	0	0	0	0
22	Eddie Bierschwale	676	7	0	0	0	0
23	Dave Marcis	666	8	0	0	0	1
24	J.D. McDuffie	626	8	0	0	0	0
25	Jerry Cranmer	482	5	0	0	0	0