1987 Summer 500

Race 16 of 29

Pocono
200 laps
Time of race: 4:06:25
Average speed of winner: 121.745 mph
Margin of victory: 1 sec.
Lead changes: 35 among 15 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 46 laps
Lap leaders: Richmond 1, Elliott 2-21, Earnhardt 22-30, K. Petty 31-39, Baker 40, Marcis 41-42, Earnhardt 43, Richmond 44-51, Elliott 52, Bonnett 53, Marcis 54-57, Elliott 58-62, Labonte 63-73, B. Allison 74-80, Richmond 81-82, B. Allison 83, Richmond 84-86, Boys 87-88, Bonnett 89-91, B. Bodine 92-93, Earnhardt 94-98, Wallace 99-100, Boys 101-102, Rudd 103-106, Wallace 107-118, Earnhardt 119-128, Baker 129, Earnhardt 130-165, B. Parsons 166, Bonnett 167, Wallace 168-171, Earnhardt 172-173, Wallace 174-177, Earnhardt 178-197, Kulwicki 198, Earnhardt 199-200

Race notes: Last pole for Tim Richmond. Finale for Ron Shephard.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	16	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		200	8	85	running	55875	185
2	2	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		200	1	1	running	32880	175
3	13	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			200	2	2	running	18100	170
4	15	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		200	1	1	running	21445	165
5	6	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Knuckles		200	0	0	running	11650	155
6	10	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		200	1	11	running	15950	155
7	11	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		200	3	5	running	10420	151
8	22	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		199	0	0	running	9500	142
9	24	Dave Marcis	71	Helen Rae Special	Chevrolet	Marcis			199	2	6	running	8970	143
10	21	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		199	0	0	running	12065	134
11	33	Trevor Boys	12	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	Hamby			199	2	4	running	8050	0
12	28	Dale Jarrett	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			198	0	0	running	7670	127
13	35	Charlie Rudolph	04	Sunoco Motor Oil	Chevrolet	Rudolph			198	0	0	running	3775	124
14	14	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		197	4	22	running	12765	126
15	26	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			196	0	0	engine	10640	118
16	36	Rodney Combs	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			196	0	0	running	6590	115
17	31	Buddy Arrington	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			196	0	0	running	6275	112
18	40	Connie Saylor	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			194	0	0	running	6010	109
19	25	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		190	0	0	running	3605	106
20	5	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		185	1	9	running	10250	108
21	38	Ron Shephard	31	Hempstead Abstract	Chevrolet	Shephard			176	0	0	accident	2595	100
22	9	Brett Bodine	1	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		174	1	2	engine	2490	102
23	29	Steve Christman	62	AC Spark Plugs	Pontiac	Winkle			164	0	0	engine	2385	94
24	32	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Rosenblum Racing	Chevrolet	Linro			156	0	0	engine	2330	91
25	23	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			149	0	0	overheating	5140	88
26	8	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		142	1	4	engine	10620	90
27	17	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		130	2	8	engine	9165	87
28	37	Bobby Gerhart	85	Frederick	Chevrolet	Gerhart			126	0	0	engine	2110	79
29	1	Tim Richmond	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde	155.979	120	4	14	engine	5555	81
30	7	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		83	0	0	accident	4755	73
31	30	Derrike Cope	19	Stoke Racing	Chevrolet	Stoke			76	0	0	engine	1945	70
32	3	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		75	3	26	overheating	10985	72
33	39	Jimmy Horton	80	S&H Racing	Ford	George Smith			60	0	0	oil pressure	1810	64
34	12	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		50	0	0	steering	8755	61
35	27	Greg Sacks	50	Valvoline	Pontiac	Dingman Brothers			50	0	0	engine	1700	58
36	4	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		47	0	0	transmission	4380	55
37	19	Michael Waltrip	30	All Pro Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Bahari			37	0	0	accident	3615	52
38	34	Jimmy Means	52	Voyles Auto Salvage	Chevrolet	Means			17	0	0	oil leak	3585	49
39	18	Phil Parsons	55	Skoal Classic	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			16	0	0	engine	1555	46
40	20	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		11	0	0	engine	1525	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	2654	16	1	8	12	14
2	Neil Bonnett	2245	16	0	0	3	10
3	Bill Elliott	2214	16	5	1	8	10
4	Terry Labonte	2163	16	2	0	6	12
5	Kyle Petty	2111	16	0	1	5	8
6	Ken Schrader	2089	16	1	0	1	10
7	Darrell Waltrip	2072	16	0	0	2	8
8	Ricky Rudd	2036	16	0	1	5	7
9	Richard Petty	2015	16	0	0	4	7
10	Rusty Wallace	1983	16	1	0	4	9
11	Bobby Allison	1851	16	0	1	1	6
12	Phil Parsons	1845	16	0	0	1	4
13	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1830	16	0	0	1	2
14	Benny Parsons	1795	16	0	0	4	6
15	Sterling Marlin	1782	16	0	0	1	3
16	Morgan Shepherd	1724	16	1	0	3	6
17	Dave Marcis	1691	16	0	0	1	4
18	Alan Kulwicki	1675	16	1	0	3	4
19	Geoff Bodine	1674	16	0	0	2	3
20	Harry Gant	1548	16	1	0	0	3
21	Michael Waltrip	1546	16	0	0	0	1
22	Davey Allison	1517	12	2	2	5	6
23	Jimmy Means	1332	15	0	0	0	0
24	Buddy Baker	1324	11	0	0	3	5
25	Eddie Bierschwale	928	11	0	0	0	0