1987 TranSouth 500

Race 5 of 29

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:05:28
Average speed of winner: 122.540 mph
Margin of victory: 2.87 sec.
Lead changes: 27 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 71 laps
Lap leaders: Schrader pole, Earnhardt 1-23, Marcis 24, Rudd 25-36, Earnhardt 37-72, D. Waltrip 73, Earnhardt 74-136, B. Allison 137, Earnhardt 138-179, R. Petty 180, Schrader 181-185, Baker 186-217, Marlin 218, Bonnett 219-223, Earnhardt 224-237, Baker 238-239, Marlin 240-243, Baker 244-249, Schrader 250-257, Elliott 258-275, Schrader 276-280, Elliott 281-293, Earnhardt 294-295, Bonnett 296-297, Schrader 298, Earnhardt 299-356, Elliott 357-366, Earnhardt 367

Race notes: First pole for Ken Schrader.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		367	8	239	running	52985	185
2	3	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		367	3	41	running	31485	175
3	24	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		367	1	1	running	20450	170
4	16	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			367	2	5	running	17105	165
5	1	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	158.387	367	4	19	running	16650	160
6	13	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		367	2	7	running	10065	155
7	12	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		366	0	0	running	9295	146
8	25	Ron Bouchard	1	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		366	0	0	running	4810	142
9	15	Phil Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			366	0	0	running	4305	138
10	19	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		366	1	1	running	5180	139
11	7	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		364	0	0	running	10525	130
12	36	Slick Johnson	12	Hamby Automotive	Chevrolet	Hamby			363	0	0	running	7755	127
13	23	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		362	0	0	running	6815	124
14	34	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		361	0	0	running	7375	121
15	21	Cale Yarborough	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough			354	0	0	running	3715	118
16	28	Eddie Bierschwale	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			349	0	0	running	5800	115
17	35	H.B. Bailey	36	National Motors	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			348	0	0	running	2485	112
18	32	D.K. Ulrich	6	Metro Mobile	Chevrolet	Ulrich			347	0	0	running	5420	109
19	30	Michael Waltrip	30	Domino's Pizza	Chevrolet	Bahari			338	0	0	running	5040	106
20	6	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		322	0	0	overheating	10075	103
21	4	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		314	0	0	running	11275	100
22	18	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		312	0	0	running	4785	97
23	20	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			307	0	0	overheating	8900	94
24	33	Connie Saylor	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			291	0	0	running	4570	91
25	11	Buddy Baker	88	Crisco	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			259	3	40	handling	2585	93
26	27	Greg Sacks	50	Valvoline	Pontiac	Dingman Brothers			258	0	0	engine	1680	85
27	5	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Knuckles		214	0	0	accident	2375	82
28	8	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		214	1	1	accident	8580	84
29	37	Bobby Wawak	77	Morris/Ragan Racing	Chevrolet	Ragan			168	0	0	clutch	1535	76
30	10	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		144	1	12	accident	9885	78
31	9	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		144	0	0	accident	1445	70
32	14	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		143	0	0	accident	10200	67
33	17	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			131	1	1	steering	4100	69
34	22	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		118	0	0	head gasket	1330	61
35	40	Jonathan Lee Edwards	32	Share The Pride	Chevrolet	Jonathan Lee Edwards			104	0	0	fuel pump	1300	58
36	31	Jimmy Means	52	Turtle Wax/Car & Driver	Pontiac	Means			85	0	0	engine	3270	55
37	29	Rodney Combs	10	DiGard	Chevrolet	DiGard			38	0	0	ignition	1740	52
38	41	James Hylton	48	Fleet Service	Chevrolet	Hylton			14	0	0	ignition	1225	49
39	39	Steve Christman	62	AC Spark Plugs	Pontiac	Winkle			8	0	0	accident	1210	46
40	26	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			3	0	0	engine	1180	43
41	38	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			1	0	0	engine	1180	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	840	5	1	3	4	4
2	Bill Elliott	769	5	1	1	4	4
3	Neil Bonnett	700	5	0	0	1	3
4	Darrell Waltrip	690	5	0	0	0	4
5	Richard Petty	678	5	0	0	2	2
6	Ken Schrader	655	5	1	0	1	3
7	Ricky Rudd	650	5	0	1	2	3
8	Benny Parsons	650	5	0	0	2	3
9	Terry Labonte	643	5	0	0	2	3
10	Rusty Wallace	628	5	0	0	2	3
11	Geoff Bodine	616	5	0	0	1	1
12	Bobby Allison	612	5	0	0	0	2
13	Phil Parsons	598	5	0	0	0	1
14	Kyle Petty	581	5	0	0	0	2
15	Sterling Marlin	578	5	0	0	1	1
16	Morgan Shepherd	576	5	0	0	1	2
17	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	560	5	0	0	0	0
18	Alan Kulwicki	546	5	1	0	0	1
19	Michael Waltrip	488	5	0	0	0	0
20	Cale Yarborough	478	4	0	0	0	2
21	Davey Allison	462	5	1	0	1	2
22	Harry Gant	446	5	0	0	0	1
23	Jimmy Means	431	5	0	0	0	0
24	Dave Marcis	400	5	0	0	0	1
25	Ron Bouchard	391	4	0	0	0	1