1987 First Union 400

Race 6 of 29

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:39:24
Average speed of winner: 94.103 mph
Margin of victory: 1.72 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 49 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-10, Earnhardt 11-49, Johnson 50, B. Parsons 51-62, Earnhardt 63-122, Hillin 123, R. Petty 124, Earnhardt 125-241, Bonnett 242, Earnhardt 243-260, Bonnett 261-315, Earnhardt 316-400

Race notes: Finale for Bill Baker and Jesse Samples, Jr.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Dale Earnhardt	3	Wrangler Jeans	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		400	5	319	running	44675	185
2	12	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		400	0	0	running	20055	170
3	21	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		400	2	56	running	14470	170
4	19	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		400	0	0	running	12935	160
5	11	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		399	0	0	running	14890	155
6	15	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		399	1	1	running	6435	155
7	17	Phil Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			399	0	0	running	4660	146
8	5	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		398	0	0	running	10515	142
9	9	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		398	0	0	running	8685	138
10	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	116.003	398	1	10	running	17185	139
11	16	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		398	0	0	running	4885	130
12	14	Dale Jarrett	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			398	0	0	running	4725	0
13	26	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			397	1	1	running	7380	129
14	4	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		396	0	0	running	7300	121
15	2	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		396	1	12	running	9830	123
16	13	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		396	0	0	running	4415	115
17	18	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			395	0	0	running	4205	112
18	29	Eddie Bierschwale	29	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Fillip			392	0	0	running	1430	109
19	31	Slick Johnson	12	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Oldsmobile	Hamby			392	1	1	running	4045	0
20	23	Rodney Combs	10	DiGard Racing	Chevrolet	DiGard			386	0	0	running	2030	103
21	6	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		383	0	0	running	1335	100
22	24	Jerry Cranmer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			380	0	0	running	3815	97
23	30	Bobby Baker	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			380	0	0	running	3500	94
24	10	Michael Waltrip	30	Domino's Pizza	Chevrolet	Bahari			379	0	0	running	3440	91
25	20	Larry Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Pearson			359	0	0	rear end	1310	88
26	28	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			316	0	0	running	3355	85
27	8	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		258	0	0	accident	3345	82
28	7	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		240	0	0	engine	7610	79
29	25	Jesse Samples, Jr.	34	Allen's Glass	Chevrolet	Ken Allen			156	0	0	rear end	1160	76
30	27	Jimmy Means	52	Turtle Wax	Pontiac	Means			74	0	0	cylinder head	2635	73
31	22	Steve Christman	62	AC Spark Plugs	Pontiac	Winkle			63	0	0	accident	1135	70
32	32	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			29	0	0	engine	1085	67

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1025	6	1	4	5	5
2	Bill Elliott	908	6	2	1	4	5
3	Neil Bonnett	870	6	0	0	2	4
4	Richard Petty	833	6	0	0	2	3
5	Ricky Rudd	805	6	0	1	3	4
6	Darrell Waltrip	790	6	0	0	0	4
7	Terry Labonte	785	6	0	0	2	4
8	Benny Parsons	773	6	0	0	2	3
9	Ken Schrader	770	6	1	0	1	3
10	Rusty Wallace	766	6	0	0	2	4
11	Kyle Petty	751	6	0	0	1	3
12	Phil Parsons	744	6	0	0	0	2
13	Bobby Allison	733	6	0	0	0	2
14	Alan Kulwicki	706	6	1	0	1	2
15	Geoff Bodine	695	6	0	0	1	1
16	Sterling Marlin	690	6	0	0	1	1
17	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	689	6	0	0	0	0
18	Morgan Shepherd	658	6	0	0	1	2
19	Michael Waltrip	579	6	0	0	0	0
20	Harry Gant	576	6	0	0	0	1
21	Jimmy Means	504	6	0	0	0	0
22	Eddie Bierschwale	497	5	0	0	0	0
23	Dave Marcis	485	6	0	0	0	1
24	Cale Yarborough	478	4	0	0	0	2
25	Davey Allison	462	5	1	0	1	2