1987 Valleydale Meats 500

Race 7 of 29

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:31:27
Average speed of winner: 75.621 mph
Margin of victory: 0.78 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 13 for 125 laps
Lap leaders: Gant pole, Wallace 1-40, Marcis 41-58, Earnhardt 59-69, Bodine 70-74, Wallace 75-76, Elliott 77-131, R. Petty 132, Elliott 133-188, Shepherd 189-195, Kulwicki 196-198, Marlin 199-252, Earnhardt 253-254, Gant 255, K. Petty 256-306, Elliott 307-344, Shepherd 345-378, Earnhardt 379-384, Shepherd 385, Earnhardt 386-500

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		500	4	134	running	43850	180
2	18	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		500	1	1	running	21030	175
3	15	Ricky Rudd	15	Motorcraft	Ford	Moore	Moore		500	0	0	running	17175	165
4	11	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		500	3	149	running	12570	170
5	5	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Ingle		500	1	3	running	11605	160
6	1	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter	115.674	500	1	1	running	9060	155
7	16	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		500	1	51	running	6350	151
8	8	Morgan Shepherd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		499	3	42	running	5580	147
9	13	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		499	0	0	running	9800	138
10	24	Dale Jarrett	18	Freedlander Financial	Chevrolet	Freedlander			497	0	0	running	7845	0
11	10	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		492	0	0	running	4860	130
12	12	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		490	0	0	running	1850	127
13	23	Michael Waltrip	30	Bahre Racing	Pontiac	Bahari			487	0	0	running	5500	124
14	25	Slick Johnson	12	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			487	0	0	running	4290	121
15	28	D.K. Ulrich	6	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	Ulrich			483	0	0	running	4380	118
16	2	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		479	2	42	running	8710	120
17	7	Ken Schrader	90	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson		451	0	0	steering	3660	112
18	29	Mike Potter	81	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Fillip			450	0	0	running	1430	109
19	4	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Nelson		436	1	5	accident	7190	111
20	19	Phil Parsons	55	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers			419	0	0	running	1950	103
21	26	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture Co.	Pontiac	McDuffie			406	0	0	engine	1260	100
22	27	Jerry Cranmer	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			392	0	0	running	3400	97
23	6	Bobby Allison	22	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		289	0	0	accident	6880	94
24	14	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			252	1	54	accident	4060	96
25	22	Eddie Bierschwale	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			209	0	0	accident	3360	88
26	20	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller American	Buick	Stavola Brothers			195	0	0	engine	6770	85
27	17	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			168	1	18	accident	2540	87
28	9	Benny Parsons	35	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		168	0	0	accident	8910	79
29	21	Jimmy Means	52	Turtle Wax	Pontiac	Means			127	0	0	accident	2480	76
30	30	Ronnie Thomas	41	Busch Polishes	Chevrolet	Ronnie Thomas			77	0	0	engine	950	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1205	7	1	5	6	6
2	Bill Elliott	1078	7	2	1	5	6
3	Richard Petty	1008	7	0	0	3	4
4	Neil Bonnett	1000	7	0	0	2	4
5	Ricky Rudd	970	7	0	1	4	5
6	Terry Labonte	923	7	0	0	2	5
7	Darrell Waltrip	917	7	0	0	0	4
8	Kyle Petty	902	7	0	0	1	4
9	Rusty Wallace	886	7	0	0	2	4
10	Ken Schrader	882	7	1	0	1	3
11	Alan Kulwicki	866	7	1	0	2	3
12	Benny Parsons	852	7	0	0	2	3
13	Phil Parsons	847	7	0	0	0	2
14	Bobby Allison	827	7	0	0	0	2
15	Geoff Bodine	806	7	0	0	1	1
16	Morgan Shepherd	805	7	0	0	1	3
17	Sterling Marlin	786	7	0	0	1	1
18	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	774	7	0	0	0	0
19	Harry Gant	731	7	1	0	0	2
20	Michael Waltrip	703	7	0	0	0	0
21	Eddie Bierschwale	585	6	0	0	0	0
22	Jimmy Means	580	7	0	0	0	0
23	Dave Marcis	572	7	0	0	0	1
24	J.D. McDuffie	556	7	0	0	0	0
25	D.K. Ulrich	479	5	0	0	0	0