1988 Budweiser 400

Race 12 of 29

Riverside
95 laps
Time of race: 2:43:03
Average speed of winner: 88.341 mph
Margin of victory: 0.34 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 27 laps
Lap leaders: Rudd 1-6, Wallace 7-12, Earnhardt 13, Jarrett 14-17, Rudd 18-23, Earnhardt 24-29, Smith 30, Little 31-33, Rudd 34-48, Labonte 49, Kendall 50, Wallace 51-73, Rudd 74-76, Bonnett 77-81, Wallace 82-95

Race notes: Finale for Ruben Garcia, Rick Hendrick, and Terry Petris. Rusty Wallace took the points lead from Dale Earnhardt.

Video links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		95	3	43	running	49100	185
2	3	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		95	1	1	running	26175	175
3	1	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds	118.484	95	4	30	running	20950	170
4	6	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		95	2	7	running	18600	165
5	21	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		95	0	0	running	10725	155
6	29	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		95	0	0	running	10850	150
7	15	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		95	0	0	running	5450	146
8	19	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough	Langley		95	1	4	running	5000	147
9	10	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			95	0	0	running	6675	138
10	4	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		95	1	5	running	12925	139
11	40	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		95	0	0	running	6275	130
12	37	Bill Schmitt	73	Tom Bell	Chevrolet	Schmitt			95	0	0	running	4450	127
13	30	Benny Parsons	90	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Donlavey			95	0	0	running	5550	124
14	5	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		95	0	0	running	9650	121
15	13	Rick Hendrick	18	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick			94	0	0	running	2550	118
16	8	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		94	0	0	running	11000	115
17	27	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator Filters	Chevrolet	Testa			94	0	0	running	5075	112
18	24	Tommy Kendall	76	Spears Manufacturing	Buick	Spears			94	1	1	running	3400	114
19	33	Buddy Baker	88	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			94	0	0	running	4800	106
20	11	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		94	0	0	running	8550	103
21	9	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			94	0	0	running	4600	100
22	23	Bobby Allison	12	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		93	0	0	running	8700	97
23	16	Chad Little	19	Coors Extra Gold	Ford	Stoke			93	1	3	running	3875	99
24	22	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers			92	0	0	running	4250	91
25	38	John Krebs	66	Skoal	Oldsmobile	Krebs			92	0	0	running	1600	88
26	18	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		91	0	0	running	2125	85
27	26	Roy Smith	79	Western Peterbilt	Ford	Razore			85	1	1	running	2575	87
28	7	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		85	0	0	overheating	8400	79
29	28	Joe Ruttman	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Oldsmobile	Bob Clark			84	0	0	running	2000	76
30	32	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Maggiacomo Racing	Chevrolet	Linro			84	0	0	running	1350	73
31	42	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Chevrolet	Ulrich			78	0	0	oil pump	2050	70
32	34	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Yates		74	0	0	running	10675	67
33	25	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		56	0	0	running	1850	64
34	14	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		52	0	0	piston	3225	61
35	36	Terry Petris	62	Marchman	Chevrolet	Petris			52	0	0	ball joint	1150	0
36	35	Hershel McGriff	04	U.S. Bank	Pontiac	McGriff			51	0	0	rocker stud	1145	55
37	31	Rick McCray	08	Wewynes-Far West	Pontiac	McCray			46	0	0	engine	1140	52
38	20	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		39	0	0	oil pressure	3135	49
39	43	Ruben Garcia	32	Pick Your Parts	Chevrolet	Stoke			27	0	0	accident	3380	46
40	17	Brett Bodine	15	Crisco	Ford	Moore	Moore		22	0	0	engine	9700	43
41	39	Jim Bown	1	Rose Auto Wrecking	Chevrolet	Dick Bown			22	0	0	oil pressure	1600	40
42	12	Morgan Shepherd	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		10	0	0	engine	3100	37
43	41	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			5	0	0	engine	3100	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Rusty Wallace	1790	12	0	1	6	9
2	Dale Earnhardt	1786	12	0	2	5	8
3	Terry Labonte	1702	12	1	1	6	8
4	Bill Elliott	1686	12	1	2	3	6
5	Sterling Marlin	1677	12	0	0	4	8
6	Bobby Allison	1608	12	0	1	3	6
7	Ken Schrader	1531	12	2	0	1	7
8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1478	12	0	0	1	3
9	Geoff Bodine	1474	12	1	0	2	5
10	Phil Parsons	1469	12	0	1	3	7
11	Ricky Rudd	1453	12	2	0	3	4
12	Darrell Waltrip	1437	12	0	1	4	4
13	Neil Bonnett	1425	12	0	2	3	4
14	Davey Allison	1423	12	2	0	4	7
15	Buddy Baker	1393	12	0	0	0	4
16	Kyle Petty	1382	12	0	0	2	4
17	Alan Kulwicki	1346	12	1	0	3	4
18	Lake Speed	1321	12	0	1	3	4
19	Mark Martin	1288	12	0	0	1	4
20	Richard Petty	1261	12	0	0	1	4
21	Dale Jarrett	1241	12	0	0	0	1
22	Benny Parsons	1202	12	0	0	0	0
23	Brett Bodine	1185	12	0	0	1	2
24	Dave Marcis	1157	12	0	0	0	1
25	Michael Waltrip	1152	12	0	0	0	0