1988 Southern 500

Race 21 of 29

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 3:54:27
Average speed of winner: 128.297 mph
Margin of victory: 0.24 sec.
Lead changes: 24 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 39 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-107, Marlin 108-109, B. Bodine 110-111, K. Petty 112, Allison 113-121, Elliott 122-131, G. Bodine 132-135, Earnhardt 136-167, B. Parsons 168-192, Earnhardt 193-206, Rudd 207-209, Wallace 210-236, Earnhardt 237-257, D. Waltrip 258-261, Earnhardt 262-263, G. Bodine 264-266, Wallace 267-279, Marlin 280-298, Wallace 299-301, D. Waltrip 302, Rudd 303-305, Wallace 306-312, Earnhardt 313-328, Alexander 329-330, Elliott 331-367

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	160.827	367	3	154	running	75800	185
2	5	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		367	4	50	running	38850	175
3	2	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		367	5	85	running	31375	170
4	6	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		367	2	5	running	19850	165
5	12	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			367	2	21	running	20130	160
6	21	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		366	0	0	running	12950	150
7	4	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		366	2	7	running	11310	151
8	23	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		366	0	0	running	13260	142
9	15	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Yates		366	1	9	running	15105	143
10	29	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		366	2	6	running	13130	139
11	25	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		366	0	0	running	10980	130
12	11	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		366	0	0	running	6815	127
13	27	Benny Parsons	90	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Donlavey			365	1	25	running	19305	129
14	30	Mike Alexander	12	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		365	1	2	running	11495	126
15	3	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		365	0	0	running	8735	118
16	24	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		364	0	0	running	11195	115
17	8	Brett Bodine	15	Crisco	Ford	Moore	Moore		363	1	2	running	12635	117
18	36	Ken Bouchard	10	Whitcomb Racing	Ford	Whitcomb			360	0	0	running	6240	109
19	7	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		358	0	0	running	5040	106
20	17	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Chevrolet	Ulrich			358	0	0	running	4985	103
21	13	Rodney Combs	97	GM Tech Team	Buick	Winkle			357	0	0	running	3320	100
22	38	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			355	0	0	running	6320	97
23	32	Jim Sauter	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Oldsmobile	Bob Clark			351	0	0	running	4120	0
24	28	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			350	0	0	running	5000	91
25	14	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		343	0	0	running	5955	88
26	33	Eddie Bierschwale	23	Wayne Paging	Oldsmobile	Bierschwale			340	0	0	running	2815	85
27	34	H.B. Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			340	0	0	running	2725	82
28	35	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		337	1	1	running	9630	84
29	39	Philip Duffie	32	Duffie Racing	Buick	Duffie			332	0	0	running	2540	76
30	16	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers			317	0	0	oil pump	5335	73
31	20	Ken Ragan	77	Marvin Ragan	Ford	Ragan			308	0	0	accident	2340	70
32	22	Rick Mast	88	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			305	0	0	running	5530	0
33	26	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		266	0	0	engine	4925	64
34	18	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough	Langley		239	0	0	engine	2850	61
35	31	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator Filters	Ford	Testa			203	0	0	accident	4755	58
36	37	Randy Baker	87	Sony Magnetic Products	Oldsmobile	Buck Baker			135	0	0	engine	2055	55
37	40	Jimmy Horton	80	S&H Racing	Ford	George Smith			114	0	0	engine	2005	52
38	19	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		82	0	0	engine	2580	49
39	10	Morgan Shepherd	57	Heinz Ketchup	Buick	Shepherd			53	0	0	engine	1910	46
40	9	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		50	0	0	engine	4450	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	3212	21	4	5	10	15
2	Rusty Wallace	3186	21	0	2	12	16
3	Dale Earnhardt	3071	21	0	3	10	14
4	Ken Schrader	2832	21	2	1	3	13
5	Terry Labonte	2796	21	1	1	7	11
6	Geoff Bodine	2791	21	2	1	7	12
7	Sterling Marlin	2704	21	0	0	5	11
8	Darrell Waltrip	2669	21	2	1	7	10
9	Phil Parsons	2661	21	0	1	5	12
10	Davey Allison	2509	21	2	1	8	12
11	Ricky Rudd	2489	21	2	1	4	6
12	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2442	21	0	0	1	4
13	Mark Martin	2317	21	0	0	2	7
14	Kyle Petty	2307	21	0	0	2	5
15	Lake Speed	2267	21	0	1	4	6
16	Alan Kulwicki	2258	21	3	0	4	6
17	Neil Bonnett	2098	19	0	2	3	4
18	Michael Waltrip	2094	21	0	0	1	2
19	Richard Petty	2093	21	0	0	1	5
20	Buddy Baker	2056	17	0	0	0	7
21	Rick Wilson	2036	20	1	0	2	5
22	Dale Jarrett	2035	21	0	0	0	1
23	Brett Bodine	1993	21	0	0	1	3
24	Dave Marcis	1951	21	0	0	0	1
25	Benny Parsons	1812	20	0	0	0	0