1988 Oakwood Homes 500

Race 25 of 29

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:50:02
Average speed of winner: 130.677 mph
Margin of victory: 1 car length
Lead changes: 36 among 15 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 63 laps
Lap leaders: Kulwicki pole, Elliott 1-3, G. Bodine 4-24, Labonte 25, Marlin 26-30, Elliott 31, Marlin 32-39, D. Waltrip 40-46, Wallace 47-53, Foyt 54, Wallace 55-70, Earnhardt 71-112, Gant 113, Earnhardt 114-130, Allison 131-137, Gant 138, B. Parsons 139-140, Earnhardt 141-164, Allison 165-193, D. Waltrip 194, Gant 195, D. Waltrip 196-215, Hillin 216-235, B. Bodine 236-237, D. Waltrip 238, Marlin 239-241, Alexander 242-243, B. Parsons 244-254, Hillin 255-258, B. Bodine 259-279, D. Waltrip 280-284, Schrader 285, D. Waltrip 286-293, Marlin 294, D. Waltrip 295, B. Bodine 296-322, Wallace 323-334

Race notes: Debut for Rob Moroso.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		334	3	35	running	84300	180
2	10	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		334	7	43	running	54525	175
3	16	Brett Bodine	15	Crisco	Ford	Moore	Moore		334	3	50	running	43350	170
4	2	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		334	2	4	running	35900	165
5	9	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			334	4	17	running	28200	160
6	32	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers			334	2	24	running	20740	155
7	7	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		334	1	1	running	16300	151
8	36	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		334	0	0	running	13825	142
9	4	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		334	0	0	running	13850	138
10	24	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		334	1	1	running	15350	139
11	23	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		333	0	0	running	12650	130
12	27	Benny Parsons	90	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Donlavey			332	2	13	running	10750	132
13	31	Jim Sauter	89	Evinrude	Pontiac	Mueller Brothers			331	0	0	running	4650	124
14	34	Rob Moroso	47	Peak Antifreeze	Chevrolet	Hendrick			331	0	0	running	4500	121
15	35	Brad Teague	67	Pannill Sweatshirts	Chevrolet	Arrington			329	0	0	running	6850	0
16	39	Morgan Shepherd	57	Heinz Tomato Sauce	Buick	Shepherd			328	0	0	running	4100	115
17	11	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		328	3	83	running	24300	122
18	28	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		327	0	0	running	10900	109
19	14	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Yates		325	2	36	running	24000	111
20	42	Lee Faulk	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Oldsmobile	Bob Clark			324	0	0	running	6150	103
21	6	Mike Alexander	12	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		323	1	2	engine	11350	105
22	20	Cale Yarborough	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough	Langley		323	0	0	running	4750	97
23	12	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		278	0	0	accident	6250	94
24	8	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		250	3	3	engine	6250	96
25	30	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		236	0	0	engine	3450	88
26	25	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			207	0	0	accident	5100	85
27	18	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		207	0	0	accident	4900	82
28	1	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews	175.896	193	0	0	accident	24650	79
29	17	Greg Sacks	88	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			191	0	0	accident	4425	76
30	38	Tommy Ellis	97	AC Spark Plugs	Buick	Winkle			176	0	0	engine	1600	0
31	5	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		129	1	21	engine	8990	75
32	15	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator Filters	Ford	Testa			129	0	0	crankshaft	1580	67
33	41	Ken Bouchard	10	Bob Whitcomb Racing	Ford	Whitcomb			125	0	0	engine	2995	64
34	19	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		110	0	0	accident	2210	61
35	26	Joe Ruttman	73	Fab	Chevrolet	Barkdoll			106	0	0	oil pressure	1550	0
36	21	A.J. Foyt	14	Copenhagen	Oldsmobile	Foyt			89	1	1	overheating	2240	60
37	22	Dale Jarrett	1	Port-A-Lube	Buick	Ellington	Pittman		78	0	0	engine	1530	52
38	33	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		58	0	0	accident	4145	49
39	13	Mickey Gibbs	01	Gibbs-West	Ford	Don Gibbs			41	0	0	transmission	1510	46
40	37	Eddie Bierschwale	23	Wayne Paging	Oldsmobile	Bierschwale			31	0	0	accident	1500	43
41	40	Larry Pearson	16	Chattanooga Chew	Chevrolet	Pearson			9	0	0	oil pump	1500	40
42	29	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			8	0	0	engine	3500	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	3868	25	4	6	12	19
2	Rusty Wallace	3759	25	1	3	15	19
3	Dale Earnhardt	3685	25	0	3	12	17
4	Terry Labonte	3360	25	1	1	8	14
5	Ken Schrader	3310	25	2	1	4	15
6	Darrell Waltrip	3278	25	2	2	9	13
7	Geoff Bodine	3278	25	2	1	9	14
8	Sterling Marlin	3168	25	0	0	6	12
9	Davey Allison	3074	25	3	2	10	14
10	Phil Parsons	3060	25	0	1	5	12
11	Ricky Rudd	2956	25	2	1	4	8
12	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2939	25	0	0	1	5
13	Kyle Petty	2834	25	0	0	2	7
14	Mark Martin	2799	25	1	0	3	10
15	Alan Kulwicki	2737	25	4	0	6	8
16	Lake Speed	2600	25	0	1	4	7
17	Neil Bonnett	2593	23	0	2	3	6
18	Michael Waltrip	2530	25	0	0	1	2
19	Brett Bodine	2529	25	0	0	2	5
20	Dave Marcis	2414	25	0	0	0	2
21	Rick Wilson	2394	24	1	0	2	5
22	Dale Jarrett	2351	25	0	0	0	1
23	Richard Petty	2334	25	0	0	1	5
24	Benny Parsons	2232	24	0	0	0	0
25	Ken Bouchard	2093	21	0	0	0	1