1988 AC Delco 500

Race 27 of 29

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:29:07
Average speed of winner: 111.557 mph
Margin of victory: 13.5 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 76 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-37, Earnhardt 38, Marcis 39, Wallace 40-57, Elliott 58-69, Hillin 70-80, P. Parsons 81-82, Elliott 83-148, Allison 149-154, Labonte 155, D. Waltrip 156, Allison 157-199, Elliott 200-238, Allison 239, Elliott 240-302, Rudd 303, Wallace 304-451, Rudd 452-458, Wallace 459-492

Race notes: Debut for Ben Hess. Finale for Connie Saylor.

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		492	3	200	running	52150	180
2	9	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		492	2	8	running	26985	175
3	7	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		492	1	1	running	25095	170
4	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	148.359	491	5	217	running	23480	170
5	13	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		491	1	1	running	27965	160
6	16	Mike Alexander	12	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		489	0	0	running	12910	150
7	12	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		489	0	0	running	10110	146
8	23	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		489	1	2	running	9210	147
9	14	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		489	0	0	running	14410	138
10	25	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		489	0	0	running	13810	134
11	21	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		488	0	0	running	11020	130
12	10	Greg Sacks	88	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			488	0	0	running	8220	127
13	29	Benny Parsons	90	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Donlavey			488	0	0	running	11520	124
14	17	Morgan Shepherd	57	Winner's Circle Auto Parts	Buick	Shepherd			487	0	0	running	3720	121
15	32	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Pontiac	Ulrich			484	0	0	running	6470	118
16	34	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			481	1	1	running	7170	120
17	33	Jim Sauter	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Oldsmobile	Bob Clark			479	0	0	running	4820	0
18	40	Ken Bouchard	10	Whitcomb Racing	Pontiac	Whitcomb			477	0	0	running	5620	109
19	15	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		475	0	0	running	5970	106
20	36	Ben Hess	40	Hess Racing	Oldsmobile	Ben Hess			472	0	0	running	3370	103
21	39	Connie Saylor	34	Allen's Assoc. Glass	Buick	Ken Allen			464	0	0	running	2565	100
22	24	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		458	0	0	running	3490	97
23	38	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers			444	1	11	running	5340	99
24	30	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		433	0	0	running	3165	91
25	35	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		425	0	0	engine	5090	88
26	2	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		379	0	0	handling	5140	85
27	6	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Yates		374	3	50	accident	12290	87
28	4	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		374	0	0	accident	4765	79
29	8	Brett Bodine	15	Crisco	Ford	Moore	Moore		373	0	0	accident	10615	76
30	20	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		355	0	0	accident	6715	73
31	5	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		276	1	1	engine	9625	75
32	22	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough	Langley		255	0	0	engine	2450	67
33	11	Eddie Bierschwale	23	Wayne Paging	Oldsmobile	Bierschwale			241	0	0	engine	1755	64
34	18	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			236	0	0	engine	4305	61
35	27	Brad Teague	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			231	0	0	engine	3655	58
36	19	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator Filters	Ford	Testa			231	0	0	accident	1600	55
37	31	Brad Noffsinger	98	Sunoco	Buick	Curb			173	0	0	crankshaft	1575	52
38	26	Joe Ruttman	97	AC Spark Plugs	Buick	Winkle			71	0	0	handling	1550	0
39	37	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			29	0	0	engine	3525	46
40	28	Rodney Combs	22	Childress R&D	Chevrolet	Childress			4	0	0	withdrew	1500	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bill Elliott	4198	27	6	6	14	21
2	Rusty Wallace	4119	27	1	5	17	21
3	Dale Earnhardt	4000	27	0	3	13	19
4	Terry Labonte	3690	27	1	1	10	16
5	Ken Schrader	3582	27	2	1	4	16
6	Geoff Bodine	3521	27	2	1	10	15
7	Darrell Waltrip	3480	27	2	2	9	13
8	Phil Parsons	3377	27	0	1	6	14
9	Sterling Marlin	3350	27	0	0	6	12
10	Davey Allison	3291	27	3	2	10	14
11	Ricky Rudd	3287	27	2	1	5	10
12	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	3162	27	0	0	1	5
13	Kyle Petty	3087	27	0	0	2	8
14	Mark Martin	2984	27	1	0	3	10
15	Alan Kulwicki	2903	27	4	0	6	8
16	Neil Bonnett	2811	25	0	2	3	7
17	Lake Speed	2809	27	0	1	4	7
18	Michael Waltrip	2724	27	0	0	1	2
19	Brett Bodine	2717	27	0	0	2	5
20	Dave Marcis	2634	27	0	0	0	2
21	Rick Wilson	2594	26	1	0	2	5
22	Richard Petty	2531	27	0	0	1	5
23	Dale Jarrett	2512	27	0	0	0	1
24	Benny Parsons	2356	25	0	0	0	0
25	Ken Bouchard	2284	23	0	0	0	1