1988 Goodwrench 500

Race 3 of 29

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:09:51
Average speed of winner: 120.159 mph
Margin of victory: 0.62 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 40 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott 1-89, Wilson 90-92, Shepherd 93-98, Baker 99-118, Labonte 119-121, Bonnett 122-141, Baker 142, Elliott 143-165, Bonnett 166-228, Wilson 229-231, Marlin 232-239, Earnhardt 240-245, Labonte 246, Bonnett 247-272, Marlin 273-295, Speed 296-321, Bonnett 322-329, Baker 330, Earnhardt 331-346, Speed 347-353, Bonnett 354-382, Marlin 383-454, Speed 455-472, Bonnett 473-492

Race notes: Last win for Neil Bonnett. Debut for Mickey Gibbs. Finale for Ed Pimm and Dave Pletcher.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	30	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		492	6	166	running	45800	185
2	19	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		492	3	51	running	22310	175
3	14	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			492	3	103	running	19195	170
4	2	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		492	0	0	running	14330	160
5	22	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		492	2	22	running	19865	160
6	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott	146.612	491	2	112	running	17910	155
7	35	Morgan Shepherd	97	AC Spark Plugs	Buick	Winkle			491	1	6	running	7710	151
8	17	Ken Bouchard	10	Whitcomb Racing	Ford	Whitcomb			491	0	0	running	5760	142
9	4	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Yates		491	0	0	running	14210	138
10	5	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		490	0	0	running	12785	134
11	27	Buddy Baker	88	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			490	3	22	running	9170	135
12	12	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		489	0	0	running	4120	127
13	37	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		489	0	0	running	7920	124
14	6	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		489	0	0	running	12520	121
15	18	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		488	0	0	running	7970	118
16	7	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough	Champion		488	0	0	running	3370	115
17	3	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		487	0	0	running	7120	112
18	8	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		487	0	0	running	6670	109
19	13	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		487	0	0	running	9870	106
20	36	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator Filters	Ford	Testa			486	0	0	running	6770	103
21	16	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers			486	0	0	running	5665	100
22	23	Bobby Allison	12	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		484	0	0	running	9490	97
23	24	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			481	0	0	running	5965	94
24	11	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		481	0	0	running	9315	91
25	21	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Chevrolet	Ulrich			479	0	0	running	3290	88
26	33	Rick Jeffrey	67	Pannill Knitting	Ford	Arrington			476	0	0	running	5065	85
27	15	Brett Bodine	15	Crisco	Ford	Moore	Moore		470	0	0	running	10740	82
28	9	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		469	0	0	running	4840	79
29	38	Dave Pletcher	03	Wild Turkey	Ford	J.C. Weaver			464	0	0	running	2015	76
30	41	Steve Moore	22	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Chevrolet	Hamby			413	0	0	running	2665	73
31	10	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		407	2	4	valve	8915	75
32	31	Eddie Bierschwale	23	Wayne Paging	Oldsmobile	Bierschwale			407	0	0	running	1865	67
33	32	Benny Parsons	90	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Donlavey			387	0	0	running	4520	64
34	29	Ed Pimm	98	Sunoco	Buick	Curb			311	0	0	accident	1745	61
35	25	Mickey Gibbs	01	Gibbs-West	Ford	Don Gibbs			236	0	0	engine	1695	58
36	26	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover		234	2	6	engine	2290	60
37	39	Mark Stahl	82	Auto Bell Car Washes	Ford	Stahl			233	0	0	valve	1615	52
38	40	Charlie Baker	93	Baker Racing	Chevrolet	Patsy Salmon			136	0	0	clutch	1590	49
39	28	Brad Teague	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Oldsmobile	Bob Clark			99	0	0	engine	1565	46
40	34	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			86	0	0	engine	4165	43
41	20	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		17	0	0	accident	4140	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Neil Bonnett	530	3	0	2	3	3
2	Sterling Marlin	472	3	0	0	2	3
3	Dale Earnhardt	443	3	0	0	1	3
4	Rusty Wallace	418	3	0	0	0	2
5	Bobby Allison	412	3	0	1	1	1
6	Bill Elliott	409	3	1	0	0	1
7	Ricky Rudd	394	3	0	0	1	1
8	Ken Schrader	392	3	1	0	0	2
9	Darrell Waltrip	391	3	0	0	1	1
10	Buddy Baker	391	3	0	0	0	1
11	Davey Allison	389	3	0	0	1	2
12	Lake Speed	387	3	0	0	1	2
13	Terry Labonte	378	3	0	0	1	2
14	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	366	3	0	0	0	1
15	Phil Parsons	361	3	0	0	1	1
16	Geoff Bodine	354	3	0	0	0	0
17	Alan Kulwicki	327	3	0	0	1	1
18	Kyle Petty	324	3	0	0	0	0
19	Dale Jarrett	315	3	0	0	0	0
20	Dave Marcis	309	3	0	0	0	0
21	Morgan Shepherd	308	3	1	0	0	1
22	Michael Waltrip	291	3	0	0	0	0
23	Richard Petty	266	3	0	0	1	1
24	Mark Martin	255	3	0	0	0	0
25	Benny Parsons	255	3	0	0	0	0