1988 Valleydale Meats 500

Race 6 of 29

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:12:23
Average speed of winner: 83.115 mph
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths
Lead changes: 11 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 70 laps
Lap leaders: Wilson 1-21, Earnhardt 22-63, Marcis 64-111, Hillin 112-135, Earnhardt 136-183, Rudd 184, Earnhardt 185-189, G. Bodine 190-257, Gant 258-378, Elliott 379-491, G. Bodine 492-497, Elliott 498-500

Race notes: Only pole for Rick Wilson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Bill Elliott	9	Coors	Ford	Melling	Elliott		500	2	116	running	45750	180
2	5	Mark Martin	6	Stroh's Light	Ford	Roush	Pemberton		500	0	0	running	21250	170
3	3	Geoff Bodine	5	Levi Garrett	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Wilson		500	2	74	running	17425	170
4	16	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak	Pontiac	Beadle	Dodson		499	0	0	running	14370	160
5	21	Bobby Allison	12	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers	Fennig		498	0	0	running	12625	155
6	17	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Inman		497	0	0	running	9800	150
7	14	Kyle Petty	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		495	0	0	running	9300	146
8	15	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines	Oldsmobile	Hagan			495	0	0	running	6700	142
9	18	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy Soap	Chevrolet	Marcis			493	1	48	running	6250	143
10	6	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hyde		493	0	0	running	9600	134
11	29	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline	Pontiac	RahMoc	Rahilly		490	0	0	running	8250	130
12	22	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time	Pontiac	Bahari	Beam		486	0	0	running	5550	127
13	27	Benny Parsons	90	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce	Ford	Donlavey			483	0	0	running	5200	124
14	4	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Shelmerdine		461	3	95	running	12050	126
15	32	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Miller High Life	Buick	Stavola Brothers			448	1	24	running	5200	123
16	9	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Johnson	Brewer		437	0	0	running	7560	115
17	11	Brett Bodine	15	Crisco	Ford	Moore	Moore		430	0	0	running	9120	112
18	12	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Needham	Carter		421	1	121	withdrew	6830	119
19	2	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex	Ford	Kulwicki	Andrews		383	0	0	running	4940	106
20	10	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State	Buick	Bernstein	McReynolds		378	1	1	accident	4800	108
21	23	Ken Bouchard	10	Whitcomb Racing	Ford	Whitcomb			361	0	0	running	2360	100
22	7	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum	Oldsmobile	Jackson Brothers	Petree		360	0	0	accident	3920	97
23	8	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammond		327	0	0	running	7230	94
24	24	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator Filters	Ford	Testa			298	0	0	overheating	3790	91
25	1	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film	Oldsmobile	Morgan-McClure	Glover	117.552	291	1	21	running	4775	93
26	28	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	Chevrolet	Ulrich			284	0	0	accident	2345	85
27	20	Brad Teague	31	Slender You Figure Salons	Oldsmobile	Bob Clark			265	0	0	accident	1390	82
28	25	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardee's	Oldsmobile	Yarborough	Champion		129	0	0	oil pump	1360	79
29	19	Davey Allison	28	Havoline	Ford	Ranier	Yates		91	0	0	engine	9430	76
30	26	Lake Speed	83	Wynn's	Oldsmobile	Speed	Darrell Bryant		81	0	0	engine	1300	73
31	31	Buddy Baker	88	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Oldsmobile	Baker-Schiff			77	0	0	engine	3450	70
32	30	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Pontiac	Means			26	0	0	accident	3400	67

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	884	6	0	1	2	4
2	Sterling Marlin	877	6	0	0	3	5
3	Neil Bonnett	868	6	0	2	3	3
4	Bill Elliott	860	6	1	1	2	3
5	Rusty Wallace	846	6	0	0	2	4
6	Bobby Allison	840	6	0	1	2	3
7	Terry Labonte	752	6	0	0	2	3
8	Darrell Waltrip	751	6	0	0	2	2
9	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	751	6	0	0	0	2
10	Ken Schrader	749	6	2	0	0	4
11	Buddy Baker	746	6	0	0	0	3
12	Geoff Bodine	744	6	1	0	1	2
13	Lake Speed	694	6	0	1	2	3
14	Davey Allison	678	6	0	0	2	3
15	Kyle Petty	673	6	0	0	1	2
16	Ricky Rudd	666	6	0	0	1	1
17	Alan Kulwicki	654	6	0	0	2	2
18	Phil Parsons	652	6	0	0	1	2
19	Mark Martin	650	6	0	0	1	2
20	Michael Waltrip	645	6	0	0	0	0
21	Dave Marcis	627	6	0	0	0	1
22	Dale Jarrett	597	6	0	0	0	0
23	Brett Bodine	590	6	0	0	0	1
24	Ken Bouchard	575	5	0	0	0	1
25	Benny Parsons	569	6	0	0	0	0