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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 29
Sunday, February 15, 1987 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:50:12
Average speed: 176.263 mph
Pole speed: 210.364 mph

Cautions: 4 for 15 laps
Margin of victory: 3 cl
Attendance: 145000
Lead changes: 27

Glossary 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1987 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	200	204150	running	104	185
2	4	35	Benny Parsons	Folger's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	122420	running	2	175
3	11	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	200	76040	running	2	170
4	7	88	Buddy Baker	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	200	74450	running	45	165
5	13	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	64925	running	16	160
6	6	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	200	60475	running	0	150
7	3	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	200	68545	running	14	151
8	5	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	39925	running	1	147
9	31	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	200	38425	running	0	138
10	22	29	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Oldsmobile	200	29600	running	0	134
11	19	55	Phil Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	200	26200	running	0	130
12	15	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	199	29600	running	5	132
13	21	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	199	29005	running	0	124
14	8	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	199	36365	running	10	126
15	37	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	198	22740	running	0	118
16	35	26	Morgan Shepherd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	198	20660	running	0	115
17	24	77	Ken Ragan	TRW (Marvin Ragan)	Ford	197	17085	running	0	112
18	14	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	197	25915	running	0	109
19	36	10	Rodney Combs	Oberg Filters (DiGard Racing)	Oldsmobile	197	15295	running	0	106
20	42	50	Greg Sacks	Valvoline (Dingman Brothers)	Pontiac	196	14335	running	0	103
21	27	86	Ronnie Sanders	Moss-Dingler (Ray Moss)	Ford	195	13930	running	0
22	18	30	Michael Waltrip	Oxford Plains Speedway (Chuck Rider)	Chevrolet	193	18110	running	0	97
23	28	6	Trevor Boys	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	191	16795	running	0	94
24	40	52	Jimmy Means	Turtle Wax / Car & Driver (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	191	14480	running	0	91
25	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	Tom Winkle	Pontiac	191	11810	running	0	88
26	33	83	Lake Speed	Wynn's / Kmart (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	188	11105	engine	0	85
27	2	28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy (Harry Ranier)	Ford	184	14045	running	0	82
28	39	12	David Sosebee	Hamby Automotive (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	184	14145	running	0	79
29	29	66	Tom Sneva	Skoal (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	182	11135	engine	0	76
30	10	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	167	16875	clutch	1	78
31	12	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	156	15100	transmission	0	70
32	17	1	Ron Bouchard	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	125	11370	engine	0	67
33	23	19	Derrike Cope	Stoke Racing (Fred Stoke)	Ford	124	10840	overheating	0	64
34	16	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	115	13975	oil leak	0	61
35	20	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo / 7-Eleven (Wood Brothers)	Ford	72	13455	valve	0	58
36	34	67	Eddie Bierschwale	Pannill Knitting (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	44	12235	engine	0	55
37	9	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	37	11420	clutch	0	52
38	30	82	Mark Stahl	Auto Bell Car Wash (Mark Stahl)	Ford	36	9540	engine	0	49
39	26	81	Chet Fillip	Marshall Batteries (Corey Fillip)	Ford	19	9705	engine	0	46
40	25	64	Connie Saylor	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	12	11470	engine	0	43
41	32	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	10	15720	piston	0	40
42	41	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen / Gilmore (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	10	7870	spark plug	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Dick McCabe	00	McCabe Bait	Dick McCabe	Chevrolet
	Joe Booher	02	Duragloss Car Care	Joe Booher	Pontiac
	Jeff Swindell	09	Swindell Racing	Jeff Swindell	Chevrolet
	Tommy Ellis	18	Freedlander Financial	Eric Freedlander	Chevrolet
	Grant Adcox	24	Herb Adcox Chevrolet	Herb Adcox	Chevrolet
	Jonathan Lee Edwards	32	Edwards Racing	Jonathan Lee Edwards	Chevrolet
	Blackie Wangerin	39	Wangerin Racing	Blackie Wangerin	Ford
	Ronnie Thomas	41	J & M Glass	Ronnie Thomas	Pontiac
	Steve Moore	48	Fleet Service	James Hylton	Chevrolet
	Delma Cowart	49	Clearfield Speedway	H.L. Waters	Chevrolet
	David Simko	51	Mound Steel	Elmer Simko	Chevrolet
	Donnie Allison	54	Jerzees	Henley Gray	Chevrolet
	Steve Christman	62	Winkle Motorsports	Tom Winkle	Pontiac
	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Linro Motorsports	Jim Rosenblum	Chevrolet
	Phil Barkdoll	73	Helen Rae	Phil Barkdoll	Oldsmobile
	Bobby Wawak	74	Superior Piping / Nelson Contracting	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet
	Jim Sauter	89	Evinrude Outboards	Mueller Brothers	Pontiac
	Ralph Jones	92	Country Boy Waterbeds	Lucky Compton	Ford
	Charlie Baker	93	Salmon Chevrolet	Patsy Salmon	Chevrolet
	Ed Pimm	98	Curb Records / Cannon Village	Mike Curb	Buick

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	41	41
	42	45	4	#28 debris turn 3
	46	48	3
	49	52	4	#67 engine
	53	139	87
	140	143	4	#19 engine
	144	154	11
	155	157	3	#5 accident turn 4
	158	200	43
Percent of race run under caution: 7.5% Average green flag run: 37.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Elliott	1	35	35
Buddy Baker	36	36	1
Geoffrey Bodine	37	38	2
Bill Elliott	39	42	4
Buddy Baker	43	52	10
Geoffrey Bodine	53	53	1
Buddy Baker	54	81	28
Ken Schrader	82	86	5
Neil Bonnett	87	88	2
Bill Elliott	89	117	29
Ken Schrader	118	122	5
Geoffrey Bodine	123	124	2
Neil Bonnett	125	127	3
Bill Elliott	128	137	10
Ken Schrader	138	139	2
Bill Elliott	140	140	1
Darrell Waltrip	141	141	1
Benny Parsons	142	143	2
Dale Earnhardt	144	144	1
Bill Elliott	145	155	11
Ken Schrader	156	157	2
Dale Earnhardt	158	165	8
Buddy Baker	166	171	6
Bill Elliott	172	182	11
Dale Earnhardt	183	189	7
Richard Petty	190	191	2
Geoffrey Bodine	192	197	6
Bill Elliott	198	200	3

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Bill Elliott	185
2	Benny Parsons	175	-10
3	Richard Petty	170	-15
4	Buddy Baker	165	-20
5	Dale Earnhardt	160	-25
6	Ken Schrader	151	-34
7	Bobby Allison	150	-35
8	Darrell Waltrip	147	-38
9	Ricky Rudd	138	-47
10	Cale Yarborough	134	-51
11	Neil Bonnett	132	-53
12	Phil Parsons	130	-55
13	Geoffrey Bodine	126	-59
14	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	124	-61
15	Alan Kulwicki	118	-67
16	Morgan Shepherd	115	-70
17	Ken Ragan	112	-73
18	Terry Labonte	109	-76
19	Rodney Combs	106	-79
20	Greg Sacks	103	-82
21	Michael Waltrip	97	-88