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1987 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 21 of 29 Sunday, September 6, 1987 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps* on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles) Time of race: 2:23:19 Average speed: 115.52 mph Pole speed: 157.232 mph Cautions: 5 for 50 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 63000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1987 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 202 64650 running 109 185 2 16 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 202 33695 running 0 170 3 14 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 202 22530 running 2 170 4 24 44   Sterling Marlin Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 202 18665 running 0 160 5 3 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 202 19945 running 0 155 6 17 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 202 14890 running 0 150 7 12 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 202 15055 running 0 146 8 2 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 202 15215 running 1 147 9 15 26   Morgan Shepherd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 202 9555 running 0 138 10 7 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 202 6365 running 1 139 11 18 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 202 9765 running 0 130 12 22 55   Phil Parsons Skoal Classic   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 202 4535 running 0 127 13 21 29   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Cale Yarborough) Oldsmobile 201 4375 running 0 124 14 26 21   Kyle Petty Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 200 11215 running 0 121 15 38 18   Dale Jarrett Eric Freedlander Chevrolet 200 9110 running 0 118 16 28 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 200 7750 running 0 115 17 20 88   Buddy Baker Crisco   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 199 3755 distributor 0 112 18 27 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 199 9310 running 0 109 19 19 30   Michael Waltrip All Pro Auto Parts   (Chuck Rider) Oldsmobile 198 7135 running 0 106 20 39 1   Brett Bodine Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 195 3855 running 0 103 21 37 62   Steve Christman AC Delco   (Tom Winkle) Pontiac 195 3050 running 0 100 22 29 52   Jimmy Means Eureka Vacuum Cleaners   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 195 6365 running 0 97 23 34 74   Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 194 2850 running 0 94 24 32 67   Buddy Arrington Pannill Knits   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 193 5960 running 0 91 25 31 34   Eddie Bierschwale Allen's Glass   (Ken Allen) Chevrolet 192 2760 running 0 88 26 11 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 185 9570 engine 0 85 27 25 64   Rodney Combs Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 185 5525 running 0 82 28 8 4   Rick Wilson Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 176 2385 running 0 79 29 1 28   Davey Allison Havoline   (Harry Ranier) Ford 164 6545 crash 86 81 30 4 83   Lake Speed Wynn's / Kmart   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 163 2240 crash 0 73 31 9 35   Benny Parsons Folger's Decaf   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 162 12290 crash 3 75 32 23 75   Neil Bonnett Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 156 4805 running 0 67 33 35 81   Mike Potter Fillip Racing   (Corey Fillip) Ford 153 1975 crash 0 64 34 40 6   Connie Saylor Slender You Figure Salons   (D.K. Ulrich) Oldsmobile 140 4690 fatigue 0 61 35 33 36   H.B. Bailey Almeda Auto Parts   (H.B. Bailey) Pontiac 133 1855 fatigue 0 58 36 30 12   Trevor Boys Gorman's Esso   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 126 4560 crash 0   37 36 32   Jonathan Lee Edwards Edwards Racing   (Jonathan Lee Edwards) Chevrolet 122 1755 engine 0 52 38 13 50   Greg Sacks Valvoline   (Dingman Brothers) Pontiac 96 1705 engine 0 49 39 10 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 85 4395 clutch 0 46 40 6 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 77 4500 engine 0 43 * Race shortened to 202 laps due to rain.

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Tim Richmond 25 Folgers Rick Hendrick Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 24 24   green-yellow start   25 130 106     131 135 5   #12,75,83 accident turn 1   136 163 28     164 173 10   #28,35,81,83 accident turn 4   174 182 9     183 188 6   rain   189 197 9     198 202 5   rain     Percent of race run under caution: 24.8%             Average green flag run: 38.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Davey Allison 1 58 58   Dale Earnhardt 59 70 12   Davey Allison 71 78 8   Dale Earnhardt 79 113 35   Benny Parsons 114 116 3   Dale Earnhardt 117 131 15   Darrell Waltrip 132 132 1   Dale Earnhardt 133 135 3   Davey Allison 136 155 20   Dale Earnhardt 156 164 9   Bill Elliott 165 165 1   Dale Earnhardt 166 188 23   Richard Petty 189 190 2   Dale Earnhardt 191 202 12 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 3521     2   Bill Elliott 2938   -583   3   Terry Labonte 2872   -649   4   Rusty Wallace 2825   -696   5   Darrell Waltrip 2723   -798   6   Ricky Rudd 2713   -808   7   Neil Bonnett 2708   -813   8   Kyle Petty 2663   -858   9   Richard Petty 2653   -868   10   Ken Schrader 2558   -963   11   Bobby Allison 2449   -1072   12   Phil Parsons 2421   -1100   13   Sterling Marlin 2351   -1170   14   Geoffrey Bodine 2324   -1197   15   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2299   -1222   16   Benny Parsons 2292   -1229   17   Morgan Shepherd 2266   -1255   18   Alan Kulwicki 2247   -1274   19   Dave Marcis 2240   -1281   20   Davey Allison 2135   -1386   21   Michael Waltrip 2103   -1418