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1988 Talladega DieHard 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 29
Sunday, July 31, 1988 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.1 miles)

Time of race: 3:14:12
Average Speed: 154.505 mph
Pole Speed: 196.274 mph

Cautions: 8 for 31 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 cl
Attendance: 86,000
Lead changes: 30

Glossary 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1988 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	7	25	Ken Schrader	Folger's Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	188	67,920	running	8	180
2	4	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	188	39,915	running	0	170
3	6	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	188	37,775	running	37	170
4	25	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	188	20,075	running	0	160
5	22	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	188	23,215	running	0	155
6	2	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	188	14,800	running	0	150
7	20	6	Mark Martin	Stroh's Light (Jack Roush)	Ford	188	10,675	running	0	146
8	8	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	188	16,220	running	1	147
9	16	29	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Oldsmobile	188	8,520	running	5	143
10	14	88	Buddy Baker	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	188	11,370	running	1	139
11	12	55	Phil Parsons	Crown Petroleum (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	188	9,440	running	3	135
12	17	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	188	5,470	running	3	132
13	30	83	Lake Speed	Wynn's (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	188	6,650	running	1	129
14	21	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	188	12,680	running	0	121
15	13	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	188	12,175	running	0	118
16	18	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	188	7,865	running	0	115
17	11	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	188	7,505	running	0	112
18	37	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	188	7,395	running	1	114
19	32	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	188	7,110	running	0	106
20	27	30	Michael Waltrip	Country Time Lemonade (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	187	7,505	running	0	103
21	34	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	187	6,635	running	0	100
22	40	98	Brad Noffsinger	Sunoco (Mike Curb)	Buick	187	4,725	running	0	97
23	23	52	Jimmy Means	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	187	6,365	running	1	99
24	42	68	Derrike Cope	Purolator Filters (Jim Testa)	Ford	187	6,230	running	0	91
25	15	12	Mike Alexander	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	186	10,520	running	0	88
26	38	73	Phil Barkdoll	Helen Rae Motorsports (Phil Barkdoll)	Chevrolet	186	3,355	running	0	85
27	41	90	Benny Parsons	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	186	5,935	running	0	82
28	33	15	Brett Bodine	Crisco (Bud Moore)	Ford	185	11,825	running	0	79
29	28	97	Rodney Combs	AC Spark Plug (Tom Winkle)	Buick	184	3,165	running	0	76
30	36	77	Ken Ragan	Bob Beard (Marvin Ragan)	Ford	176	3,105	running	0	73
31	24	23	Eddie Bierschwale	Wayne Paging (Don Bierschwale)	Oldsmobile	175	3,045	running	0	70
32	31	2	Ernie Irvan	Kroger (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	165	3,235	running	0	67
33	1	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	162	32,675	engine	123	74
34	19	01	Mickey Gibbs	Gibbs-West Tractor (Don Gibbs)	Ford	160	3,955	clutch	2	66
35	39	10	Ken Bouchard	Bob Whitcomb	Ford	148	2,790	oil pan	0	58
36	29	67	Ron Esau	Pannill Sweatshirts (Buddy Arrington)	Chevrolet	141	4,755	fan blade	0
37	26	1	Dale Jarrett	Port-A-Lube (Hoss Ellington)	Buick	141	2,795	engine	1	57
38	10	50	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers	Pontiac	133	2,630	engine	0	49
39	3	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Harry Ranier)	Ford	88	12,270	engine	1	51
40	5	75	Morgan Shepherd	Valvoline (RahMoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	67	9,560	crash	0	43
41	9	26	Ricky Rudd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	45	5,135	engine	0	40
42	35	31	Joe Ruttman	Slender You Figure Salons (Bob Clark)	Oldsmobile	33	3,110	engine	0	37

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	21	21
	22	23	2
	24	41	18
	42	44	3
	45	68	24
	69	74	6
	75	83	9
	84	87	4
	88	91	4
	92	95	4
	96	112	17
	113	116	4
	117	127	11
	128	130	3
	131	146	16
	147	151	5
	152	188	37
Percent of race run under caution: 16.5% Average green flag run: 17.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	13	13
Davey Allison	14	14	1
Dale Earnhardt	15	15	1
Darrell Waltrip	16	16	1
Dale Earnhardt	17	20	4
Mickey Gibbs	21	22	2
Phil Parsons	23	24	2
Darrell Waltrip	25	36	12
Dale Earnhardt	37	37	1
Darrell Waltrip	38	41	4
Dale Jarrett	42	42	1
Jimmy Means	43	43	1
Darrell Waltrip	44	45	2
Bill Elliott	46	46	1
Darrell Waltrip	47	67	21
Dave Marcis	68	68	1
Ken Schrader	69	69	1
Cale Yarborough	70	74	5
Phil Parsons	75	75	1
Darrell Waltrip	76	83	8
Buddy Baker	84	84	1
Darrell Waltrip	85	111	27
Dale Earnhardt	112	117	6
Darrell Waltrip	118	126	9
Lake Speed	127	127	1
A.J. Foyt	128	130	3
Darrell Waltrip	131	146	16
Ken Schrader	147	152	6
Darrell Waltrip	153	162	10
Dale Earnhardt	163	187	25
Ken Schrader	188	188	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Rusty Wallace	2518
2	Bill Elliott	2507	-11
3	Dale Earnhardt	2485	-33
4	Ken Schrader	2331	-187
5	Terry Labonte	2309	-209
6	Geoffrey Bodine	2264	-254
7	Sterling Marlin	2145	-373
8	Phil Parsons	2137	-381
9	Darrell Waltrip	2128	-390
10	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2059	-459
11	Buddy Baker	2056	-462
12	Mark Martin	1983	-535
13	Ricky Rudd	1930	-588
14	Davey Allison	1906	-612
15	Kyle Petty	1891	-627
16	Lake Speed	1825	-693
17	Alan Kulwicki	1819	-699
18	Neil Bonnett	1770	-748
19	Richard Petty	1729	-789
20	Michael Waltrip	1721	-797

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