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1987 Valleydale Meats 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 29
Sunday, April 12, 1987 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:31:27
Average Speed: 75.621 mph
Pole Speed: 115.674 mph

Cautions: 13 for 125 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.78 sec
Attendance: 38,000
Lead changes: 19

Glossary 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1987 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
6	1	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	500	9,060	running	1	155
16	2	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	479	8,710	running	42	120
1	3	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	43,850	running	134	180
19	4	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	436	7,190	crash	5	111
5	5	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	500	11,605	running	3	160
23	6	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	289	6,880	crash	0	94
17	7	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	451	3,660	running	0	112
8	8	26	Morgan Shepherd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	499	5,580	running	42	147
28	9	35	Benny Parsons	Folger's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	168	8,910	crash	0	79
11	10	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (RahMoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	492	4,860	running	0	130
4	11	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	500	12,570	running	149	170
12	12	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	490	1,850	running	0	127
9	13	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	499	9,800	running	0	138
24	14	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	252	4,060	crash	54	96
3	15	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	500	17,175	running	0	165
7	16	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	500	6,350	running	51	151
27	17	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	168	2,540	crash	18	87
2	18	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	500	21,030	running	1	175
20	19	55	Phil Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	419	1,950	running	0	103
26	20	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	195	6,770	engine	0	85
29	21	52	Jimmy Means	Turtle Wax (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	127	2,480	crash	0	76
25	22	67	Eddie Bierschwale	Pannill Knits (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	209	3,360	crash	0	88
13	23	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahre Racing (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	487	5,500	running	0	124
10	24	18	Dale Jarrett	Eric Freedlander	Chevrolet	497	7,845	running	0
14	25	12	Slick Johnson	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	487	4,290	running	0	121
21	26	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	406	1,260	engine	0	100
22	27	64	Jerry Cranmer	Sunny King Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	392	3,400	running	0	97
15	28	6	D.K. Ulrich	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	483	4,380	running	0	118
18	29	81	Mike Potter	Pannill Knits (Corey Fillip)	Ford	450	1,430	running	0	109
30	30	41	Ronnie Thomas	Busch Polishes (Ronnie Thomas)	Chevrolet	77	950	engine	0	73

Failed to qualify: Tony Spanos

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	39	39
	40	44	5
	45	58	14
	59	65	7
	66	75	10
	76	82	7
	83	85	3
	86	88	3
	89	130	42
	131	151	21
	152	169	18
	170	179	10
	180	187	8
	188	192	5
	193	195	3
	196	200	5
	201	213	13
	214	217	4
	218	253	36
	254	294	41
	295	384	90
	385	388	4
	389	437	49
	438	446	9
	447	449	3
	450	453	4
	454	500	47
Percent of race run under caution: 25.0% Average green flag run: 26.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Rusty Wallace	1	40	40
Dave Marcis	41	58	18
Dale Earnhardt	59	69	11
Geoffrey Bodine	70	74	5
Rusty Wallace	75	76	2
Bill Elliott	77	131	55
Richard Petty	132	132	1
Bill Elliott	133	188	56
Morgan Shepherd	189	195	7
Alan Kulwicki	196	198	3
Sterling Marlin	199	252	54
Dale Earnhardt	253	254	2
Harry Gant	255	255	1
Kyle Petty	256	306	51
Bill Elliott	307	344	38
Morgan Shepherd	345	378	34
Dale Earnhardt	379	384	6
Morgan Shepherd	385	385	1
Dale Earnhardt	386	500	115

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	1205
2	Bill Elliott	1078	-127
3	Richard Petty	1008	-197
4	Neil Bonnett	1000	-205
5	Ricky Rudd	970	-235
6	Terry Labonte	923	-282
7	Darrell Waltrip	917	-288
8	Kyle Petty	902	-303
9	Rusty Wallace	886	-319
10	Ken Schrader	882	-323
11	Alan Kulwicki	866	-339
12	Benny Parsons	852	-353
13	Phil Parsons	847	-358
14	Bobby Allison	827	-378
15	Geoffrey Bodine	806	-399
16	Morgan Shepherd	805	-400
17	Sterling Marlin	786	-419
18	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	774	-431
19	Harry Gant	731	-474
20	Michael Waltrip	703	-502

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