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1987 Daytona 500

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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 (500.0 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: 145,000
Lead changes: 27

Glossary 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1987 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	1	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	200	204,150	running	104	185
2	4	35	Benny Parsons	Folger's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	122,420	running	2	175
3	11	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	200	76,040	running	2	170
4	7	88	Buddy Baker	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	200	74,450	running	45	165
5	13	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	64,925	running	16	160
6	6	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	200	60,475	running	0	150
7	3	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	200	68,545	running	14	151
8	5	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	39,925	running	1	147
9	31	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	200	38,425	running	0	138
10	22	29	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Oldsmobile	200	29,600	running	0	134
11	19	55	Phil Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	200	26,200	running	0	130
12	15	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (RahMoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	199	29,600	running	5	132
13	21	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	199	29,005	running	0	124
14	8	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	199	36,365	running	10	126
15	37	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	198	22,740	running	0	118
16	35	26	Morgan Shepherd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	198	20,660	running	0	115
17	24	77	Ken Ragan	TRW (Marvin Ragan)	Ford	197	17,085	running	0	112
18	14	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	197	25,915	running	0	109
19	36	10	Rodney Combs	DiGard	Oldsmobile	197	15,295	running	0	106
20	42	50	Greg Sacks	Valvoline (Dingman Brothers)	Pontiac	196	14,335	running	0	103
21	27	86	Ronnie Sanders	Moss-Dingler (Ray Moss)	Ford	195	13,930	running	0
22	18	30	Michael Waltrip	Oxford Plains Speedway (Chuck Rider)	Chevrolet	193	18,110	running	0	97
23	28	6	Trevor Boys	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	191	16,795	running	0	94
24	40	52	Jimmy Means	Turtle Wax / Car & Driver (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	191	14,480	running	0	91
25	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	Tom Winkle	Pontiac	191	11,810	running	0	88
26	33	83	Lake Speed	Wynn's (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	188	11,105	engine	0	85
27	2	28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy (Harry Ranier)	Ford	184	14,045	running	0	82
28	39	12	David Sosebee	Hamby Automotive (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	184	14,145	running	0	79
29	29	66	Tom Sneva	Skoal (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	182	11,135	engine	0	76
30	10	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	167	16,875	clutch	1	78
31	12	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	156	15,100	transmission	0	70
32	17	1	Ron Bouchard	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	125	11,370	engine	0	67
33	23	19	Derrike Cope	Stoke Racing (Fred Stoke)	Ford	124	10,840	overheating	0	64
34	16	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	115	13,975	oil leak	0	61
35	20	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo / 7-Eleven (Wood Brothers)	Ford	72	13,455	valve	0	58
36	34	67	Eddie Bierschwale	Pannill Knitting (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	44	12,235	engine	0	55
37	9	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	37	11,420	clutch	0	52
38	30	82	Mark Stahl	Auto Bell Car Wash (Mark Stahl)	Ford	36	9,540	engine	0	49
39	26	81	Chet Fillip	Marshall Batteries (Corey Fillip)	Ford	19	9,705	engine	0	46
40	25	64	Connie Saylor	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	12	11,470	engine	0	43
41	32	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	10	15,720	piston	0	40
42	41	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen / Gilmore (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	10	7,870	spark plug	0	37

Failed to qualify: Ed Pimm (#98), Blackie Wangerin (#39), Dick McCabe (#00), Joe Booher (#02), Jeff Swindell (#09), Tommy Ellis (#18), Grant Adcox (#24), Jonathan Lee Edwards (#32), Ronnie Thomas (#41), Delma Cowart (#49), Steve Moore (#48), Donnie Allison (#54), Steve Christman (#62), Phil Barkdoll (#73), Bobby Wawak (#74), Jim Sauter (#89), Ralph Jones (#92), Charlie Baker (#93), David Simko (#51)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	41	41
	42	45	4
	46	48	3
	49	52	4
	53	139	87
	140	143	4
	144	154	11
	155	157	3
	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

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