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1987 Delaware 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 23 of 29
Sunday, September 20, 1987 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:00:34
Average Speed: 124.706 mph
Pole Speed: 145.826 mph

Cautions: 6 for 31 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 sec
Attendance: 51,000
Lead changes: 20

Glossary 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1987 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	13	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	500	54,550	running	373	185
2	2	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Harry Ranier)	Ford	500	25,875	running	39	175
32	3	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	295	11,050	crash	37	72
14	1	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	493	10,735	running	25	126
31	22	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	304	12,700	engine	18	75
5	11	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	500	17,620	running	6	160
4	9	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	500	19,375	running	1	165
7	12	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	498	12,440	running	1	146
3	19	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (RahMoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	500	21,335	running	0	165
6	6	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	498	13,175	running	0	150
8	14	88	Buddy Baker	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	498	5,900	running	0	142
9	26	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	496	8,575	running	0	138
10	23	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	495	7,390	running	0	134
11	5	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	495	7,355	running	0	130
12	20	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	495	10,900	running	0	127
13	15	1	Brett Bodine	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	493	2,650	running	0	124
15	27	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	490	6,275	running	0	118
16	18	35	Benny Parsons	Folger's Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	489	11,400	running	0	115
17	30	62	Steve Christman	AC Spark Plug (Tom Winkle)	Pontiac	487	2,650	running	0	112
18	40	30	Michael Waltrip	All Pro Auto Parts (Chuck Rider)	Chevrolet	486	5,515	running	0	109
19	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Pannill Knitting (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	479	5,255	running	0	106
20	36	6	Rick Knoop	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	470	5,595	running	0	0
21	33	12	Larry Caudill	Templeton (Roger Hamby)	Oldsmobile	470	4,725	running	0	0
22	16	52	Jimmy Means	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	468	4,665	running	0	97
23	8	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	403	8,850	running	0	94
24	29	82	Rick Jeffrey	Daugherty Enterprises	Chevrolet	391	1,800	clutch	0	91
25	7	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	381	4,605	engine	0	88
26	37	97	D. Wayne Strout	Enginetech (D. Wayne Strout)	Oldsmobile	381	1,700	fatigue	0	85
27	4	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	356	1,650	distributor	0	82
28	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	335	1,600	engine	0	79
29	21	55	Phil Parsons	Skoal Classic (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	328	1,550	running	0	76
30	34	51	David Simko	Metro Car Care (Elmer Simko)	Chevrolet	308	1,500	clutch	0	73
33	24	64	Trevor Boys	Sunny King (Elmo Langley)	Ford	281	4,085	engine	0	0
34	32	98	Mark Gibson	Tri-Sack Racing (Bo Gibson)	Pontiac	204	1,300	axle	0	61
35	28	81	Mike Potter	Fillip Racing (Corey Fillip)	Ford	185	1,200	exhaust	0	58
36	39	29	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Oldsmobile	117	1,175	engine	0	55
37	35	80	Eddie Bierschwale	S & H Racing (George Smith)	Chevrolet	65	1,175	engine	0	52
38	17	18	Dale Jarrett	Coats & Clark (Eric Freedlander)	Chevrolet	45	3,175	engine	0	49
39	25	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	45	8,150	crash	0	46
40	10	26	Morgan Shepherd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	20	3,150	engine	0	43

Failed to qualify: Bobby Gerhart, Jerry Ward

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	1	1
	2	6	5
	7	46	40
	47	53	7
	54	149	96
	150	153	4
	154	220	67
	221	224	4
	225	288	64
	289	293	5
	294	296	3
	297	302	6
	303	500	198
Percent of race run under caution: 6.2% Average green flag run: 67.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Davey Allison	1	22	22
Alan Kulwicki	23	47	25
Bill Elliott	48	48	1
Ricky Rudd	49	132	84
Dale Earnhardt	133	135	3
Terry Labonte	136	140	5
Davey Allison	141	144	4
Ricky Rudd	145	150	6
Bobby Allison	151	151	1
Terry Labonte	152	183	32
Ricky Rudd	184	284	101
Dale Earnhardt	285	287	3
Ricky Rudd	288	289	2
Davey Allison	290	290	1
Dale Earnhardt	291	302	12
Ricky Rudd	303	379	77
Davey Allison	380	391	12
Ricky Rudd	392	465	74
Sterling Marlin	466	471	6
Ricky Rudd	472	500	29

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	3781
2	Bill Elliott	3263	-518
3	Terry Labonte	3091	-690
4	Rusty Wallace	3069	-712
5	Ricky Rudd	3063	-718
6	Darrell Waltrip	3032	-749
7	Neil Bonnett	3007	-774
8	Richard Petty	2946	-835
9	Kyle Petty	2866	-915
10	Ken Schrader	2788	-993
11	Bobby Allison	2722	-1059
12	Geoffrey Bodine	2619	-1162
13	Sterling Marlin	2608	-1173
14	Phil Parsons	2605	-1176
15	Benny Parsons	2522	-1259
16	Dave Marcis	2504	-1277
17	Alan Kulwicki	2472	-1309
18	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2463	-1318
19	Morgan Shepherd	2382	-1399
20	Michael Waltrip	2318	-1463

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