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1987 Holly Farms 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 29
Sunday, October 4, 1987 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:36:09
Average speed: 96.051 mph
Pole speed: 115.196 mph

Cautions: 4 for 24 laps
Margin of victory: under caution
Attendance: 31000
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1987 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	400	45575	running	207	185
2	10	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	400	26950	running	137	175
3	1	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	399	25450	running	39	170
4	9	26	Morgan Shepherd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	398	11205	running	0	160
5	18	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	398	11975	running	11	160
6	11	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	398	9425	running	0	150
7	5	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	398	9305	running	0	146
8	27	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	397	7980	running	0	142
9	19	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	397	5310	running	0	138
10	20	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	397	9975	running	0	134
11	15	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	397	4995	running	0	130
12	2	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	397	3325	running	0	127
13	12	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	397	8720	running	0	124
14	17	55	Phil Parsons	Skoal Classic (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	397	2565	running	0	121
15	6	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	396	4910	running	0	118
16	7	30	Michael Waltrip	All Pro Auto Parts (Chuck Rider)	Chevrolet	395	4355	running	0	115
17	8	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	394	7170	running	0	112
18	14	18	Dale Jarrett	Coats & Clark (Eric Freedlander)	Chevrolet	394	4995	running	0	109
19	3	35	Benny Parsons	Folger's Decaf (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	394	9320	running	0	106
20	16	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	393	4610	running	0	103
21	28	52	Jimmy Means	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	389	3830	running	0	100
22	25	6	Ernie Irvan	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	387	3515	running	0
23	26	12	Larry Pollard	B & C Auto Sales (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	386	3480	running	0
24	32	64	Trevor Boys	Sunny King (Elmo Langley)	Ford	386	3445	running	0
25	30	41	Ronnie Thomas	Busch Polishes (Ronnie Thomas)	Chevrolet	381	1300	running	0	88
26	22	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Harry Ranier)	Ford	367	1175	running	0	85
27	13	67	Buddy Arrington	Pannill Knitting (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	265	3410	engine	0	82
28	24	76	Hut Stricklin	Jaehne Motorsports (Skip Jaehne)	Oldsmobile	207	1925	crash	0	79
29	31	62	Steve Christman	AC Spark Plug (Tom Winkle)	Pontiac	202	1100	engine	0	76
30	21	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	198	2625	engine	6	78
31	23	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	24	2575	differential	0	70
32	29	81	Slick Johnson	Autcec (Corey Fillip)	Ford	11	1125	engine	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Rodney Combs				Ford
	Lynn Gibson				Pontiac
	Bill Hollar
	Clark James				Pontiac
	Glenn Moffat				Chevrolet
	Graham Taylor				Ford
	Joe Dan Bailey	36	National Motors	H.B. Bailey	Pontiac
	Ronnie Adams	38	Adams Racing		Chevrolet
	Kevin Evans	54	Gray Racing		Chevrolet
	J.D. McDuffie	70	Rumple Furniture	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac
	Bobby Gerhart	85		Bobby Gerhart / Billy Gerhart	Chevrolet
	Brandon Baker	88	Bull Frog Knits / Crisco	Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff	Chevrolet
	D. Wayne Strout	97	Enginetech	D. Wayne Strout	Oldsmobile

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	38	38
	39	44	6	#11 accident turn 4
	45	191	147
	192	197	6	debris
	198	207	10
	208	218	11	#62,76 accident turn 1
	219	399	181
	400	400	1	#7 spun turn 2
Percent of race run under caution: 6.0% Average green flag run: 94.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Elliott	1	39	39
Dave Marcis	40	45	6
Dale Earnhardt	46	178	133
Geoffrey Bodine	179	189	11
Dale Earnhardt	190	193	4
Terry Labonte	194	400	207

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	4136
2	Bill Elliott	3563	-573
3	Terry Labonte	3446	-690
4	Darrell Waltrip	3339	-797
5	Neil Bonnett	3297	-839
6	Ricky Rudd	3292	-844
7	Rusty Wallace	3282	-854
8	Richard Petty	3208	-928
9	Kyle Petty	3154	-982
10	Ken Schrader	3033	-1103
11	Bobby Allison	2981	-1155
12	Geoffrey Bodine	2892	-1244
13	Sterling Marlin	2857	-1279
14	Phil Parsons	2841	-1295
15	Alan Kulwicki	2768	-1368
16	Benny Parsons	2722	-1414
17	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	2702	-1434
18	Morgan Shepherd	2697	-1439
19	Dave Marcis	2664	-1472
20	Michael Waltrip	2542	-1594
21	Davey Allison	2395	-1741