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1987 TranSouth 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 29
Sunday, March 29, 1987 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.3 miles)

Time of race: 4:05:28
Average Speed: 122.54 mph
Pole Speed: 158.387 mph

Cautions: 10 for 71 laps
Margin of Victory: 2.87 sec
Attendance: 47,000
Lead changes: 27

Glossary 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1987 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	367	52,985	running	239	185
2	3	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	367	31,485	running	41	175
3	24	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	367	20,450	running	1	170
4	16	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	367	17,105	running	5	165
5	1	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	367	16,650	running	19	160
6	13	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (RahMoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	367	10,065	running	7	155
7	12	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	366	9,295	running	0	146
8	25	1	Ron Bouchard	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	366	4,810	running	0	142
9	15	55	Phil Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	366	4,305	running	0	138
10	19	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	366	5,180	running	1	139
11	7	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	364	10,525	running	0	130
12	36	12	Slick Johnson	Hamby Automotive (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	363	7,755	running	0	127
13	23	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	362	6,815	running	0	124
14	34	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	361	7,375	running	0	121
15	21	29	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Oldsmobile	354	3,715	running	0	118
16	28	67	Eddie Bierschwale	Pannill Knits (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	349	5,800	running	0	115
17	35	36	H.B. Bailey	National Motors (H.B. Bailey)	Pontiac	348	2,485	running	0	112
18	32	6	D.K. Ulrich	Metro Mobile (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	347	5,420	running	0	109
19	30	30	Michael Waltrip	Domino's Pizza (Chuck Rider)	Chevrolet	338	5,040	running	0	106
20	6	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	322	10,075	overheating	0	103
21	4	35	Benny Parsons	Folger's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	314	11,275	running	0	100
22	18	26	Morgan Shepherd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	312	4,785	running	0	97
23	20	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	307	8,900	overheating	0	94
24	33	64	Connie Saylor	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	291	4,570	running	0	91
25	11	88	Buddy Baker	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	259	2,585	crash	40	93
26	27	50	Greg Sacks	Valvoline (Dingman Brothers)	Pontiac	258	1,680	engine	0	85
27	5	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Harry Ranier)	Ford	214	2,375	crash	0	82
28	8	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	214	8,580	crash	1	84
29	37	77	Bobby Wawak	Morris-Ragan (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	168	1,535	crash	0	76
30	10	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	144	9,885	crash	12	78
31	9	83	Lake Speed	Wynn's (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	144	1,445	crash	0	70
32	14	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	143	10,200	crash	0	67
33	17	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	131	4,100	steering	1	69
34	22	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	118	1,330	head gasket	0	61
35	40	32	Jonathan Lee Edwards	Share The Pride (Jonathan Lee Edwards)	Chevrolet	104	1,300	fuel pump	0	58
36	31	52	Jimmy Means	Turtle Wax / Car & Driver (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	85	3,270	engine	0	55
37	29	10	Rodney Combs	DiGard	Chevrolet	38	1,740	ignition	0	52
38	41	48	James Hylton	Fleet Service (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	14	1,225	ignition	0	49
39	39	62	Steve Christman	AC Spark Plug (Tom Winkle)	Pontiac	8	1,210	crash	0	46
40	26	18	Tommy Ellis	Eric Freedlander	Chevrolet	3	1,180	quit	0	43
41	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	1	1,180	engine	0	40

Failed to qualify: Mike Potter (#81), Joe Millikan, Mark Stahl (#82)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	22	22
	23	26	4
	27	71	45
	72	78	7
	79	135	57
	136	140	5
	141	145	5
	146	157	12
	158	178	21
	179	182	4
	183	192	10
	193	195	3
	196	216	21
	217	241	25
	242	249	8
	250	253	4
	254	274	21
	275	277	3
	278	294	17
	295	298	4
	299	367	69
Percent of race run under caution: 19.3% Average green flag run: 26.9 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dale Earnhardt	1	23	23
Dave Marcis	24	24	1
Ricky Rudd	25	36	12
Dale Earnhardt	37	72	36
Darrell Waltrip	73	73	1
Dale Earnhardt	74	136	63
Bobby Allison	137	137	1
Dale Earnhardt	138	179	42
Richard Petty	180	180	1
Ken Schrader	181	185	5
Buddy Baker	186	217	32
Sterling Marlin	218	218	1
Neil Bonnett	219	223	5
Dale Earnhardt	224	237	14
Buddy Baker	238	239	2
Sterling Marlin	240	243	4
Buddy Baker	244	249	6
Ken Schrader	250	257	8
Bill Elliott	258	275	18
Ken Schrader	276	280	5
Bill Elliott	281	293	13
Dale Earnhardt	294	295	2
Neil Bonnett	296	297	2
Ken Schrader	298	298	1
Dale Earnhardt	299	356	58
Bill Elliott	357	366	10
Dale Earnhardt	367	367	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	840
2	Bill Elliott	769	-71
3	Neil Bonnett	700	-140
4	Darrell Waltrip	690	-150
5	Richard Petty	678	-162
6	Ken Schrader	655	-185
7	Benny Parsons	650	-190
8	Ricky Rudd	650	-190
9	Terry Labonte	643	-197
10	Rusty Wallace	628	-212
11	Geoffrey Bodine	616	-224
12	Bobby Allison	612	-228
13	Phil Parsons	598	-242
14	Kyle Petty	581	-259
15	Sterling Marlin	578	-262
16	Morgan Shepherd	576	-264
17	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	560	-280
18	Alan Kulwicki	546	-294
19	Michael Waltrip	488	-352
20	Cale Yarborough	478	-362

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