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1988 Pannill Sweatshirts 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 29
Sunday, April 24, 1988 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps on a 0.526 mile paved track (263.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:31:08
Average speed: 74.74 mph
Pole speed: 91.328 mph

Cautions: 7 for 46 laps
Margin of victory: 1.99 sec
Attendance: 46000
Lead changes: 10

Glossary 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1988 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	14	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	53550	running	182	185
2	21	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	500	29975	running	101	175
3	29	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	499	20775	running	11	170
4	17	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	498	14550	running	1	165
5	6	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	498	14250	running	0	155
6	26	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Harry Ranier)	Ford	498	12600	running	0	150
7	24	88	Buddy Baker	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	498	8400	running	1	151
8	20	12	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	496	9000	running	0	142
9	31	55	Phil Parsons	Crown Petroleum (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	495	6200	running	0	138
10	7	25	Ken Schrader	Folger's Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	494	10650	running	0	134
11	15	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	493	10470	running	0	130
12	18	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	491	5520	running	0	127
13	13	29	Dale Jarrett	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Oldsmobile	491	2470	running	0	124
14	12	90	Benny Parsons	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	491	5370	running	0	121
15	5	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	488	6400	running	0	118
16	2	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	488	12350	running	0	115
17	11	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	460	6780	running	0	112
18	1	26	Ricky Rudd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	446	8555	engine	37	114
19	25	31	Brad Teague	Slender You Figure Salons (Bob Clark)	Oldsmobile	407	1725	running	0	106
20	8	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	392	5850	engine	0	103
21	28	98	Brad Noffsinger	Sunoco (Mike Curb)	Buick	368	2850	engine	0	100
22	23	30	Michael Waltrip	Country Time Lemonade (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	314	4055	engine	0	97
23	4	6	Mark Martin	Stroh's Light (Jack Roush)	Ford	309	2820	engine	0	94
24	10	67	Jimmy Hensley	Pannill Sweatshirts (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	290	4245	ignition	0
25	16	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	243	2375	engine	0	88
26	3	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	208	7175	engine	167	90
27	19	15	Brett Bodine	Crisco (Bud Moore)	Ford	205	8725	engine	0	82
28	22	83	Lake Speed	Wynn's / Kmart (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	193	1400	engine	0	79
29	32	68	Derrike Cope	Purolator Filters (Jim Testa)	Ford	122	3550	overheating	0	76
30	9	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	44	7560	engine	0	73
31	30	10	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing (Bob Whitcomb)	Buick	42	1610	engine	0	70
32	27	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	31	3510	engine	0	67

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Gary Brooks
	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger	D.K. Ulrich
	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners	Jimmy Means	Pontiac
	Rodney Combs	97	GM Tech Team	Tom Winkle	Buick

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	65	65
	66	75	10	#83 spun turn 4
	76	86	11
	87	94	8	#4,55 accident turn 4
	95	245	151
	246	251	6	#5,21 accident backstretch
	252	285	34
	286	290	5
	291	311	21
	312	318	7	#6 engine
	319	392	74
	393	396	4	#5 spun turn 4
	397	404	8
	405	410	6
	411	500	90
Percent of race run under caution: 9.2% Average green flag run: 56.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Ricky Rudd	1	37	37
Harry Gant	38	66	29
Terry Labonte	67	67	1
Harry Gant	68	205	138
Sterling Marlin	206	246	41
Buddy Baker	247	247	1
Sterling Marlin	248	286	39
Bobby Hillin, Jr.	287	291	5
Sterling Marlin	292	312	21
Bobby Hillin, Jr.	313	318	6
Dale Earnhardt	319	500	182

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	1244
2	Sterling Marlin	1167	-77
3	Bill Elliott	1129	-115
4	Rusty Wallace	1121	-123
5	Terry Labonte	1097	-147
6	Bobby Allison	1085	-159
7	Neil Bonnett	1052	-192
8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1030	-214
9	Darrell Waltrip	1027	-217
10	Ken Schrader	1013	-231
11	Geoffrey Bodine	1000	-244
12	Davey Allison	970	-274
13	Buddy Baker	967	-277
14	Ricky Rudd	955	-289
15	Kyle Petty	940	-304
16	Phil Parsons	936	-308
17	Alan Kulwicki	875	-369
18	Lake Speed	858	-386
19	Dave Marcis	842	-402
20	Dale Jarrett	821	-423
21	Mark Martin	820	-424