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1987 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500
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Winston Cup race number 4 of 29
March 15, 1987 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.2 miles)

Time of race: 3:44:02
Average Speed: 133.689 mph
Pole Speed: 175.497 mph Cautions: 9 for 51 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.41 sec
Attendance: 54,000

Glossary 1987 Winston Cup results / 1987 standings

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Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	6	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	328	62,400	running	7	180
2	10	35	Benny Parsons	Folger's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	328	36,125	running	43	175
3	7	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	328	25,950	running	26	170
4	9	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	328	20,825	running	2	165
5	8	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Harry Ranier)	Ford	327	18,550	running	0	155
6	21	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	327	9,900	running	0	150
7	26	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (RahMoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	327	11,205	running	0	146
8	3	29	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Oldsmobile	327	5,650	running	7	147
9	25	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	327	9,320	running	0	138
10	29	26	Morgan Shepherd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	326	9,750	running	0	134
11	27	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	326	8,470	running	0	130
12	32	1	Ron Bouchard	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	325	3,500	running	0	127
13	22	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	325	9,945	running	0	124
14	17	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	325	7,215	running	1	126
15	14	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	323	1,480	running	0	118
16	1	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	322	19,520	running	196	125
17	30	18	Tommy Ellis	Freedlander Financial (Eric Freedlander)	Chevrolet	322	8,745	running	0	112
18	34	36	H.B. Bailey	Almeda Auto Parts (H.B. Bailey)	Pontiac	321	4,550	running	0	109
19	15	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	320	9,690	running	2	111
20	24	14	A.J. Foyt	Copenhagen (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	319	3,070	running	0	103
21	31	12	David Sosebee	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	Oldsmobile	317	7,610	running	0	100
22	35	62	Steve Christman	AC Delco (Tom Winkle)	Pontiac	314	3,600	running	0	97
23	28	6	D.K. Ulrich	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	303	6,680	ball joint	0	94
24	13	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	302	9,180	running	0	91
25	40	93	Mike Potter	Potter Racing (Patsy Salmon)	Chevrolet	291	2,945	running	0	88
26	18	77	Ken Ragan	TRW (Marvin Ragan)	Ford	281	2,555	ignition	0	85
27	19	55	Phil Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	261	1,995	engine	0	82
28	2	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	255	10,560	engine	22	84
29	4	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	220	5,130	engine	22	81
30	39	82	Mark Stahl	Auto Bell Car Wash (Mark Stahl)	Ford	208	1,840	running	0	73
31	36	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	169	4,855	handling	0	70
32	33	52	Jimmy Means	Turtle Wax / Car & Driver (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	157	4,555	crash	0	67
33	23	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	86	5,490	crash	0	64
34	11	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	86	4,455	crash	0	61
35	12	83	Lake Speed	Wynn's (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	73	1,680	fuel pump	0	58
36	37	19	Derrike Cope	Stoke Racing (Fred Stoke)	Ford	61	1,655	crash	0	55
37	20	50	Greg Sacks	Valvoline (Dingman Brothers)	Pontiac	53	1,635	engine	0	52
38	5	88	Buddy Baker	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	36	1,615	engine	0	49
39	16	30	Michael Waltrip	Domino's Pizza (Chuck Rider)	Chevrolet	33	4,325	transmission	0	46
40	41	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac	16	1,510	engine	0	43
41	38	64	Connie Saylor	Sunny King (Elmo Langley)	Ford	3	3,510	engine	0	40

Cautions: Laps: 3-5, 40-43, 65-71, 88-98, 222-226, 235-239, 264-269, 284-290, 317-319

Lap leaders: D. Earnhardt 1-39, B. Elliott 40, D. Earnhardt 41-64, B. Elliott 65, R. Wallace 66-71, D. Earnhardt 72-87, B. Elliott 88, B. Allison 89-90, K. Schrader 91-98, B. Elliott 99-114, D. Earnhardt 115-147, B. Elliott 148, K. Schrader 149-157, C. Yarborough 158-162, D. Earnhardt 163-207, B. Elliott 208-209, B. Parsons 210-215, K. Schrader 216-220, D. Earnhardt 221, C. Yarborough 222, R. Petty 223, D. Earnhardt 224-234, B. Parsons 235-240, D. Earnhardt 241-263, C. Yarborough 264, R. Wallace 265-276, D. Earnhardt 277-280, R. Wallace 281-286, B. Parsons 287-315, R. Wallace 316-317, T. Labonte 318-319, B. Parsons 320-321, R. Rudd 322-328

Points standings (top 20) after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff +----+-----------------------+------+-----+ 1 Dale Earnhardt 655 2 Bill Elliott 594 -61 3 Terry Labonte 576 -79 4 Ricky Rudd 572 -83 5 Darrell Waltrip 551 -104 6 Benny Parsons 550 -105 7 Neil Bonnett 545 -110 8 Bobby Allison 528 -127 9 Rusty Wallace 525 -130 10 Richard Petty 508 -147 11 Ken Schrader 495 -160 12 Geoffrey Bodine 486 -169 13 Morgan Shepherd 479 -176 14 Bobby Hillin, Jr. 466 -189 15 Phil Parsons 460 -195 16 Kyle Petty 457 -198 17 Alan Kulwicki 425 -230 18 Sterling Marlin 413 -242 19 Michael Waltrip 382 -273 20 Davey Allison 380 -275 +----+-----------------------+------+-----+

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