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1987 First Union 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 29
Sunday, April 5, 1987 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a .625 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:39:24
Average Speed: 94.103 mph
Pole Speed: 116.003 mph

Cautions: 8 for 49 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.72 sec
Attendance: 31,000
Lead changes: 11

Glossary 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1987 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	3	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	400	44,675	running	319	185
2	12	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	400	20,055	running	0	170
10	1	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	398	17,185	running	10	139
5	11	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	399	14,890	running	0	155
3	21	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (RahMoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	400	14,470	running	56	170
4	19	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	400	12,935	running	0	160
8	5	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	398	10,515	running	0	142
15	2	35	Benny Parsons	Folger's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	396	9,830	running	12	123
9	9	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	398	8,685	running	0	138
28	7	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	240	7,610	engine	0	79
13	26	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	397	7,380	running	1	129
14	4	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	396	7,300	running	0	121
6	15	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	399	6,435	running	1	155
11	16	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	398	4,885	running	0	130
12	14	18	Dale Jarrett	Freedlander Financial (Eric Freedlander)	Chevrolet	398	4,725	running	0
7	17	55	Phil Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	399	4,660	running	0	146
16	13	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	396	4,415	running	0	115
17	18	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	395	4,205	running	0	112
19	31	12	Slick Johnson	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	Oldsmobile	392	4,045	running	1
22	24	64	Jerry Cranmer	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	380	3,815	running	0	97
23	30	6	Bobby Baker	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	380	3,500	running	0	94
24	10	30	Michael Waltrip	Domino's Pizza (Chuck Rider)	Chevrolet	379	3,440	running	0	91
26	28	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	316	3,355	running	0	85
27	8	26	Morgan Shepherd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	258	3,345	crash	0	82
30	27	52	Jimmy Means	Turtle Wax (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	74	2,635	cylinder head	0	73
20	23	10	Rodney Combs	DiGard Racing (DiGard)	Chevrolet	386	2,030	running	0	103
18	29	81	Eddie Bierschwale	Pannill Knitting (Corey Fillip)	Ford	392	1,430	running	0	109
21	6	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	383	1,335	running	0	100
25	20	16	Larry Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (David Pearson)	Chevrolet	359	1,310	rear end	0	88
29	25	34	Jesse Samples, Jr.	Allen's Glass (Ken Allen)	Chevrolet	156	1,160	rear end	0	76
31	22	62	Steve Christman	AC Spark Plug (Tom Winkle)	Pontiac	63	1,135	crash	0	70
32	32	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	29	1,085	engine	0	67

Failed to qualify: Eddie Bierschwale (#67)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	11	11
	12	14	3
	15	18	4
	19	24	6
	25	48	24
	49	52	4
	53	67	15
	68	77	10
	78	121	44
	122	126	5
	127	240	114
	241	247	7
	248	259	12
	260	266	7
	267	366	100
	367	373	7
	374	400	27
Percent of race run under caution: 12.2% Average green flag run: 39.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Elliott	1	10	10
Dale Earnhardt	11	49	39
Slick Johnson	50	50	1
Benny Parsons	51	62	12
Dale Earnhardt	63	122	60
Bobby Hillin,, Jr.	123	123	1
Richard Petty	124	124	1
Dale Earnhardt	125	241	117
Neil Bonnett	242	242	1
Dale Earnhardt	243	260	18
Neil Bonnett	261	315	55
Dale Earnhardt	316	400	85

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	1025
2	Bill Elliott	908	-117
3	Neil Bonnett	870	-155
4	Richard Petty	833	-192
5	Ricky Rudd	805	-220
6	Darrell Waltrip	790	-235
7	Terry Labonte	785	-240
8	Benny Parsons	773	-252
9	Ken Schrader	770	-255
10	Rusty Wallace	766	-259
11	Kyle Petty	751	-274
12	Phil Parsons	744	-281
13	Bobby Allison	733	-292
14	Alan Kulwicki	706	-319
15	Geoffrey Bodine	695	-330
16	Sterling Marlin	690	-335
17	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	689	-336
18	Morgan Shepherd	658	-367
19	Michael Waltrip	579	-446
20	Harry Gant	576	-449

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