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1987 Budweiser 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 29
Sunday, May 31, 1987 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:25:35
Average speed: 112.958 mph
Pole speed: 145.056 mph

Cautions: 9 for 59 laps
Margin of victory: 7 sec
Attendance: 56000
Lead changes: 18

Glossary 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1987 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Harry Ranier)	Ford	500	46600	running	212	185
2	1	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	500	35575	running	61	175
3	13	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	499	25575	running	1	165
4	10	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	498	20775	running	15	165
5	9	35	Benny Parsons	Folger's Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	498	18025	running	0	155
6	3	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	498	12880	running	38	155
7	8	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	496	7895	running	0	151
8	25	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	496	11575	running	25	147
9	12	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	494	8465	running	0	138
10	16	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	494	9280	running	0	134
11	22	88	Buddy Baker	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	492	3400	running	0	130
12	11	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	490	11300	running	1	132
13	37	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	487	6485	running	0	124
14	18	1	Brett Bodine	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	486	2400	running	0	121
15	17	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	485	7275	crash	0	118
16	31	12	Larry Pollard	Hamby Racing (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	483	5615	running	0
17	19	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	481	10150	running	0	112
18	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Pannill Knitting (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	479	5305	running	0	109
19	36	04	Charlie Rudolph	Rudolph Racing (Charlie Rudolph)	Chevrolet	462	2050	running	0	106
20	29	64	Rodney Combs	Sunny King (Elmo Langley)	Ford	456	5595	engine	0	103
21	21	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahre Racing (Chuck Rider)	Chevrolet	415	4725	engine	0	100
22	26	55	Phil Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	389	2400	crash	0	97
23	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	373	1850	engine	0	94
24	14	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	370	8800	running	0	91
25	4	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	362	10600	engine	147	93
26	20	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	359	8700	engine	0	85
27	27	80	Gary Fedewa	Refrigeration Sales (Harold Burke)	Chevrolet	355	1650	engine	0	82
28	7	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	316	8600	engine	0	79
29	6	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	289	1540	engine	0	76
30	5	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	196	4275	engine	0	73
31	30	58	Jerry Bowman	J.B.'s Auto Machine (Jerry Bowman)	Ford	161	1450	electrical	0	70
32	15	26	Morgan Shepherd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	135	4155	crash	0	67
33	35	81	Mike Potter	Jimmy Walker Coal (Corey Fillip)	Ford	132	1350	crash	0	64
34	33	6	D.K. Ulrich	U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	91	4035	crash	0	61
35	23	18	Dale Jarrett	Freedlander Financial (Eric Freedlander)	Chevrolet	84	3200	transmission	0	58
36	24	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	69	3175	crash	0	55
37	34	62	Steve Christman	AC Spark Plug (Tom Winkle)	Pontiac	59	1175	engine	0	52
38	32	37	Curtis Markham	Hanover Printing (Wayne Beahr)	Ford	29	1175	crash	0
39	39	31	Ron Shephard	National Parts Peddler / L.B.S. Graphics (Ron Shephard)	Chevrolet	22	1150	engine	0	46

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Johnny Coy, Jr.
	Eddie Drury
	Billy Fulcher
	Phil Good
	Jerry Holden

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	25	25
	26	29	4	#31 engine
	30	33	4
	34	40	7	#37 accident turn 3
	41	71	31
	72	80	9	#43 accident
	81	96	16
	97	107	11	#6 accident frontstretch
	108	138	31
	139	149	11	#4,26,81 accident frontstretch
	150	162	13
	163	167	5	ambulance
	168	363	196
	364	368	5	#8 engine
	369	371	3
	372	374	3	#90 spun frontstretch
	375	396	22
	397	400	4	#27,55 accident turn 4
	401	500	100
Percent of race run under caution: 11.8% Average green flag run: 44.1 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Elliott	1	25	25
Ken Schrader	26	63	38
Bill Elliott	64	98	35
Dave Marcis	99	123	25
Bobby Allison	124	137	14
Ricky Rudd	138	138	1
Dale Earnhardt	139	152	14
Davey Allison	153	162	10
Bobby Allison	163	227	65
Davey Allison	228	250	23
Bobby Allison	251	315	65
Davey Allison	316	345	30
Bobby Allison	346	348	3
Davey Allison	349	362	14
Terry Labonte	363	363	1
Davey Allison	364	394	31
Bill Elliott	395	395	1
Dale Earnhardt	396	396	1
Davey Allison	397	500	104

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	1823
2	Bill Elliott	1614	-209
3	Terry Labonte	1568	-255
4	Neil Bonnett	1556	-267
5	Rusty Wallace	1467	-356
6	Kyle Petty	1465	-358
7	Darrell Waltrip	1458	-365
8	Richard Petty	1435	-388
9	Ken Schrader	1406	-417
10	Ricky Rudd	1378	-445
11	Phil Parsons	1316	-507
12	Benny Parsons	1309	-514
13	Morgan Shepherd	1293	-530
14	Sterling Marlin	1214	-609
15	Geoffrey Bodine	1212	-611
16	Alan Kulwicki	1211	-612
17	Bobby Allison	1210	-613
18	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1193	-630
19	Michael Waltrip	1155	-668
20	Dave Marcis	1063	-760
21	Harry Gant	1058	-765