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1987 First Union 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 29 Sunday, April 5, 1987 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 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: 31000 Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1987 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 400 44675 running 319 185 2 12 21   Kyle Petty Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 400 20055 running 0 170 3 21 75   Neil Bonnett Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 400 14470 running 56 170 4 19 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 400 12935 running 0 160 5 11 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 399 14890 running 0 155 6 15 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 399 6435 running 1 155 7 17 55   Phil Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 399 4660 running 0 146 8 5 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 398 10515 running 0 142 9 9 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 398 8685 running 0 138 10 1 9   Bill Elliott Coors / Melling Oil Pumps   (Harry Melling) Ford 398 17185 running 10 139 11 16 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 398 4885 running 0 130 12 14 18   Dale Jarrett Freedlander Financial   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 398 4725 running 0   13 26 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 397 7380 running 1 129 14 4 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 396 7300 running 0 121 15 2 35   Benny Parsons Folger's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 396 9830 running 12 123 16 13 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 396 4415 running 0 115 17 18 44   Sterling Marlin Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 395 4205 running 0 112 18 29 81   Eddie Bierschwale Pannill Knitting   (Corey Fillip) Ford 392 1430 running 0 109 19 31 12   Slick Johnson Hesco Exhaust Systems   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 392 4045 running 1   20 23 10   Rodney Combs DiGard Racing   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 386 2030 running 0 103 21 6 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 383 1335 running 0 100 22 24 64   Jerry Cranmer Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 380 3815 running 0 97 23 30 6   Bobby Baker U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 380 3500 running 0 94 24 10 30   Michael Waltrip Bahre Racing   (Chuck Rider) Chevrolet 379 3440 running 0 91 25 20 16   Larry Pearson Chattanooga Chew   (David Pearson) Chevrolet 359 1310 rear end 0 88 26 28 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy / Helen Rae   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 316 3355 running 0 85 27 8 26   Morgan Shepherd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 258 3345 crash 0 82 28 7 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 240 7610 engine 0 79 29 25 34   Jesse Samples, Jr. Allen's Glass   (Ken Allen) Chevrolet 156 1160 rear end 0 76 30 27 52   Jimmy Means Turtle Wax   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 74 2635 cylinder head 0 73 31 22 62   Steve Christman AC Spark Plug   (Tom Winkle) Pontiac 63 1135 crash 0 70 32 32 70   J.D. McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 29 1085 engine 0 67

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Terry Labonte 11 driver change Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Eddie Bierschwale 67 Pannill Knitting Buddy Arrington Ford DC Brett Bodine 11 Budweiser Junior Johnson Chevrolet DC Doug Wolfgang 12 Hesco Exhaust Systems Roger Hamby Oldsmobile Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 11 11     12 14 3   #8 spun turn 3   15 18 4     19 24 6   #5,15,17 accident turn 3   25 48 24     49 52 4   #55 spun frontstretch   53 67 15     68 77 10   #62 accident turn 4   78 121 44     122 126 5   #71 spun turn 4   127 240 114     241 247 7   #5 engine   248 259 12     260 266 7   #16,26,30 accident turn 3   267 366 100     367 373 7   #16 spun backstretch   374 400 27       Percent of race run under caution: 12.3%             Average green flag run: 39.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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   21   Davey Allison 547   -478