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1987 Gatorade 200

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NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race number 21 of 27
Saturday, September 5, 1987 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
147 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (200.802 miles)

Time of race: 1:56:45
Average speed: 103.196 mph
Pole speed: 154.978 mph

Cautions: 7 for 42 laps
Margin of victory: under caution
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 11

Glossary 1987 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results / 1987 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	20	7	Harry Gant	Skoal (Ed Whitaker)	Buick	147	10750	running	50	180
2	13	97	Morgan Shepherd	Winner's Circle Products (Morgan Shepherd)	Buick	147	5800	running	42	170
3	3	72	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	147	4400	running	1	165
4	14	51	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	147	2750	running	0	160
5	21	6	Tommy Houston	Southern Biscuit Flour (Steve Arndt)	Buick	147	6575	running	0	155
6	7	22	Rick Mast	Mast Racing (Alan Dillard, Jr.)	Buick	147	3650	running	0	150
7	10	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Darrell Waltrip)	Chevrolet	147	1600	running	0	146
8	11	11	Jack Ingram	Skoal Bandit (Jack Ingram)	Chevrolet	147	4800	running	0	142
9	15	29	Tommy Riggins	Mobil 1	Buick	147	1300	running	0	0
10	25	71	Bobby Dragon	D.G. Robertson	Buick	147	1200	running	0	0
11	16	58	Tommy Ellis	J & J Racing (John Jackson)	Buick	147	1100	running	0	130
12	6	5	Jimmy Hensley	Advance Auto Parts (Sam Ard)	Buick	147	2525	running	0	127
13	29	10	Ken Bouchard	Mobil 1 (Bob Whitcomb)	Chevrolet	147	950	running	0	124
14	5	32	Dale Jarrett	Port-A-Lube (Horace Isenhower)	Buick	147	3250	running	0	121
15	8	90	Ed Berrier	Cox Wood Preserving (Grover Shugart)	Buick	146	2275	ignition	0	118
16	9	00	Brett Bodine	Thomas Brothers Country Ham (Howard Thomas)	Oldsmobile	146	3175	running	0	115
17	22	75	Brad Teague	Food Country USA (Charlie Henderson)	Pontiac	146	3875	running	0	112
18	27	63	Larry Pollard	Cloverdale Lumber (Hubert Hensley)	Chevrolet	146	2000	running	0	109
19	12	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Bill Elliott)	Buick	146	750	running	0	106
20	23	1	Robert Ingram	Ramada Inns (Robert Ingram)	Buick	145	1850	running	0	103
21	28	84	Mike Alexander	Action Vans (Mike Alexander)	Buick	145	1775	running	0	100
22	4	2	L.D. Ottinger	All-Pro Auto Parts (Ron Parker)	Buick	143	3450	engine	1	97
23	33	68	Mike Porter	Carl Harris (Carl Harris)	Pontiac	143	1625	running	0	94
24	31	42	Elton Sawyer	Bill Lewis	Chevrolet	141	1550	running	0	91
25	32	55	Joe Harrison	No. 9 Mining Company	Pontiac	140	1475	running	0	88
26	1	21	Larry Pearson	Chattanooga Chew (David Pearson)	Chevrolet	139	4475	running	4	85
27	19	47	Billy Standridge	Standridge Auto Parts (Billy Standridge)	Chevrolet	139	570	running	0	82
28	26	24	Glenn Jarrett	Burger King (Marvin Thackston)	Ford	138	565	running	0	79
29	36	78	Terry Cannon	Carter-Mays	Pontiac	138	560	running	0	76
30	30	27	Bosco Lowe	Ryder Enterprises (Edgar Ryder)	Pontiac	120	1155	running	0	73
31	34	40	Robbie Faggart	AAA Mobile Homes	Oldsmobile	108	550	running	0	70
32	35	96	Dana Patten	U.S. Chrome (Dana Patten)	Pontiac	98	545	crash	0	0
33	38	07	Tommy Sigmon	Burke Grading & Paving (Dwight Huffman)	Oldsmobile	74	1140	crash	0	64
34	17	23	Donnie Allison	JerZees	Buick	60	535	brakes	0	61
35	2	8	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	55	780	crash	49	58
36	42	25	Rob Moroso	Moroso Performance (Dick Moroso)	Oldsmobile	54	1125	crash	0	55
37	24	37	Patty Moise	Red Roof Inns (Patty Moise)	Buick	54	525	crash	0	52
38	37	13	Joe Thurman	Taylor Togs	Pontiac	52	1125	crash	0	49
39	18	44	Dave Mader III	Bama Preserves	Oldsmobile	45	525	rear end	0	46
40	41	31	Mark Martin	Fat Boys Bar-B-Q (Bruce Lawmaster)	Ford	38	1100	oil pressure	0	43
41	39	26	Ronnie Silver	Cedar Ridge RV Sales (Larry Brolsma)	Pontiac	14	2850	engine	0	40
42	40	86	John Linville	Setzer Racing	Oldsmobile	3	1100	oil pressure	0	37

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Larry Pearson	1	1	1
Dale Earnhardt	2	6	5
Larry Pearson	7	9	3
Dale Earnhardt	10	19	10
Rusty Wallace	20	20	1
Dale Earnhardt	21	35	15
L.D. Ottinger	36	36	1
Dale Earnhardt	37	55	19
Morgan Shepherd	56	56	1
Harry Gant	57	70	14
Morgan Shepherd	71	111	41
Harry Gant	112	147	36

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Larry Pearson	3197
2	Jack Ingram	2903	-294
3	Brett Bodine	2792	-405
4	Jimmy Hensley	2698	-499
5	Brad Teague	2630	-567
6	Mark Martin	2619	-578
7	Mike Alexander	2611	-586
8	Dale Jarrett	2609	-588
9	Robert Ingram	2559	-638
10	Tommy Houston	2541	-656
11	Elton Sawyer	2433	-764
12	Larry Pollard	2431	-766
13	L.D. Ottinger	2395	-802
14	Rick Mast	2382	-815
15	Ed Berrier	2283	-914
16	Ronnie Silver	2225	-972
17	Rob Moroso	2167	-1030
18	Joe Thurman	1963	-1234
19	Bosco Lowe	1846	-1351
20	Mike Porter	1828	-1369
21	Max Prestwood	1606	-1591