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1987 Goodwrench 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 2 of 29
Sunday, March 1, 1987 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles)

Time of race: 4:15:23
Average speed: 117.556 mph
Pole speed: 146.989 mph

Cautions: 10 for 55 laps
Margin of victory: 11 sec
Attendance: 41000
Lead changes: 26

Glossary 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1987 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	14	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	492	53900	running	319	185
2	5	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	492	28135	running	70	175
3	6	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	492	17875	running	36	170
4	7	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	492	17405	running	0	160
5	16	26	Morgan Shepherd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	491	12010	running	12	160
6	23	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	491	14160	running	0	150
7	8	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	490	5060	running	0	146
8	9	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	490	13510	running	0	142
9	1	28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy (Harry Ranier)	Ford	490	8260	running	29	143
10	3	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	489	10035	running	1	139
11	21	55	Phil Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	488	5020	running	0	130
12	19	83	Lake Speed	Wynn's / Kmart (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	487	3820	running	1	132
13	17	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	487	10620	running	0	124
14	15	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	486	10420	running	0	121
15	13	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	486	8175	running	0	118
16	20	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	482	7025	running	0	115
17	18	30	Michael Waltrip	Domino's Pizza (Chuck Rider)	Chevrolet	479	6755	running	0	112
18	32	67	Eddie Bierschwale	Pannill Knitting / TRW (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	477	6445	running	0	109
19	12	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	476	5985	running	0	106
20	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	Winkle Motors (Tom Winkle)	Pontiac	474	3920	running	0	103
21	37	93	Charlie Baker	Salmon Racing (Patsy Salmon)	Chevrolet	463	2265	running	0	100
22	26	52	Jimmy Means	Turtle Wax / Car & Driver (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	461	5395	running	0	97
23	35	64	Jerry Cranmer	Sunny King Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	461	5160	running	0	94
24	30	81	Chet Fillip	Marshall Batteries (Corey Fillip)	Ford	441	2040	running	0	91
25	40	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	440	5840	running	0	88
26	41	6	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	435	4680	running	0	85
27	34	74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	418	1865	running	0	82
28	24	29	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Oldsmobile	339	1815	transmission	0	79
29	11	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	335	4495	engine	0	76
30	25	50	Greg Sacks	Valvoline (Dingman Brothers)	Pontiac	319	1690	crash	0	73
31	10	88	Buddy Baker	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	243	1600	engine	1	75
32	2	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	228	8800	engine	2	72
33	33	82	Mark Stahl	Auto Bell Car Wash (Mark Stahl)	Ford	127	1480	overheating	0	64
34	4	35	Benny Parsons	Folger's Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	79	10630	engine	21	66
35	28	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	79	4115	crash	0	58
36	31	1	Ron Bouchard	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	79	1350	crash	0	55
37	42	48	James Hylton	Fleet Service (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	79	1325	crash	0	52
38	22	18	Tommy Ellis	Freedlander Financial (Eric Freedlander)	Chevrolet	78	3300	crash	0	49
39	36	12	David Sosebee	Sosebee Racing (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	69	3275	crash	0	46
40	38	87	Patrick Latimer	Baker Driving School (Buck Baker)	Chevrolet	38	1250	crash	0	43
41	27	34	Jesse Samples, Jr.	AAG Racing (Ken Allen)	Chevrolet	8	1250	crash	0	40
42	39	68	Jerry Holden	Altra-Dry (Jerry Holden)	Chevrolet	8	1250	engine	0	37

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	9	9
	10	17	8	#34 accident turn 2
	18	31	14
	32	38	7	#22,44 accident turn 1
	39	42	4
	43	50	8	#26,30,52,67,87 accident turn 4
	51	80	30
	81	90	10	#1,12,18,48,52,71,81 accident backstretch
	91	124	34
	125	129	5
	130	285	156
	286	289	4
	290	294	5
	295	297	3
	298	306	9
	307	309	3
	310	317	8
	318	321	4	#83 spun turn 4
	322	323	2
	324	326	3	#33,50 accident turn 2
	327	492	166
Percent of race run under caution: 11.2% Average green flag run: 39.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Davey Allison	1	29	29
Dale Earnhardt	30	32	3
Benny Parsons	33	53	21
Dale Earnhardt	54	81	28
Ken Schrader	82	82	1
Buddy Baker	83	83	1
Dale Earnhardt	84	125	42
Lake Speed	126	126	1
Dale Earnhardt	127	152	26
Neil Bonnett	153	153	1
Dale Earnhardt	154	163	10
Neil Bonnett	164	164	1
Dale Earnhardt	165	178	14
Neil Bonnett	179	179	1
Dale Earnhardt	180	190	11
Neil Bonnett	191	223	33
Geoffrey Bodine	224	225	2
Morgan Shepherd	226	226	1
Ricky Rudd	227	286	60
Morgan Shepherd	287	287	1
Dale Earnhardt	288	311	24
Ricky Rudd	312	312	1
Dale Earnhardt	313	318	6
Ricky Rudd	319	327	9
Dale Earnhardt	328	408	81
Morgan Shepherd	409	418	10
Dale Earnhardt	419	492	74

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	345
1	Bill Elliott	345	0
3	Ricky Rudd	313	-32
4	Neil Bonnett	302	-43
5	Darrell Waltrip	293	-52
6	Ken Schrader	290	-55
7	Richard Petty	288	-57
8	Morgan Shepherd	275	-70
9	Bobby Allison	274	-71
10	Phil Parsons	260	-85
11	Terry Labonte	251	-94
12	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	245	-100
13	Benny Parsons	241	-104
14	Buddy Baker	240	-105
15	Davey Allison	225	-120
16	Lake Speed	217	-128
17	Cale Yarborough	213	-132
18	Michael Waltrip	209	-136
19	Alan Kulwicki	206	-139
20	Geoffrey Bodine	198	-147