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1987 Miller American 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 14 of 29 Sunday, June 28, 1987 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:41:40 Average speed: 148.454 mph Pole speed: 170.746 mph Cautions: 5 for 18 laps Margin of victory: 1 sec Attendance: 62000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1987 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 200 60250 running 152 185 2 7 28   Davey Allison Havoline   (Harry Ranier) Ford 200 27575 running 0 170 3 22 21   Kyle Petty Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 200 26025 running 0 165 4 16 25   Tim Richmond Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 200 13175 running 7 165 5 1 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 200 25150 running 15 160 6 10 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 200 16100 running 0 150 7 13 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 199 10655 running 0 146 8 2 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 199 14245 running 3 147 9 21 35   Benny Parsons Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 199 16500 running 0 138 10 29 83   Lake Speed Wynn's / Kmart   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 199 7475 running 0 134 11 9 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 199 12625 running 0 130 12 14 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 199 9425 running 0 127 13 19 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 199 8965 running 0 124 14 17 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 199 12950 running 0 121 15 28 71   Dave Marcis Helen Rae   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 199 8505 running 0 118 16 8 88   Buddy Baker Crisco   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 199 3975 running 0 115 17 33 75   Neil Bonnett Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 198 7585 running 1 117 18 40 44   Sterling Marlin Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 198 7200 running 0 109 19 34 77   Eddie Bierschwale TRW   (Marvin Ragan) Ford 197 3310 running 0 0 20 37 18   Dale Jarrett Freedlander Financial   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 197 7060 running 0 103 21 12 55   Phil Parsons Skoal Classic   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 196 3450 running 0 100 22 24 1   Brett Bodine Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 196 2835 running 0 97 23 39 64   Rodney Combs Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 196 5930 running 0 94 24 26 89   Jim Sauter Evinrude Outboards   (Mueller Brothers) Pontiac 195 2615 running 0 91 25 20 26   Morgan Shepherd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 194 5650 running 3 93 26 38 51   David Simko Mound Steel   (Elmer Simko) Chevrolet 194 2420 running 0 85 27 6 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 193 9360 running 0 82 28 4 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 192 11100 running 0 79 29 23 50   Greg Sacks Valvoline   (Dingman Brothers) Pontiac 189 2230 running 0 76 30 11 4   Rick Wilson Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 169 2180 engine 0 73 31 18 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 163 5900 engine 0 70 32 35 91   Ken Bouchard M.J. Sullivan Chevrolet 158 2075 oil pressure 0 67 33 25 29   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Cale Yarborough) Oldsmobile 130 2025 brakes 0 64 34 3 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 126 12050 engine 19 66 35 30 69   Donny Paul Cyclo Automotive   (Donny Paul) Chevrolet 104 1915 engine 0 58 36 36 08   Butch Miller Lane Automotive   (Leroy Throop) Chevrolet 90 1885 engine 0 0 37 32 67   Buddy Arrington Pannill Knitting   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 83 4650 engine 0 52 38 27 6   Connie Saylor Kroger   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 63 4640 engine 0 0 39 15 30   Michael Waltrip All Pro Auto Parts   (Chuck Rider) Chevrolet 62 4620 engine 0 46 40 31 36   H.B. Bailey Almeda Auto Parts   (H.B. Bailey) Pontiac 32 1875 crash 0 43 41 41 19   Derrike Cope Alugard   (Fred Stoke) Ford 0   did not start 0 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Steve Christman Gary Fedewa Rick Jeffrey Charlie Rudolph 04 Rudolph Racing James Rudolph Rick Hood 38 Solar Sources Ford Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing Jimmy Means Pontiac Jerry Holden 68 Alta Dry Jerry Holden Chevrolet J.D. McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Bobby Wawak 74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet Mike Potter 81 Corey Fillip Ford Bobby Gerhart 85 J. Omar Landis Enterprises Chevrolet WD Bob Keselowski 49 Arnold Jerome Enterprises Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 33 33     34 37 4   #36 accident turn 2   38 150 113     151 153 3   debris   154 164 11     165 169 5   #7 engine   170 170 1     171 173 3   #4 engine   174 185 12     186 188 3   oil on track   189 200 12       Percent of race run under caution: 9.0%             Average green flag run: 30.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Rusty Wallace 1 14 14   Bill Elliott 15 33 19   Rusty Wallace 34 34 1   Neil Bonnett 35 35 1   Ken Schrader 36 37 2   Dale Earnhardt 38 79 42   Tim Richmond 80 83 4   Ken Schrader 84 84 1   Morgan Shepherd 85 87 3   Dale Earnhardt 88 125 38   Tim Richmond 126 126 1   Dale Earnhardt 127 127 1   Tim Richmond 128 129 2   Dale Earnhardt 130 200 71 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 2314     2   Bill Elliott 2010   -304   3   Neil Bonnett 1985   -329   4   Kyle Petty 1891   -423   5   Terry Labonte 1869   -445   6   Ricky Rudd 1825   -489   7   Darrell Waltrip 1801   -513   8   Ken Schrader 1799   -515   9   Richard Petty 1788   -526   10   Rusty Wallace 1710   -604   11   Phil Parsons 1681   -633   12   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 1588   -726   13   Bobby Allison 1584   -730   14   Sterling Marlin 1579   -735   15   Benny Parsons 1572   -742   15   Geoffrey Bodine 1572   -742   17   Morgan Shepherd 1514   -800   18   Alan Kulwicki 1433   -881   19   Michael Waltrip 1388   -926   20   Dave Marcis 1378   -936   21   Harry Gant 1337   -977