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1987 Miller High Life 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 3 of 29 Sunday, March 8, 1987 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA 400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles) Time of race: 2:39:34 Average speed: 81.52 mph Pole speed: 95.153 mph Cautions: 6 for 35 laps Margin of victory: .46 sec Attendance: 30000 Lead changes: 12 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 49150 running 235 185 2 4 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 24010 running 0 170 3 12 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 400 18225 running 0 165 4 11 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 400 14285 running 9 165 5 9 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 400 13590 running 1 160 6 1 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 400 15370 running 65 155 7 18 21   Kyle Petty Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 399 6870 running 0 146 8 19 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 399 6360 running 0 142 9 13 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 399 8470 running 16 143 10 7 35   Benny Parsons Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 398 11700 running 0 134 11 27 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 396 7845 running 0 130 12 14 30   Michael Waltrip Domino's Pizza   (Chuck Rider) Chevrolet 396 5945 running 0 127 13 16 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 395 5035 crash 0 124 14 23 52   Jimmy Means Turtle Wax / Car & Driver   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 394 4845 running 0 121 15 22 55   Phil Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 391 2145 running 0 118 16 31 70   J.D. McDuffie AC Spark Plug   (Tom Winkle) Pontiac 389 1700 running 0 115 17 26 81   Buddy Arrington Pannill Knitting   (Corey Fillip) Ford 387 1625 running 0 112 18 25 67   Eddie Bierschwale Pannill Knitting   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 381 4410 running 0 109 19 29 12   Slick Johnson Hesco Exhaust Systems   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 379 4260 running 0 106 20 6 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 351 1885 rear end 23 108 21 5 44   Sterling Marlin Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 351 4060 running 1 105 22 24 75   Neil Bonnett Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 321 3805 crash 0 97 23 15 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 317 3480 running 0 94 24 28 64   Jerry Cranmer Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 312 3435 crash 0 91 25 2 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 265 3615 transmission 50 93 26 21 28   Davey Allison Ranier-Lundy   (Harry Ranier) Ford 206 1685 crash 0 85 27 17 18   Tommy Ellis Freedlander Financial   (Eric Freedlander) Chevrolet 161 3310 crash 0 82 28 8 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 143 8215 crash 0 79 29 20 62   Steve Christman AC Spark Plug   (Tom Winkle) Pontiac 116 1080 rear end 0 76 30 32 6   D.K. Ulrich U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 105 2545 oil leak 0 73 31 10 26   Morgan Shepherd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 79 2545 crash 0 70 32 30 74   Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 62 1045 overheating 0 67

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Eddie Drury Chevrolet Clark James Pontiac Bill Hollar 02 Ron Shephard 34 AAG Racing Ken Allen Chevrolet Tony Spanos 48 Hylton Racing James Hylton Chevrolet Lake Speed 83 Wynn's Lake Speed Oldsmobile Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 114 114     115 122 8   #67 spun frontstretch   123 127 5     128 131 4   #33 accident turn 3   132 144 13     145 153 9   #15,18,22,26,27,35,43,55,71 accident frontstretch   154 208 55     209 213 5   #28 accident turn 4   214 325 112     326 332 7   #64,75 accident turn 3   333 356 24     357 358 2   #35,67 accident backstretch   359 400 42       Percent of race run under caution: 8.8%             Average green flag run: 52.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Alan Kulwicki 1 65 65   Harry Gant 66 115 50   Bill Elliott 116 116 1   Bobby Allison 117 132 16   Dale Earnhardt 133 134 2   Darrell Waltrip 146 168 23   Dale Earnhardt 169 209 41   Sterling Marlin 210 210 1   Dale Earnhardt 211 223 13   Bill Elliott 224 231 8   Dale Earnhardt 232 326 95   Terry Labonte 327 327 1   Dale Earnhardt 328 400 73 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 530     2   Bill Elliott 510   -20   3   Bobby Allison 417   -113   4   Ken Schrader 414   -116   5   Terry Labonte 411   -119   6   Darrell Waltrip 401   -129   7   Neil Bonnett 399   -131   8   Ricky Rudd 392   -138   9   Richard Petty 382   -148   10   Phil Parsons 378   -152   11   Benny Parsons 375   -155   11   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 375   -155   13   Geoffrey Bodine 368   -162   14   Alan Kulwicki 361   -169   15   Rusty Wallace 355   -175   16   Morgan Shepherd 345   -185   17   Michael Waltrip 336   -194   18   Kyle Petty 319   -211   19   Davey Allison 310   -220   20   Jimmy Means 309   -221   21   J.D. McDuffie 306   -224