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1987 Miller High Life 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 12 of 29
Sunday, June 14, 1987 at Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:05:57
Average speed: 122.166 mph
Pole speed: 155.502 mph

Cautions: 9 for 45 laps
Margin of victory: 1 sec
Attendance: 65000
Lead changes: 17

Glossary 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1987 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	25	Tim Richmond	Folger's Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	40325	running	82	185
2	4	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	200	30600	running	32	175
3	11	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	200	24575	running	1	170
4	8	29	Cale Yarborough	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Oldsmobile	200	11505	running	0	160
5	7	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	200	22400	running	55	160
6	16	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	200	14600	running	0	150
7	23	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Bud Moore)	Ford	200	14825	running	5	151
8	13	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	200	9930	running	3	147
9	5	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	200	11905	running	1	143
10	15	88	Buddy Baker	Crisco (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	200	6460	running	1	139
11	20	55	Phil Parsons	Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	200	5215	running	0	130
12	26	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Harry Ranier)	Ford	199	3995	running	0	127
13	9	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	199	6270	running	0	124
14	28	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	199	10515	running	0	121
15	19	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	198	7465	running	0	118
16	22	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahre Racing (Chuck Rider)	Chevrolet	198	7240	running	1	120
17	21	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	198	9150	running	0	112
18	29	08	Trevor Boys	Andrew Scott Pack (Andrew Scott)	Chevrolet	198	2965	running	0	109
19	37	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	197	6665	running	0	106
20	30	64	Rodney Combs	Jim Testa (Elmo Langley)	Ford	197	6375	running	0	103
21	34	80	Jimmy Horton	Miles Concrete (George Smith)	Ford	196	2595	running	0	100
22	36	04	Charlie Rudolph	Rudolph Racing (Charlie Rudolph)	Chevrolet	196	2490	running	0	97
23	31	12	Jim Bown	Hamby Racing (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	194	5800	running	0
24	38	74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	193	2330	running	0	91
25	33	67	Buddy Arrington	Pannill Knitting (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	192	5480	running	0	88
26	35	62	Steve Christman	AC Spark Plug (Tom Winkle)	Pontiac	187	2220	running	0	85
27	27	71	Dave Marcis	Helen Rae (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	186	5210	running	0	82
28	40	70	J.D. McDuffie	Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie)	Pontiac	174	2110	running	0	79
29	18	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	171	5580	crash	0	76
30	10	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	150	5765	oil leak	0	73
31	12	26	Morgan Shepherd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	147	4680	engine	0	70
32	6	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	144	3890	engine	0	67
33	2	35	Benny Parsons	Folger's Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	119	11010	engine	0	64
34	25	1	Brett Bodine	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	110	1755	oil pan	0	61
35	24	18	Dale Jarrett	Freedlander Financial (Eric Freedlander)	Chevrolet	103	3700	ignition	0	58
36	14	50	Greg Sacks	Valvoline (Dingman Brothers)	Pontiac	94	1645	engine	0	55
37	1	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	85	13915	oil pump	19	57
38	32	19	Derrike Cope	Alugard (Fred Stoke)	Chevrolet	63	1585	axle	0	49
39	39	85	Bobby Gerhart	Frederick (Bobby Gerhart / Billy Gerhart)	Chevrolet	43	1555	ignition	0	46
40	17	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	14	9525	engine	0	43

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Charlie Baker
	D.K. Ulrich
	Ron Shephard	31			Chevrolet
	James Hylton	48			Chevrolet
	Tommie Crozier	65			Pontiac
	Mike Potter	81			Ford
DC	Joe Ruttman	43	STP	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	23	23
	24	27	4	#12 spun turn 1
	28	60	33
	61	70	10	#80 spun turn 2
	71	75	5
	76	78	3	#18 spun turn 1
	79	90	12
	91	93	3	#30 spun turn 1
	94	120	27
	121	128	8	#35 accident turn 1
	129	148	20
	149	153	5	#26 engine
	154	154	1
	155	157	3	#88 spun Long Pond straight
	158	172	15
	173	178	6	#43 accident turn 1
	179	192	14
	193	195	3	debris turn 1
	196	200	5
Percent of race run under caution: 22.5% Average green flag run: 15.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Terry Labonte	1	4	4
Tim Richmond	5	22	18
Bill Elliott	23	23	1
Dale Earnhardt	24	40	17
Tim Richmond	41	57	17
Bill Elliott	58	59	2
Terry Labonte	60	60	1
Kyle Petty	61	61	1
Neil Bonnett	62	62	1
Terry Labonte	63	76	14
Michael Waltrip	77	77	1
Ricky Rudd	78	82	5
Bill Elliott	83	90	8
Buddy Baker	91	91	1
Neil Bonnett	92	93	2
Bill Elliott	94	114	21
Dale Earnhardt	115	120	6
Geoffrey Bodine	121	121	1
Dale Earnhardt	122	153	32
Tim Richmond	154	200	47

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt	1983
2	Bill Elliott	1789	-194
3	Neil Bonnett	1703	-280
4	Kyle Petty	1635	-348
5	Terry Labonte	1625	-358
6	Darrell Waltrip	1582	-401
7	Ricky Rudd	1529	-454
8	Ken Schrader	1518	-465
9	Richard Petty	1511	-472
10	Rusty Wallace	1510	-473
11	Phil Parsons	1446	-537
12	Benny Parsons	1373	-610
13	Morgan Shepherd	1363	-620
14	Bobby Allison	1360	-623
15	Geoffrey Bodine	1355	-628
16	Sterling Marlin	1332	-651
17	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	1314	-669
18	Alan Kulwicki	1284	-699
19	Michael Waltrip	1275	-708
20	Davey Allison	1164	-819
21	Dave Marcis	1145	-838