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1987 Valleydale Meats 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 29 Sunday, April 12, 1987 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:31:27 Average speed: 75.621 mph Pole speed: 115.674 mph Cautions: 13 for 125 laps Margin of victory: .78 sec Attendance: 38000 Lead changes: 19 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 500 43850 running 134 180 2 18 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 500 21030 running 1 175 3 15 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 500 17175 running 0 165 4 11 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 500 12570 running 149 170 5 5 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 500 11605 running 3 160 6 1 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 500 9060 running 1 155 7 16 21   Kyle Petty Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 500 6350 running 51 151 8 8 26   Morgan Shepherd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 499 5580 running 42 147 9 13 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 499 9800 running 0 138 10 24 18   Dale Jarrett Eric Freedlander Chevrolet 497 7845 running 0   11 10 75   Neil Bonnett Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 492 4860 running 0 130 12 12 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 490 1850 running 0 127 13 23 30   Michael Waltrip Bahre Racing   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 487 5500 running 0 124 14 25 12   Slick Johnson Hesco Exhaust Systems   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 487 4290 running 0 121 15 28 6   D.K. Ulrich U.S. Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 483 4380 running 0 118 16 2 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 479 8710 running 42 120 17 7 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 451 3660 running 0 112 18 29 81   Mike Potter Pannill Knits   (Corey Fillip) Ford 450 1430 running 0 109 19 4 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 436 7190 crash 5 111 20 19 55   Phil Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 419 1950 running 0 103 21 26 70   J.D. McDuffie Rumple Furniture   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 406 1260 engine 0 100 22 27 64   Jerry Cranmer Sunny King Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 392 3400 running 0 97 23 6 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 289 6880 crash 0 94 24 14 44   Sterling Marlin Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 252 4060 crash 54 96 25 22 67   Eddie Bierschwale Pannill Knits   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 209 3360 crash 0 88 26 20 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 195 6770 engine 0 85 27 17 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 168 2540 crash 18 87 28 9 35   Benny Parsons Folger's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 168 8910 crash 0 79 29 21 52   Jimmy Means Turtle Wax   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 127 2480 crash 0 76 30 30 41   Ronnie Thomas Busch Polishes   (Ronnie Thomas) Chevrolet 77 950 engine 0 73

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Tony Spanos Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 39 39     40 44 5   #64 broken suspension   45 58 14     59 65 7   debris backstretch   66 75 10     76 82 7   #5,22 accident turn 3   83 85 3     86 88 3   debris   89 130 42     131 151 21   #52 accident turn 2   152 169 18     170 179 10   #17,35,44,71 accident turn 1   180 187 8     188 192 5   #55 accident frontstretch   193 195 3     196 200 5   #30 accident backstretch   201 213 13     214 217 4   #67 accident turn 2   218 253 36     254 294 41   #5,44,90 accident turn 1   295 384 90     385 388 4   #5 accident turn 4   389 437 49     438 446 9   #5,90 accident turn 4   447 449 3     450 453 4   #21,26 accident turn 1   454 500 47       Percent of race run under caution: 25.0%             Average green flag run: 26.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Rusty Wallace 1 40 40   Dave Marcis 41 58 18   Dale Earnhardt 59 69 11   Geoffrey Bodine 70 74 5   Rusty Wallace 75 76 2   Bill Elliott 77 131 55   Richard Petty 132 132 1   Bill Elliott 133 188 56   Morgan Shepherd 189 195 7   Alan Kulwicki 196 198 3   Sterling Marlin 199 252 54   Dale Earnhardt 253 254 2   Harry Gant 255 255 1   Kyle Petty 256 306 51   Bill Elliott 307 344 38   Morgan Shepherd 345 378 34   Dale Earnhardt 379 384 6   Morgan Shepherd 385 385 1   Dale Earnhardt 386 500 115 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 1205     2   Bill Elliott 1078   -127   3   Richard Petty 1008   -197   4   Neil Bonnett 1000   -205   5   Ricky Rudd 970   -235   6   Terry Labonte 923   -282   7   Darrell Waltrip 917   -288   8   Kyle Petty 902   -303   9   Rusty Wallace 886   -319   10   Ken Schrader 882   -323   11   Alan Kulwicki 866   -339   12   Benny Parsons 852   -353   13   Phil Parsons 847   -358   14   Bobby Allison 827   -378   15   Geoffrey Bodine 806   -399   16   Morgan Shepherd 805   -400   17   Sterling Marlin 786   -419   18   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 774   -431   19   Harry Gant 731   -474   20   Michael Waltrip 703   -502