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1988 Pontiac Excitement 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 2 of 29 Sunday, February 21, 1988 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA 400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles) Time of race: 3:15:54 Average speed: 66.401 mph Pole speed: 94.645 mph Cautions: 14 for 83 laps Margin of victory: 1 sec Attendance: 40000 Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1988 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1988 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 75   Neil Bonnett Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 400 45900 running 141 180 2 22 26   Ricky Rudd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 400 25660 running 0 170 3 9 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 400 16975 running 0 165 4 11 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 14185 running 39 165 5 14 44   Sterling Marlin Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 400 12315 running 0 155 6 18 83   Lake Speed Wynn's / Kmart   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 400 5290 running 67 155 7 4 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 400 11790 running 0 146 8 20 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 399 6550 running 0 142 9 10 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 399 9320 running 1 143 10 2 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 399 16245 running 151 144 11 25 12   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 399 8795 running 0 130 12 16 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 399 10595 running 0 127 13 8 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 398 5305 running 0 124 14 12 90   Benny Parsons Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 398 5125 running 0 121 15 27 88   Buddy Baker Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 398 5505 running 0 118 16 1 97   Morgan Shepherd AC Spark Plug   (Tom Winkle) Buick 398 8025 running 1 120 17 28 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 397 4450 running 0 112 18 24 21   Kyle Petty Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 397 8075 running 0 109 19 23 31   Brad Teague Slender You Figure Salons   (Bob Clark) Oldsmobile 395 1835 running 0 106 20 30 67   Ken Schrader Pannill Sweatshirts / Folger's Coffee   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 395 4610 running 0 103 21 5 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 393 4045 crank 0 100 22 31 22   Lennie Pond Hesco Exhaust Systems   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 383 2375 running 0   23 13 10   Ken Bouchard Whitcomb Racing   (Bob Whitcomb) Ford 380 2365 running 0 94 24 29 52   Jimmy Means Eureka Vacuum Cleaners   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 374 3755 running 0 91 25 7 6   Mark Martin Stroh's Light   (Jack Roush) Ford 364 1645 running 0 88 26 32 29   Dale Jarrett Hardee's   (Cale Yarborough) Oldsmobile 337 1510 crash 0 85 27 19 15   Brett Bodine Crisco   (Bud Moore) Ford 325 9275 running 0 82 28 6 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 289 4430 crash 0 79 29 15 28   Davey Allison Havoline   (Harry Ranier) Ford 276 10055 running 0 76 30 17 55   Phil Parsons Skoal Classic   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 225 3420 running 0 73 31 26 30   Michael Waltrip Country Time Lemonade   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 110 2820 engine 0 70 32 21 68   Derrike Cope Purolator Filters   (Jim Testa) Ford 47 2820 crash 0 67

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Graham Taylor Ernie Irvan 2 Kroger D.K. Ulrich Dave Pletcher 03 Wild Turkey Music J.C. Weaver Ford Rick Wilson 4 Kodak Film Larry McClure Oldsmobile Larry Moyer 07 John Stark Pontiac Ken Schrader 25 Folger's Coffee Rick Hendrick Chevrolet Glenn Moffat 46 Ed Pimm 98 Sunoco Mike Curb Pontiac Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 5 3   #31 spun turn 3   6 6 1     7 10 4   #28 accident turn 2   11 37 27     38 41 4   #10 accident turn 2   42 48 7     49 56 8   #68 accident turn 1   57 62 6     63 65 3   #8 accident turn 4   66 88 23     89 92 4   #52 accident turn 1   93 95 3     96 105 10   #6,15,55 accident turn 1   106 115 10     116 119 4   #33 accident turn 4   120 122 3     123 125 3   #83 spun turn 4   126 146 21     147 153 7   #55 accident turn 1   154 164 11     165 167 3   #21 spun turn 2   168 265 98     266 281 16   #5 accident turn 1   282 291 10     292 300 9   #33 accident turns 3/4   301 340 40     341 345 5   #29 accident turn 1   346 400 55       Percent of race run under caution: 20.8%             Average green flag run: 21.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Morgan Shepherd 1 1 1   Dale Earnhardt 2 73 72   Neil Bonnett 74 88 15   Darrell Waltrip 89 115 27   Neil Bonnett 116 193 78   Dale Earnhardt 194 252 59   Terry Labonte 253 253 1   Darrell Waltrip 254 265 12   Lake Speed 266 267 2   Dale Earnhardt 268 287 20   Lake Speed 288 352 65   Neil Bonnett 353 400 48 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Neil Bonnett 345     2   Bobby Allison 315   -30   3   Terry Labonte 303   -42   4   Sterling Marlin 302   -43   5   Darrell Waltrip 300   -45   6   Rusty Wallace 297   -48   7   Dale Earnhardt 283   -62   8   Ricky Rudd 282   -63   9   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 266   -79   10   Ken Schrader 258   -87   11   Buddy Baker 256   -89   12   Bill Elliott 254   -91   13   Davey Allison 251   -94   14   Geoffrey Bodine 245   -100   15   Phil Parsons 243   -102   16   Richard Petty 226   -119   17   Kyle Petty 218   -127   18   Dave Marcis 215   -130   19   Lake Speed 212   -133   20   Brad Teague 206   -139   21   Dale Jarrett 200   -145