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1988 AC Delco 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 29 Sunday, October 23, 1988 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:29:07 Average speed: 111.557 mph Pole speed: 148.359 mph Cautions: 11 for 76 laps Margin of victory: 13.5 sec Attendance: 48000 Lead changes: 18 Glossary    1988 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1988 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 492 52150 running 200 180 2 9 26   Ricky Rudd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 492 26985 running 8 175 3 7 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 492 25095 running 1 170 4 1 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 491 23480 running 217 170 5 13 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 491 27965 running 1 160 6 16 12   Mike Alexander Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 489 12910 running 0 150 7 12 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 489 10110 running 0 146 8 23 55   Phil Parsons Crown Petroleum   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 489 9210 running 2 147 9 14 21   Kyle Petty Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 489 14410 running 0 138 10 25 75   Neil Bonnett Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 489 13810 running 0 134 11 21 25   Ken Schrader Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 488 11020 running 0 130 12 10 88   Greg Sacks Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 488 8220 running 0 127 13 29 90   Benny Parsons Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 488 11520 running 0 124 14 17 57   Morgan Shepherd Winner's Circle Auto Parts   (Morgan Shepherd) Buick 487 3720 running 0 121 15 32 2   Ernie Irvan Kroger   (D.K. Ulrich) Pontiac 484 6470 running 0 118 16 34 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy Soap   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 481 7170 running 1 120 17 33 31   Jim Sauter Slender You Figure Salons   (Bob Clark) Oldsmobile 479 4820 running 0   18 40 10   Ken Bouchard Whitcomb Racing   (Bob Whitcomb) Pontiac 477 5620 running 0 109 19 15 30   Michael Waltrip Country Time Lemonade   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 475 5970 running 0 106 20 36 40   Ben Hess Hess Racing   (Ben Hess) Oldsmobile 472 3370 running 0 103 21 39 34   Connie Saylor Allen's Glass   (Ken Allen) Buick 464 2565 running 0 100 22 24 4   Rick Wilson Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 458 3490 running 0 97 23 38 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 444 5340 running 11 99 24 30 83   Lake Speed Wynn's / Kmart   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 433 3165 running 0 91 25 35 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 425 5090 engine 0 88 26 2 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 379 5140 handling 0 85 27 6 28   Davey Allison Havoline   (Harry Ranier) Ford 374 12290 crash 50 87 28 4 6   Mark Martin Stroh's Light   (Jack Roush) Ford 374 4765 crash 0 79 29 8 15   Brett Bodine Crisco   (Bud Moore) Ford 373 10615 crash 0 76 30 20 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 355 6715 crash 0 73 31 5 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 276 9625 engine 1 75 32 22 29   Dale Jarrett Hardee's   (Cale Yarborough) Oldsmobile 255 2450 engine 0 67 33 11 23   Eddie Bierschwale Wayne Paging   (Don Bierschwale) Oldsmobile 241 1755 engine 0 64 34 18 44   Sterling Marlin Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 236 4305 engine 0 61 35 27 67   Brad Teague Pannill Knitting   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 231 3655 engine 0 58 36 19 68   Derrike Cope Purolator Filters   (Jim Testa) Ford 231 1600 crash 0 55 37 31 98   Brad Noffsinger Sunoco   (Mike Curb) Buick 173 1575 crank 0 52 38 26 97   Joe Ruttman AC Spark Plug   (Tom Winkle) Buick 71 1550 handling 0   39 37 52   Jimmy Means Eureka Vacuum Cleaners   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 29 3525 engine 0 46 40 28 22   Rodney Combs Childress R&D   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 4 1500 quit 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Philip Duffie Lee Raymond D. Wayne Strout Jocko Maggiacomo 63 J.D. McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Jimmy Horton 80 Charlie Baker 93 Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 36 36     37 44 8   #83 spun turn 3   45 53 9     54 57 4   #23,71 accident turn 1   58 68 11     69 75 7   #25 spun turn 4   76 175 100     176 183 8   #8 accident turn 4   184 195 12     196 202 7   #30,68 accident backstretch   203 237 35     238 244 7   #44 engine   245 301 57     302 306 5   #10 spun turn 4   307 327 21     328 334 7   tire on track   335 341 7     342 345 4   #55 spun backstretch   346 358 13     359 366 8   #4,5 accident turn 1   367 375 9     376 386 11   #6,7,15,28 accident turn 1   387 492 106       Percent of race run under caution: 15.4%             Average green flag run: 34.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bill Elliott 1 37 37   Dale Earnhardt 38 38 1   Dave Marcis 39 39 1   Rusty Wallace 40 57 18   Bill Elliott 58 69 12   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 70 80 11   Phil Parsons 81 82 2   Bill Elliott 83 148 66   Davey Allison 149 154 6   Terry Labonte 155 155 1   Darrell Waltrip 156 156 1   Davey Allison 157 199 43   Bill Elliott 200 238 39   Davey Allison 239 239 1   Bill Elliott 240 302 63   Ricky Rudd 303 303 1   Rusty Wallace 304 451 148   Ricky Rudd 452 458 7   Rusty Wallace 459 492 34 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bill Elliott 4198     2   Rusty Wallace 4119   -79   3   Dale Earnhardt 4000   -198   4   Terry Labonte 3690   -508   5   Ken Schrader 3582   -616   6   Geoffrey Bodine 3521   -677   7   Darrell Waltrip 3480   -718   8   Phil Parsons 3377   -821   9   Sterling Marlin 3350   -848   10   Davey Allison 3291   -907   11   Ricky Rudd 3287   -911   12   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 3162   -1036   13   Kyle Petty 3087   -1111   14   Mark Martin 2989   -1209   15   Alan Kulwicki 2903   -1295   16   Neil Bonnett 2811   -1387   17   Lake Speed 2809   -1389   18   Michael Waltrip 2724   -1474   19   Brett Bodine 2717   -1481   20   Dave Marcis 2634   -1564   21   Rick Wilson 2594   -1604