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1988 Busch 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 20 of 29 Saturday, August 27, 1988 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:22:59 Average speed: 78.775 mph Pole speed: 116.893 mph Cautions: 14 for 83 laps Margin of victory: 1 cl Attendance: 42000 Lead changes: 23 Glossary    1988 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1988 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 500 48500 running 220 185 2 6 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 500 29150 running 3 175 3 3 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 499 17475 running 15 170 4 11 28   Davey Allison Havoline   (Harry Ranier) Ford 499 16775 running 17 165 5 1 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 499 16410 running 21 160 6 7 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 497 7525 running 24 155 7 4 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 497 9300 running 3 151 8 20 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 497 6300 running 0 142 9 17 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 493 10800 running 0 138 10 31 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 492 9050 running 0 134 11 28 97   Rodney Combs AC Spark Plug   (Tom Winkle) Buick 489 2450 running 0 130 12 13 44   Sterling Marlin Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 481 5350 running 0 127 13 22 21   Kyle Petty Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 479 7950 running 65 129 14 29 75   Neil Bonnett Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 476 7850 running 0 121 15 21 2   Ernie Irvan Kroger   (D.K. Ulrich) Pontiac 452 3450 running 0 118 16 19 26   Ricky Rudd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 451 4850 engine 10 120 17 12 31   Butch Miller Slender You Figure Salons   (Bob Clark) Oldsmobile 438 3175 engine 0   18 26 12   Mike Alexander Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 428 7525 running 0 109 19 23 55   Phil Parsons Crown Petroleum   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 417 4475 overheating 0 106 20 24 83   Lake Speed Wynn's / Kmart   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 391 3425 running 66 108 21 9 25   Ken Schrader Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 388 6835 running 0 100 22 10 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 331 7305 engine 17 102 23 8 4   Rick Wilson Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 285 2435 crash 0 94 24 27 20   Dave Mader III Bahre Racing   (Dick Bahre) Pontiac 271 1565 engine 0 91 25 16 15   Brett Bodine Crisco   (Bud Moore) Ford 252 8945 crash 0 88 26 15 29   Dale Jarrett Hardee's   (Cale Yarborough) Oldsmobile 207 2325 crash 0 85 27 2 6   Mark Martin Stroh's Light   (Jack Roush) Ford 207 3480 crash 37 87 28 25 88   Rick Mast Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 207 3660 crash 2   29 18 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 142 3615 crash 0 76 30 14 68   Derrike Cope Purolator Filters   (Jim Testa) Ford 93 3550 overheating 0 73 31 32 30   Michael Waltrip Country Time Lemonade   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 54 2950 engine 0 70 32 30 98   Brad Noffsinger Sunoco   (Mike Curb) Buick 1 1700 crash 0 67

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Ken Bouchard 10 Whitcomb Racing Bob Whitcomb Ford Lee Faulk 32 Slender You Figure Salons Bob Clark Oldsmobile Ronnie Thomas 41 Everide Radiator Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Jimmy Means 52 Eureka Vacuum Cleaners Jimmy Means Pontiac Morgan Shepherd 57 Heinz Ketchup Morgan Shepherd Buick Mike Potter 64 Eagle Engines Mike Potter Chevrolet J.D. McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Tommy Ellis 90 Sunny King Junie Donlavey Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 6 4   #20,98 accident turn 3   7 33 27     34 36 3   debris   37 72 36     73 76 4   #4 accident turn 3   77 101 25     102 113 12   #31 accident frontstretch   114 122 9     123 131 9   #8 accident turn 4   132 136 5     137 140 4   debris   141 146 6     147 150 4   #71 accident frontstretch   151 209 59     210 229 20   #6,29 accident turn 1   230 244 15     245 248 4   #25 accident turn 2   249 253 5     254 257 4   #15,28,97 accident turn 1   258 260 3     261 263 3   #33 spun turn 2   264 265 2     266 267 2   #27 spun turn 4   268 355 88     356 361 6   #83 accident turn 1   362 418 57     419 422 4   #55 accident turn 3   423 500 78       Percent of race run under caution: 16.6%             Average green flag run: 27.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Alan Kulwicki 1 1 1   Mark Martin 2 19 18   Dale Earnhardt 20 34 15   Geoffrey Bodine 35 49 15   Harry Gant 50 73 24   Rick Mast 74 75 2   Terry Labonte 76 92 17   Dale Earnhardt 93 98 6   Kyle Petty 99 101 3   Geoffrey Bodine 102 102 1   Mark Martin 103 113 11   Ricky Rudd 114 123 10   Mark Martin 124 130 7   Davey Allison 131 147 17   Kyle Petty 148 209 62   Darrell Waltrip 210 211 2   Lake Speed 212 251 40   Bill Elliott 252 254 3   Lake Speed 255 280 26   Dale Earnhardt 281 356 76   Darrell Waltrip 357 357 1   Dale Earnhardt 358 370 13   Alan Kulwicki 371 390 20   Dale Earnhardt 391 500 110 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bill Elliott 3027     2   Rusty Wallace 3011   -16   3   Dale Earnhardt 2901   -126   4   Ken Schrader 2702   -325   5   Terry Labonte 2654   -373   6   Geoffrey Bodine 2640   -387   7   Sterling Marlin 2544   -483   8   Phil Parsons 2511   -516   9   Darrell Waltrip 2504   -523   10   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2369   -658   11   Davey Allison 2366   -661   12   Ricky Rudd 2350   -677   13   Kyle Petty 2223   -804   14   Mark Martin 2216   -811   15   Lake Speed 2140   -887   15   Alan Kulwicki 2140   -887   17   Buddy Baker 2056   -971   18   Richard Petty 2029   -998   19   Michael Waltrip 2006   -1021   20   Rick Wilson 1987   -1040   21   Neil Bonnett 1983   -1044