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1988 Goodwrench 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 3 of 29
Sunday, March 6, 1988 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles)

Time of race: 4:09:51
Average speed: 120.159 mph
Pole speed: 146.612 mph

Cautions: 7 for 40 laps
Margin of victory: .62 sec
Attendance: 45000
Lead changes: 23

Glossary 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1988 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	30	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline (Rahmoc Enterprises)	Pontiac	492	45800	running	166	185
2	19	83	Lake Speed	Wynn's / Kmart (Lake Speed)	Oldsmobile	492	22310	running	51	175
3	14	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	Oldsmobile	492	19195	running	103	170
4	2	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	Ford	492	14330	running	0	160
5	22	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	492	19865	running	22	160
6	1	9	Bill Elliott	Coors (Harry Melling)	Ford	491	17910	running	112	155
7	35	97	Morgan Shepherd	AC Spark Plug (Tom Winkle)	Buick	491	7710	running	6	151
8	17	10	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing (Bob Whitcomb)	Ford	491	5760	running	0	142
9	4	28	Davey Allison	Havoline (Harry Ranier)	Ford	491	14210	running	0	138
10	5	25	Ken Schrader	Folger's Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	490	12785	running	0	134
11	27	88	Buddy Baker	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff)	Oldsmobile	490	9170	running	22	135
12	12	6	Mark Martin	Stroh's Light (Jack Roush)	Ford	489	4120	running	0	127
13	37	30	Michael Waltrip	Country Time Lemonade (Chuck Rider)	Chevrolet	489	7920	running	0	124
14	6	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	Pontiac	489	12520	running	0	121
15	18	55	Phil Parsons	Crown Petroleum (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson)	Oldsmobile	488	7970	running	0	118
16	7	29	Dale Jarrett	Hardee's (Cale Yarborough)	Oldsmobile	488	3370	running	0	115
17	3	26	Ricky Rudd	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	Buick	487	7120	running	0	112
18	8	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	487	6670	running	0	109
19	13	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	487	9870	running	0	106
20	36	68	Derrike Cope	Purolator Filters (Jim Testa)	Ford	486	6770	running	0	103
21	16	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	486	5665	running	0	100
22	23	12	Bobby Allison	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	Buick	484	9490	running	0	97
23	24	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	481	5965	running	0	94
24	11	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	481	9315	running	0	91
25	21	2	Ernie Irvan	Kroger (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	479	3290	running	0	88
26	33	67	Rick Jeffrey	Pannill Knitting (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	476	5065	running	0	85
27	15	15	Brett Bodine	Crisco (Bud Moore)	Ford	470	10740	running	0	82
28	9	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	Chevrolet	469	4840	running	0	79
29	38	03	Dave Pletcher	Wild Turkey (J.C. Weaver)	Ford	464	2015	running	0	76
30	41	22	Steve Moore	Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	413	2665	running	0	73
31	10	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	407	8915	valve	4	75
32	31	23	Eddie Bierschwale	Wayne Paging (Don Bierschwale)	Chevrolet	407	1865	running	0	67
33	32	90	Benny Parsons	Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	387	4520	running	0	64
34	28	98	Ed Pimm	Sunoco (Mike Curb)	Buick	311	1745	crash	0	61
35	25	01	Mickey Gibbs	Gibbs-West Tractor (Don Gibbs)	Ford	236	1695	engine	0	58
36	26	4	Rick Wilson	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Oldsmobile	234	2290	engine	6	60
37	39	82	Mark Stahl	Auto Bell Car Wash (Mark Stahl)	Ford	233	1615	valve	0	52
38	40	93	Charlie Baker	Baker Racing (Patsy Salmon)	Chevrolet	136	1590	clutch	0	49
39	29	31	Brad Teague	Slender You Figure Salons (Bob Clark)	Oldsmobile	99	1565	engine	0	46
40	34	52	Jimmy Means	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners (Jimmy Means)	Pontiac	86	4165	engine	0	43
41	20	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	17	4140	crash	0	40

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Billy Fulcher
	Howard Mark				Chevrolet
	Dave Pletcher
	D. Wayne Strout
	Tony Spanos	48	Fleet Service	James Hylton	Buick

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	18	18
	19	25	7	#43 accident turn 1
	26	140	115
	141	147	7	#27,93 accident turn 4
	148	158	11
	159	161	3	#67 spun turn 1
	162	271	110
	272	279	8	#2 spun frontstretch
	280	328	49
	329	335	7	#2,22,88,98 accident turn 1
	336	381	46
	382	385	4	#27 spun turn 2
	386	453	68
	454	457	4	#8 spun turn 2
	458	492	35
Percent of race run under caution: 8.1% Average green flag run: 56.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Elliott	1	89	89
Rick Wilson	90	92	3
Morgan Shepherd	93	98	6
Buddy Baker	99	118	20
Terry Labonte	119	121	3
Neil Bonnett	122	141	20
Buddy Baker	142	142	1
Bill Elliott	143	165	23
Neil Bonnett	166	228	63
Rick Wilson	229	231	3
Sterling Marlin	232	239	8
Dale Earnhardt	240	245	6
Terry Labonte	246	246	1
Neil Bonnett	247	272	26
Sterling Marlin	273	295	23
Lake Speed	296	321	26
Neil Bonnett	322	329	8
Buddy Baker	330	330	1
Dale Earnhardt	331	346	16
Lake Speed	347	353	7
Neil Bonnett	354	382	29
Sterling Marlin	383	454	72
Lake Speed	455	472	18
Neil Bonnett	473	492	20

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Neil Bonnett	530
2	Sterling Marlin	472	-58
3	Dale Earnhardt	443	-87
4	Rusty Wallace	418	-112
5	Bobby Allison	412	-118
6	Bill Elliott	409	-121
7	Ricky Rudd	394	-136
8	Ken Schrader	392	-138
9	Darrell Waltrip	391	-139
9	Buddy Baker	391	-139
11	Davey Allison	389	-141
12	Lake Speed	387	-143
13	Terry Labonte	378	-152
14	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	366	-164
15	Phil Parsons	361	-169
16	Geoffrey Bodine	354	-176
17	Alan Kulwicki	327	-203
18	Kyle Petty	324	-206
19	Dale Jarrett	315	-215
20	Dave Marcis	309	-221
21	Morgan Shepherd	308	-222