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1987 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 22, 1987 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:56:56 Average speed: 90.373 mph Pole speed: 115.758 mph Cautions: 8 for 49 laps Margin of victory: 5.5 sec Attendance: 42000 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1987 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 500 47175 running 415 185 2 8 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 500 26300 running 1 175 3 7 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 500 20275 running 0 165 4 1 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 500 17500 running 56 165 5 20 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 500 10030 running 2 160 6 2 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 497 9725 running 0 150 7 16 4   Rick Wilson Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 496 2925 running 0 146 8 5 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 495 6255 running 0 142 9 15 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 494 9725 running 0 138 10 19 75   Neil Bonnett Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 494 6910 running 0 134 11 4 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 493 6325 running 5 135 12 23 18   Dale Jarrett Eric Freedlander Chevrolet 491 5810 running 0 127 13 25 52   Jimmy Means Eureka Vacuum Cleaners   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 486 4845 running 0 124 14 12 30   Michael Waltrip All Pro Auto Parts   (Chuck Rider) Chevrolet 484 4635 running 0 121 15 26 62   Steve Christman AC Spark Plug   (Tom Winkle) Pontiac 482 2025 running 0 118 16 28 19   Derrike Cope Stoke Racing   (Fred Stoke) Ford 482 2075 running 0 115 17 29 67   Buddy Arrington Pannill Knitting   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 468 4275 running 0 112 18 10 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 442 4115 running 0 109 19 22 55   Phil Parsons Skoal Classic   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 415 1425 running 0 106 20 11 44   Sterling Marlin Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 405 4155 crash 0 103 21 9 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 403 2725 running 1 105 22 14 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 344 6955 engine 0 97 23 30 64   Rodney Combs Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 315 3415 engine 0 94 24 21 26   Morgan Shepherd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 242 3385 crash 0 91 25 24 12   Brad Teague Slender You Figure Salons   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 216 3455 oil pressure 0   26 13 35   Benny Parsons Folger's Decaf   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 200 9075 engine 0 85 27 3 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 179 3455 crash 20 87 28 17 21   Kyle Petty Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 158 6835 engine 0 79 29 18 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 118 6815 engine 0 76 30 27 41   Ronnie Thomas Busch Polishes   (Ronnie Thomas) Chevrolet 16 1095 overheating 0 73

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Troy Beebe 6 Tony Spanos 48 J.D. McDuffie 70 Rumple Furniture J.D. McDuffie Pontiac Mike Potter 81 Corey Fillip Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 33 33     34 38 5   #52,55 spun frontstretch   39 63 25     64 68 5   #33,71 accident turn 4   69 120 52     121 126 6   #5,8 accident turn 3   127 182 56     183 191 9   #90 accident turn 2   192 250 59     251 255 5   #17 accident turn 4   256 286 31     287 292 6   #26 accident frontstretch   293 346 54     347 351 5   #22 engine   352 409 58     410 417 8   #44 accident turn 3   418 500 83       Percent of race run under caution: 9.8%             Average green flag run: 50.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Terry Labonte 1 56 56   Dale Earnhardt 57 64 8   Alan Kulwicki 65 69 5   Ken Schrader 70 89 20   Dale Earnhardt 90 121 32   Richard Petty 122 122 1   Dale Earnhardt 123 183 61   Darrell Waltrip 184 184 1   Dale Earnhardt 185 251 67   Rusty Wallace 252 252 1   Dale Earnhardt 253 347 95   Richard Petty 348 348 1   Dale Earnhardt 349 500 152 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 3336     2   Bill Elliott 2791   -545   3   Terry Labonte 2717   -619   4   Rusty Wallace 2655   -681   5   Neil Bonnett 2641   -695   6   Darrell Waltrip 2584   -752   7   Ricky Rudd 2567   -769   8   Kyle Petty 2542   -794   9   Richard Petty 2483   -853   10   Ken Schrader 2428   -908   11   Bobby Allison 2364   -972   12   Phil Parsons 2294   -1042   13   Benny Parsons 2217   -1119   14   Geoffrey Bodine 2215   -1121   15   Alan Kulwicki 2204   -1132   16   Sterling Marlin 2191   -1145   17   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 2149   -1187   18   Morgan Shepherd 2128   -1208   19   Dave Marcis 2125   -1211   20   Davey Allison 2054   -1282   21   Michael Waltrip 1997   -1339