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1987 Sovran Bank 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 29 Sunday, April 26, 1987 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.526 mile paved track (263.000 miles) Time of race: 3:36:44 Average speed: 72.808 mph Pole speed: 92.355 mph Cautions: 11 for 65 laps Margin of victory: 2.73 sec Attendance: 42000 Lead changes: 14 Glossary    1987 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1987 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 3   Dale Earnhardt Wrangler Jeans   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 500 50850 running 156 185 2 5 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 500 27325 running 63 175 3 7 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 20750 running 116 170 4 19 55   Phil Parsons Copenhagen   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 500 10275 running 0 160 5 2 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 498 16425 running 0 155 6 31 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 498 12950 running 66 155 7 20 90   Ken Schrader Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 498 8280 running 0 146 8 13 22   Bobby Allison Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 497 8850 running 0 142 9 9 75   Neil Bonnett Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 496 6630 running 0 138 10 18 30   Michael Waltrip Domino's Pizza   (Chuck Rider) Chevrolet 495 7285 running 0 134 11 16 81   Buddy Arrington Pannill Knitting   (Corey Fillip) Ford 494 2370 running 0 130 12 6 21   Kyle Petty Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 493 6020 running 0 127 13 29 19   Derrike Cope Stoke Racing   (Fred Stoke) Chevrolet 490 2720 running 0 124 14 26 52   Jimmy Means Hotsy Carolinas   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 488 5450 running 0 121 15 22 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller American   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 452 7820 rear end 0 118 16 15 15   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Bud Moore) Ford 440 9050 rear end 0 115 17 1 26   Morgan Shepherd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 396 9550 engine 34 117 18 30 48   Tony Spanos Hylton Racing   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 386 1555 running 0   19 21 44   Sterling Marlin Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 378 4385 running 0 106 20 23 64   Jerry Cranmer Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 369 4850 clutch 0 103 21 11 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 360 2200 engine 45 105 22 10 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 347 4375 timing chain 0 97 23 12 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 333 4100 rear end 0 94 24 25 67   Eddie Bierschwale Pannill Knitting   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 269 3485 engine 0 91 25 24 62   Steve Christman AC Spark Plug   (Tom Winkle) Pontiac 264 1375 running 0 88 26 17 35   Benny Parsons Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 223 9350 valve 0 85 27 3 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 186 5405 rear end 20 87 28 8 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 185 4970 oil line 0 79 29 14 18   Dale Jarrett Eric Freedlander Chevrolet 113 4135 engine 0   30 28 12   Slick Johnson Hesco Exhaust Systems   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 87 2660 timing chain 0 73 31 27 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) Pontiac 21 1160 engine 0 70

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 7 7     8 12 5     13 35 23     36 41 6     42 125 84     126 136 11     137 202 66     203 211 9     212 213 2     214 216 3     217 256 40     257 260 4     261 263 3     264 269 6     270 279 10     280 284 5     285 324 40     325 334 10     335 351 17     352 354 3     355 366 12     367 369 3     370 500 131       Percent of race run under caution: 13.0%             Average green flag run: 36.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Morgan Shepherd 1 34 34   Harry Gant 35 54 20   Dale Earnhardt 55 80 26   Darrell Waltrip 81 125 45   Bill Elliott 126 126 1   Dale Earnhardt 127 159 33   Rusty Wallace 160 203 44   Bill Elliott 204 255 52   Dale Earnhardt 256 325 70   Bill Elliott 326 338 13   Rusty Wallace 339 352 14   Dale Earnhardt 353 362 10   Rusty Wallace 363 367 5   Geoffrey Bodine 368 483 116   Dale Earnhardt 484 500 17 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Earnhardt 1390     2   Bill Elliott 1233   -157   3   Neil Bonnett 1138   -252   4   Richard Petty 1105   -285   5   Ricky Rudd 1085   -305   6   Terry Labonte 1078   -312   7   Rusty Wallace 1061   -329   8   Kyle Petty 1029   -361   9   Ken Schrader 1028   -362   10   Darrell Waltrip 1022   -368   11   Phil Parsons 1007   -383   12   Geoffrey Bodine 976   -414   13   Bobby Allison 969   -421   14   Alan Kulwicki 945   -445   15   Benny Parsons 937   -453   16   Morgan Shepherd 922   -468   17   Sterling Marlin 892   -498   17   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 892   -498   19   Michael Waltrip 837   -553   20   Harry Gant 818   -572   21   Jimmy Means 701   -689