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1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 29 Sunday, March 20, 1988 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA 328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles) Time of race: 3:37:42 Average speed: 137.588 mph Pole speed: 176.623 mph Cautions: 7 for 40 laps Margin of victory: 1.5 sec Attendance: 62000 Lead changes: 19 Glossary    1988 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1988 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 328 67950 running 270 185 2 4 27   Rusty Wallace Kodiak   (Raymond Beadle) Pontiac 328 37875 running 2 175 3 10 17   Darrell Waltrip Tide   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 327 26150 running 2 170 4 13 11   Terry Labonte Budweiser   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 327 19575 running 2 165 5 21 21   Kyle Petty Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 327 18750 running 1 160 6 22 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 326 13300 running 0 150 7 18 88   Buddy Baker Red Baron Frozen Pizza   (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) Oldsmobile 326 13650 running 0 146 8 9 25   Ken Schrader Folger's Coffee   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 326 16950 running 0 142 9 5 15   Brett Bodine Crisco   (Bud Moore) Ford 326 19675 running 0 138 10 32 4   Rick Wilson Kodak   (Larry McClure) Oldsmobile 325 11825 running 0 134 11 27 12   Bobby Allison Miller High Life   (Stavola Brothers) Buick 325 11020 running 2 135 12 16 30   Michael Waltrip Country Time Lemonade   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 322 10000 running 0 127 13 8 90   Benny Parsons Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 322 8930 running 44 129 14 25 98   Brad Noffsinger Sunoco   (Mike Curb) Buick 321 5310 running 0   15 33 71   Dave Marcis Lifebuoy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 320 7880 running 3 123 16 42 10   Ken Bouchard Whitcomb Racing   (Bob Whitcomb) Ford 320 5520 running 0 115 17 23 23   Eddie Bierschwale Wayne Paging   (Don Bierschwale) Oldsmobile 319 4410 running 0 112 18 34 2   Ernie Irvan Kroger   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 318 6100 running 0 109 19 3 9   Bill Elliott Coors   (Harry Melling) Ford 312 11940 crash 0 106 20 11 44   Sterling Marlin Piedmont Airlines   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 311 7770 running 0 103 21 17 33   Harry Gant Skoal Bandit   (Hal Needham) Chevrolet 296 5985 running 0 100 22 31 75   Neil Bonnett Valvoline   (Rahmoc Enterprises) Pontiac 289 9600 running 1 102 23 24 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 285 5615 engine 0 94 24 28 26   Ricky Rudd Quaker State   (Kenny Bernstein) Buick 253 5430 engine 0 91 25 38 89   Jim Sauter Evinrude   (Mueller Brothers) Pontiac 238 2945 cylinder head 0 88 26 36 68   Derrike Cope Purolator Filters   (Jim Testa) Ford 194 5255 running 0 85 27 26 97   Rodney Combs AC Spark Plug   (Tom Winkle) Buick 172 3095 cylinder head 0   28 29 92   David Sosebee War Eagle Construction   (Lucky Compton) Ford 165 2210 clutch 0 79 29 40 99   Dale Jarrett Port-A-Lube   (Ralph Ball) Chevrolet 164 2175 brakes 0 76 30 20 47   Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing   (Morgan Shepherd) Buick 143 2090 grease seal 0 73 31 7 6   Mark Martin Stroh's Light   (Jack Roush) Ford 142 2060 crash 0 70 32 19 29   Cale Yarborough Hardee's   (Cale Yarborough) Oldsmobile 127 2030 brakes 0 67 33 1 5   Geoffrey Bodine Levi Garrett   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 109 8725 engine 1 69 34 6 14   A.J. Foyt Copenhagen   (A.J. Foyt) Oldsmobile 85 2430 engine 0 61 35 30 77   Ken Ragan Bob Beard   (Marvin Ragan) Ford 84 1930 engine 0 58 36 35 31   Brad Teague Slender You Figure Salons   (Bob Clark) Oldsmobile 80 1905 crash 0 55 37 15 55   Phil Parsons Crown Petroleum   (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) Oldsmobile 71 4585 crash 0 52 38 14 83   Lake Speed Wynn's / Kmart   (Lake Speed) Oldsmobile 49 1865 cylinder head 0 49 39 12 7   Alan Kulwicki Zerex   (Alan Kulwicki) Ford 29 4515 engine 0 46 40 41 28   Davey Allison Havoline   (Harry Ranier) Ford 29 11160 crash 0 43 41 37 36   H.B. Bailey National Motors   (H.B. Bailey) Pontiac 12 1760 oil leak 0 40 42 39 52   Jimmy Means Eureka Vacuum Cleaners   (Jimmy Means) Pontiac 3 4410 engine 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Donnie Allison Mickey Gibbs 01 Gibbs Knuckle Racing Don Gibbs Ford Dale Jarrett 1 Port-A-Lube Hoss Ellington Buick Dave Pletcher 03 Wild Turkey J.C. Weaver Ford Steve Moore 22 Hesco Exhaust Systems Roger Hamby Chevrolet Greg Sacks 50 Dingman Brothers Racing Dingman Brothers Pontiac Jocko Maggiacomo 63 Jim Rosenblum Chevrolet Buddy Arrington 67 Pannill Sweatshirts Buddy Arrington Ford Jimmy Horton 80 S & H Racing George Smith Ford Rick Jeffrey 86 Slenderizers Doreen Jeffrey Chevrolet Charlie Baker 93 Baker Racing Patsy Salmon Chevrolet WD Tony Spanos 48 Hylton Racing James Hylton Buick Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 21 21     22 25 4   debris   26 30 5     31 37 7   #28 accident turn 1   38 72 35     73 77 5   #55 accident turn 2   78 86 9     87 90 4   #14 engine   91 142 52     143 151 9   #6 accident turn 4   152 297 146     298 301 4   #43 engine   302 318 17     319 325 7   #9 accident turn 2   326 328 3       Percent of race run under caution: 12.2%             Average green flag run: 36.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Geoffrey Bodine 1 1 1   Dale Earnhardt 2 22 21   Dave Marcis 23 25 3   Dale Earnhardt 26 68 43   Benny Parsons 69 69 1   Dale Earnhardt 70 73 4   Neil Bonnett 74 74 1   Dale Earnhardt 75 86 12   Benny Parsons 87 113 27   Dale Earnhardt 114 141 28   Rusty Wallace 142 143 2   Dale Earnhardt 144 200 57   Benny Parsons 201 205 5   Bobby Allison 206 207 2   Darrell Waltrip 208 209 2   Kyle Petty 210 210 1   Terry Labonte 211 212 2   Dale Earnhardt 213 254 42   Benny Parsons 255 265 11   Dale Earnhardt 266 328 63 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Neil Bonnett 632     2   Dale Earnhardt 628   -4   3   Rusty Wallace 593   -39   4   Sterling Marlin 575   -57   5   Darrell Waltrip 561   -71   6   Bobby Allison 547   -85   7   Terry Labonte 543   -89   8   Buddy Baker 537   -95   9   Ken Schrader 534   -98   10   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 516   -116   11   Bill Elliott 515   -117   12   Ricky Rudd 485   -147   13   Kyle Petty 484   -148   14   Lake Speed 436   -196   15   Davey Allison 432   -200   15   Dave Marcis 432   -200   17   Geoffrey Bodine 423   -209   18   Michael Waltrip 418   -214   19   Phil Parsons 413   -219   20   Dale Jarrett 391   -241   21   Benny Parsons 384   -248