Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 6th, 1987

Race #21 of the 1987 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 202
  • Miles: 275.9
  • Average Speed: 115.520 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 50
  • Lead Changes: 13
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 5 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 185 175 10 202 109 Running
2 16 27 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 170 170 0 202 0 Running
3 14 43 Richard Petty Pontiac 170 165 5 202 2 Running
4 24 44 Sterling Marlin Oldsmobile 160 160 0 202 0 Running
5 3 11 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 155 155 0 202 0 Running
6 17 8 Bobby Hillin Jr Buick 150 150 0 202 0 Running
7 12 15 Ricky Rudd Ford 146 146 0 202 0 Running
8 2 9 Bill Elliott Ford 147 142 5 202 1 Running
9 15 26 Morgan Shepherd Buick 138 138 0 202 0 Running
10 7 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 139 134 5 202 1 Running
11 18 90 Ken Schrader Ford 130 130 0 202 0 Running
12 22 55 Phil Parsons Oldsmobile 127 127 0 202 0 Running
13 21 29 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 124 124 0 201 0 Running
14 26 21 Kyle Petty Ford 121 121 0 200 0 Running
15 38 18 Dale Jarrett Chevrolet 118 118 0 200 0 Running
16 28 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 115 115 0 200 0 Running
17 20 88 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 112 112 0 199 0 Distributor
18 27 5 Geoff Bodine Chevrolet 109 109 0 199 0 Running
19 19 30 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet 106 106 0 198 0 Running
20 39 1 Brett Bodine Chevrolet 103 103 0 195 0 Running
21 37 62 Steve Christman Pontiac 100 100 0 195 0 Running
22 29 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 97 97 0 195 0 Running
23 34 74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 94 94 0 194 0 Running
24 32 67 Buddy Arrington Ford 91 91 0 193 0 Running
25 31 34 Eddie Bierschwale Chevrolet 88 88 0 192 0 Running
26 11 22 Bobby Allison Buick 85 85 0 185 0 Engine
27 25 64 Rodney Combs Ford 82 82 0 185 0 Running
28 8 4 Rick Wilson Oldsmobile 79 79 0 176 0 Running
29 1 28 Davey Allison Ford 81 76 5 164 86 Crash
30 4 83 Lake Speed Oldsmobile 73 73 0 163 0 Crash
31 9 35 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 75 70 5 162 3 Crash
32 23 75 Neil Bonnett Pontiac 67 67 0 156 0 Running
33 35 81 Mike Potter Ford 64 64 0 153 0 Crash
34 40 6 Connie Saylor Oldsmobile 61 61 0 140 0 Fatigue
35 33 36 HB Bailey Pontiac 58 58 0 133 0 Fatigue
36 30 12 Trevor Boys Oldsmobile 55 55 0 126 0 Crash
37 36 32 Jonathan Lee Edwards Chevrolet 52 52 0 122 0 Engine
38 13 50 Greg Sacks Pontiac 49 49 0 96 0 Engine
39 10 33 Harry Gant Chevrolet 46 46 0 85 0 Clutch
40 6 7 Alan Kulwicki Ford 43 43 0 77 0 Engine