1987 Delaware 500
| Race details | |||||
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| Race 23 of 29 in the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||||
 The 1987 Delaware 500 program cover. | |||||
| Date | September 20, 1987 | ||||
| Official name | 17th Annual Delaware 500 | ||||
| Location |
Dover Downs International Speedway | ||||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km) | ||||
| Distance | 500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||||
| Scheduled Distance | 500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||||
| Average speed | 124.706 miles per hour (200.695 km/h) | ||||
| Attendance | 51,500 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | AK Racing | ||||
| Time | 24.687 | ||||
| Most laps led | |||||
| Driver | Ricky Rudd | Bud Moore Engineering | |||
| Laps | 373 | ||||
| Winner | |||||
| No. 15 | Ricky Rudd |
Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Bob Jenkins, Larry Nuber | ||||
| Radio in the United States | |||||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||||
The 1987 Delaware 500 was the 23rd
By race's end,
finished second and third, respectively.Background
Dover Downs International Speedway is an oval
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Saturday, September 19, at 10:00 AM EST. Each driver had one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 drivers in the round were guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, at 3:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver had one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 were decided on time,[4] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to two were given.
Alan Kulwicki, driving for his own AK Racing team, managed to win the pole, setting a time of 24.687 and an average speed of 145.826 miles per hour (234.684 km/h) in the first round.[5]
No drivers failed to qualify.
Full qualifying results
Race results
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 500 | 373 | running | 185 | $54,550 |
| 2 | 2 | 28 | Davey Allison (R) | Ranier-Lundy Racing
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Ford | 500 | 39 | running | 175 | $25,875 |
| 3 | 19 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | RahMoc Enterprises | Pontiac | 500 | 0 | running | 165 | $21,335 |
| 4 | 9 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Racing | Ford | 500 | 1 | running | 165 | $19,375 |
| 5 | 11 | 44 | Sterling Marlin | Hagan Racing
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Oldsmobile | 500 | 6 | running | 160 | $17,620 |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 498 | 0 | running | 150 | $13,175 |
| 7 | 12 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Stavola Brothers Racing | Buick | 498 | 1 | running | 146 | $12,440 |
| 8 | 14 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Baker–Schiff Racing | Oldsmobile | 498 | 0 | running | 142 | $5,900 |
| 9 | 26 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Pontiac | 496 | 0 | running | 138 | $8,575 |
| 10 | 23 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 495 | 0 | running | 134 | $7,390 |
| 11 | 5 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 495 | 0 | running | 130 | $7,355 |
| 12 | 20 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Blue Max Racing
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Pontiac | 495 | 0 | running | 127 | $10,900 |
| 13 | 15 | 1 | Brett Bodine | Ellington Racing
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Chevrolet | 493 | 0 | running | 124 | $2,650 |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Alan Kulwicki | AK Racing | Ford | 493 | 25 | running | 126 | $10,735 |
| 15 | 27 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 490 | 0 | running | 118 | $6,275 |
| 16 | 18 | 35 | Benny Parsons | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 489 | 0 | running | 115 | $11,400 |
| 17 | 30 | 62 | Steve Christman (R) | Winkle Motorsports | Pontiac | 487 | 0 | running | 112 | $2,650 |
| 18 | 40 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Bahari Racing | Chevrolet | 486 | 0 | running | 109 | $5,515 |
| 19 | 31 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing
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Ford | 479 | 0 | running | 106 | $5,255 |
| 20 | 36 | 6 | Rick Knoop | U.S. Racing
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Chevrolet | 470 | 0 | running | 0 | $5,595 |
| 21 | 33 | 12 | Larry Caudill | Hamby Racing | Oldsmobile | 470 | 0 | running | 0 | $4,725 |
| 22 | 16 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Pontiac | 468 | 0 | running | 97 | $4,665 |
| 23 | 8 | 21 | Kyle Petty | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 403 | 0 | running | 94 | $8,850 |
| 24 | 29 | 82 | Rick Jeffrey | Jeffery Racing | Chevrolet | 391 | 0 | clutch | 91 | $1,800 |
| 25 | 7 | 33 | Harry Gant | Mach 1 Racing | Chevrolet | 381 | 0 | engine | 88 | $4,605 |
| 26 | 37 | 97 | D. Wayne Strout | Strout Racing | Oldsmobile | 381 | 0 | fatigue | 85 | $1,700 |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | Rick Wilson | Morgan–McClure Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 356 | 0 | distributor | 82 | $1,650 |
| 28 | 38 | 70 | J. D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Pontiac | 335 | 0 | engine | 79 | $1,600 |
| 29 | 21 | 55 | Phil Parsons | Jackson Bros. Motorsports
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Oldsmobile | 328 | 0 | running | 76 | $1,550 |
| 30 | 34 | 51 | David Simko | Simko Racing | Chevrolet | 308 | 0 | clutch | 73 | $1,500 |
| 31 | 22 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 304 | 18 | engine | 75 | $12,700 |
| 32 | 3 | 11 | Terry Labonte | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 295 | 37 | crash | 72 | $11,050 |
| 33 | 24 | 64 | Trevor Boys | Langley Racing
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Ford | 281 | 0 | engine | 0 | $4,085 |
| 34 | 32 | 98 | Mark Gibson | Gibson Racing
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Pontiac | 204 | 0 | axle | 61 | $1,300 |
| 35 | 28 | 81 | Mike Potter | Fillip Racing | Ford | 185 | 0 | exhaust | 58 | $1,200 |
| 36 | 39 | 29 | Cale Yarborough | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 117 | 0 | engine | 55 | $1,175 |
| 37 | 35 | 80 | Eddie Bierschwale | S&H Racing | Chevrolet | 65 | 0 | engine | 52 | $1,175 |
| 38 | 17 | 18 | Dale Jarrett (R) | Freedlander Motorsports | Chevrolet | 45 | 0 | engine | 49 | $3,175 |
| 39 | 25 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr. | Stavola Brothers Racing | Buick | 45 | 0 | crash | 46 | $8,150 |
| 40 | 10 | 26 | Morgan Shepherd | King Racing | Buick | 20 | 0 | engine | 43 | $3,150 |
| Withdrew | ||||||||||
| WD | 72 | Eddie Drury | Drury Racing | Chevrolet | ||||||
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Standings after the race
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Notes
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