| 1987 TranSouth 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 5 of 29 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $321,685 | Race Date: | Mar 29, 1987 | Darlington Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2.870 Seconds | Race Duration: | 4Hr 5Min 28Sec. | Darlington, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 26 | Average Speed: | 122.540 MPH | 1.366 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 41 | No. of Cautions: | 10 For 71 Laps | darlingtonraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Dale Earnhardt D. Earnhardt | Driver: | Ken Schrader K. Schrader | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #3 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #90 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Richard Childress Racing | Team: | Pontiac: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Kirk Shelmerdine | Crew Chief: | Bob Johnson | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 239 of 367 | Pole Speed: | 158.387 MPH | |||||
| Official 1987 TranSouth 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans | Running |  | 185 | 367 | 239 |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors | Running |  | 175 | 367 | 41 |
| 3 | 24 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running |  | 170 | 367 | 1 |
| 4 | 16 | 44 | Sterling Marlin | Piedmont Airlines | Running |  | 165 | 367 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Red Baron Frozen Pizza | Running | | 160 | 367 | 19 |
| 6 | 13 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Valvoline | Running | | 155 | 367 | 7 |
| 7 | 12 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 146 | 366 | 0 |
| 8 | 25 | 1 | Ron Bouchard | Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce | Running | | 142 | 366 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | 55 | Phil Parsons | Copenhagen | Running | | 138 | 366 | 0 |
| 10 | 19 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Tide | Running | | 139 | 366 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 5 | Geoffrey Bodine | Levi Garrett | Running | | 130 | 364 | 0 |
| 12 | 36 | 12 | Slick Johnson | Hamby Automotive | Running | | 127 | 363 | 0 |
| 13 | 23 | 21 | Kyle Petty | CITGO | Running | | 124 | 362 | 0 |
| 14 | 34 | 7 | Alan Kulwicki | Zerex Anti-Freeze | Running | | 121 | 361 | 0 |
| 15 | 21 | 29 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's | Running | | 118 | 354 | 0 |
| 16 | 28 | 67 | Eddie Bierschwale | Pannill Knitting | Running | | 115 | 349 | 0 |
| 17 | 35 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | National Motors | Running | | 112 | 348 | 0 |
| 18 | 32 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Metro Mobile | Running | | 109 | 347 | 0 |
| 19 | 30 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Domino's Pizza | Running | | 106 | 338 | 0 |
| 20 | 6 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Kodiak | Overheating | | 103 | 322 | 0 |
| 21 | 4 | 35 | Benny Parsons | Folgers | Running | | 100 | 314 | 0 |
| 22 | 18 | 26 | Morgan Shepherd | Quaker State | Running |  | 97 | 312 | 0 |
| 23 | 20 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Miller American | Overheating | | 94 | 307 | 0 |
| 24 | 33 | 64 | Connie Saylor | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Running | | 91 | 291 | 0 |
| 25 | 11 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Crisco | Handling | | 93 | 259 | 40 |
| 26 | 27 | 50 | Greg Sacks | Valvoline | Engine | | 85 | 258 | 0 |
| 27 | 5 | 28 | Davey Allison (R) | Havoline | Accident | | 82 | 214 | 0 |
| 28 | 8 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American | Accident | | 84 | 214 | 1 |
| 29 | 37 | 77 | Bobby Wawak | Morris / Ragan Racing | Clutch | | 76 | 168 | 0 |
| 30 | 10 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft | Accident | | 78 | 144 | 12 |
| 31 | 9 | 83 | Lake Speed | Wynn's Oil Treatment | Accident | | 70 | 144 | 0 |
| 32 | 14 | 11 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser | Accident | | 67 | 143 | 0 |
| 33 | 17 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Lifebuoy Soap | Steering | | 69 | 131 | 1 |
| 34 | 22 | 4 | Rick Wilson | Kodak Films | Head Gasket | | 61 | 118 | 0 |
| 35 | 40 | 32 | Jonathan Lee Edwards | Share The Pride | Fuel Pump | | 58 | 104 | 0 |
| 36 | 31 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Turtle Wax / Car & Driver | Engine | | 55 | 85 | 0 |
| 37 | 29 | 10 | Rodney Combs (R) | DiGard Racing | Ignition | | 52 | 38 | 0 |
| 38 | 41 | 48 | James Hylton | Fleet Service | Ignition | | 49 | 14 | 0 |
| 39 | 39 | 62 | Steve Christman (R) | AC Spark Plugs | Accident | | 46 | 8 | 0 |
| 40 | 26 | 18 | Tommy Ellis | Freedlander Financial | Engine | | 43 | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | 38 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Rumple Furniture Company | Engine | | 40 | 1 | 0 |
