TranSouth 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1987

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1987 TranSouth 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1987, leading 239 of 367 laps. Bill Elliott finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1987

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1987

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

11 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	367	—	Running	239	185
2	3	+1	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	367	—	Running	41	175
3	24	+21	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	367	—	Running	1	170
4	16	+12	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	367	—	Running	5	165
5	1	-4	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	367	—	Running	19	160
6	13	+7	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	367	—	Running	7	155
7	12	+5	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	366	—	Running	—	146
8	25	+17	Ron Bouchard	Ellington Racing	366	—	Running	—	142
9	15	+6	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	366	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	366	—	Running	1	139
11	7	-4	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	364	—	Running	—	130
12	36	+24	Slick Johnson	Hamby Racing	363	—	Running	—	127
13	23	+10	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	362	—	Running	—	124
14	34	+20	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	361	—	Running	—	121
15	21	+6	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	354	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	Eddie Bierschwale	Arrington Racing	349	—	Running	—	115
17	35	+18	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	348	—	Running	—	112
18	32	+14	D.K. Ulrich	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	347	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	338	—	Running	—	106
20	6	-14	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	322	—	DNF	—	103
21	4	-17	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	314	—	Running	—	100
22	18	-4	Morgan Shepherd	King Racing	312	—	Running	—	97
23	20	-3	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	307	—	DNF	—	94
24	33	+9	Connie Saylor	Langley-Woodfield Racing	291	—	Running	—	91
25	11	-14	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	259	—	DNF	40	93
26	27	+1	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	258	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	5	-22	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	214	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	8	-20	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	214	—	DNF - Crash	1	84
29	37	+8	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	168	—	DNF	—	76
30	10	-20	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	144	—	DNF - Crash	12	78
31	9	-22	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	144	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	14	-18	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	143	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	17	-16	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	131	—	DNF	1	69
34	22	-12	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	118	—	DNF	—	61
35	40	+5	Jonathan Edwards	Edwards Racing	104	—	DNF	—	58
36	31	-5	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	85	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	29	-8	Rodney Combs	DiGard Motorsports	38	—	DNF	—	52
38	41	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	14	—	DNF	—	49
39	39	—	Steve Christman	Winkle Motorsports	8	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	26	-14	Tommy Ellis	Freelander Motorsports	3	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	38	-3	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	40