Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1987

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

202

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1987 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1987, leading 109 of 202 laps. Rusty Wallace finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1987

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1987

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	202	—	Running	109	185
2	16	+14	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	202	—	Running	—	170
3	14	+11	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	202	—	Running	2	170
4	24	+20	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	202	—	Running	—	160
5	3	-2	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	202	—	Running	—	155
6	17	+11	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	202	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	202	—	Running	—	146
8	2	-6	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	202	—	Running	1	147
9	15	+6	Morgan Shepherd	King Racing	202	—	Running	—	138
10	7	-3	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	202	—	Running	1	139
11	18	+7	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	202	—	Running	—	130
12	22	+10	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	202	—	Running	—	127
13	21	+8	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	201	—	Running	—	124
14	26	+12	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	200	—	Running	—	121
15	38	+23	Dale Jarrett	Freelander Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	200	—	Running	—	115
17	20	+3	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	199	—	DNF	—	112
18	27	+9	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	109
19	19	—	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	198	—	Running	—	106
20	39	+19	Brett Bodine	Ellington Racing	195	—	Running	—	103
21	37	+16	Steve Christman	Winkle Motorsports	195	—	Running	—	100
22	29	+7	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	195	—	Running	—	97
23	34	+11	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	194	—	Running	—	94
24	32	+8	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	193	—	Running	—	91
25	31	+6	Eddie Bierschwale	AAG Racing	192	—	Running	—	88
26	11	-15	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	185	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	25	-2	Rodney Combs	Langley-Woodfield Racing	185	—	Running	—	82
28	8	-20	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	176	—	Running	—	79
29	1	-28	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	164	—	DNF - Crash	86	81
30	4	-26	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	163	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	9	-22	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	162	—	DNF - Crash	3	75
32	23	-9	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	156	—	Running	—	67
33	35	+2	Mike Potter	Fillip Racing	153	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	40	+6	Connie Saylor	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	140	—	DNF	—	61
35	33	-2	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	133	—	DNF	—	58
36	30	-6	Trevor Boys	Hamby Racing	126	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
37	36	-1	Jonathan Edwards	Edwards Racing	122	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	13	-25	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	96	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	10	-29	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	85	—	DNF	—	46
40	6	-34	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	77	—	DNF - Engine	—	43