Summer 500

Pocono Raceway — January 1, 1987

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1987 Summer 500 at Pocono Raceway on January 1, 1987, leading 85 of 200 laps. Alan Kulwicki finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 15 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1987

Track

Pocono Raceway

Season

1987

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

15 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	16	+15	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	200	—	Running	85	185
2	2	—	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	200	—	Running	1	175
3	13	+10	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	200	—	Running	2	170
4	15	+11	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	1	165
5	6	+1	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	200	—	Running	—	155
6	10	+4	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	200	—	Running	11	155
7	11	+4	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	200	—	Running	5	151
8	22	+14	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	199	—	Running	—	142
9	24	+15	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	199	—	Running	6	143
10	21	+11	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	199	—	Running	—	134
11	33	+22	Trevor Boys	Hamby Racing	199	—	Running	4	0
12	28	+16	Dale Jarrett	Freelander Motorsports	198	—	Running	—	127
13	35	+22	Charlie Rudolph	Rudolph Racing	198	—	Running	—	124
14	14	—	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	197	—	Running	22	126
15	26	+11	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	196	—	DNF - Engine	—	118
16	36	+20	Rodney Combs	Langley-Woodfield Racing	196	—	Running	—	115
17	31	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	196	—	Running	—	112
18	40	+22	Connie Saylor	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	194	—	Running	—	109
19	25	+6	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	190	—	Running	—	106
20	5	-15	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	185	—	Running	9	108
21	38	+17	Ron Shephard	Ron Shephard (Owner)	176	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
22	9	-13	Brett Bodine	Ellington Racing	174	—	DNF - Engine	2	102
23	29	+6	Steve Christman	Winkle Motorsports	164	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	32	+8	Jocko Maggiacomo	Linro Motorsports	156	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	23	-2	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	149	—	DNF	—	88
26	8	-18	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	142	—	DNF - Engine	4	90
27	17	-10	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	130	—	DNF - Engine	8	87
28	37	+9	Bobby Gerhart	Bobby Gerhart Racing	126	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	1	-28	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	120	—	DNF - Engine	14	81
30	7	-23	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	83	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	30	-1	Derrike Cope	Stoke Racing	76	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	3	-29	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	75	—	DNF	26	72
33	39	+6	Jimmy Horton	S & H Racing	60	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	12	-22	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	50	—	DNF	—	61
35	27	-8	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	50	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	4	-32	Morgan Shepherd	King Racing	47	—	DNF	—	55
37	19	-18	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	37	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	34	-4	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	17	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	18	-21	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	16	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	20	-20	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	11	—	DNF - Engine	—	43