AC Delco 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1987

Bill Elliott

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1987 AC Delco 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1987, leading 237 of 492 laps. Dale Earnhardt finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1987

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1987

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

11 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	492	—	Running	237	185
2	2	—	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	492	—	Running	122	175
3	10	+7	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	492	—	Running	5	170
4	14	+10	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	492	—	Running	61	165
5	6	+1	Morgan Shepherd	King Racing	492	—	Running	30	160
6	8	+2	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	492	—	Running	5	155
7	15	+8	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	492	—	Running	1	151
8	12	+4	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	490	—	Running	5	147
9	25	+16	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	490	—	Running	—	138
10	13	+3	Joe Ruttman	RahMoc Enterprises	490	—	Running	—	0
11	4	-7	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	489	—	Running	—	130
12	17	+5	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	489	—	Running	—	127
13	26	+13	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	489	—	Running	—	124
14	16	+2	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	487	—	Running	—	121
15	22	+7	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	486	—	Running	—	118
16	20	+4	Dale Jarrett	Freelander Motorsports	486	—	Running	—	115
17	36	+19	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	486	—	Running	—	112
18	11	-7	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	485	—	Running	1	114
19	18	-1	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	484	—	Running	—	106
20	39	+19	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	481	—	Running	—	103
21	40	+19	Trevor Boys	Hamby Racing	480	—	Running	—	100
22	41	+19	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	476	—	Running	—	97
23	21	-2	Eddie Bierschwale	S & H Racing	475	—	Running	—	94
24	29	+5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	473	—	Running	—	91
25	33	+8	Connie Saylor	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	460	—	Running	—	0
26	31	+5	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	400	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	27	—	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	396	—	Running	—	82
28	38	+10	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing	390	—	Running	—	79
29	37	+8	Hut Stricklin	Jaehne Motorsports	383	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	30	—	Curtis Markham	Langley-Woodfield Racing	346	—	DNF	—	73
31	7	-24	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	342	—	DNF - Engine	3	75
32	42	+10	Steve Christman	Winkle Motorsports	320	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	23	-10	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	299	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	24	-10	Kirk Bryant	Bryant Racing	205	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	32	-3	David Simko	Simko Racing	184	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	28	-8	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	168	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	19	-18	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	151	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	5	-33	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	135	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	34	-5	Butch Miller	Miller Racing	125	—	DNF	—	46
40	35	-5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	116	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	9	-32	Brett Bodine	Ellington Racing	110	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	1	-41	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	74	—	DNF	22	42