Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1987

Bill Elliott

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1987 Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1987, leading 168 of 328 laps. Dale Earnhardt finished second; Ricky Rudd rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1987

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1987

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	328	—	Running	168	185
2	2	—	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	328	—	Running	133	175
3	14	+11	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	328	—	Running	19	170
4	15	+11	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	328	—	Running	—	160
5	5	—	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	327	—	Running	3	160
6	13	+7	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	327	—	Running	—	150
7	11	+4	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	327	—	Running	2	151
8	20	+12	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	327	—	Running	—	142
9	22	+13	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	327	—	Running	—	138
10	18	+8	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	327	—	Running	—	134
11	31	+20	Joe Ruttman	RahMoc Enterprises	327	—	Running	—	0
12	16	+4	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	326	—	Running	—	127
13	29	+16	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	326	—	Running	—	124
14	41	+27	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	325	—	Running	—	121
15	28	+13	Brett Bodine	Ellington Racing	324	—	Running	—	118
16	19	+3	Hut Stricklin	Jaehne Motorsports	322	—	Running	—	115
17	24	+7	Brad Teague	Bob Clark Motorsports	320	—	Running	—	112
18	21	+3	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	317	—	Running	1	114
19	37	+18	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	316	—	Running	—	106
20	38	+18	Randy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	315	—	Running	—	103
21	36	+15	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing	311	—	Running	—	100
22	42	+20	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	311	—	Running	—	97
23	23	—	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	281	—	DNF	—	94
24	4	-20	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	280	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	32	+7	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	268	—	DNF - Crash	—	88
26	10	-16	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	220	—	DNF	1	90
27	8	-19	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	219	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	12	-16	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	203	—	DNF	—	79
29	35	+6	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	171	—	DNF	—	76
30	30	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	154	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	17	-14	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	154	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	25	-7	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	150	—	DNF	—	67
33	40	+7	Charlie Baker	McDuffie Racing	147	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	34	—	Curtis Markham	McCray Motorsports	126	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
35	9	-26	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	110	—	DNF - Engine	1	63
36	33	-3	Dale Jarrett	Freelander Motorsports	84	—	DNF	—	55
37	27	-10	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	76	—	DNF	—	52
38	26	-12	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	75	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	7	-32	Morgan Shepherd	King Racing	49	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	6	-34	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	32	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	3	-38	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	32	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	39	-3	Ed Pimm	Curb Racing	30	—	DNF - Crash	—	37