Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1987

Bill Elliott

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1987 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1987, leading 104 of 200 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1987

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1987

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	200	—	Running	104	185
2	4	+2	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	2	175
3	11	+8	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	200	—	Running	2	170
4	7	+3	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	200	—	Running	45	165
5	13	+8	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	200	—	Running	16	160
6	6	—	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	200	—	Running	—	150
7	3	-4	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	200	—	Running	14	151
8	5	-3	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	1	147
9	31	+22	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	200	—	Running	—	138
10	22	+12	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	134
11	19	+8	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	130
12	15	+3	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	199	—	Running	5	132
13	21	+8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	199	—	Running	—	124
14	8	-6	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	199	—	Running	11	126
15	37	+22	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	198	—	Running	—	118
16	35	+19	Morgan Shepherd	King Racing	198	—	Running	—	115
17	24	+7	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	197	—	Running	—	112
18	14	-4	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	197	—	Running	—	109
19	36	+17	Rodney Combs	DiGard Motorsports	197	—	Running	—	106
20	42	+22	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	196	—	Running	—	103
21	27	+6	Ronnie Sanders	Moss-Dingler Racing	195	—	Running	—	0
22	18	-4	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	193	—	Running	—	97
23	28	+5	Trevor Boys	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	191	—	Running	—	94
24	40	+16	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	191	—	Running	—	91
25	38	+13	J.D. McDuffie	Winkle Motorsports	191	—	Running	—	88
26	33	+7	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	188	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	2	-25	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	184	—	Running	—	82
28	39	+11	David Sosebee	Hamby Racing	184	—	Running	—	79
29	29	—	Tom Sneva	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	182	—	DNF	—	76
30	10	-20	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	167	—	DNF	—	73
31	12	-19	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	156	—	DNF	—	70
32	17	-15	Ron Bouchard	Ellington Racing	125	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	23	-10	Derrike Cope	Stoke Racing	124	—	DNF	—	64
34	16	-18	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	115	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	20	-15	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	72	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	34	-2	Eddie Bierschwale	Arrington Racing	44	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	9	-28	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	37	—	DNF	—	52
38	30	-8	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing	36	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	26	-13	Chet Fillip	Fillip Racing	19	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	25	-15	Connie Saylor	Langley-Woodfield Racing	12	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	32	-9	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	10	—	DNF	—	40
42	41	-1	A.J. Foyt	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	10	—	DNF	—	37