Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1987

Ricky Rudd

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Ricky Rudd won the 1987 Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1987, leading 373 of 500 laps. Davey Allison finished second; Neil Bonnett rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1987

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1987

Winner

Ricky Rudd

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	13	+12	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	500	—	Running	373	185
2	2	—	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	500	—	Running	39	175
3	19	+16	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	500	—	Running	—	165
4	9	+5	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	500	—	Running	1	165
5	11	+6	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	500	—	Running	6	160
6	6	—	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	498	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	498	—	Running	—	146
8	14	+6	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	498	—	Running	—	142
9	26	+17	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	496	—	Running	—	138
10	23	+13	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	495	—	Running	—	134
11	5	-6	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	495	—	Running	—	130
12	20	+8	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	495	—	Running	—	127
13	15	+2	Brett Bodine	Ellington Racing	493	—	Running	—	124
14	1	-13	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	493	—	Running	25	126
15	27	+12	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	490	—	Running	—	118
16	18	+2	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	489	—	Running	—	115
17	30	+13	Steve Christman	Winkle Motorsports	487	—	Running	—	112
18	40	+22	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	486	—	Running	—	109
19	31	+12	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	479	—	Running	—	106
20	36	+16	Rick Knoop	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	470	—	Running	—	0
21	33	+12	Larry Caudill	Hamby Racing	470	—	Running	—	0
22	16	-6	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	468	—	Running	—	97
23	8	-15	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	403	—	Running	—	94
24	29	+5	Rick Jeffrey		391	—	DNF	—	91
25	7	-18	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	381	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	37	+11	Wayne Strout	D. Wayne Strout (Owner)	381	—	DNF	—	85
27	4	-23	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	356	—	DNF	—	82
28	38	+10	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	335	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	21	-8	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	328	—	Running	—	76
30	34	+4	David Simko	Simko Racing	308	—	DNF	—	73
31	22	-9	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	304	—	DNF - Engine	18	75
32	3	-29	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	295	—	DNF - Crash	38	72
33	24	-9	Trevor Boys	Langley-Woodfield Racing	281	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
34	32	-2	Mark Gibson	Tri-Sack Racing	204	—	DNF	—	61
35	28	-7	Mike Potter	Fillip Racing	185	—	DNF	—	58
36	39	+3	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	117	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	35	-2	Eddie Bierschwale	S & H Racing	65	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	17	-21	Dale Jarrett	Freelander Motorsports	45	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	25	-14	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	45	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	10	-30	Morgan Shepherd	King Racing	20	—	DNF - Engine	—	43