Champion 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1987

Bill Elliott

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1987 Champion 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1987, leading 16 of 200 laps. Dale Earnhardt finished second; Morgan Shepherd rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1987

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1987

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	200	—	Running	16	180
2	8	+6	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	200	—	Running	63	180
3	15	+12	Morgan Shepherd	King Racing	200	—	Running	1	170
4	20	+16	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	200	—	Running	58	165
5	1	-4	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	200	—	Running	21	160
6	2	-4	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	200	—	Running	—	150
7	19	+12	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	200	—	Running	11	151
8	31	+23	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	200	—	Running	—	142
9	30	+21	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	200	—	Running	—	138
10	22	+12	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	1	139
11	11	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	199	—	DNF - Crash	28	135
12	13	+1	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	127
13	16	+3	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	199	—	Running	—	124
14	23	+9	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	121
15	21	+6	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	199	—	Running	—	118
16	14	-2	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	199	—	Running	—	115
17	7	-10	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	199	—	Running	1	117
18	6	-12	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	109
19	40	+21	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	198	—	Running	—	106
20	28	+8	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	198	—	Running	—	103
21	5	-16	Brett Bodine	Ellington Racing	196	—	Running	—	100
22	35	+13	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	195	—	Running	—	97
23	33	+10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	194	—	Running	—	94
24	17	-7	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing	190	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	27	+2	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	180	—	Running	—	88
26	12	-14	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	179	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	18	-9	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	165	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	34	+6	David Simko	Simko Racing	164	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	25	-4	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	149	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	26	-4	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	146	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	24	-7	Rodney Combs	Langley-Woodfield Racing	146	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	39	+7	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	137	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	9	-24	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	129	—	DNF	—	64
34	4	-30	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	89	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	29	-6	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	77	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	38	+2	Charlie Rudolph	Rudolph Racing	68	—	DNF	—	55
37	36	-1	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	65	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	10	-28	Derrike Cope	Stoke Racing	43	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	37	-2	Dale Jarrett	Freelander Motorsports	25	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	32	-8	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	22	—	DNF - Engine	—	43