Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1987

Bill Elliott

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1987 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1987, leading 72 of 188 laps. Davey Allison finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1987

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1987

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

9 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	188	—	Running	72	180
2	3	+1	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	188	—	Running	77	180
3	2	-1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	188	—	Running	8	170
4	4	—	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	188	—	Running	—	160
5	22	+17	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	188	—	Running	4	160
6	5	-1	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	188	—	Running	22	155
7	14	+7	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	188	—	Running	—	146
8	9	+1	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	188	—	Running	1	147
9	8	-1	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	188	—	Running	1	143
10	12	+2	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	188	—	Running	—	134
11	16	+5	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	188	—	Running	—	130
12	7	-5	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	188	—	Running	—	127
13	11	-2	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	187	—	Running	—	124
14	10	-4	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	187	—	Running	—	121
15	27	+12	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	187	—	Running	—	118
16	32	+16	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	187	—	Running	—	115
17	21	+4	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	186	—	Running	—	112
18	26	+8	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	185	—	Running	—	109
19	31	+12	Rodney Combs	Langley-Woodfield Racing	184	—	Running	—	106
20	34	+14	Chet Fillip	Arrington Racing	184	—	Running	—	0
21	37	+16	Dale Jarrett	Freelander Motorsports	183	—	Running	—	100
22	25	+3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	183	—	Running	2	102
23	13	-10	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	180	—	Running	—	94
24	38	+14	Delma Cowart	HL Waters (Owner)	180	—	Running	—	0
25	35	+10	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	177	—	Running	—	88
26	39	+13	Steve Christman	Winkle Motorsports	176	—	Running	—	85
27	24	-3	Dave Pletcher	J.C. Weaver (Owner)	145	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	40	+12	Jerry Holden	Hylton Engineering	133	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
29	15	-14	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	132	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	19	-11	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	131	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	29	-2	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	124	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	17	-15	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	116	—	Running	—	67
33	30	-3	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing	115	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	33	-1	Jeff Swindell	Hamby Racing	102	—	DNF	—	61
35	18	-17	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	91	—	DNF	1	63
36	36	—	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	60	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	28	-9	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	47	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	23	-15	Brett Bodine	Ellington Racing	32	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	6	-33	Morgan Shepherd	King Racing	10	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	20	-20	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	2	—	DNF - Engine	—	43