Motorcraft 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1988

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1988 Motorcraft 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1988, leading 270 of 328 laps. Rusty Wallace finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1988

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1988

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	328	—	Running	270	185
2	4	+2	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	328	—	Running	2	175
3	10	+7	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	327	—	Running	2	170
4	13	+9	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	327	—	Running	2	165
5	21	+16	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	327	—	Running	1	160
6	22	+16	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	326	—	Running	—	150
7	18	+11	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	326	—	Running	—	146
8	9	+1	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	326	—	Running	—	142
9	5	-4	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	326	—	Running	—	138
10	32	+22	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	325	—	Running	—	134
11	27	+16	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	325	—	Running	2	135
12	16	+4	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	322	—	Running	—	127
13	8	-5	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	322	—	Running	44	129
14	25	+11	Brad Noffsinger	Curb Racing	321	—	Running	—	0
15	33	+18	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	320	—	Running	3	123
16	42	+26	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	320	—	Running	—	115
17	23	+6	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	319	—	Running	—	112
18	34	+16	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	318	—	Running	—	109
19	3	-16	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	312	—	DNF - Crash	—	106
20	11	-9	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	311	—	Running	—	103
21	17	-4	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	296	—	Running	—	100
22	31	+9	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	289	—	Running	1	102
23	24	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	285	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	28	+4	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	253	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	38	+13	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing	238	—	DNF	—	88
26	36	+10	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	194	—	Running	—	85
27	26	-1	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	172	—	DNF	—	0
28	29	+1	David Sosebee	LC Racing	165	—	DNF	—	79
29	40	+11	Dale Jarrett	Ball Racing	164	—	DNF	—	76
30	20	-10	Morgan Shepherd	Shepherd Racing	143	—	DNF	—	73
31	7	-24	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	142	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	19	-13	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	127	—	DNF	—	67
33	1	-32	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	109	—	DNF - Engine	1	69
34	6	-28	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	85	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	30	-5	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	84	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	35	-1	Brad Teague	Bob Clark Motorsports	80	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	15	-22	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	71	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	14	-24	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	49	—	DNF	—	49
39	12	-27	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	29	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	41	+1	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	29	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	37	-4	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	12	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	39	-3	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	3	—	DNF - Engine	—	37