Atlanta Journal 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1988

Rusty Wallace

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Rusty Wallace won the 1988 Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1988, leading 166 of 328 laps. Davey Allison finished second; Mike Alexander rounded out the podium. The race featured 15 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1988

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1988

Winner

Rusty Wallace

Leaders

15 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	328	—	Running	166	185
2	23	+21	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	328	—	Running	26	175
3	4	+1	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	328	—	Running	20	170
4	5	+1	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	328	—	Running	1	165
5	13	+8	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	328	—	Running	14	160
6	7	+1	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	328	—	Running	1	155
7	28	+21	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	327	—	Running	—	146
8	9	+1	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	327	—	Running	—	142
9	38	+29	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	327	—	Running	—	138
10	26	+16	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	327	—	Running	—	134
11	29	+18	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	327	—	Running	—	130
12	8	-4	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	327	—	Running	23	132
13	18	+5	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	327	—	Running	—	124
14	2	-12	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	326	—	Running	49	126
15	6	-9	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	326	—	Running	1	123
16	19	+3	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	326	—	Running	—	115
17	14	-3	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	325	—	Running	—	112
18	30	+12	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	325	—	Running	—	109
19	40	+21	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	320	—	Running	1	111
20	10	-10	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	276	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	27	+6	Larry Pearson	Pearson Racing	272	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	21	-1	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	267	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	41	+18	Jim Sauter	Bob Clark Motorsports	265	—	DNF	6	99
24	15	-9	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	252	—	Running	—	91
25	12	-13	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	250	—	DNF - Crash	13	93
26	35	+9	Brad Noffsinger	Curb Racing	234	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	3	-24	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	228	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	42	+14	Greg Sacks	Baker-Schiff Racing	224	—	DNF - Engine	1	84
29	36	+7	Rodney Combs	AAG Racing	220	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	22	-8	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	206	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	24	-7	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	199	—	DNF - Engine	5	75
32	32	—	Jimmy Horton	S & H Racing	190	—	DNF	—	67
33	25	-8	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	166	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	33	-1	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	134	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	39	+4	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	105	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	20	-16	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	84	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	11	-26	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	66	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	37	-1	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	63	—	DNF - Engine	1	54
39	16	-23	Brad Teague	Potter Racing	60	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	17	-23	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	52	—	DNF	—	43
41	34	-7	Dale Jarrett	Ellington Racing	5	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	31	-11	Tommy Ellis	Winkle Motorsports	2	—	DNF	—	37