Budweiser 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1988

Bill Elliott

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1988 Budweiser 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1988, leading 203 of 500 laps. Morgan Shepherd finished second; Rusty Wallace rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1988

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1988

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

11 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	17	+16	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	500	—	Running	203	185
2	12	+10	Morgan Shepherd	Mach 1 Racing	500	—	Running	110	175
3	11	+8	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	500	—	Running	51	170
4	21	+17	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	499	—	Running	—	160
5	14	+9	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	499	—	Running	74	160
6	1	-5	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	499	—	Running	7	155
7	3	-4	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	498	—	Running	—	146
8	4	-4	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	498	—	Running	—	142
9	2	-7	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	497	—	Running	20	143
10	10	—	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	497	—	Running	—	134
11	18	+7	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	497	—	Running	—	130
12	16	+4	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	497	—	Running	—	127
13	27	+14	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	496	—	Running	—	124
14	30	+16	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	496	—	Running	—	121
15	19	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	495	—	Running	—	118
16	9	-7	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	495	—	Running	—	115
17	28	+11	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	495	—	Running	—	112
18	25	+7	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	494	—	Running	—	109
19	20	+1	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	493	—	Running	—	106
20	35	+15	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	492	—	Running	—	103
21	13	-8	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	490	—	Running	—	100
22	24	+2	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	490	—	Running	—	97
23	22	-1	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	490	—	Running	—	94
24	33	+9	Brad Noffsinger	Curb Racing	477	—	Running	—	91
25	39	+14	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	476	—	Running	1	93
26	34	+8	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	426	—	DNF - Engine	1	90
27	32	+5	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	425	—	Running	4	87
28	37	+9	Dana Patten	Dana Patten (Owner)	413	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	29	—	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	406	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	15	-15	Joe Ruttman	Bob Clark Motorsports	391	—	DNF	—	73
31	5	-26	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	391	—	DNF - Engine	15	75
32	8	-24	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	362	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	26	-7	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	357	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	40	+6	Jimmy Horton	S & H Racing	314	—	DNF	—	61
35	6	-29	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	297	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	23	-13	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	295	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	36	-1	Jay Sommers		280	—	DNF	—	52
38	38	—	Joe Booher	Joe Booher	272	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	7	-32	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	209	—	DNF - Engine	14	51
40	31	-9	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	15	—	DNF - Engine	—	43