Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1988

Bill Elliott

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1988 Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1988, leading 392 of 500 laps. Dale Earnhardt finished second; Rusty Wallace rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1988

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1988

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	500	—	Running	392	185
2	12	+10	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	500	—	Running	50	175
3	5	+2	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	500	—	Running	—	165
4	10	+6	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	500	—	Running	—	160
5	6	+1	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	500	—	Running	4	160
6	13	+7	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	499	—	Running	—	150
7	21	+14	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	499	—	Running	—	146
8	28	+20	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	499	—	Running	—	142
9	14	+5	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	498	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	497	—	Running	—	134
11	23	+12	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	497	—	Running	—	130
12	11	-1	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	497	—	Running	—	127
13	35	+22	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	496	—	Running	—	124
14	16	+2	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	494	—	Running	1	126
15	39	+24	Chad Little	Autosports Enterprises	494	—	Running	—	118
16	24	+8	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	493	—	Running	7	120
17	7	-10	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	492	—	Running	—	112
18	25	+7	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	491	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	481	—	Running	—	106
20	40	+20	Jimmy Horton	S & H Racing	478	—	Running	—	103
21	18	-3	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	477	—	Running	—	100
22	4	-18	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	465	—	Running	37	102
23	15	-8	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	458	—	DNF - Engine	5	99
24	20	-4	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	421	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	33	+8	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	409	—	DNF - Crash	4	93
26	26	—	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	391	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	27	—	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	383	—	DNF	—	82
28	17	-11	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	377	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	8	-21	Morgan Shepherd	Baker-Schiff Racing	371	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	36	+6	Brad Teague	Arrington Racing	340	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
31	2	-29	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	326	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	34	+2	Jim Sauter	Bob Clark Motorsports	281	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	38	+5	Dana Patten	Dana Patten (Owner)	259	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	37	+3	Brad Noffsinger	Curb Racing	182	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	9	-26	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	180	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	32	-4	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	111	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	29	-8	Randy LaJoie	Wawak Racing	89	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
38	22	-16	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	72	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	1	-38	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	35	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	31	-9	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	16	—	DNF	—	43