Checker 500

Phoenix Raceway — January 1, 1988

Alan Kulwicki

Winner

312

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Alan Kulwicki won the 1988 Checker 500 at Phoenix Raceway on January 1, 1988, leading 41 of 312 laps. Terry Labonte finished second; Davey Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1988

Track

Phoenix Raceway

Season

1988

Winner

Alan Kulwicki

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	21	+20	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	312	—	Running	41	180
2	17	+15	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	312	—	Running	2	175
3	20	+17	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	312	—	Running	—	165
4	6	+2	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	312	—	Running	—	160
5	2	-3	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	312	—	Running	67	160
6	1	-5	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	311	—	Running	2	155
7	33	+26	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	311	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	311	—	Running	—	142
9	18	+9	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	311	—	Running	—	138
10	9	-1	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	311	—	Running	11	139
11	13	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	311	—	Running	—	130
12	3	-9	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	311	—	Running	—	127
13	16	+3	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	310	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	310	—	Running	—	121
15	12	-3	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	310	—	Running	—	118
16	23	+7	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	309	—	Running	—	115
17	25	+8	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	309	—	Running	—	112
18	38	+20	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	308	—	Running	—	109
19	37	+18	Chad Little	Jefferson Racing	307	—	Running	—	106
20	40	+20	Trevor Boys	Boys Racing	306	—	Running	—	103
21	8	-13	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	306	—	Running	1	105
22	27	+5	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	305	—	Running	—	97
23	41	+18	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	304	—	Running	—	94
24	28	+4	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	303	—	Running	—	91
25	42	+17	Brad Noffsinger	Curb Racing	299	—	Running	—	88
26	4	-22	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	296	—	DNF - Engine	183	95
27	14	-13	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	293	—	Running	5	87
28	11	-17	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	292	—	Running	—	79
29	10	-19	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	221	—	Running	—	76
30	29	-1	Roy Smith	Autosports Enterprises	218	—	Running	—	73
31	32	+1	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	215	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	5	-27	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing	213	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	39	+6	Gary Collins	Marion Collins (Owner)	212	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	19	-15	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports	177	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	30	-5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	168	—	DNF	—	58
36	7	-29	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	159	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	43	+6	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing	157	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	35	-3	Greg Sacks	Baker-Schiff Racing	157	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	34	-5	Johnny Rutherford	Bob Clark Motorsports	155	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	31	-9	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	133	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	26	-15	Joe Ruttman	Barkdoll Motorsports	65	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	36	-6	Jim Bown	Bown Racing	64	—	DNF - Engine	—	37
43	22	-21	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	13	—	DNF - Engine	—	34