Coca-Cola 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1988

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1988 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1988, leading 73 of 400 laps. Rusty Wallace finished second; Alan Kulwicki rounded out the podium. The race featured 18 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1988

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1988

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

18 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	400	—	Running	73	180
2	11	+9	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	400	—	Running	4	175
3	9	+6	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	400	—	Running	12	170
4	14	+10	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	400	—	Running	96	165
5	1	-4	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	400	—	Running	27	160
6	19	+13	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	400	—	Running	1	155
7	34	+27	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	399	—	Running	—	146
8	12	+4	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	398	—	Running	1	147
9	3	-6	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	397	—	Running	—	138
10	36	+26	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	396	—	Running	—	134
11	24	+13	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	396	—	Running	—	130
12	37	+25	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	395	—	Running	6	132
13	7	-6	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	394	—	Running	—	124
14	28	+14	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	393	—	Running	—	121
15	30	+15	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	392	—	Running	1	123
16	13	-3	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	375	—	DNF - Engine	—	115
17	4	-13	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	365	—	Running	19	117
18	10	-8	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	353	—	DNF - Crash	106	119
19	6	-13	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	340	—	Running	17	111
20	25	+5	Joe Ruttman	Bob Clark Motorsports	339	—	Running	—	0
21	15	-6	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	338	—	Running	—	100
22	23	+1	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	328	—	Running	—	97
23	22	-1	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	326	—	Running	—	94
24	2	-22	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	317	—	Running	1	96
25	18	-7	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	294	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	16	-10	Morgan Shepherd	Shepherd Racing	270	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	20	-7	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	247	—	Running	18	87
28	32	+4	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	243	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	27	-2	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	243	—	DNF - Crash	6	81
30	21	-9	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	231	—	DNF - Crash	10	78
31	26	-5	Jimmy Horton	S & H Racing	230	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	40	+8	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	227	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	41	+8	Brad Noffsinger	Curb Racing	191	—	DNF - Crash	1	69
34	38	+4	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	166	—	DNF - Crash	1	66
35	35	—	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	155	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	31	-5	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	113	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	8	-29	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	83	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	33	-5	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	58	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	17	-22	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing	57	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	29	-11	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	57	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	39	-2	Dale Jarrett	Arrington Racing	27	—	DNF - Engine	—	40