AC Spark Plug 500

Pocono Raceway — January 1, 1988

Bill Elliott

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1988 AC Spark Plug 500 at Pocono Raceway on January 1, 1988, leading 122 of 200 laps. Ken Schrader finished second; Davey Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1988

Track

Pocono Raceway

Season

1988

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	200	—	Running	122	185
2	4	+2	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	5	175
3	12	+9	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	200	—	Running	—	165
4	5	+1	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	28	165
5	10	+5	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	200	—	Running	6	160
6	1	-5	Morgan Shepherd	RahMoc Enterprises	200	—	Running	13	155
7	6	-1	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	200	—	Running	—	146
8	3	-5	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	200	—	Running	—	142
9	17	+8	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	200	—	Running	15	143
10	23	+13	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	200	—	Running	8	139
11	9	-2	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	200	—	Running	—	130
12	25	+13	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	200	—	Running	2	132
13	13	—	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	124
14	8	-6	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	199	—	Running	—	121
15	18	+3	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	199	—	Running	—	118
16	30	+14	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	198	—	Running	—	115
17	24	+7	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	198	—	Running	—	112
18	20	+2	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	198	—	Running	—	109
19	37	+18	Brad Noffsinger	Curb Racing	197	—	Running	—	106
20	7	-13	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	197	—	Running	—	103
21	26	+5	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	196	—	Running	—	100
22	34	+12	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	195	—	Running	—	97
23	32	+9	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing	195	—	Running	—	94
24	11	-13	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	189	—	Running	—	91
25	21	-4	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	188	—	Running	—	88
26	40	+14	Bobby Gerhart	Bobby Gerhart Racing	187	—	Running	—	85
27	28	+1	Joe Ruttman	Bob Clark Motorsports	166	—	Running	—	82
28	15	-13	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	161	—	DNF - Engine	1	84
29	36	+7	Jimmy Horton	S & H Racing	141	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	33	+3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	128	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	29	-2	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	119	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	16	-16	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	92	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	19	-14	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	91	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	14	-20	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	91	—	DNF	—	61
35	31	-4	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	90	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	22	-14	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	78	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	39	+2	Mike Potter	Potter Racing	44	—	DNF	—	52
38	27	-11	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	34	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	38	-1	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	26	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	35	-5	Bob Schacht	Gordon Chilson	5	—	DNF - Engine	—	43