Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1988

Bill Elliott

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1988 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1988, leading 186 of 367 laps. Rusty Wallace finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 12 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, January 1, 1988

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1988

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

12 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	367	—	Running	186	185
2	5	+3	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	367	—	Running	50	175
3	2	-1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	367	—	Running	53	170
4	6	+2	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	367	—	Running	5	165
5	12	+7	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Enterprises	367	—	Running	21	160
6	21	+15	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	366	—	Running	—	150
7	4	-3	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	366	—	Running	7	151
8	23	+15	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	366	—	Running	—	142
9	15	+6	Davey Allison	Ranier-Lundy Racing	366	—	Running	9	143
10	29	+19	Ricky Rudd	King Racing	366	—	Running	6	139
11	25	+14	Ken Schrader	Hendrick Motorsports	366	—	Running	—	130
12	11	-1	Lake Speed	Lake Speed Racing	366	—	Running	—	127
13	27	+14	Benny Parsons	Donlavey Racing	365	—	Running	25	129
14	30	+16	Mike Alexander	Stavola Brothers Racing	365	—	Running	2	126
15	3	-12	Alan Kulwicki	Alan Kulwicki Racing	365	—	Running	—	118
16	24	+8	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	364	—	Running	—	115
17	8	-9	Brett Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	363	—	Running	2	117
18	36	+18	Ken Bouchard	Whitcomb Racing	360	—	Running	—	109
19	7	-12	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	358	—	Running	—	106
20	17	-3	Ernie Irvan	U. S. Motorsports Inc.	358	—	Running	—	103
21	13	-8	Rodney Combs	Winkle Motorsports	357	—	Running	—	100
22	38	+16	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	355	—	Running	—	97
23	32	+9	Jim Sauter	Bob Clark Motorsports	351	—	Running	—	0
24	28	+4	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	350	—	Running	—	91
25	14	-11	Michael Waltrip	Bahari' Racing	343	—	Running	—	88
26	33	+7	Eddie Bierschwale	B & B Racing	340	—	Running	—	85
27	34	+7	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	340	—	Running	—	82
28	35	+7	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	337	—	Running	1	84
29	39	+10	Philip Duffie	Duffie Racing	332	—	Running	—	76
30	16	-14	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	317	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	20	-11	Ken Ragan	Branch-Ragan Racing	308	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	22	-10	Rick Mast	Baker-Schiff Racing	305	—	Running	—	0
33	26	-7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	266	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	18	-16	Dale Jarrett	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	239	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	31	-4	Derrike Cope	Testa Racing	203	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	37	+1	Randy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	135	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	40	+3	Jimmy Horton	S & H Racing	114	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	19	-19	Rick Wilson	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	82	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	10	-29	Morgan Shepherd	Shepherd Racing	53	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	9	-31	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	50	—	DNF - Engine	—	43