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1987 Daytona 500

First race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1987 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 29th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 15, 1987, before an audience of 130,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete.

Nearing the race's end, Hendrick Motorsports' Geoff Bodine tried to forego a final pitstop but ran out of fuel with three laps to go. Melling Racing's Bill Elliott took the lead and held off Bodine's teammate, Benny Parsons, and owner-driver Richard Petty to take his 18th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his first victory of the season, and his second and final Daytona 500 victory.

Background

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.

#	Driver	Team	Make	Sponsor
00	Dick McCabe	McCabe Racing	Chevrolet	McCabe Racing
1	Ron Bouchard	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce
02	Joe Booher	Booher Racing	Pontiac	Booher Racing
3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Wrangler
4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Kodak
5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Levi Garrett
6	Trevor Boys	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	U.S. Racing
7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	Zerex
8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	Miller American
9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	Coors
09	Jeff Swindell	Swindell Racing	Chevrolet	Swindell Racing
10	Rodney Combs (R)	DiGard Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Oberg Filters
11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	Budweiser
12	David Sosebee	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	Hamby Racing
14	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	Copenhagen
15	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	Motorcraft Quality Parts
17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Tide
18	Tommy Ellis	Freedlander Motorsports	Chevrolet	Freedlander Financial
19	Derrike Cope (R)	Stoke Racing	Ford	Stoke Racing
21	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Citgo
22	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	Miller American
24	Grant Adcox	Adcox Racing	Chevrolet	Herb Adcox Chevrolet
26	Morgan Shepherd	King Racing	Buick	Quaker State
27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	Kodiak
28	Davey Allison (R)	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Ford	Ranier-Lundy Racing
29	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Hardee's
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Chevrolet	Oxford Plains Speedway, Domino's
32	Jonathan Lee Edwards	Edwards Racing	Chevrolet	Edwards Racing
33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	Skoal Bandit
35	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Folgers
39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Ford	Wangerin Racing
41	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	Pontiac	Busch Cleaners
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	STP
44	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	Piedmont Airlines
48	Steve Moore	Hylton Motorsports	Chevrolet	Hylton Motorsports
49	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Chevrolet	H. L. Waters Racing
50	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	Pontiac	Valvoline
51	David Simko	Simko Racing	Chevrolet	Mount Steel & Supply, The Tom Company
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	Turtle Wax
54	Donnie Allison	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	Jerzees
55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Copenhagen
62	Steve Christman (R)	Winkle Motorsports	Pontiac	AC Spark Plug
63	Jocko Maggiacomo	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet	Linro Motorsports
64	Connie Saylor	Langley Racing	Ford	Sunny King Ford
66	Tom Sneva	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Skoal
67	Eddie Bierschwale	Arrington Racing	Ford	Jim Peacock Ford, Pannill Sweatshirts
70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	Winkle Pontiac
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Lifebuoy
73	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Racing	Oldsmobile	Barkdoll Racing
74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	Wawak Racing
75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	Valvoline
77	Ken Ragan	Ragan Racing	Ford	Southlake Ford
81	Chet Fillip	Fillip Racing	Ford	Marshall Batteries
82	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing	Ford	Auto Bell Car Wash
83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	Wynn's, Kmart
86	Ronnie Sanders	Moss Racing	Ford	Moss Racing
88	Buddy Baker	Baker–Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	Crisco
89	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing	Pontiac	Evinrude Outboard Motors
90	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	Ford	Red Baron Frozen Pizza
92	Ralph Jones	LC Racing	Ford	Country Boy Waterbeds, K. T. B. Custom Photo Lab
93	Charlie Baker	Salmon Racing	Chevrolet	Salmon Racing
98	Ed Pimm	Curb Racing	Oldsmobile	Sunoco

Qualifying

Qualifying was set by the 1987 7-Eleven Twin 125s. The top two positions were set by qualifying speeds held for the Twin 125 Qualifiers held on Monday, February 9, with the top two qualifiers in the session earning the top two positions for the Daytona 500. The rest of the starting was set in the Twin 125 Qualifiers, held on Thursday, February 12, during two races. The top 14 finishers in the first race, excluding the pole position winner, set the inside row from rows two to 15, and the top 14 finishers in the second race, excluding the outside pole position winner, set the outside row from rows two to 15. The remaining non-qualifiers set positions 31-40 based on qualifying speeds from the first qualifying session held on Saturday. If needed, up to two extra provisionals were given to teams high enough in the previous season's owner's standings that did not qualify for the race by either qualifying speed or from the Twin 125 Qualifiers.

Bill Elliott, driving for Melling Racing, managed to win the pole, setting a time of 42.783 and an average speed of 210.364 mph in Monday's session.

19 drivers failed to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Make
9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	Qualified on pole
28	Davey Allison (R)	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Ford	Qualified on outside pole
90	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	Ford	First in Twin 125 #1
35	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	First in Twin 125 #2
17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Third in Twin 125 #1
22	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	Second in Twin 125 #2
88	Buddy Baker	Baker–Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	Fourth in Twin 125 #1
5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Third in Twin 125 #2
4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Fifth in Twin 125 #1
44	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	Fourth in Twin 125 #2
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	Sixth in Twin 125 #1
33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	Fifth in Twin 125 #2
3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Seventh in Twin 125 #1
11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	Seventh in Twin 125 #2
75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	Eighth in Twin 125 #1
71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Eighth in Twin 125 #2
1	Ron Bouchard	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	Ninth in Twin 125 #1
30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Chevrolet	Ninth in Twin 125 #2
55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Tenth in Twin 125 #1
21	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	Tenth in Twin 125 #2
8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	11th in Twin 125 #1
29	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Oldsmobile	11th in Twin 125 #2
19	Derrike Cope (R)	Stoke Racing	Ford	12th in Twin 125 #1
77	Ken Ragan	Ragan Racing	Ford	12th in Twin 125 #2
64	Connie Saylor	Langley Racing	Ford	13th in Twin 125 #1
81	Chet Fillip	Fillip Racing	Ford	13th in Twin 125 #2
86	Ronnie Sanders	Moss Racing	Ford	14th in Twin 125 #1
6	Trevor Boys	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	14th in Twin 125 #2
66	Tom Sneva	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	15th in Twin 125 #1
82	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing	Ford	15th in Twin 125 #2
15	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	Speed provisional (204.634)
27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	Speed provisional (204.448)
83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	Speed provisional (204.160)
67	Eddie Bierschwale	Arrington Racing	Ford	Speed provisional (203.087)
26	Morgan Shepherd	King Racing	Buick	Speed provisional (202.789)
10	Rodney Combs (R)	DiGard Motorsports	Oldsmobile	Speed provisional (202.425)
7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	Speed provisional (201.771)
70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	Speed provisional (200.929)
12	David Sosebee	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	Owner's points provisional
52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	Owner's points provisional
14	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	Speed provisional (203.832)
50	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	Pontiac	Speed provisional (201.428)
74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	16th in Twin 125 #1
51	David Simko	Simko Racing	Chevrolet	19th in Twin 125 #2
02	Joe Booher	Booher Racing	Pontiac	19th in Twin 125 #1
92	Ralph Jones	LC Racing	Ford	20th in Twin 125 #2
93	Charlie Baker	Salmon Racing	Chevrolet	20th in Twin 125 #1
39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Ford	21st in Twin 125 #2
24	Grant Adcox	Adcox Racing	Chevrolet	22nd in Twin 125 #1
62	Steve Christman (R)	Winkle Motorsports	Pontiac	23rd in Twin 125 #2
32	Jonathan Lee Edwards	Edwards Racing	Chevrolet	23rd in Twin 125 #1
49	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Chevrolet	24th in Twin 125 #2
89	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing	Pontiac	25th in Twin 125 #1
09	Jeff Swindell	Swindell Racing	Chevrolet	25th in Twin 125 #2
18	Tommy Ellis	Freedlander Motorsports	Chevrolet	27th in Twin 125 #1
98	Ed Pimm	Curb Racing	Oldsmobile	27th in Twin 125 #2
48	Steve Moore	Hylton Motorsports	Chevrolet	28th in Twin 125 #1
41	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	Pontiac	29th in Twin 125 #2
73	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Racing	Oldsmobile	30th in Twin 125 #1
54	Donnie Allison	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	30th in Twin 125 #2
00	Dick McCabe	McCabe Racing	Chevrolet	31st in Twin 125 #2
63	Jocko Maggiacomo	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet	Injuries sustained in a practice crash

Race results

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Ford	200	104	running	185	$204,150
4	35	Benny Parsons	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	2	running	175	$122,420
11	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	200	2	running	170	$76,040
7	88	Buddy Baker	Baker–Schiff Racing	Oldsmobile	200	45	running	165	$74,450
13	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	200	16	running	160	$64,925
6	22	Bobby Allison	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	200	0	running	150	$60,475
3	90	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing	Ford	200	14	running	151	$68,545
5	17	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	1	running	147	$39,925
31	15	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	200	0	running	138	$38,425
22	29	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough Motorsports	Oldsmobile	200	0	running	134	$29,600
19	55	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	200	0	running	130	$26,200
15	75	Neil Bonnett	RahMoc Enterprises	Pontiac	199	5	running	132	$29,600
21	8	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing	Buick	199	0	running	124	$29,005
8	5	Geoff Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	199	10	running	126	$36,365
37	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Ford	198	0	running	118	$22,740
35	26	Morgan Shepherd	King Racing	Buick	198	0	running	115	$20,660
24	77	Ken Ragan	Ragan Racing	Ford	197	0	running	112	$17,085
14	11	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	197	0	running	109	$25,915
36	10	Rodney Combs (R)	DiGard Motorsports	Oldsmobile	197	0	running	106	$15,295
42	50	Greg Sacks	Dingman Brothers Racing	Pontiac	196	0	running	103	$14,335
27	86	Ronnie Sanders	Moss Racing	Ford	195	0	running	0	$13,930
18	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Chevrolet	193	0	running	97	$18,110
28	6	Trevor Boys	U.S. Racing	Chevrolet	191	0	running	94	$16,795
40	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Pontiac	191	0	running	91	$14,480
38	70	J. D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Pontiac	191	0	running	88	$11,810
33	83	Lake Speed	Speed Racing	Oldsmobile	188	0	engine	85	$11,105
2	28	Davey Allison (R)	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Ford	184	0	running	82	$14,045
39	12	David Sosebee	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	184	0	running	79	$14,145
29	66	Tom Sneva	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	182	0	engine	76	$11,135
10	44	Sterling Marlin	Hagan Racing	Oldsmobile	167	1	clutch	78	$16,875
12	33	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	156	0	transmission	70	$15,100
17	1	Ron Bouchard	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	125	0	engine	67	$11,370
23	19	Derrike Cope (R)	Stoke Racing	Ford	124	0	overheating	64	$10,840
16	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	115	0	oil leak	61	$13,975
20	21	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	72	0	valve	58	$13,455
34	67	Eddie Bierschwale	Arrington Racing	Ford	44	0	engine	55	$12,235
9	4	Rick Wilson	Morgan–McClure Motorsports	Oldsmobile	37	0	clutch	52	$11,420
30	82	Mark Stahl	Stahl Racing	Ford	36	0	engine	49	$9,540
26	81	Chet Fillip	Fillip Racing	Ford	19	0	engine	46	$9,705
25	64	Connie Saylor	Langley Racing	Ford	12	0	engine	43	$11,470
32	27	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	10	0	piston	40	$15,720
41	14	A. J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	10	0	spark plug	37	$7,870
74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet
51	David Simko	Simko Racing	Chevrolet
02	Joe Booher	Booher Racing	Pontiac
92	Ralph Jones	LC Racing	Ford
93	Charlie Baker	Salmon Racing	Chevrolet
39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Ford
24	Grant Adcox	Adcox Racing	Chevrolet
62	Steve Christman (R)	Winkle Motorsports	Pontiac
32	Jonathan Lee Edwards	Edwards Racing	Chevrolet
49	Delma Cowart	H. L. Waters Racing	Chevrolet
89	Jim Sauter	Mueller Brothers Racing	Pontiac
09	Jeff Swindell	Swindell Racing	Chevrolet
18	Tommy Ellis	Freedlander Motorsports	Chevrolet
98	Ed Pimm	Curb Racing	Oldsmobile
48	Steve Moore	Hylton Motorsports	Chevrolet
41	Ronnie Thomas	Ronnie Thomas Racing	Pontiac
73	Phil Barkdoll	Barkdoll Racing	Oldsmobile
54	Donnie Allison	Gray Racing	Chevrolet
00	Dick McCabe	McCabe Racing	Chevrolet
63	Jocko Maggiacomo	Linro Motorsports	Chevrolet

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points	[Official driver's standings](https://www.newspapers.com/article/florence-morning-news-winston-cup-update/132141699/)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	1	Bill Elliott	185
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	2	Benny Parsons	175 (-10)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	3	Richard Petty	170 (-15)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	4	Buddy Baker	165 (–20)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	5	Dale Earnhardt	160 (–25)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	6	Ken Schrader	151 (–34)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	7	Bobby Allison	150 (–35)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	8	Darrell Waltrip	147 (–38)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	9	Ricky Rudd	138 (–47)
[[File:1rightarrow.png	10px]]	10	Cale Yarborough	134 (–51)

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

Notes

References

Higgins, Tom. (February 16, 1987). "Elliott Outlasts Daytona Field". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
Coble, Don. (February 16, 1987). "Elliott conquers Daytona 500". [[Florida Today]].
Chuhran, John. (February 13, 1987). "Mamaroneck team can only watch". [[The Standard-Star]].
Higgins, Tom. (February 12, 1987). "Daytona 500 Pole Goes To Elliott". [[The Charlotte Observer]].

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