1987 Sovran Bank 500 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: Sovran Bank 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 8 of 29
Date: April 26, 1987
Track: Martinsville Speedway

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Sovran Bank 500 Race Information

Winner	Dale Earnhardt	Car	No. 3 Chevrolet
Team / Owner	Richard Childress	Sponsor	Wrangler Jeans
Winner Start	4th	Winner Laps Led	156
Started First	Morgan Shepherd	Most Laps Led	Dale Earnhardt (156)
Race Distance	263 miles (500 laps)	Track Length	0.526 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	31
Total Purse	$266,605	Winner Earnings	$50,850
Different Leaders	7	Lead-Lap Finishers	4
Points Leader After Race	Dale Earnhardt	Season Race	8 of 29

Sovran Bank 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	4	3	Dale Earnhardt	Wrangler Jeans	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	500	156	running	185	$50,850
2	5	27	Rusty Wallace	Kodiak	Raymond Beadle	Pontiac	500	63	running	175	$27,325
3	7	5	Geoffrey Bodine	Levi Garrett	Rick Hendrick	Chevrolet	500	116	running	170	$20,750
4	19	55	Phil Parsons	Copenhagen	Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson	Oldsmobile	500	0	running	160	$10,275
5	2	11	Terry Labonte	Budweiser	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	498	0	running	155	$16,425
6	31	9	Bill Elliott	Coors	Harry Melling	Ford	498	66	running	155	$12,950
7	20	90	Ken Schrader	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	Junie Donlavey	Ford	498	0	running	146	$8,280
8	13	22	Bobby Allison	Miller American	Stavola Brothers	Buick	497	0	running	142	$8,850
9	9	75	Neil Bonnett	Valvoline	Rahmoc Enterprises	Pontiac	496	0	running	138	$6,630
10	18	30	Michael Waltrip	Domino's Pizza	Chuck Rider	Chevrolet	495	0	running	134	$7,285
11	16	81	Buddy Arrington	Pannill Knitting	Corey Fillip	Ford	494	0	running	130	$2,370
12	6	21	Kyle Petty	Citgo	Wood Brothers	Ford	493	0	running	127	$6,020
13	29	19	Derrike Cope	Stoke Racing	Fred Stoke	Chevrolet	490	0	running	124	$2,720
14	26	52	Jimmy Means	Hotsy Carolinas	Jimmy Means	Pontiac	488	0	running	121	$5,450
15	22	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Miller American	Stavola Brothers	Buick	452	0	rear end	118	$7,820
16	15	15	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft	Bud Moore	Ford	440	0	rear end	115	$9,050
17	1	26	Morgan Shepherd	Quaker State	Kenny Bernstein	Buick	396	34	engine	117	$9,550
18	30	48	Tony Spanos	Hylton Racing	James Hylton	Chevrolet	386	0	running	—	$1,555
19	21	44	Sterling Marlin	Piedmont Airlines	Billy Hagan	Oldsmobile	378	0	running	106	$4,385
20	23	64	Jerry Cranmer	Sunny King	Elmo Langley	Ford	369	0	clutch	103	$4,850
21	11	17	Darrell Waltrip	Tide	Rick Hendrick	Chevrolet	360	45	engine	105	$2,200
22	10	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	347	0	timing chain	97	$4,375
23	12	71	Dave Marcis	Lifebuoy	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	333	0	rear end	94	$4,100
24	25	67	Eddie Bierschwale	Pannill Knitting	Buddy Arrington	Ford	269	0	engine	91	$3,485
25	24	62	Steve Christman	AC Spark Plug	Tom Winkle	Pontiac	264	0	running	88	$1,375
26	17	35	Benny Parsons	Folger's Coffee	Rick Hendrick	Chevrolet	223	0	valve	85	$9,350
27	3	33	Harry Gant	Skoal Bandit	Hal Needham	Chevrolet	186	20	rear end	87	$5,405
28	8	7	Alan Kulwicki	Zerex	Alan Kulwicki	Ford	185	0	oil line	79	$4,970
29	14	18	Dale Jarrett	—	Eric Freedlander	Chevrolet	113	0	engine	—	$4,135
30	28	12	Slick Johnson	Hesco Exhaust Systems	Roger Hamby	Oldsmobile	87	0	timing chain	73	$2,660
31	27	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	J.D. McDuffie	Pontiac	21	0	engine	70	$1,160

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