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Bristol Motor Speedway
April 12, 1987 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.5-Mile Short Track 500 Laps/250 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans Chevrolet | 500 | 180 | 43,850 | Running | |
| 2 | 18 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 500 | 175 | 21,030 | Running | |
| 3 | 15 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft Ford | 500 | 165 | 17,175 | Running | |
| 4 | 11 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors Ford | 500 | 170 | 12,570 | Running | |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | Alan Kulwicki | Zerex Ford | 500 | 160 | 11,605 | Running | |
| 6 | 1 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 500 | 155 | 9,060 | Running | |
| 7 | 16 | 21 | Kyle Petty | Citgo Ford | 500 | 151 | 6,350 | Running | |
| 8 | 8 | 26 | Morgan Shepherd | Quaker State Buick | 499 | 147 | 5,580 | Running | |
| 9 | 13 | 11 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser Chevrolet | 499 | 138 | 9,800 | Running | |
| 10 | 24 | 18 | Dale Jarrett | Chevrolet | 497 | 0 | 7,845 | Running | |
| 11 | 10 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Valvoline Pontiac | 492 | 130 | 4,860 | Running | |
| 12 | 12 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Tide Chevrolet | 490 | 127 | 1,850 | Running | |
| 13 | 23 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Bahre Racing Pontiac | 487 | 124 | 5,500 | Running | |
| 14 | 25 | 12 | Slick Johnson | Hesco Exhaust Systems Chevrolet | 487 | 121 | 4,290 | Running | |
| 16 | 2 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Kodiak Pontiac | 479 | 120 | 8,710 | Running | |
| 17 | 7 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Red Baron Frozen Pizza Ford | 451 | 112 | 3,660 | Steering | |
| 18 | 29 | 81 | Mike Potter | Pannill Knits Ford | 450 | 109 | 1,430 | Running | |
| 19 | 4 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 436 | 111 | 7,190 | Accident | |
| 20 | 19 | 55 | Phil Parsons | Copenhagen Oldsmobile | 419 | 103 | 1,950 | Running | |
| 22 | 27 | 64 | Jerry Cranmer | Sunny King Honda Ford | 392 | 97 | 3,400 | Running | |
| 23 | 6 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American Buick | 289 | 94 | 6,880 | Accident | |
| 24 | 14 | 44 | Sterling Marlin | Piedmont Airlines Oldsmobile | 252 | 96 | 4,060 | Accident | |
| 25 | 22 | 67 | Eddie Bierschwale | Pannill Knits Ford | 209 | 88 | 3,360 | Accident | |
| 26 | 20 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Miller American Buick | 195 | 85 | 6,770 | Engine | |
| 27 | 17 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Lifebuoy Chevrolet | 168 | 87 | 2,540 | Accident | |
| 28 | 9 | 35 | Benny Parsons | Folger's Chevrolet | 168 | 79 | 8,910 | Accident | |
| 29 | 21 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Turtle Wax Pontiac | 127 | 76 | 2,480 | Accident | |
| 30 | 30 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Busch Polishes Chevrolet | 77 | 73 | 950 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 31 Minutes 27 Seconds
Average Speed .:75.621
Margin of Victory .: 0.780 Second