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North Carolina Speedway
October 23, 1988 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.02-Mile paved track 492 Laps/502 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Kodiak Pontiac | 492 | 180 | 52,150 | Running | |
| 2 | 9 | 26 | Ricky Rudd | Quaker State Buick | 492 | 175 | 26,985 | Running | |
| 3 | 7 | 11 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser Chevrolet | 492 | 170 | 25,095 | Running | |
| 4 | 1 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors Ford | 491 | 170 | 23,480 | Running | |
| 5 | 13 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Chevrolet | 491 | 160 | 27,965 | Running | |
| 6 | 16 | 12 | Mike Alexander | Miller High Life Buick | 489 | 150 | 12,910 | Running | |
| 7 | 12 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 489 | 146 | 10,110 | Running | |
| 8 | 23 | 55 | Phil Parsons | Crown Petroleum Oldsmobile | 489 | 147 | 9,210 | Running | |
| 9 | 14 | 21 | Kyle Petty | Citgo Ford | 489 | 138 | 14,410 | Running | |
| 10 | 25 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Valvoline Pontiac | 489 | 134 | 13,810 | Running | |
| 11 | 21 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Folger's Coffee Chevrolet | 488 | 130 | 11,020 | Running | |
| 12 | 10 | 88 | Greg Sacks | Red Baron Frozen Pizza Oldsmobile | 488 | 127 | 8,220 | Running | |
| 13 | 29 | 90 | Benny Parsons | Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce Ford | 488 | 124 | 11,520 | Running | |
| 14 | 17 | 57 | Morgan Shepherd | Winner's Circle Auto Parts Buick | 487 | 121 | 3,720 | Running | |
| 15 | 32 | 2 | Ernie Irvan | Kroger Pontiac | 484 | 118 | 6,470 | Running | |
| 16 | 34 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Lifebuoy Soap Chevrolet | 481 | 120 | 7,170 | Running | |
| 17 | 33 | 31 | Jim Sauter | Slender You Figure Salons Oldsmobile | 479 | 0 | 4,820 | Running | |
| 18 | 40 | 10 | Ken Bouchard | Whitcomb Racing Pontiac | 477 | 109 | 5,620 | Running | |
| 19 | 15 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Country Time Lemonade Pontiac | 475 | 106 | 5,970 | Running | |
| 20 | 36 | 40 | Ben Hess | Hess Racing Oldsmobile | 472 | 103 | 3,370 | Running | |
| 21 | 39 | 34 | Connie Saylor | Allen's Glass Buick | 464 | 100 | 2,565 | Running | |
| 22 | 24 | 4 | Rick Wilson | Kodak Film Oldsmobile | 458 | 97 | 3,490 | Running | |
| 23 | 38 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Miller High Life Buick | 444 | 99 | 5,340 | Running | |
| 24 | 30 | 83 | Lake Speed | Wynn's Oldsmobile | 433 | 91 | 3,165 | Running | |
| 25 | 35 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 425 | 88 | 5,090 | Engine | |
| 26 | 2 | 7 | Alan Kulwicki | Zerex Ford | 379 | 85 | 5,140 | Handling | |
| 27 | 6 | 28 | Davey Allison | Havoline Ford | 374 | 87 | 12,290 | Accident | |
| 28 | 4 | 6 | Mark Martin | Stroh's Light Ford | 374 | 79 | 4,765 | Accident | |
| 29 | 8 | 15 | Brett Bodine | Crisco Ford | 373 | 76 | 10,615 | Accident | |
| 30 | 20 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 355 | 73 | 6,715 | Accident | |
| 31 | 5 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Tide Chevrolet | 276 | 75 | 9,625 | Engine | |
| 32 | 22 | 29 | Dale Jarrett | Hardee's Oldsmobile | 255 | 67 | 2,450 | Engine | |
| 33 | 11 | 23 | Eddie Bierschwale | Wayne Paging Oldsmobile | 241 | 64 | 1,755 | Engine | |
| 34 | 18 | 44 | Sterling Marlin | Piedmont Airlines Oldsmobile | 236 | 61 | 4,305 | Engine | |
| 35 | 27 | 67 | Brad Teague | Pannill Knitting Ford | 231 | 58 | 3,655 | Engine | |
| 36 | 19 | 68 | Derrike Cope | Purolator Filters Ford | 231 | 55 | 1,600 | Accident | |
| 37 | 31 | 98 | Brad Noffsinger | Sunoco Buick | 173 | 52 | 1,575 | Crank Shaft | |
| 38 | 26 | 97 | Joe Ruttman | AC Spark Plug Buick | 71 | 0 | 1,550 | Handling | |
| 39 | 37 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Eureka Vacuum Cleaners Pontiac | 29 | 46 | 3,525 | Engine | |
| 40 | 28 | 22 | Rodney Combs | Childress R&D Chevrolet | 4 | 43 | 1,500 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 29 Minutes 7 Seconds
Average Speed .:111.557
Margin of Victory .: 13.500 Seconds