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North Carolina Speedway
March 06, 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 | 30 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Valvoline Pontiac | 492 | 185 | 45,800 | Running | |
| 2 | 19 | 83 | Lake Speed | Wynn's Oldsmobile | 492 | 175 | 22,310 | Running | |
| 3 | 14 | 44 | Sterling Marlin | Piedmont Airlines Oldsmobile | 492 | 170 | 19,195 | Running | |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | Alan Kulwicki | Zerex Ford | 492 | 160 | 14,330 | Running | |
| 5 | 22 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Chevrolet | 492 | 160 | 19,865 | Running | |
| 6 | 1 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors Ford | 491 | 155 | 17,910 | Running | |
| 7 | 35 | 97 | Morgan Shepherd | AC Spark Plug Buick | 491 | 151 | 7,710 | Running | |
| 8 | 17 | 10 | Ken Bouchard | Whitcomb Racing Ford | 491 | 142 | 5,760 | Running | |
| 9 | 4 | 28 | Davey Allison | Havoline Ford | 491 | 138 | 14,210 | Running | |
| 10 | 5 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Folger's Coffee Chevrolet | 490 | 134 | 12,785 | Running | |
| 11 | 27 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Red Baron Frozen Pizza Oldsmobile | 490 | 135 | 9,170 | Running | |
| 12 | 12 | 6 | Mark Martin | Stroh's Light Ford | 489 | 127 | 4,120 | Running | |
| 13 | 37 | 30 | Michael Waltrip | Country Time Lemonade Chevrolet | 489 | 124 | 7,920 | Running | |
| 14 | 6 | 27 | Rusty Wallace | Kodiak Pontiac | 489 | 121 | 12,520 | Running | |
| 15 | 18 | 55 | Phil Parsons | Crown Petroleum Oldsmobile | 488 | 118 | 7,970 | Running | |
| 16 | 7 | 29 | Dale Jarrett | Hardee's Oldsmobile | 488 | 115 | 3,370 | Running | |
| 17 | 3 | 26 | Ricky Rudd | Quaker State Buick | 487 | 112 | 7,120 | Running | |
| 18 | 8 | 5 | Geoff Bodine | Levi Garrett Chevrolet | 487 | 109 | 6,670 | Running | |
| 19 | 13 | 21 | Kyle Petty | Citgo Ford | 487 | 106 | 9,870 | Running | |
| 20 | 36 | 68 | Derrike Cope | Purolator Filters Ford | 486 | 103 | 6,770 | Running | |
| 21 | 16 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr | Miller High Life Buick | 486 | 100 | 5,665 | Running | |
| 22 | 23 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life Buick | 484 | 97 | 9,490 | Running | |
| 23 | 24 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Lifebuoy Chevrolet | 481 | 94 | 5,965 | Running | |
| 24 | 11 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Tide Chevrolet | 481 | 91 | 9,315 | Running | |
| 25 | 21 | 2 | Ernie Irvan | Kroger Chevrolet | 479 | 88 | 3,290 | Running | |
| 26 | 33 | 67 | Rick Jeffrey | Pannill Knitting Ford | 476 | 85 | 5,065 | Running | |
| 27 | 15 | 15 | Brett Bodine | Crisco Ford | 470 | 82 | 10,740 | Running | |
| 28 | 9 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 469 | 79 | 4,840 | Running | |
| 29 | 38 | 03 | Dave Pletcher | Wild Turkey Ford | 464 | 76 | 2,015 | Running | |
| 30 | 41 | 22 | Steve Moore | Hesco Exhaust Systems Chevrolet | 413 | 73 | 2,665 | Running | |
| 31 | 10 | 11 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser Chevrolet | 407 | 75 | 8,915 | Valve | |
| 32 | 31 | 23 | Eddie Bierschwale | Wayne Paging Chevrolet | 407 | 67 | 1,865 | Running | |
| 33 | 32 | 90 | Benny Parsons | Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce Ford | 387 | 64 | 4,520 | Running | |
| 34 | 28 | 98 | Ed Pimm | Sunoco Buick | 311 | 61 | 1,745 | Accident | |
| 35 | 25 | 01 | Mickey Gibbs | Gibbs-West Tractor Ford | 236 | 58 | 1,695 | Engine | |
| 36 | 26 | 4 | Rick Wilson | Kodak Film Oldsmobile | 234 | 60 | 2,290 | Engine | |
| 37 | 39 | 82 | Mark Stahl | Auto Bell Car Wash Ford | 233 | 52 | 1,615 | Valve | |
| 38 | 40 | 93 | Charlie Baker | Baker Racing Chevrolet | 136 | 49 | 1,590 | Clutch | |
| 39 | 29 | 31 | Brad Teague | Slender You Figure Salons Oldsmobile | 99 | 46 | 1,565 | Engine | |
| 40 | 34 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Eureka Vacuum Cleaners Pontiac | 86 | 43 | 4,165 | Engine | |
| 41 | 20 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Pontiac | 17 | 40 | 4,140 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 9 Minutes 51 Seconds
Average Speed .:120.159
Margin of Victory .: 3.000 Seconds