1987 Holly Farms 400

25th race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series November 2023 NASWINSTON 1987 25 29 1987_Holly_Farms_400.jpeg The 1987 Holly Farms 400 program cover, featuring Darrell Waltrip and Junior Johnson. 38th Annual Holly Farms 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 400 0.625 1.006 250 402.336 96.051 mph km/h Bill Elliott Melling Racing 19.532 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates 207 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates ESPN Bob Jenkins, Jerry Punch Motor Racing Network Holly Farms 400 1987 10 4 32,500 The 1987 Holly Farms 400 was the 25th stock car race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 38th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 4, 1987, before an audience of 32,500 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, a 0.625 mi km oval short track. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. With the help of a final fast pit stop late in the race, Junior Johnson & Associates' Terry Labonte managed to pull away from second-place Dale Earnhardt, completing a dominant run where Labonte led the final 207 laps. The victory was Labonte's eighth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.Higgins Tom October 5, 1987 Cool Labonte Ices Win At North Wilkesboro 1B, 7B The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-cool-labonte-ices/135239926/ November 15, 2023 Newspapers.com Mulhurn Mike October 5, 1987 Labonte, Johnson End Winless Streaks 11, 13 Winston-Salem Journal https://www.newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal-labonte-johnson-e/135240088/ November 15, 2023 Newspapers.com Heading into the next four races of the season, Dale Earnhardt, who at this point had a 573 point lead in the driver's championship over Bill Elliott, was slated as the lock-in for the championship, only needing a 40th or better place finish in the next four races to clinch the championship. Background thumb|300x300px|The layout of North Wilkesboro Speedway, the venue where the race was held North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short oval racetrack located on U.S. Route 421, about five miles east of the town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, or 80 miles north of Charlotte. It measures 0.625 mi km on and features a unique uphill backstretch and downhill frontstretch. It has previously held races in NASCAR's top three series, including 93 Winston Cup Series races. The track, a NASCAR original, operated from 1949, NASCAR's inception, until the track's original closure in 1996. The speedway briefly reopened in 2010 and hosted several stock car series races before closing again in the spring of 2011. It was re-opened in August 2022 for grassroots racing. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor02Jed DoggettDoggett RacingPontiacDoggett Racing3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevroletWrangler04Clark JamesJames RacingPontiacJames Racing5Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevroletLevi Garrett6Ernie IrvanU.S. RacingChevroletU.S. Racing7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFordZerex8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuickMiller American9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFordCoors11Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevroletBudweiser12Larry PollardHamby RacingChevroletHamby Racing15Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFordMotorcraft Quality Parts17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevroletTide18Dale Jarrett (R)Freedlander MotorsportsChevroletCoats & Clark21Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFordCitgo22Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuickMiller American26Morgan ShepherdKing RacingBuickQuaker State27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiacKodiak28Davey Allison (R)Ranier-Lundy RacingFordTexaco, Havoline30Michael WaltripBahari RacingChevroletAll Pro Auto Parts33Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevroletSkoal Bandit35Benny ParsonsHendrick MotorsportsChevroletFolgers Decaf36Joe Dan BaileyBailey RacingPontiacAlmeda Auto Parts38Ronnie AdamsAdams RacingChevroletAdams Racing41Ronnie ThomasRonnie Thomas RacingChevroletBusch Enterprises43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiacSTP44Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobilePiedmont Airlines46Glenn MoffatMoffat RacingChevroletMoffat Racing52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiacEureka54Kevin EvansGray RacingChevroletGray Racing55Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobileSkoal Classic62Steve Christman (R)Winkle MotorsportsPontiacAC Spark Plug64Rodney CombsFor unknown reasons, driver changed to Trevor Boys. alphaLangley RacingFordSunny King Ford67Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFordPannill Sweatshirts70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiacRumple Furniture71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevroletLifebuoy75Neil BonnettRahMoc EnterprisesPontiacValvoline76Hut StricklinJaehne MotorsportsOldsmobileJaehne Motorsports76Graham TaylorBetty Taylor RacingFordBetty Taylor Racing81Larry CaudillFor unknown reasons, driver changed to Slick Johnson. betaFillip RacingFordFillip Racing85Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevroletJ. Omar Landis Enterprises88Brandon BakerBaker–Schiff RacingChevroletCrisco90Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFordRed Baron Frozen Pizza97D. Wayne StroutStrout RacingOldsmobileStrout Racing98Lynn GibsonGibson RacingPontiacGibson Racing Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, October 2, at 4:30 PM EST. Each driver had one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 10 drivers in the round were guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, October 3, at 12:15 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver had one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 11-30 were decided on time,October 2, 1987 NASCAR Today 5B The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-nascar-today/135279939/ November 15, 2023 Newspapers.com and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points; up to two were given. Bill Elliott, driving for Melling Racing, managed to win the pole, setting a time of 19.532 and an average speed of 115.196 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom October 3, 1988 Elliott Zips To 7th Pole 1C, 7C The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-elliott-zips-to-7/135280028/ November 15, 2023 Newspapers.com 12 drivers failed to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed19Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord19.532115.196217Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.565115.001335Benny ParsonsHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.585114.884411Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet19.597114.81357Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord19.598114.808690Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFord19.659114.451730Michael WaltripBahari RacingChevrolet19.696114.236822Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick19.727114.057926Morgan ShepherdKing RacingBuick19.741113.976103Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet19.745113.953Failed to lock in Round 11121Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord19.719114.1031215Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFord19.759113.8721367Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFord19.784113.7281418Dale Jarrett (R)Freedlander MotorsportsChevrolet19.791113.6881575Neil BonnettRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac19.801113.6311644Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile19.821113.5161755Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile19.837113.424185Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet19.852113.3391943Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac19.858113.3042027Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac19.858113.3042171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet19.870113.2362228Davey AllisonRanier-Lundy RacingFord19.883113.1622333Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet19.894113.0992476Hut StricklinJaehne MotorsportsOldsmobile19.975112.641256Ernie IrvanU.S. RacingChevrolet20.007112.4612612Larry PollardHamby RacingChevrolet20.015112.416278Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick20.035112.3032852Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac20.048112.2312981Larry CaudillFillip RacingFord20.073112.0913041Ronnie ThomasRonnie Thomas RacingChevrolet20.080112.052Provisionals3162Steve Christman (R)Winkle MotorsportsPontiac20.080112.0523264Trevor BoysLangley RacingFord20.097111.957Failed to qualify3385Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevrolet20.193111.4253404Clark JamesJames RacingPontiac20.293110.8763554Kevin EvansGray RacingChevrolet20.316110.7503636Joe Dan BaileyBailey RacingPontiac20.364110.4893770J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac20.484109.8423897D. Wayne StroutStrout RacingOldsmobile20.518109.6603938Ronnie AdamsAdams RacingChevrolet20.959107.3524088Brandon BakerBaker–Schiff RacingChevrolet21.023107.0264198Lynn GibsonGibson RacingPontiac21.188106.1924276Graham TaylorBetty Taylor RacingFord21.202106.1224346Glenn MoffatMoffat RacingChevrolet21.329105.4904402Jed DoggettDoggett RacingPontiac - -Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1411Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet400207running185$45,5752103Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet400137running175$26,950319Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord39939running170$25,4504926Morgan ShepherdKing RacingBuick3980running160$11,2055185Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet39811running160$11,97561121Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord3980running150$9,425757Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3980running146$9,3058278Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick3970running142$7,98091943Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac3970running138$5,310102027Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac3970running134$9,975111575Neil BonnettRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac3970running130$4,99512217Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3970running127$3,325131215Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFord3970running124$8,720141755Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile3970running121$2,56515690Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFord3960running118$4,91016730Michael WaltripBahari RacingChevrolet3950running115$4,35517822Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick3940running112$7,170181418Dale Jarrett (R)Freedlander MotorsportsChevrolet3940running109$4,99519335Benny ParsonsHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3940running106$9,320201644Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile3930running103$4,610212852Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac3890running100$3,83022256Ernie IrvanU.S. RacingChevrolet3870running0$3,515232612Larry PollardHamby RacingChevrolet3860running0$3,480243264Trevor BoysLangley RacingFord3860running0$3,445253041Ronnie ThomasRonnie Thomas RacingChevrolet3810running88$1,300262228Davey AllisonRanier-Lundy RacingFord3670running85$1,175271367Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFord2650engine82$3,410282476Hut StricklinJaehne MotorsportsOldsmobile2070crash79$1,925293162Steve Christman (R)Winkle MotorsportsPontiac2020engine76$1,100302171Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1986engine78$2,625312333Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet240differential70$2,575322981Slick JohnsonFillip RacingFord110engine0$1,125Failed to qualify3385Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevrolet3404Clark JamesJames RacingPontiac3554Kevin EvansGray RacingChevrolet3636Joe Dan BaileyBailey RacingPontiac3770J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac3897D. Wayne StroutStrout RacingOldsmobile3938Ronnie AdamsAdams RacingChevrolet4088Brandon BakerBaker–Schiff RacingChevrolet4198Lynn GibsonGibson RacingPontiac4276Graham TaylorBetty Taylor RacingFord4346Glenn MoffatMoffat RacingChevrolet4402Jed DoggettDoggett RacingPontiacOfficial race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 4,136 10px 2 Bill Elliott 3,563 (-573) 10px 3 Terry Labonte 3,446 (-690) 10px 4 Darrell Waltrip 3,339 (–797) 10px 1 5 Neil Bonnett 3,297 (–839) 10px 1 6 Ricky Rudd 3,292 (–844) 10px 7 Rusty Wallace 3,282 (–854) 10px 8 Richard Petty 3,208 (–928) 10px 9 Kyle Petty 3,154 (–982) 10px 10 Ken Schrader 3,033 (–1,103)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. Notes References NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1987 1987 Goody's 500 1987 Oakwood Homes 500 Category:1987 in sports in North Carolina Category:1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at North Wilkesboro Speedway Category:October 1987 sports events in the United States