1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500

Fourth race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series June 2023 NASWINSTON Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta International Raceway 499.216 31.022 1.522 2.449 803.41 328 1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 29th Annual Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 4 29 Motor Racing Network ABC Keith Jackson, Jerry Punch 3 Hendrick Motorsports Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing 270 Geoff Bodine 137.588 mph km/h 1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500.jpeg The 1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 program cover, featuring Ricky Rudd. 70,000 1988 3 20 The 1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 29th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 20, 1988, before an audience of 70,000 in Hampton, Georgia, at Atlanta International Raceway, a 1.522 mi km permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 328 laps to complete. On the final restart of the race with three laps left in the race, Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt would manage to pull away from the field, completing a dominant performance where he would lead 270 laps. The victory was Earnhardt's 32nd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.Higgins Tom March 21, 1988 Earnhardt Sparkles In Victory At Atlanta (Part 1) 21 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-earnhardt-sparkle/127140331/ June 27, 2023 Newspapers.com Higgins Tom March 21, 1988 Earnhardt Sparkles In Victory At Atlanta (Part 2) 23 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-earnhardt-sparkle/127140362/ June 27, 2023 Newspapers.com Hinton Ed March 21, 1988 Earnhardt breaks drought, turns Motorcraft 500 into 'boring' rout (Part 1) 39 The Atlanta Constitution https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-earnhardt-break/127178828/ June 27, 2023 Newspapers.com Hinton Ed March 21, 1988 Earnhardt breaks drought, turns Motorcraft 500 into 'boring' rout (Part 2) 49 The Atlanta Constitution https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-earnhardt-break/127178840/ June 27, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Blue Max Racing driver Rusty Wallace and Hendrick Motorsports driver Darrell Waltrip would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Atlanta International Raceway, the circuit where the race was held. Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a 1.522-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960. The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54 mi km on where before it was 1.522 mi km on. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. Entry list (R) - denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Dale JarrettEllington RacingBuick01Mickey GibbsGibbs RacingFord2Ernie Irvan (R)U.S. RacingChevrolet3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet03Dave Pletcher Sr.Weaver RacingFord4Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile5Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord10Ken Bouchard (R)Whitcomb RacingFord11Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet12Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick14A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile15Brett BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet21Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord22Steve MooreHamby RacingChevrolet23Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingChevrolet25Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Ricky RuddKing RacingBuick27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac28Davey AllisonRanier-Lundy RacingFord29Cale YarboroughCale Yarborough MotorsportsOldsmobile30Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31Brad TeagueBob Clark MotorsportsOldsmobile33Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet36H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac44Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile47Morgan ShepherdShepherd RacingBuick48Tony SpanosHylton MotorsportsChevrolet50Greg SacksDingman Brothers RacingPontiac52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingChevrolet55Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile63Jocko MaggiacomoLinro MotorsportsChevrolet67Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFord68Derrike CopeTesta RacingFord71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Neil BonnettRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac77Ken RaganRagan RacingFord80Jimmy Horton (R)S&H RacingFord83Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile86Rick JeffreyJeffrey RacingChevrolet88Buddy BakerBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobile89Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac90Benny ParsonsDonlavey RacingFord92David SosebeeLC RacingFord93Charlie BakerSalmon RacingChevrolet97Rodney CombsWinkle MotorsportsBuick98Brad Noffsinger (R)Curb RacingBuick99Connie SaylorBall MotorsportsChevrolet Qualifying Qualifying was originally scheduled to be split into two rounds. The first round was scheduled to be held on Friday, March 18, at 3:00 PM EST. Originally, the first 20 positions were going to be determined by first round qualifying, with positions 21-40 meant to be determined the following day on Saturday, March 19.March 18, 1988 NASCAR Today 29 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-nascar-today/127179076/ June 27, 2023 Newspapers.com However, due to rain, the first round was cancelled. As a result, qualifying was condensed into one round for all starting grid spots in the race, which was run on Saturday. 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.Pearson Harold March 19, 1988 Rain at AIR forces trials to be switched 32 Richmond Times-Dispatch https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-rain-at-air-forc/127179193/ June 27, 2023 Newspapers.com Geoff Bodine, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, won the pole, setting a time of 31.022 and an average speed of 176.623 mph km/h on in the first round.Higgins Tom March 20, 1988 Bumper-Car Show Moves To Atlanta 82 The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-bumper-car-show-m/127179316/ June 27, 2023 Newspapers.com 11 drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed15Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.022176.62323Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet31.139175.95939Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord31.265175.250427Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac31.289175.116515Brett BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord31.342174.820614A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile31.439174.28076Mark MartinRoush RacingFord31.442174.264890Benny ParsonsDonlavey RacingFord31.467174.125925Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.499173.9481017Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.503173.9261144Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile31.521173.827127Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord31.544173.7001311Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet31.553173.6511483Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile31.566173.5791555Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile31.607173.3541630Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac31.622173.2721733Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet31.786172.3781888Buddy BakerBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobile31.888171.8261929Cale YarboroughCale Yarborough MotorsportsOldsmobile31.914171.6872047Morgan ShepherdShepherd RacingBuick31.922171.6432121Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord31.954171.471228Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick31.980171.3322323Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile31.981171.3272443Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac32.012171.1612598Brad Noffsinger (R)Curb RacingBuick32.049170.9632697Rodney CombsWinkle MotorsportsBuick32.062170.8942712Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick32.067170.8672826Ricky RuddKing RacingBuick32.139170.4842992David SosebeeLC RacingFord32.164170.3523077Ken RaganRagan RacingFord32.165170.3473175Neil BonnettRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac32.191170.209324Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile32.197170.1773371Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet32.201170.156342Ernie Irvan (R)U.S. RacingChevrolet32.220170.0563531Brad TeagueBob Clark MotorsportsOldsmobile32.221170.0513668Derrike CopeTesta RacingFord32.291169.6823736H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac32.291169.6823889Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac32.483168.6793952Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac32.518168.4974099Dale JarrettBall MotorsportsChevrolet32.547168.347Provisionals4128Davey AllisonRanier-Lundy RacingFord32.603168.0584210Ken Bouchard (R)Whitcomb RacingFord32.713167.493Failed to qualify4367Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFord -* -*4493Charlie BakerSalmon RacingChevrolet -* -*4501Mickey GibbsGibbs RacingFord -* -*4680Jimmy Horton (R)S&H RacingFord -* -*471Dale JarrettEllington RacingBuick -* -*4886Rick JeffreyJeffrey RacingChevrolet -* -*4963Jocko MaggiacomoLinro MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*5022Steve MooreHamby RacingChevrolet -* -*5103Dave Pletcher Sr.Weaver RacingFord -* -*5250Greg SacksDingman Brothers RacingPontiac -* -*5348Tony SpanosHylton MotorsportsBuick -* -*Official starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings123Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet328270running185$67,9502427Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac3282running175$37,87531017Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3272running170$26,15041311Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet3272running165$19,57552121Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord3271running160$18,7506228Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick3260running150$13,30071888Buddy BakerBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobile3260running146$13,6508925Ken SchraderHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3260running142$16,9509515Brett BodineBud Moore EngineeringFord3260running138$19,67510324Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile3250running134$11,825112712Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick3252running135$11,020121630Michael WaltripBahari RacingPontiac3220running127$10,00013890Benny ParsonsDonlavey RacingFord32244running129$8,930142598Brad Noffsinger (R)Curb RacingBuick3210running0$5,310153371Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet3203running123$7,880164210Ken Bouchard (R)Whitcomb RacingFord3200running115$5,520172323Eddie BierschwaleB&B RacingOldsmobile3190running112$4,41018342Ernie Irvan (R)U.S. RacingChevrolet3180running109$6,1001939Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord3120crash106$11,940201144Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile3110running103$7,770211733Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet2960running100$5,985223175Neil BonnettRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac2891running102$9,600232443Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac2850engine94$5,615242826Ricky RuddKing RacingBuick2530engine91$5,430253889Jim SauterMueller Brothers RacingPontiac2380cylinder head88$2,945263668Derrike CopeTesta RacingFord1940running85$5,255272697Rodney CombsWinkle MotorsportsBuick1720cylinder head0$3,095282992David SosebeeLC RacingFord1650clutch79$2,210294099Dale JarrettBall MotorsportsChevrolet1640brakes76$2,175302047Morgan ShepherdShepherd RacingBuick1430grease seal73$2,0903176Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1420crash70$2,060321929Cale YarboroughCale Yarborough MotorsportsOldsmobile1270brakes67$2,0303315Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1091engine69$8,72534614A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile850engine61$2,430353077Ken RaganRagan RacingFord840engine58$1,930363531Brad TeagueBob Clark MotorsportsOldsmobile800crash55$1,905371555Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile710crash52$4,585381483Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile490cylinder head49$1,86539127Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord290engine46$4,515404128Davey AllisonRanier-Lundy RacingFord290crash43$11,160413736H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac120oil leak40$1,760423952Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac30engine37$4,410Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Neil Bonnett 632 10px 1 2 Dale Earnhardt 628 (-4) 10px 1 3 Rusty Wallace 595 (-39) 10px 2 4 Sterling Marlin 573 (–57) 10px 4 5 Darrell Waltrip 561 (–71) 10px 1 6 Bobby Allison 547 (–85) 10px 6 7 Terry Labonte 543 (–89) 10px 2 8 Buddy Baker 537 (–95) 10px 1 9 Ken Schrader 534 (–98) 10px 4 10 Bobby Hillin Jr. 516 (–116)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1988 Goodwrench 500 1988 TranSouth 500 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway Category:March 1988 sports events in the United States Category:1988 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)