1987 TranSouth 500

Fifth race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series September 2023 NASWINSTON March 29 239 Ken Schrader Donlavey Racing Richard Childress Racing Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Dale Earnhardt 3 ESPN Larry Nuber, Jerry Punch Motor Racing Network 29 Darlington, South Carolina, Darlington Raceway 5 122.54 mph km/h 31st Annual TranSouth 500 TranSouth 500 1987 367 367 806.799 806.799 501.322 2.198 1.366 31.048 501.322 The 1987 TranSouth 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt. 1987_TranSouth_500.jpeg 60,000 The 1987 TranSouth 500 was the fifth stock car race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 31st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 29, 1987, before an audience of 60,000 in Darlington, South Carolina, at Darlington Raceway, a 1.366 mi km permanent egg-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 367 laps to complete. Taking advantage of a misfortunate Bill Elliott, who ran out of gas on the final lap, Richard Childress Racing's Dale Earnhardt, who had been the dominant car of the race, passed Elliott with half a lap remaining to take his 23rd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third victory of the season.Higgins Tom March 30, 1987 Earnhardt Cashes In On Elliott Gamble At Darlington 1D, 5D The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-earnhardt-cashes/132370325/ September 25, 2023 Newspapers.com Gilbert Bill March 30, 1987 Earnhardt nips a gasless Elliott for the checkered 1B, 2B Florence Morning News https://www.newspapers.com/article/florence-morning-news-earnhardt-nips-a-g/132370900/ September 25, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, the aforementioned Bill Elliott and owner-driver Richard Petty finished second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Darlington Raceway, the venue where the race was held. Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Ron BouchardEllington RacingChevrolet3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile5Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6D. K. UlrichU.S. RacingChevrolet7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord10Rodney CombsDiGard MotorsportsChevrolet11Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet12Slick JohnsonHamby RacingChevrolet15Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFord17Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet18Tommy EllisFreedlander MotorsportsChevrolet21Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord22Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick26Morgan ShepherdKing RacingBuick27Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac28Davey Allison (R)Ranier-Lundy RacingFord29Cale YarboroughCale Yarborough MotorsportsOldsmobile30Michael WaltripBahari RacingChevrolet32Jonathan Lee EdwardsEdwards RacingChevrolet33Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet35Benny ParsonsHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet36H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac37Joe MillikanBeahr RacingFord43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac44Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile48James HyltonHylton MotorsportsChevrolet50Greg SacksDingman Brothers RacingPontiac52Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac55Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile62Steve Christman (R)Winkle MotorsportsPontiac64Connie SaylorLangley RacingFord67Eddie BierschwaleArrington RacingFord70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Neil BonnettRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac77Bobby WawakRagan RacingFord81Mike PotterFillip RacingFord82Mark StahlStahl RacingFord83Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile88Buddy BakerBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobile90Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFord Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Thursday, March 26, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver had one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 20 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 Friday, March 27, at 2:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 would be decided on time,March 26, 1987 NASCAR Today 6C The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-nascar-today/132400283/ September 25, 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. Ken Schrader, driving for Donlavey Racing, managed to win the pole, setting a time of 31.048 and an average speed of 158.387 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom March 27, 1987 Schrader Takes Darlington Pole 1D, 5D The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-schrader-takes-da/132400341/ September 25, 2023 Newspapers.com Three drivers failed to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed190Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFord31.048158.38723Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet31.110158.07139Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord31.151157.863435Benny ParsonsHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.157157.833528Davey Allison (R)Ranier-Lundy RacingFord31.165157.792627Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac31.318157.02275Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.324156.991822Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick31.381156.706983Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile31.395156.6361015Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFord31.434156.4421188Buddy BakerBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobile31.461156.3081233Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet31.475156.2381375Neil BonnettRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac31.479156.2181411Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet31.488156.1741555Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile31.572155.7581644Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile31.709155.0851771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet31.729154.9881826Morgan ShepherdKing RacingBuick31.740154.9341917Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.762154.827208Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick31.792154.680Failed to lock in Round 12129Cale YarboroughCale Yarborough MotorsportsOldsmobile31.644155.404224Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile31.808154.6032321Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord31.824154.5252443Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac31.836154.467251Ron BouchardEllington RacingChevrolet31.872154.2922618Tommy EllisFreedlander MotorsportsChevrolet31.938153.9732750Greg SacksDingman Brothers RacingPontiac32.005153.6512867Eddie BierschwaleArrington RacingFord32.025153.5552910Rodney CombsDiGard MotorsportsChevrolet32.057153.4023030Michael WaltripBahari RacingChevrolet32.096153.2153152Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac32.224152.607326D. K. UlrichU.S. RacingChevrolet32.286152.3143364Connie SaylorLangley RacingFord32.289152.300347Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord32.297152.2623536H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac32.306152.2193612Slick JohnsonHamby RacingChevrolet32.423151.6703777Bobby WawakRagan RacingChevrolet32.465151.4743870J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac32.469151.4553962Steve Christman (R)Winkle MotorsportsPontiac32.641150.6574032Jonathan Lee EdwardsEdwards RacingChevrolet32.707150.353Provisional4148James HyltonHylton MotorsportsChevrolet32.785149.995Failed to qualify4281Mike PotterFillip RacingFord33.200148.1204337Joe MillikanBeahr RacingFord33.219148.0364482Mark StahlStahl RacingFord33.728145.802Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings123Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet367239running185$52,985239Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord36741running175$31,48532443Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac3671running170$20,45041644Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile3675running165$17,1055190Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFord36719running160$16,65061375Neil BonnettRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac3677running155$10,06571233Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet3660running146$9,2958251Ron BouchardEllington RacingChevrolet3660running142$4,81091555Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile3660running138$4,305101917Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3661running139$5,1801175Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3640running130$10,525123612Slick JohnsonHamby RacingChevrolet3630running127$7,755132321Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord3620running124$6,81514347Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3610running121$7,375152129Cale YarboroughCale Yarborough MotorsportsOldsmobile3540running118$3,715162867Eddie BierschwaleArrington RacingFord3490running115$5,800173536H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac3480running112$2,48518326D. K. UlrichU.S. RacingChevrolet3470running109$5,420193030Michael WaltripBahari RacingChevrolet3380running106$5,04020627Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac3220overheating103$10,07521435Benny ParsonsHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3140running100$11,275221826Morgan ShepherdKing RacingBuick3120running97$4,78523208Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick3070overheating94$8,900243364Connie SaylorLangley RacingFord2910running91$4,570251188Buddy BakerBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobile25940crash93$2,585262750Greg SacksDingman Brothers RacingPontiac2580engine85$1,68027528Davey Allison (R)Ranier-Lundy RacingFord2140crash82$2,37528822Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick2141crash84$8,580293777Bobby WawakRagan RacingChevrolet1680crash76$1,535301015Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFord14412crash78$9,88531983Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile1440crash70$1,445321411Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet1430crash67$10,200331771Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1311steering69$4,10034224Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile1180head gasket61$1,330354032Jonathan Lee EdwardsEdwards RacingChevrolet1040fuel pump58$1,300363152Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac850engine55$3,270372910Rodney CombsDiGard MotorsportsChevrolet380ignition52$1,740384148James HyltonHylton MotorsportsChevrolet140ignition49$1,225393962Steve Christman (R)Winkle MotorsportsPontiac80crash46$1,210402618Tommy EllisFreedlander MotorsportsChevrolet30quit43$1,180413870J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac10engine40$1,180Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 840 10px 2 Bill Elliott 769 (-71) 10px 4 3 Neil Bonnett 700 (-140) 10px 1 4 Darrell Waltrip 690 (–150) 10px 5 5 Richard Petty 678 (–162) 10px 5 6 Ken Schrader 655 (–185) 10px 4 7 Ricky Rudd 650 (–190) 10px 2 8 Benny Parsons 650 (–190) 10px 5 9 Terry Labonte 643 (–197) 10px 1 10 Rusty Wallace 628 (–212)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1987 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 1987 First Union 400 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1987 in sports in South Carolina Category:1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:March 1987 sports events in the United States Category:NASCAR races at Darlington Raceway