1987 Atlanta Journal 500

29th race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series November 2023 NASWINSTON 139.047 mph km/h Motor Racing Network The 1987 Atlanta Journal 500 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt. 28th Annual Atlanta Journal 500 Bill Elliott 31.428 Melling Racing Melling Racing Bill Elliott Bill Elliott 168 9 Melling Racing November 22 Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta International Raceway 29 29 ESPN Atlanta Journal 500 1987 328 328 803.41 499.216 803.41 2.449 1.522 499.216 Bob Jenkins, Larry Nuber 1987 Atlanta Journal 500.jpeg 70,000 The 1987 Atlanta Journal 500 was the 29th and final stock car race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 28th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, November 22, 1987, 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. By race's end, Melling Racing's Bill Elliott, with the assistance of a makeshift pit crew, managed to dominate the late stages of the race, leading the final 82 laps to take his 23rd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his sixth and final victory of the season.Higgins Tom November 23, 1987 Elliott Surges To Impressive Win 1B, 5B The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-elliott-surges-to/135609470/ November 23, 2023 Newspapers.com Hinton Ed November 23, 1987 Elliott wins it for his crew 1B, 10B The Atlanta Journal https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-elliott-wins-it-for/135609105/ November 23, 2023 Newspapers.com To fill out the top three, Richard Childress Racing's Dale Earnhardt and Bud Moore Engineering's Ricky Rudd finished second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway, the circuit where the race was held. 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. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor1Brett BodineEllington RacingChevroletBull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevroletWrangler4Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobileKodak5Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevroletLevi Garrett6Larry PollardU.S. RacingChevroletU.S. Racing7Alan KulwickiAK RacingFordZerex8Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuickMiller American08Butch MillerThroop RacingChevroletThroop Racing9Bill ElliottMelling RacingFordCoors11Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevroletBudweiser12Trevor BoysHamby RacingChevroletHamby Racing14A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobileCopenhagen15Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFordMotorcraft Quality Parts16Larry PearsonPearson RacingChevroletChattanooga Chew17Darrell 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, Havoline29Cale YarboroughCale Yarborough MotorsportsOldsmobileHardee's30Michael WaltripBahari RacingChevroletAll Pro Auto Parts31Brad TeagueBob Clark MotorsportsOldsmobileSlender You Figure Salons33Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevroletSkoal Bandit34Eddie BierschwaleAAG RacingChevroletAllen's Glass35Benny ParsonsHendrick MotorsportsChevroletFolgers Decaf36H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiacAlmeda Auto Parts43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiacSTP44Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobilePiedmont Airlines48Ron EsauHylton MotorsportsChevroletHylton Motorsports50Greg SacksDingman Brothers RacingPontiacValvoline52Jimmy MeansHendrick MotorsportsChevroletEureka55Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobileSkoal Classic62Steve Christman (R)Winkle MotorsportsPontiacAC Spark Plug64Curtis MarkhamLangley RacingFordSunny King Ford67Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFordPannill Sweatshirts70J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiacRumple Furniture71Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevroletLifebuoy75Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesPontiacValvoline76Hut StricklinJaehne MotorsportsOldsmobileJaehne Motorsports77Ken RaganRagan RacingFordSouthlake Ford80Jimmy HortonS&H RacingFordS&H Racing82Mark StahlStahl RacingFordAuto Bell Car Wash83Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobileKmart, Wynn's85Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevroletJ. Omar Landis Enterprises86Rick JeffreyJeffrey RacingChevroletJeffrey Racing87Randy BakerBuck Baker RacingChevroletSony88Buddy BakerBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobileCrisco90Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFordRed Baron Frozen Pizza91Philip DuffieDuffie RacingChevroletDuffie Racing93Charlie BakerSalmon RacingPontiacSalmon Racing98Ed PimmCurb RacingBuickSunoco Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, November 20, at 2:00p.m. 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 Saturday, November 21, at 10:30a.m. EST. As with the first round, each driver had one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 21-40 were decided on time,November 20, 1987 NASCAR Today 3C The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-nascar-today/135661017/ November 23, 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 31.428 and an average speed of 174.341 mph km/h in the first round.Higgins Tom November 21, 1987 Elliott Delights Fans, Overtakes Earnhardt To Take Pole 7B The Charlotte Observer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-elliott-delights/135661057/ November 23, 2023 Newspapers.com 11 drivers failed to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed19Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord31.428174.34123Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet31.578173.513383Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile31.797172.318433Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet31.817172.210528Davey Allison (R)Ranier-Lundy RacingFord31.838172.096629Cale YarboroughCale Yarborough MotorsportsOldsmobile31.845172.058726Morgan ShepherdKing RacingBuick31.857171.99484Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile31.913171.692990Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFord31.933171.5841050Greg SacksDingman Brothers RacingPontiac31.952171.4821135Benny ParsonsHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet31.966171.4071211Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet31.969171.391137Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord32.041171.0061415Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFord32.054170.9371522Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick32.060170.9051627Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac32.077170.814175Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet32.090170.7451888Buddy BakerBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobile32.093170.7291976Hut StricklinJaehne MotorsportsOldsmobile32.177170.2832055Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile32.188170.225Failed to lock in Round 12117Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet32.020171.1182244Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile32.057170.9212377Ken RaganRagan RacingFord32.228170.0142431Brad TeagueBob Clark MotorsportsOldsmobile32.234169.9822571Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet32.253169.8822630Michael WaltripBahari RacingChevrolet32.264169.8242714A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile32.267169.808281Brett BodineEllington RacingChevrolet32.339169.4302921Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord32.370169.2683043Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac32.397169.1273175Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac32.414169.0383216Larry PearsonPearson RacingChevrolet32.414169.0383318Dale Jarrett (R)Freedlander MotorsportsChevrolet32.418169.0173464Curtis MarkhamLangley RacingFord32.435168.9293552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac32.444168.8823682Mark StahlStahl RacingFord32.460168.7993736H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac32.495168.6173887Randy BakerBuck Baker RacingChevrolet32.498168.6013998Ed PimmCurb RacingBuick32.501168.5864093Charlie BakerMcDuffie RacingPontiac32.550168.332Provisionals418Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick32.747167.3194267Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFord32.643167.852Failed to qualify436Larry PollardU.S. RacingChevrolet -* -*4486Rick JeffreyJeffrey RacingChevrolet -* -*4570J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac -* -*4634Eddie BierschwaleAAG RacingChevrolet -* -*4712Trevor BoysHamby RacingFord -* -*4891Philip DuffieDuffie RacingChevrolet -* -*4985Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevrolet -* -*5008Butch MillerThroop RacingChevrolet -* -*5148Ron EsauHylton MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*5280Jimmy HortonS&H RacingFord -* -*5362Steve Christman (R)Winkle MotorsportsPontiac -* -*Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings119Bill ElliottMelling RacingFord328168running185$74,200223Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet328133running175$35,35031415Ricky RuddBud Moore EngineeringFord32819running170$22,58541522Bobby AllisonStavola Brothers RacingBuick3280running160$16,7255528Davey Allison (R)Ranier-Lundy RacingFord3273running160$9,9856137Alan KulwickiAK RacingFord3270running150$14,11071135Benny ParsonsHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3272running151$14,44082055Phil ParsonsJackson Bros. MotorsportsOldsmobile3270running142$5,67592244Sterling MarlinHagan RacingOldsmobile3270running138$8,605101888Buddy BakerBaker–Schiff RacingOldsmobile3270running134$5,080113175Joe RuttmanRahMoc EnterprisesPontiac3270running0$7,375121627Rusty WallaceBlue Max RacingPontiac3260running127$10,965132921Kyle PettyWood Brothers RacingFord3260running124$9,83514418Bobby Hillin Jr.Stavola Brothers RacingBuick3250running121$9,70015281Brett BodineEllington RacingChevrolet3240running118$2,925161976Hut StricklinJaehne MotorsportsOldsmobile3220running115$2,460172431Brad TeagueBob Clark MotorsportsOldsmobile3200running112$2,345182117Darrell WaltripHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3171running114$6,300193736H. B. BaileyBailey RacingPontiac3160running106$2,120203887Randy BakerBuck Baker RacingChevrolet3150running103$2,560213682Mark StahlStahl RacingFord3110running100$1,925224267Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingFord3110running97$5,795232377Ken RaganRagan RacingFord2810wheel bearing94$1,75524433Harry GantMach 1 RacingChevrolet2800engine91$5,505253216Larry PearsonPearson RacingChevrolet2680crash88$1,605261050Greg SacksDingman Brothers RacingPontiac2201oil pan90$1,5752784Rick WilsonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsOldsmobile2190crash82$1,525281211Terry LabonteJunior Johnson & AssociatesChevrolet2030flywheel79$10,295293552Jimmy MeansJimmy Means RacingPontiac1710vibration76$5,140303043Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1540crash73$5,60031175Geoff BodineHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1540crash70$8,410322571Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1500crank67$4,585334093Charlie BakerBaker was relieved by J. D. McDuffie on the 44th lap of the race. As Baker started the race, he is credited with the finish.McCollister Tom November 23, 1987 Now that was a Petty headache 10B The Atlanta Constitution https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-now-that-was-a/135636179/ November 23, 2023 Newspapers.com alphaMcDuffie RacingPontiac1470crash64$1,350343464Curtis MarkhamLangley RacingFord1260engine0$4,37535990Ken SchraderDonlavey RacingFord1101engine63$4,090363318Dale Jarrett (R)Freedlander MotorsportsChevrolet840clutch55$4,065372714A. J. FoytA. J. Foyt RacingOldsmobile760handling52$1,285382630Michael WaltripBahari RacingChevrolet750engine49$4,02539726Morgan ShepherdKing RacingBuick490engine46$3,99040629Cale YarboroughCale Yarborough MotorsportsOldsmobile320crash43$1,23541383Lake SpeedSpeed RacingOldsmobile320crash40$1,235423998Ed PimmCurb RacingBuick300crash37$1,235Failed to qualify436Larry PollardU.S. RacingChevrolet4486Rick JeffreyJeffrey RacingChevrolet4570J. D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingPontiac4634Eddie BierschwaleAAG RacingChevrolet4712Trevor BoysHamby RacingFord4891Philip DuffieDuffie RacingChevrolet4985Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevrolet5008Butch MillerThroop RacingChevrolet5148Ron EsauHylton MotorsportsChevrolet5280Jimmy HortonS&H RacingFord5362Steve Christman (R)Winkle MotorsportsPontiacOfficial race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Dale Earnhardt 4,696 10px 2 Bill Elliott 4,207 (-489) 10px 3 Terry Labonte 4,002 (-694) 10px 4 Darrell Waltrip 3,916 (–780) 10px 5 Rusty Wallace 3,818 (–878) 10px 2 6 Ricky Rudd 3,742 (–954) 10px 7 Kyle Petty 3,737 (–959) 10px 2 8 Richard Petty 3,708 (–988) 10px 9 Bobby Allison 3,525 (–1,171) 10px 1 10 Ken Schrader 3,405 (–1,291)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. Notes References 1987 Winston Western 500 1988 Daytona 500 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1987 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway Category:November 1987 sports events in the United States