1988 - Winston Cup Series - Southern 500 Race Results

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1988 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/4/1988
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 160.827 mph
Number of Cautions - 10
Caution Laps - 39
Average Race Speed - 128.29 mph
Lead Changes - 24
Total Race Purse - $431,345
Race Number - 21

More Races from 1988

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Bill Elliott	9	Coors (Harry Melling)	367	Ford	154	$75,800
2	5	Rusty Wallace	27	Kodiak (Raymond Beadle)	367	Pontiac	50	$38,850
3	2	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	367	Chevrolet	85	$31,375
4	6	Darrell Waltrip	17	Tide (Rick Hendrick)	367	Chevrolet	5	$19,850
5	12	Sterling Marlin	44	Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan)	367	Oldsmobile	21	$21,130
6	21	Phil Parsons	55	Crown Petroleum (Leo Jackson Richard Jackson)	366	Oldsmobile	0	$12,950
7	4	Geoffrey Bodine	5	Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick)	366	Chevrolet	7	$11,310
8	23	Terry Labonte	11	Budweiser (Junior Johnson)	366	Chevrolet	0	$13,260
9	15	Davey Allison	28	Havoline (Harry Ranier)	366	Ford	9	$15,105
10	29	Ricky Rudd	26	Quaker State (Kenny Bernstein)	366	Buick	6	$13,130
11	25	Ken Schrader	25	Folgers Coffee (Rick Hendrick)	366	Chevrolet	0	$10,980
12	11	Lake Speed	83	Wynns (Lake Speed)	366	Oldsmobile	0	$6,815
13	27	Benny Parsons	90	Bulls Eye Barbecue Sauce (Junie Donlavey)	365	Ford	25	$19,305
14	30	Mike Alexander	12	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	365	Buick	2	$11,495
15	3	Alan Kulwicki	7	Zerex (Alan Kulwicki)	365	Ford	0	$8,735
16	24	Neil Bonnett	75	Valvoline (RahMoc Enterprises)	364	Pontiac	0	$11,195
17	8	Brett Bodine	15	Crisco (Bud Moore)	363	Ford	2	$12,635
18	36	Ken Bouchard	10	Whitcomb Racing (Bob Whitcomb)	360	Ford	0	$6,240
19	7	Mark Martin	6	Strohs Light (Jack Roush)	358	Ford	0	$5,040
20	17	Ernie Irvan	2	Kroger (DK Ulrich)	358	Chevrolet	0	$4,985
21	13	Rodney Combs	97	GM Tech Team (Tom Winkle)	357	Buick	0	$3,320
22	38	Dave Marcis	71	Lifebuoy (Dave Marcis)	355	Chevrolet	0	$6,320
23	32	Jim Sauter	31	Slender You Figure Salons (Bob Clark)	351	Oldsmobile	0	$4,120
24	28	Jimmy Means	52	Eureka Vacuum Cleaners (Jimmy Means)	350	Pontiac	0	$5,000
25	14	Michael Waltrip	30	Country Time Lemonade (Chuck Rider)	343	Pontiac	0	$5,955
26	33	Eddie Bierschwale	23	Wayne Paging (Don Bierschwale)	340	Oldsmobile	0	$2,815
27	34	HB Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts (HB Bailey)	340	Pontiac	0	$2,725
28	35	Kyle Petty	21	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	337	Ford	1	$9,630
29	39	Philip Duffie	32	Bob Beard (Philip Duffie)	332	Buick	0	$2,540
30	16	Bobby Hillin Jr	8	Miller High Life (Stavola Brothers)	317	Buick	0	$5,335
31	20	Ken Ragan	77	Bob Beard (Marvin Ragan)	308	Ford	0	$2,340
32	22	Rick Mast	88	Red Baron Frozen Pizza (Buddy Baker Danny Schiff)	305	Oldsmobile	0	$5,530
33	26	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	266	Pontiac	0	$4,925
34	18	Dale Jarrett	29	Hardees (Cale Yarborough)	239	Oldsmobile	0	$2,850
35	31	Derrike Cope	68	Purolator Filters (Jim Testa)	203	Ford	0	$4,755
36	37	Randy Baker	87	Sony Magnetic Products (Buck Baker)	135	Oldsmobile	0	$2,055
37	40	Jimmy Horton	80	S H Racing (George Smith)	114	Ford	0	$2,005
38	19	Rick Wilson	4	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	82	Oldsmobile	0	$2,580
39	10	Morgan Shepherd	57	Heinz Ketchup (Morgan Shepherd)	53	Buick	0	$1,910
40	9	Harry Gant	33	Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham)	50	Chevrolet	0	$4,450