First race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The1988 Daytona 500 was the firststock car race of the1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 30th iteration of theevent . The race was held on Sunday, February 14, 1988, before an audience of 135,000 inDaytona Beach, Florida atDaytona International Speedway , a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race,Stavola Brothers Racing 'sBobby Allison managed to fend off his son,Ranier-Lundy Racing 'sDavey Allison to the finish to take his 85th and final careerNASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his only victory of the season, and his third Daytona 500 victory.[ 1] [ 2] Jackson Bros. Motorsports 'Phil Parsons rounded out the top three.
The layout ofDaytona International Speedway , the venue where the race was held. Daytona International Speedway is one of threesuperspeedways to holdNASCAR races, the other two beingIndianapolis Motor Speedway andTalladega Superspeedway . The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31degrees , while thefront stretch , the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.
(R) denotes rookie driver.Qualifying was set by the1988 Twin 125 Qualifiers . The top two positions were set by qualifying speeds held for the Twin 125 Qualifiers held on Saturday, February 6, with the top two qualifiers in the session earning the top two positions for the Daytona 500. The rest of the starting was set in the Twin 125 Qualifiers, held on Thursday, February 11, during two races. The top 14 finishers in the first race, excluding the pole position winner, set the inside row from rows two to 15, and the top 14 finishers in the second race, excluding the outside pole position winner, set the outside row from rows two to 15. The remaining non-qualifiers set positions 31-40 based on qualifying speeds from the first qualifying session held on Saturday. If needed, up to two extra provisionals were given to teams high enough in the previous season's owner's standings that did not qualify for the race by either qualifying speed or from the Twin 125 Qualifiers.
Ken Schrader , driving forHendrick Motorsports , managed to win the pole, setting a time of 46.434 and an average speed of 193.823 miles per hour (311.928 km/h) in Saturday's session.[ 6]
27 drivers failed to qualify.
Full qualifying results [ edit ] Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 3 12 Bobby Allison Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 200 70 running 185 $202,940 2 2 28 Davey Allison Ranier-Lundy Racing Ford 200 2 running 175 $113,760 3 19 55 Phil Parsons Jackson Bros. Motorsports Oldsmobile 200 9 running 170 $81,625 4 14 75 Neil Bonnett RahMoc Enterprises Pontiac 200 9 running 165 $67,290 5 8 11 Terry Labonte Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet 200 2 running 160 $62,415 6 1 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 14 running 155 $72,215 7 5 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Pontiac 200 4 running 151 $59,990 8 12 44 Sterling Marlin Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 200 13 running 147 $43,765 9 18 88 Buddy Baker Baker–Schiff Racing Oldsmobile 200 0 running 138 $36,490 10 6 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 2 running 139 $52,540 11 4 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 69 running 135 $73,840 12 31 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 200 0 running 127 $31,015 13 9 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Stavola Brothers Racing Buick 200 0 running 124 $28,320 14 15 5 Geoff Bodine Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 121 $27,305 15 13 4 Rick Wilson Morgan–McClure Motorsports Oldsmobile 200 0 running 118 $23,165 16 36 1 Dale Jarrett Ellington Racing Buick 200 0 running 115 $18,845 17 27 26 Ricky Rudd King Racing Buick 200 0 running 112 $20,125 18 21 21 Kyle Petty Wood Brothers Racing Ford 199 0 running 109 $23,505 19 28 95 Trevor Boys Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet 199 0 running 106 $15,085 20 29 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 198 0 running 103 $18,175 21 33 31 Brad Teague Bob Clark Motorsports Oldsmobile 198 0 running 100 $13,570 22 24 89 Michael Waltrip Mueller Brothers Racing Pontiac 197 0 running 97 $14,065 23 35 22 Steve Moore Hamby Racing Chevrolet 195 0 running 94 $13,810 24 40 98 Ed Pimm Curb Racing Buick 191 0 running 91 $11,605 25 37 52 Jimmy Means Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 191 0 running 88 $14,250 26 39 92 Ralph Jones LC Racing Ford 190 0 running 85 $10,595 27 22 68 Derrike Cope Testa Racing Ford 183 0 running 82 $15,235 28 23 23 Eddie Bierschwale B&B Racing Oldsmobile 181 0 running 79 $12,080 29 20 33 Harry Gant Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 175 1 accident 81 $15,575 30 26 86 Rick Jeffrey Jeffrey Racing Chevrolet 174 0 running 73 $11,420 31 42 90 Benny Parsons Donlavey Racing Ford 156 0 engine 70 $13,390 32 16 7 Alan Kulwicki AK Racing Ford 148 0 running 67 $14,410 33 17 14 A. J. Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing Oldsmobile 105 0 accident 64 $11,455 34 34 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 104 0 accident 61 $11,475 35 41 15 Brett Bodine Bud Moore Engineering Ford 104 0 accident 58 $17,870 36 25 73 Phil Barkdoll Barkdoll Racing Ford 103 0 accident 55 $10,340 37 10 83 Lake Speed Speed Racing Oldsmobile 65 5 engine 57 $12,860 38 32 29 Cale Yarborough Cale Yarborough Motorsports Oldsmobile 46 0 accident 49 $8,780 39 30 99 Connie Saylor Ball Motorsports Chevrolet 32 0 accident 0 $9,645 40 7 50 Greg Sacks Dingman Brothers Racing Pontiac 22 0 engine 43 $12,110 41 38 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 19 0 overheating 40 $7,910 42 11 97 Morgan Shepherd Winkle Motorsports Buick 11 0 engine 37 $11,410 Failed to qualify or withdrew 43 67 Buddy Arrington Arrington Racing Ford 44 56 Joey Sonntag Sonntag Racing Chevrolet 45 01 Mickey Gibbs Gibbs Racing Ford 46 30 Michael Waltrip Bahari Racing Pontiac 47 34 Donnie Allison AAG Racing Oldsmobile 48 10 Ken Bouchard (R) Whitcomb Racing Ford 49 63 Jocko Maggiacomo Linro Motorsports Chevrolet 50 39 Blackie Wangerin Wangerin Racing Ford 51 24 Bobby Coyle Gray Racing Chevrolet 52 07 Larry Moyer Stark Racing Pontiac 53 48 Tony Spanos Hylton Motorsports Buick 54 02 Joe Booher Booher Racing Pontiac 55 64 Mike Potter Potter Racing Chevrolet 56 18 Sarel van der Merwe Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 82 Mark Stahl Stahl Racing Ford 58 54 Ronnie Sanders Gray Racing Chevrolet 59 2 Ernie Irvan (R) U.S. Racing Chevrolet 60 77 Ken Ragan Ragan Racing Ford 61 80 Jimmy Horton (R) S&H Racing Ford 62 70 J. D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing Pontiac 63 74 John Linville Wawak Racing Chevrolet 64 0 Delma Cowart H. L. Waters Racing Oldsmobile 65 59 Mark Gibson Gibson Racing Pontiac 66 85 Bobby Gerhart Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet 67 49 Mike Porter Hylton Motorsports Chevrolet 68 03 Dave Pletcher Sr. Weaver Racing Ford 69 57 Bobby Wawak Wawak Racing Chevrolet WD 0 Rodney Combs Inglass Racing Oldsmobile WD 72 Charlie Rudolph Rudolph Racing Pontiac Official race results
Standings after the race [ edit ] Drivers' Championship standings Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
^ Combs' car blew an engine during a Wednesday, February 10 session. As the team had no backup car, Combs withdrew from the event.[ 3] ^a b After Waltrip failed to qualify, his team offered to buy up a car who qualified for the race in order for Waltrip to race, as the race was in Waltrip's contract.Jim Sauter and his team, Mueller Brothers Racing, who had managed to qualify for the race accepted the offer, allowing Waltrip to race in place of Sauter.[ 4] ^ Rudolph crashed in a Tuesday, February 9 practice session. As the team did not have a backup car, Rudolph withdrew from the event.[ 5] ^ Higgins, Tom (February 15, 1988)."Daddy Edges Davey To Take Daytona" .The Charlotte Observer 3B . RetrievedSeptember 3, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ Jenks, Jim (February 15, 1988)."Allison & son finish 1-2" .The Tampa Tribune 8C . RetrievedSeptember 3, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ Higgins, Tom (February 11, 1988)."Twin 125s May Be Especially Frantic" .The Charlotte Observer . RetrievedSeptember 3, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ Cannon, Alan (February 13, 1988)."Elliott holds off Earnhardt in IROC season opener" .Ledger-Enquirer . RetrievedSeptember 3, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ "Petty, three others uninjured in wild crash during practice" .The Macon Telegraph Associated Press . February 10, 1988. pp. 1C. RetrievedSeptember 3, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com .^ Higgins, Tom (February 7, 1988)."Schrader Dashes To Daytona 500 Pole" .The Charlotte Observer . RetrievedSeptember 2, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com .
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